The Spanish liberals turned their victory on the battlefield to an feverish identity of patriotism and the defense of liberty: as the Asturian deputy Agustín Argüelles when he presented the Constitution of 1812, "Spaniards, you now have a homeland."
Os liberais españois recorreron á identificación entre patriotismo e defensa da liberdade: como declarou o deputado asturiano Agustín Argüelles ao presentar a Constitución de 1812, «españois, xa tedes patria».