Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-21 00:00:00

a CORRESPONDENCE.

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SPAIN AND MOROCCO.
TO.THE EDITOR OF THE kORTIIIIAN DAILY TIMES.
' Liverpool, Jan..l9th.'
you oblige -me by inserting thelneldsed
in your valuable paper, in reply to a letter in the Albion'
of the 16th,
,and obligOjour most obeclierCse.iviint,
F. J. , .

TO " A PANIARD," IN THE ,u ArIITON."

SIR,—In the Albion of the 16th appears a letter
signed by you, "A Spaniard." If this is a fancy mthne
you have selected,-I have nothing
"to say—as a foreigner
you are at perfect liberty to'''thitti and t 4 about
Spanish affairs as you May please; . but, if on the con-
trary, you are really a Spaniard, it would be well,
before again writing about your country, if you .4141 d
derive your information from better sources, otherwise
you are apt to mislead people, Who have no wish to he
well informed about Spanish political questions. By
taking the trouble of reading the correspondence that
has ,passed between the Governments, of, Spain and
Morocco, you will learn the cause of the present war ;
also, that Spain was compelled to enter into: it, and,
that the Opposition, as well as the Ministeiials, gave.
the government their entire support.
If you know the way to take Tetuan with a -few
steamers, and in a few hours, as you say it can he done,
yoti ought to have mentioned it before, 'and ,thereby;
' you would have rendered a great service, both'to your
country, and to humanity. . ..
It is strange that it has not occurred to any of. the
•Spanish Generals, and that it wai left for you to cry
out Eureka.
"Baja una mala emia snele ocultarse buen jugador."
Who Would have thought that the Napoleon of Spain
was to be found seated on a three-legged striol in a
LiverPoOl office ? Yon state that the Moors shoot and
flen.run, and that the SpaniSh accounts of the cam-
paign are mere feints. Who is your correspondent ?
Does he knoW better than the Times, and the Spanish
joarnats, and the private letters from the 6hip 'and
Andalticia ?
The notion you have, of the Moors fighting, you must
'have got at the, yptominie, otherwise you would write:
'differently. You finish your 'letter,: by 'llQpidg that the
great Powers may interfere to put an end to this farce.
Farce, or no farce, if your long residence abroad or any
other motive makes you forget what yod owe to your:
country; don't sign yourself ".A Spaniard." One who
is realty such, knows better than to,wish Mr foreign in-
terference, as the Spaniards have enough of dignity. yet
to be able to settle their own disputes amdngat them-
soli res.

As you are now in England, it would be well if Toll
learned a noble leison from the English.. If you
have anything to say against your country, the
Spanish press is open to you ; but before foreigners,
hold your tongue, or praise your country, which' is the
'least you can do. j
F.
* "Under a shabby cloak a good gambler is often h.d."—
_Spanish proverb.

INCOME TAX.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.

six,—My connection with' the late Anti-Income Tax
Association has naturally brought me in `contact with
'many parties in the kingdOnl, to whom previously I was
personally unknown; and I can assure you that more re-
volting cases of individual cruelty haVe• seldoin been
heard of than those inflicted upon Englishmen by
assessors, collectors, and Others connected. with this de-
grading, this self-debasing,, and most detested tax;:
Why, sir, it was only the other day that a letter appeared
in one of the provincial papers, stating, that such was:
the excitement in the town alluded to, that a very little
more would produde a second "-Wat Tyler.' The
people of England have borne long and patiently this.
:,?‘ Three Years' Whig Sivindle ; " bat.their patience and
their :belief in the integrity of public men,'hate not'
Only been shaken, but whollx exhausted; and the folldw- •
ing,correspondefice (which I ,hope 'YOU. will 'insert) will
shew...your -numerous readers, that at last the Britigh—
Lion.has,been 'roused arid J firmly 'hope that his roar
will go' forth with an unmistakeable sound through every'
district of the British ernpire.---Yonrs respectfully,
R. LATIIBURY.