New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-04

c.;u Il il doubtful that even this Assembly will do.
n the Spanish Cortes fOrbore from interfering
uith the crown in 1919. Il was because the crown
was only nominally represented-the king having
been absent for years from the Spanish soil Ifthey
forbore in 1887 II was because they had 70 settle
with absolute monarchy before they could think
Of settling with the constitutional monarchy
With regard to the general situsticn, Tae TINES
las truly good reasons 10 depiore the absence OF
French Capitalization in Spain, and that conse-
quently even a victory over revolution IN the capt.
tal decides nothing with respect 20 the provinces,
20 long as that state Of anarchy" survives there
without which no revolution can succeed
There are of course, some incidents IN the
Spanish revolutions peculiarly belonging TO them
For instance, the combination OF robbery with
revolutionary tr8nsactiODs-a connection winch
spraDg up in the guerilla wars against the French
invasOns, and which was continued blythe "roya!-
lists" in I-23 and TIE Carlists since l-35. NO
surprise will therefore be felt At the information
that great disorders have occurred az TOrtosa, IN
Lower Catalonia. The Jvnta Popular OF tnat
city says, in its pr csmatiOn OF 3lstJuy: "A pahd
''0fmisera bic assassiDs availingthemsevesforp pre-
text of the abolition Of the indirect taxes nave
"seized the town, and trampled upon all laws OF
society Punder, assassination, lncendiarism
"have marked their steps" Order, however, was
soon restored by the Junta-the citizens arTnlng
themselves and coming to the rescue OF the feeble
garrison of the place. military commission ls
sitting charged with the pursuit and punishment
OF the authors Of the catastrophe Of july 80.
This circumstance has, Of course, given an Occa-
sion to the reactiOnary journals for vrtuOus
defamation How little they are warranted in
this proceeding may be inferred from the remark
of the Messsger de Bayonne that the Carlists have
raised their banner in the provinces Of Csralonia,
Arracon and Valencia, and precisely III the same
contiguous mountains where they had their chief
nest in the old Carlist wars. 1t was the Carlists
who gave origin to the iadTo tdcelOsos that COM
binatiOn Of robbery and pretended allegiance to an
oppressed party in the State. The Spanish guer-
riero of all times has had something OF the rObber
since the times of Virathus; but il is a novelty of
Carlist invention that pure robber should invest
himself with the name Of gueriilero. The men OF
the TortOsa affair certainly belong TO this class.
At Lerida Saragossa and Barcelona matters are
serious The two former cities have refused to
combine with Barcelona. because the military
had the upper hand there Still it appears that
even there COncha is unable to master the storm,
and Gen. Dulce is TO take his place, the recent
popularity of that general being considered rs
Offering uore guarantees for a Cancellation of the
difficulties.
The secret societies have resumed their activity
at Madrid, and govern the democratic party just
as they did in 1898 The first demand which they
have urged the people 10 makeis that all ministers
fiDce ls43 shall present their accounts.
The ministry are purchasing back the arms
which the people seized on the day OF the barn.
cades. In this way they have got possession of
2. 500 muskets formerly in the hands of insurgents
Don Manuel Sagest the Ayacucho Gee Poiitico Of
Madrid Of 1S43, has been relnstated in his func-
tions. He has addressed to the inhabitants and
the national militia two prOclamati0ns, in which he
announces his intention of energetcally expressing
all disorder. The removal Oft creatures OF Sar-
torus from the different Offices proceeds rapidly. 1t
is perhaps the only thing rapidly done in Spain.
All parties show themselves equally quick in that
line
Salamanca is not imprisoned as was asserted.
He had been arrested at Arsnuez, but was soon
released and is now at Malaga.
The control of the ministry by popular pres
sure is proved by the fact, that the ministers OF
war, OF the interior, and of public works, have
effected large displacements and slmplitcatOns in
their several departments, an event never known
in Spanish history before.
The Unionist or Coburg- Braganza party is pit
fully weak. For what other reason would they
make such a noise about one single address sent
from Portugal to the National Guard of Madrid
Ii we look nearer at it, il is even discovered that
the address, Originating with the Lisbon Journal
de Progres) is not of dynastic nature at all, but
simply of the fraternsl kind So well known IN the
movements OF lS4s.
Inc chleI cause ol thc SPanisn iei 0iu'ion was
the state of the finances, and particularly the de-
cree of SartorOus ordering the payment of
six months taxes in advance upon the year.
All the public chests were empty when the revo-
luton broke out, notwithstanding the circumstance
that no branch of the public service had been paid;
nor were the sums destined for any particular
service applied to it during the whole of several
months Thus, for instance, the turnpike receipts
were never appropriated 10 the use OF keeping up
the roads. The moneys set aside for public works
shared the same destiny. When the chest ofpub-
lie works was subjected TO revision, instead of re-
ceipts for executed works, receipts from court
fayortes were discovered. 1t is known that
fnancering has long been the most profitable bu-
siness in Madrid. The Spanish budget for 1853
was as follows:
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