(Archives nationales, F.7, 3016, Report of the commissioner-general of Marseilles for the second quarter of 1808.) "Events in Spain have largely fixed, and essentially fixed, attention.
In vain would the attentive observer like to conceal the truth on this point; the fact is that the Spanish revolution is unfavorably looked upon.

It was at first thought that the legitimate heir would succeed to Charles IV.

The way in which people have been undeceived has given the public a direction quite opposite to the devoted ideas of His Majesty the Emperor...

No generous soul...

rises to the level of the great continental cause."-- Ibid.