The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-03-30
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence Of the Union.
New YORK, March II, 1919.

New York, March a. 1919.
Spanish 46airs.
Spain, until very lately, has given distinct evidence
of any sympathy with the European republican move
mens OF the last Yet, gather from the of
Spanish by the Canada that secret, wide
spread republican sentiment in the Spanish Provinces
pressed only by the bayonets of Narvaez aud the shewd
political intrigues of the Queen Dowager Christina There
want of concert of sentiment too among the business
population of the Provinces libsrasts, upon
the financial policy best calculated promote the interests
of the State, which contributes its share towards
ing the union OF republican action. In Catalonia this
class potectonsts while in the neghboring provinces
it avors free rade-absoute free trade The
with which the latter politicians press their eetrade doc
nes against the present policy of the government begets
certain sympathy for that large class of Spanish popua
the smuggers, who for centuries past had su
Gent power and concert of action battle almost all the
efforts OF government for the detection and punishment OF
their peculiar offences against the laws
The Basques the leading republicans of the kingdom
This is the natural result of their habits, manners and
ustoms, well of their euaI held exclusively
by themselves Altogether, these essentials different
from those OF other class Of Spanish population, form
GORDON it separate them etectualy from the
rest OF Spain. The Andausan is volupuous fault !;
the Anagonese is bgoted; while the Castilian, this
hour is just as naughty hundred years ago.
These characteristics form barriers of action in
favor OF repnbllcansm where these three nation-I may
almost call them distinct and different tho charac
eristics OF eachorm the prevailing classes of the Span
sh population, The Casilian knows Madrid the
cesy, is TO him the capital of Spain But his affections
surely in that direction than do those the
AHdausian towards Seville, the gay. The bull fights.
etes, and religious ceremonies of Seville fill up the
OF the Andausian's happiness. They afford him time
to well upon the mysteries OF intrigue the
miserics with which that intrigue is eating out the
vitas of the nation.
The Anagonese looks not to what may be TRANSPORTING
Madrid. whence all (poltica for good evil the country
emanaes Saragosa is the heaven of his hopes 1t that
city be quiet-if its old families in their daily,
weekly, monthly, and annual pompous pleasures, as a
hundred agothe Arragonese ancies all is well :;
though like the waters pouring from the heavens, misor
tunes drop by drop upon the people, until there has
fallen sufficient to drown all Spain in its sorrows.
Madrid never be the capital of Spain, Paris is Ct
France; London might be Of England, in of
evolusn, or of any extensive popular umut. She has
influence upon public feeling in Seville, for in
stance than has New York upon New Orleans. In France,
revolutions commence in Paris. In Spain, in Madrid
Though not unirequenty extending to that city, is only
after the oces against which the power of the
indictments may be directed, virtually driven the
Spanish capital from every quarter OF the kingdom Then
it is, that the burden of temporarily supporting
sonabe number Of troops thus thrown upon the citizens of
Madrid, forces them were, join the country people
in the effort rid themselves of the ministry power
the throne, keeping in nominal pay the soldery whom
they-he citizens of the capitaare really feeding and
clothing In dne, the people of Madrid take arm,
in their hands for principle. When pushed the WALL
they WILL times, clutch them defend their pockets
bur when that exertion may be ndispensably
necessary.
Your readers will from what have written above
that the republicans of southern Europe have but
small hope Of that unity OF Spanish sentiment which, in the
condition of affairs, would doubtless assist material
ly the cause in Tuscany and Rome. | do with
men subsidies but with the evident prevalence of
sentiment in Spain, which would her ministry
keep OF ntrgues having in view the crushing of liber
asm in Europe they would hope hold their
places and TO keep the Queen the throne In the
provinces the people desire republic; but between the
Dtu OF
PROVINCE the haughness Of those OF second the acqus
tveness Sacrificing everything for gain) OF third and the
liberalism Ito sociaism) pervading the minds of
the class fourth the concert OF action indispensa-
BILE formation of natl onal republic OF Spain
hysioaIly and morally impossible Her people must lose
almost all their distinctive characteristics, before
and before they accomplish that phenomenon,
clnsions may be drawn from history, the leopard will
change his spots.
I-conrary whatappears to be the general IMPRESSION
ofthe European pessItay shall succeed in maintaining
republic rather establishing one and if the present
government OF France maintains its integrity, Spain may
become the of half dozen puny republics within the
years that is after the fashion Of the epubcs of
South America, which seem each to have sprung from
different Spanish provinces, bitterly do they
val each other. The conduct of Christina is doing full
share in the work of disgusting all classes of the Spanish
people with kingy, queeny, any other desert pton of
monarchca government She it is who is the bottom of
the policy of sucking the substance of the people thelas
shilling to maintain immense nominally because
Catalonia has long been in unsettled thou gh
when Catalonia quiet there always been quite
much disturbance elsewhere in the kingdom as
lists in that excited province. This army will eventually
swamp the party in power, if not the throne for every
where in the prime paltes the people cry aloud against
the taxation incident to its maintenance In this nantes
aton, the princ pies OF the coming change being
traced by the journalists of the continent The costness
oppression, and inefcency of the monarchy of Spain
is the theme Of conversation only every hamlet
dominions, but throughout Europe Good heavens how
the great body Of the Spanish people dislike tina yserious
woman, (Chrstna,) who with the cunning of Bourbon
marked with the cruelty of Kalmnck and such sensuay
France witnessed when the palaces of her
archs but agnaon hous for her aristocracy Her
ubtey and power assist Narvaez materially in keeping
the modeados in Office As hagous are her private
vices, aud arocous the of which
she dictates to the ministry she is working wonders for the
ultimate redemption of southern Europe from the oppes
ons of power welded by the grace of God" In fact she
stirring all Spain desire to be free be rid of all trace
OF asocacy regaity in her government She fast
ing each prime ipaity democratic State She struggles
with energy almost unexamped against this result of
her crimes, to the point of revvng nqusora
powers instances with the view the suppression
of the display of liberalism She has made all Spain feel
her power, and the kingdom thinking, which
was before accomplished mean, earnestly casting
about to find some shield against her present usurpaons
and security against their repetition by any other
sor who may in time to come be in authority them
The fall OF the Pope has broken the charm of the
power oil the church which, from its hold the public
mind OF Spain has essentially aided the of the
Queen Dowagers plots and plots. Her appaen
bgotry made tools for her purposes of the lower ORDER
and too in many instances honestly sincere, OF the
clergy But tho destruction (even temporary of the
Pope's power at home has whispered into their