The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-07-22

tention' Inc date of the latter is two DAYS nri
or 20 the epoch at which the rumor in Paris had
hSed upon Abisbal the treason Of fiyinc TO the
shs"y ana, without any additional proof Of the
-, ,ac' VIC snouid say tnat Abisbals letter looks as
IKE The composition of man lust getting ready
to be traitor as can well be conc.iveds tt
complains OF tho supposed duresse of the kinp
and proposes alterations in the constitution. as
the hrst and most pressing duty were not 10
driye the foreign enemy from the soil and then
iet spaniards deal as they please with their ow
affairs.
EXTRACTS.
Count .uontijo % ms Erceile,acy ne Count Abs
BAL
"in the name of our afflicted country have
recourse 10 your Excellency, the only person
mho can save her, and eutreat you 10 consider
SPAN, divided and disInembered by her own
children, as IN the same situation 10 which she
was IN 1903, raising the voice of common dis
tress and soliciting all her offspring for a deliv-
erer.
=" Spain forever independence forever! The
armed force, the warriors of Spain, are split into
parties, outdoing each other in acts of Injustice
because none of them is sanctioned by the gem
eral will. The soldier is 10th to incur useless
dangers he deserts his ranks, and will ultimate
ly abandon his generals, who find it impossible
to support any cause. Let, therefore, your Ex-
your hand to save yourself and to save us-that
IS, the country. Her welfare is the first law.
Your excellency knows and has declared that
the sovereignty of the people being once Tecog-
nized, 1T becomes duty to obey the general
viii, which amounts 10 this--ihat the Constitu-
ton OF 1912 ought not TO be retained because il
does uot guarantee individual safety, nor pre-
serve the dignity of the Spanish Monarchy. Pro-
claim, therefore, what all desire, and in concert
with the other generals who entertain the. same
sentiments. Declare yourself independent, I'M
I'll the king shall be released. Collect your ar
my, and hasten to destroy tile origin Of discori
so that the factious, the royalists, and the for
eigners, being deprived of every pretext, may
have their designs frustrated, if they wish 70 rob
us of the glory to deliver the king, and their
plans totally defeated, if under this pretext,
they conceal some other wish.
" Were not we'll assured that your exceien-
ey loves Spain and glory, Il should not apply to
you to avail yourself of the gra0sest opportuni-
~ which has ever occurred, Of becoming the de-
hverer not only of Spain, but of all Europe. 1t
would be an insult TO your penetration to dwell
upon the melancholy consequences, and above
all upon the useIessness of taking any other res
olution; for to attempt the defence Of any cause
with few forces, when more numerous forces are
at hand, is to enfeebIe the cause which we de-
sire to uphold. To sum up the whole, Lam GER
tain that it is impossible 10 establish despot-
ism 10 Spain, it is to establish the Constitution
of 1912; with this difference only, that at the
expense u blood, and numerous forces, the for
mer might be kept up for some time but to put
IN practice the Constitution of the year 1912,
is physically and morally impossible, and conse-
quently it has failed in Spain and every where
else; for it is contradictory in itself, and con-
tains the principles of its own destruction; it
power Of man to create beings with qualities es-
sentiaily contradictory.
" Let your excellency consider these truths,
which the love of bis country has suggested to
him who prays God 10 preserve your excellency
many years. (Signed)
THE CONDE DEL MONTUO.
Madrid, May II, 1928"
His Erceliency The Count Del .4bisbuL 10 Count
.Monfio.
''Mcst Excellent Sir-This day was deliver
ed to me by the Chief OF the Etat-Maior, the
letter OF your Excelency, dated the llih inst.
and IN reply to It, il is my duty TO observe To you,
that as the Chief of this district and the Com
mander of the army, it is incumbent on me to
comply with the orders Of the government at
tne head of which is his Majesty, and that am
resolved to pursue this line of conduct, though
am fully convinced that, unfortunately for the
HduoH, the MINISTRY WHICH govern IL IS lncapa-
bic of rescuing il from the danger TO which it is
reduced by the unskilfulness Of the preceding
Ministers, and by the objectionable i:nprudence
Of the last, who have provoked the present war
without displaying the energy necessary for mp
holding the dignity Of the nation, or proposing
those concifatory means that might have united
the minds of Spaniards, and might have prevent
ed foreigners from the daring attempt 10 inter
fere in the private disputes of Spain, by violating
the territory of the sation, without any previous
declaration of war;
g ] have observed already, and now repeat
that in the capacity of General, | mnst obey the
orders of the government, and not set the exam
pie of pernicious dsobedience, which would
authorize that of those Spaniards whom the law
places under my orders, and would open vast
field for private ambition !; but as a Spanish cit
izen, who may, without transgressing the laws
indulge his own thoughts respecting the situa-
tfon of the country, and the means which might
be taken 10 rescue her from the riin prepared
for her BY discord, BY fanatacism, and by the in
terests of the individual heads of party, who dis
gnise their ambitious views with the sacred name
of love TO their country, and also of numerous
class Of men who have nothing TO lose, and who
nfsmed with the love of plumber, and dis
traction alone, which would contribute to the
prosperity of those persons who can make fic-
IRE in society, only when the barriers of subor-
dination and respect TO the laws are removed
am of opinion, that the majority Of the ma
ton is not solictons TO continue the Constitution
of the year 1912, though it is not for me 10 in
vestigate the causes which may have produced