The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-12

tnOugnt NJ, TAXING Oh tsXee, admitting foreign
goods free o. duty sapPing the foundations Of the
revenue. The effects Of this the revenue for t.
month hf July was dimiuution Of . quarter Of 3
million sterling, or fully ono fifth. Although, early
laws ana altering the established 81 stem Of ths
country, while since then many Of them have alto.
gdther dissolved themselves, fears are entertained
that for some months the revenue wiz continue -
volution was jubilee for the smuggler. At Soma
points Of the frontier he was suddenly converted
into fair trader BY the abolition decreed BY juatas.
on e Re hsS ~,
dimcuty in carrying on his commerce. From Glib
raltar. from Portugal, from France, foreign goods
poured In. to the exhaustion Of the smuggling
large illicit importatons must for sone
time to come have ayserious effect on the Custom
house revenue. It is predicted that tho falling Oh in
me whole revenue TOR August win b even greater
although nearly certain In the item of custom duties:
and on the other hand We may hope the expenditure
will be less under an honest and economical govsr-
instance been as rigorous as ITSELF fully believe.
earnestly desired. The difficulties environng 20
vernment that Is borne into power In Spain On the
pillows o. M like tast Of 1854 ere not "a
To form some faint idea Of them one must be 90
quainted with tho ramifcations and extent Of the
empleossonia- for place-which is the gre,s
curse Of Spain, aud which, when one beholds t W
extent to which it is carried, makes him amos de-
spair Of the improvement Of the nation II ire rca
sonabe to suppose that when Espartero aud ais col
leagues took office under as difficult ciscums stances
certainly any set of men that ever even
here, they would be allowed to give th.ir whole
time and undivided attention to the recessties Of
the count1y-to the getting rid OF aoases-to the
introduction OF proper economic TIE adoption
of measures calculated to improve the wretcAe1
financial situation. Not so-.he IDEA of their sup.
porters evidently was that TIL first duty was tho
portoning out of places, not to old friends, but
IN
day they took Office Gown - the present date, minis.
tiers have been besieged ii sgered, overwhelmed b.
stream Of applicants ger to live upon the bud
get; Espsrtsro from rs popularity and influence.
very long time hi anter ooms were thronged from
early morning TIL late at night, by persons whs
could not go awsy, who would see the general, al
no possible connection with his department, and
should have been addressed to some Other
minister, to the intendant of the palace,
t the 'sssns S G the ggsgSs Or vs The
there were thirty or forty persons waiting at
the door Of his cabinet all deaf the demonstrates
OF weary aidesdecan,p, he would come out himself
them all, after the other quickly a. might Be,
and then retreat with his secretary into his private
ROOM giving orders that nobody should be admitted,
to try to get two OF three hours uninter-
sitting of the council arrived And thea
thehost of letters-nearly all prayers and Petitions
setting forth the services and sufferings Of tho
e %r " II
from the colonel who thought his merits would not
be overrewarded by brigadiers embroideries from
the aspilant to some fat berth Of many thousand
reals ayear, down to the sutton for porters place
or q sergeant's stripes, and even to indivi-
duals DESTROYS Of being appointed quite
n,gnchas, grease spot e1tl.csors (fact) to the
palace, and who could think Of no more fitting
person to apply to than the prime minister. Al
this greedy mon pestered, and still poster, the pres
dent Of the council, and, In less degree the Other
ministers, with their daily applications The crav-
with few honorable exceptions, through all classes.
As to patriotism in Spain, have the utmost din.
Guilty, after witnessing what has followed upon tkia
or in IT, tn sss
triotsm here appears to consist in turning out ona
party in order that another may step into the en-
joyment OF the good things it possessed It is truly
seekers after places to hear them vaunt their past
services, and tell of their mferings for the liberal
cause during the eleven long years that succeeded
lS43-suferings consisting, for the most part
In exclusion from those loaves and fishes Tor
Q share Of which they now hungrily plead.
With q certain and too numerous class Of
mere fact of his drawing nothing from the treasury
There were many persons who really had done great
service to the triumphant cause; men who had raked
their lives, labored hard, and Ibeen forward and
account both Of their merits and their abilities had
not to solicit. but were al once placed in high and
responsible situations. For each one appointed,
how many malcontents were made or these NAL
contents, some must be concihated; Others had
claims which deserved attention and which they'll had
not sufficient self denial and love for their country
altogether to withdraw. Under these circumstances
how was it possible for the government 70 econo-
mise as It should and might have done? The pres
sure brought to bear upon IT, the influences exerted
were more than it could resist, and many place
was given that ought to have been suppressed
in tie interest Of SPANS exhausted treasury. Il
gives small hope for the future of country when
one sees even the best Of her sons doing nothing
without hope or reward, nothing for the pure and
dtsnterested love or their native land. Aud to this
rule, in SPAIN fear there are but few exceptions
careful investigation and calm review Of the pre-
scntstate Of the finances Spain leave upon the mind
strong doubt as to whether national bankruptcy
misery of the treasury, as left by the ministry Of
Sartorius-seven millions sterling deficiency, add
not az many pence In the Golfers Of the State for tho
sonde difficulty and by the cid of the signature az
the San Fernando Bank, the finance minister has
obtained about fifty thousand pounds sterling, sc.
cured on colonial reyeIges OF course, very short
10 then to be done, in pre- sence of revenue
which 1t is expected, with good show Of reason.
will for some time to come, be below an averaged
10 be effected, important scale, at few dsyT
notice. 1t s probably in the army that reform and
reduction, il made, would most rapidly be felt It In
said 10 be the intention the Minister of War reat-
y to reduce it: and no opportunity can be better
than the present; for when all the men Who in vir
tue Of the boon Of two years remission Of service
lately granted to the whole army, have completed
their time, shall have re eived their discharge, the
military forces Of Spain viii probably DO smaller
Than they ever have been since the beginning Of the
Carlst war. The expense Of the Spanish army 10
about three millions sterlDg-an enormou: burthcn
on the scanty revenue. There are other burthens
more difficult to diminish. The system pursued In
this country Of turning out numbers Of public Off
in to make room for its friends and supporters.
has loaded Spain with pensions, half pay and retired
allowances. These amount to million and half
sterling. How u this load TO be ightened? But very
gradually it Is evident; by filing up vacant places
with pensoned men whose pensions thereupon cease.
To abolish oil those pensions not due to long service
or i'll health would be TO condemn thousands Of fami-
lies IN starvation and to raise storm that n, a.