text:  Would to God that the same reproach urged against the Spanish nation--that they defended their native soil irregularly--that they fought like freemen rather than like soldiers--that they transgressed the rules of war by defending one side of a street while the artillery of the enemy with its thousand mouths was pouring death upon them from the other--that they struggled too long that they surrendered too late that they died too readily could have been applied to Poland--one fearful instance of success would have been wanting to encourage the designs of despotism! Some of the rights of war are next considered--that of sacking a town taken by assault and of blockading a town defended not by the inhabitants but by a military garrison--are next examined;--in both these cases the penalty falls upon the innocent