'You ... have proclaimed that the Nation is a reunion of all the Spanish of both hemispheres, and that in them resides sovereignty essentially, as does the faculty to form its constitutional laws.
"V.M.,...,tiene proclamado que la Nación es la reunión de todos los españoles de ambos hemisferios, y que en ella reside esencialmente la soberanía y la facultad de formar sus leyes constitucionales.