He compared the current international situation with that prevailing at the time of the mutiny of Álzaga over a year earlier, pointed out that Spain was now almost entirely under Napoleonic control and that the undefeated Spanish provinces were very small in comparison with the Americas.
Comparou a situación internacional dese momento coa que entrara no momento do motín de Álzaga máis dun ano antes e sinalou que España estaba enteiramente baixo o control napoleónico e que as provincias españolas non derrotadas eran moi pequenas en comparación coas Américas.