, 1860-08-21
SPAIN AND NAYOLI:0o'S IDEA.

whose t0tc II aiN.'vS rNtA ~ '"'t4 ~ i'''t
ting Slavery down. Verify lie 'iocs care.
SPAIN AND NAxOLI3oo'S IDEA.
Louis SurolcoE has dtn'andcd u"'l sl"Hn
be re.adn,iu<d to tile conaclls <{ the ;55:t:i
powers. Span ,Sas cnc O: tic sieEc's ri i!:'
T-aaty Of yuo,a III 1915. But f.>'m exs:al'~;-
ion caus, l,y the lo1ts Struggle with tie
French, and civ:' a:.rs, TIA: !:'rascd her IT,
SOURCES, she VAS dInrI,d Ir'nn the list q. iils:
class power<, ;.eilg ur:i''' 10 nt;'ilita'n htr
place, But within few years Srai:s has
taken c;ant stride in tic right d'r'cte'
Her government has iccc:nc s:i'lr; hlr IT,
yonues have in,l..cvcd; population 1.as IL
creased; the au..n'r.,y II TIC priests s.as o:sa
curtailed: railroads a-d telc4:rAp:l= haze hata
built-i,,da1d !.cs material fr>.:-rc:s d':!!tT
tht. las1 decade Iila been 4; great Is :'Jothtr
European n.,::,,c. -t'sa whca nc take ~
account tie ex,elt ii tie cou:try, tlm sa''t-
britr Of the climate. the fertility ct the so',
ths progress in ctiac .tloa aid tho s1ence III
self:.oyernmvrt, ani IN tic cnlancipasi;n
from eccles.ast;c:l Tyranny WE MAY safely c1'l"
clude thet, si,e may ere loa: resuue her place
anon. the great powers .! Europe. Tho fl:~t
ceusus, eyca 1akea will, accuracy. was iii
ISIS, and Recently published i'y tllo Sos crn-
man,, from which it APPEARS that the 1'urtl'a-
ton Of Spain WAS Is, AGA $40; and sl'c ana
l95,7s2 square mil-e, Or - ltolh' To tic
Squire mile. Tie largest citics are: Madrid,
containing 2s1,l7o: Barcelona. ls2,7s': ~
vile, ll.,5:9; and Valencia. INC 49,
The nu1nbtr Vi persons employed i'll ee':'-
siast,c:l func.icns, including ,ts.l-hS and tn'ls
in l7Gs. WAS oo?, ,9ss, or about in II Of tic
whole eEtiuattd population. Thu num'r r
similarly employed il. 1857 WAS 5':oA. or i:
tho proportion Of to 27' ol tic wll']e p'Tn-
latioa. This :uzurs well for the wc:ar: Of The
country. 1t may also lie stated, i:.rannsc-''n
with this sutjlc:, 1lsat, Il Ger: years ago. the
Spanish government deprived the es'rIes:astl'
cal bodies If ;1!1los! Ill The laid they possess
Cd. Tic sale Of ,llcsc lands II tic la'ly Las
already realized u Tue government 1:c,s..y
$l0o,000,0M. In compensation f'r the ia''Gs
taken from c,c!,siaslica. Ill, =ovt rumeut pays
to each Of these who had any iuu res. in lsm
certain annuity which amounts. Oh the ave
rage, to abau: 500. 1t is tie attempt on the
part Of Tie Ll1trsls Of Mcy;cc, 10 delrlyc tut:
priests Of their il!-gottcn wealth t!'ut &sauscsl
tho plcseut civil wa.. i: gl.osl!y iris tie
priests Aayo POSSESSED themselves Of tic 1'tsl
nud most valuable lands in Mexico, Just 4,
they had done i'll Spain, and .:lso IN France.
previous 10 the revolution. TIE revolution u:
1859 conG=catel cy.ry acre, and rsrtoresl ii i"
the people. The French lcop}e were "f opi''-
i'm that, the spiritual teachers sh'"slj Lay u,
their treasures above, and leave tire vile lucEr
Of this world 10 the laity.
There tire 4:1 miles Of nayig:be canals il,
Spain. and 524 miles Of completed railroads.
and $40 Lore miles in progress Of conssrHc-
tion. There are a]s5 =, 1853 miles nf Telegraph
lines in operation. The total rcvel,.es "t Spin
for 1859 was estimated at @1.2, ,ooo. mn: liz,
total expenditure at Sl2;,09o,0"n.
The Government Of SIr.in celductrA .:r'
war with the Moors last ye:,r, with very c,::-
siderable skill aud force, /. la.ded Oil 1!sr
Moorish coast 50, noo 1hcu c1,ni'lt teiy .4upln,
aad defeated the ci.t my in several scii-l. t., Iii
battles, conpclIi:v = him t. su: !.r laacr, aa,
pay in part the xpenscs ri the war, and to lcay"
somo important foriress:s in the possession Il,
the spaniArds :s security for The deferred pay
ments.
Tho triumphant issue Of lho was furnished
Louis Napoleon with itlson f.: demanding
TINT Spain be restored 10 lc: plAc'r AMONG Tho:
great rowe1s. The unity Of til" Latin TACO hus
long tcen Il pc; theory with the rrc~n, Eu-
peror. 1t is u,,e Of 1l,r Idt4< Aa3 oli<7a+."
FEance, SiMin and Italy arc as cl.scIy :!l,,y:
By ancestry ard laug,sage as tie German anil
English races. Fralcc aud :1a;. were III"
most important as we'll as tavorite colonies o!.
Old Rome. The I.atin tongue, literature asr..
laws, al we'll as mailncre and customs. t,1..-
planted the ra,vc. Tic CalTolc religion, tor
fifteen centuries, las c:.jyvetl it, 1iTmcs,
foothold ia those ,::!icns Tic etaurthest
supporters Of Papal authority ha:o always
been found in them The Ilali.:,, Fsc,.ch aui
Spanish Languages are merely disIcls Of tin.
ancient Latin tousMc; aud tho people Of ii,
three nations, her striking rete1ub!anoe to
each other They are all viyacioHs, n.crcurial,
impulsire people, with dark hair, syes ard
comp!exions. They Lave rs many points ol
nimilarily ~ the Scandinavian, British and
North German races have to each othLr
Among the later lair skins, light |!a:r nnl
syes abound, aud phlegmatie, stald and sur]y
tamperaments predomlnase, Us well as love Of
independence. Tie Republican ana Protest.
Int sentiment Gnd tleir mos! ecnia! home
among those sturdy northern tribes.
The French Emperor desires TO ste Italy
united under one h.ad-a first c.ass natjon of
twenty-six millions Of people; Spain and Port
'1gal united together, making nation Ct
twenty millions; the bordt1s Of Franco es.
tsndsd to the Rhine. making an Empire Of |
orty-two millions, ard the three bound to.
gsthsr BY an alliance offensive aid defensive.
kna constituting a Rational trinity Of niretv
Millions Of people. 1t must he confessed tl,at
ne tendency Of European politics is in tho ii.
ec9lon Of this grand Napoleonir idea. 1,olv
rapidly uniting lis detached parts, und form.
a8 oas Government Spain mny shortly ,e-
'1a!m osf Congratulated province Of por.,,p,,
knd France, with ths ..e;,t,,..