La codicia de Guillermo de Orange

«[...] En to dos los temas de opinion el pacto social, o el principio por el cual la sociedad se mantiene unida, requiere que la mayoria de las opiniones se convierta en regla para el conjunto y que la minoria rinda obediencia practica a la misma. Esto es perfectamente conforme con el principio de igualdad de derechos, porque, en primer lugar, todo hombre tiene derecho a dar una opinion, pero ningun hombre tiene derecho a que su opinion gobierne a los demas. [...]»

Habiendo pasado cinco años cautivo en un castillo francés, Fernando VII regresó a España en 1814. Tras abolir la Constitución, disolver las Cortes y dar por nulo todo lo obrado por ellas, el monarca despachó una poderosa expedición a América con el objeto de poner punto final a los procesos revolucionarios del continente. Al mando de Pablo Morillo, el llamado Ejército Pacificador sitió exitosamente a Cartagena a finales de 1815 y aniquiló posteriormente en un suspiro la revolución en la totalidad del Nuevo Reino. A pesar de que el rápido desplome de las Provincias Unidas auguraba ...

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