New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-06-07
SPAIN.

SPAIN.
POLITICAL DIsCONTENT-SrATE OF SPANISH FINANCES
-DEsPoTIC rIANs OF THE GOVERNMENT.
ITO" 0"' 'P''''' MADRID May u. 1861
was not at all surprised when | saw in the New
York papers. brought by tO-days mail, that telc-
gram had been received stating that Republican
movement had taken place in Catalonia Whenever
the chronic state OF discomfort in this unfortunate
country threatens to take the acute form large
smuggling companies avail themselves of the politi-
cal state of the country to distract the attention oil
the carabincers or coast and frontier guards to intro
duce large quantities of cOntraband goods. When
ever revolutions or symptoms of revolutions occur
they are invariably accompanied by great activity
omong the contrabandist communities IN Gibraltar
and on the French and Portuguese frontiers Bnt
although the telegraph dispatches made mistake
vet in all probability they will finish by being igh
for now that popular discomfort Is being agg'V"'ou
bv the prospect of increased taxation bad lrVeSiS s.
devastation of whole provinces, lHuch ~ Au''i'"
and Toledo by locusts, Stagnant commerce. 10 S''y
nothing of court that mocks pubhc MISERY
with its luxury and Cabinet that is cropping oil
every remnant of popular immuniiios, Rebellion -
likely 10 begin It's career again with greater PROD
ability of success The debates on the bi oi hurfl-
nifty which absOlycs Ministers ior Their tI@hpiihs
up0n old laws, and at their own VIII anu pleasure
making new ones that the once Tcdoubtablc lhPlls-
ton might have envicd, have ended by INC HlniSIels
obtaining the dissolution they have asked for but
the debate- i'm which the absolute tendehccs oil inc
Queen aud her instruments are so clearly hauC uan
if,s have been read throughout the nation ANA nave
spread the alarm aud 10 az aPPiihhc' iViis w
pcarance Of resistance. Inc debates on TIC ihu.n
nifty bill lasted nearly six weeks dulhg Whi,h lline
the public which has not heard pontlca Uuth
for considerable period, learned. 10y the speeches
OF the Opposition speakers, that no judge however
high his legal reputation honorable LIS services,
10. Ia
ing 10 the present choice Cabinet of the Queen
without being Immediately dismissed from his
seat on the bench that every guarantee OF
individual freedom ~ completely hhhihilated
~ II he We're living IN some Asiatic rcalnr thai The
prisons sill filed WITH citizens denounced by The
secret police, and have been angW,linR there Tor
months without yet being submitted 10 iral; that
university professors have been dismissed because It
has pleased the bigots of Rome to put their works
on the Index - years after their publications; mat
the iutuiS bubble instruction Is 30 be- completely p
der the control of the clergy who can denouncc any
village schoomastcr no fails to enjoy their patron
age: that the Acadcs or petty oihCrN oil justice OF
the villages have now the legal power To lnprlson
for 10 days and 10 Danish for 40 any person that they
suspect of reasonable intentions. ne debates nave
been diversified with much personal recrlminailon,
because as the Progresisia members OF Tue senate
have, with one unworthy exception, entirely ab-
stained from taking part IN the Leg stature the
only adversarics OF the Ministry have been
that section of public men called the Liberal mon,
clique Of political Adventures of all shades
of opinion who have while IN power, wasted me
resources of the nation embroed II IN unprOhtable
wars deluged the streets with blood. and prepared
the nation, by their cunning irittenng away the
most valuable rights of constituencies, Tor the cync
tyranny Of tho present cOurt-ChOScD Cabinet IL was
lucky for the prospects Of the present Cabinet that
the discussion on the Indemnity bill took place lnst
the very time that the peace of Europe seemed To
hang upon "A thread, for most statesmen III spain,
and almost all patriots, were 80 deeply convinced
that the breaking out of general war would so lar
modify the state of affairs that the chief aim OF the
most practical men in the country, namely, change
of dynasty. would probably be brought about under
such circumstances that people looked Oh with some
Indifference at the acts OF II cabinet ana court
whose official days they believed would not be long
But now that the peace of Europe seems Tor n Time
at least TO be assured and that every crowned despOt
in Europe is about to visit the Imperial ruler OF the
French, and exchange suggestions about the best
method Of keeping their people IN subsection now
that under the pretext of public SECURITY standing
armies are to be more Numerous than ever and
armed with the aeadliest weapon that civilization
can invent, tbe only hope of the people here Is mat
the army which has always in Spain taken the IN
tiativc, may more help them 10 throw of their
newly forged chains. This morning about 80 refugee
soldiers who had crossed the Portuguese or French
frontiers after the last two unsuccessful msrrrec-
tions, and who had formed part Of the 1000 refugee
sodery, on whose cooperation the enemies OF the
Government rely, entered Madrid pursuant 10 INC
caresseS And feasied by French and Spanish Liberals
on the French side of the Pyrenees and displayed
much love of liberty and exultation III the part they
had been playing, but no sooner were they on
Spanish ground than they began to throw mp their
caps and shout Long live the Queen As is usual
III bnCn cases, lnty uccltItu tHtN
by their officers and sergeants, The Government
papers while praisng Her Maestys clemcncy in pef
uniting them TO return to their native country dwell
pqch upon The .brdshps they have suffered in for
el c6nfitfes, hardshps that TAX leave TO doubt,
for they look both plump and healthy after their two
years exile Three hundred more are expected from
the Azores. where the Portuguese Government had
sent them and where they are detained by stress OF
weather.
The Government having succeeded In b,aining an
act OF oblivion for their past political misdeneahofs
have lost no time in developing the plans by which
they intend to keep up the shad0wy forms OF conS'
tuti0nal Government, and 1T the same time destroy
every useful privilege of the Deputies and Senate
They have not done this by any noisy coup defdf |
but by making the Chambers themselves, by altera-
tons III their regulations strip themselves OF every
guarantee OF independence Bills for this purpose nave
been brought into both Chambers aud it is probable
that the great mass of inexperienced young men OF
whom the new Chamber of Deputies is composed
will consent to nulhfy themselves after short ana
sterile debate The 20 opposition members OF the
Senate will not however give up their old forms Oh
debate which date from the epoch OF the famous
Cortes OF Aragon The bills viii, however, be nill-
mately carried, and thea the Government VIII no
longer have to dread the hostile votes OF censnre OF
passed. the Ministers will no longer be opnged
10 present themselves in the Chambers 20 deiehe
their conduct; they will. II they THINK proper,
send Commissioners TO represent them Inc rlgno
,f Interpolation is to be much curtaied. NO ques-
ion can be asked of the Government without Prev. |
ms six days notice in writing and the Government
,an refuse 10 give an answer without assigning my
rslsOu The opposition papers are not pernltted 10
give the aarm to the country 40 that tins tatal inu