The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-26 00:00:00

Circular of Senor Gonzalez Bravo,

MADRID, Sept. 20.
The official ifaclria Gazette publishes the follow•
ing circular of Senor Gonzalez Bravo, the new Mi,
nsister of the Interior, to the governors of the pro
vinces

Madrid, Sept. 19

Raised by her Majesty's confidence to the post of Minister
of the Interior, I consider it indispensable to acquaint your
excellency with the intentions and ideas of the Government
of which I form part, that you may well understand them
yourself, and communicate them to your subordinates.
Availing herself of the prerogative belonging to her by the
terms of the constitution, the Queen has entrusted the for-
mation of the existing Ministry to the Duke of Valentia,
upon whose eminent importance and political views it is un-
necessary to dwell. It was natural and just that the Minis-
try with whose organisation he was entrusted should re-
spond in the most liberal manner to the well-known iaten-
tions of the illustrious personage called upon to act as its
president. The names of the present councillors of the
Crown sufficiently testify in how far this object has been at-
tained without the necessity of entering into details which
might in certain cases appear irreconcilable with the rigor-
ous and lofty obligations imposed by the Government of the
State. The present Government is constituted, as I have
said, by virtue of the free use of the constitutional preroga-
tive of the Queen. It proposes to execute and to cause due
I respect to be paid to the political constitution and the laws
of the monarchy by becoming acquainted with and morels-

ing thorn with just and enlightened moderation, and by gra-
dually developing them in the liberal spirit of the ago in
which we live, without forgetting the lessons of experience
nor disregarding the significance of the circumstances by
which we are surrounded.
The State in Spain is a constitutional monarchy. The
members of the Ministry in office are, as they have always

been, proud of the monarchical and constitutional State.
Their intention is to govern while submitting with pleasure
to the recognised rules of representative institutions.
In order that these precepts may be legitimately applied,
it is absolutely indispensable that the authority of the Go-

vernment and its agents shall possess the full plenitude and
the full moral importance accorded them by virtue of these
principles. The present Ministry thinks that every institu-
tion ought to operate with freedom and vigour within its
respective limits. For this reason it desires that the liberty,
of action which has been placed in its hands shall be deve-
loped energetically, and without obstacles following the im-
pulse of its will and the extension that shall spread—while
impeding as little as possible—the legitimate progress of the
institutions which it respects with sincerity, but without
on that account renouncing by any means the use of its pro-
per attributes. Maturity and prudence in its resolutions do
not prevent, but on the contrary require, the rigorous ful-
filment of what has been decided upon.
The vigour and dignity of legitimate authority aro the
most solid guarantees of public freedom. In eases where
authority is in question, liberty and order are equally in
danger. Anarchy is then inevitable.
The above r("suine shows, in a few words, that the present
Government does not come into power to satisfy the exag-
gerated requi:ements of any party, whether by hastening
anxiously to content them, or by humiliating itself before
them with puerile timidity. In the eyes of the
present Mi-
nistry legal crier is not made up of drvotre.3 of this or that
principle or systom, but of Spanish citizens worthy of re-
spect so long as they act within the limits of the law,
but
subject to its jurisdiction without exception, without consi-
deration, without hesitation of any kind, as soon as they
violate its precepts. The accession to power of the present
advisers of the Crown is, therefore, not the triumph of a
flag nor the monopoly of places and official favours for the
benefit or to the prejudice of any one. It is simply a poli-
tical fact which the royal conscience hat believed
it requisite to realise, and this fact ought not to
be misrepresented by plaeing its consequentss in contra-
diction With the spirit and will et its origin. The Qum