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History OF the Spanish lnseiiecs rom the flfth
to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century,"
The reader yin nov be able to understand the
real nature of Spanish civilization. he will see
how. upder the high. Founding names Of rovsItv
and religion. Iurk The deadly evia which thoss
names have sivays Concealed. but which II IL the
business Of the historian to drag to light and ex.
noaa. A hind sprit Of reve ence sakine the
form of an on = orthy ana ianominious subms ion
TO the crown and Church is the capital and essen
tial vice of the Spanish people II il their sole
national vice. and II has enfficed 20 ruin them.
From II all pstiops have erievouslv suffered. and
rpapv eufjer stilI But no where ia Europe has
this pripciple been 40 supreme ss in 8psin There
fore no bere else in Europe are the conseuueoce "a
40 manifest and 20 fatal. The idea of liberty IA
extinct If indeed in the rue sense OF the word, il
ever can be said 70 have existed. 0utbreaks. no
doubt, there have been, and will be but they are
bursts of lswleseness rather than OF liberty. In
the most civilized Countries the tendency Il xavs
IA 70 obey even unjust laws. but while obsvine
them 10 insist on their repeal This IA because ve
perceive that II IA better to remove rrievances
Than 10 resist them.
= while We submit IN the parficulay hardshio "a
assail the system from which the hardship 6ovs.
reach of mind. which. IN the darker periods Of
European historv. was unaffainahja. Hence "a
find that in the middle ages. thoush tumuIts vere
incessant, rebelIions were rsrs.'f Gut SINCE Sne
sixteenth century local instructions. provoked
by immediate Injustice. are diminishing. and are
being superseded by revolutions which strike at
once o. the source from whence Injustice pro-
ceeds. There can be no doubt that this change Is
. beneficial partly because 1t is always good to
rise from edects to causes, and partly because
revolutions. being less frequent than Instructions
the peace Of society would be more rarely dis
turbed IL men confined themselves entirely to the
larger remedy. At the same time Instructions
are generally wrong; revolutions are always
right. An insurrecton il too often the mad and
passionate effort of ignorant persons. Who are
impatient under some imme date injury, and never
stop 10 investigate lie remote and general causes
But revolution, when M is the work Of the ma
ton itself, 10 splendid and imposing spectacle
becsuse TO the moral quality Of indignation pro
duced by the presence OF evil, IT adds the intel
lectuai qualities OF foresight and combination /;
and. uniting IN the same act some of the highest
no ons
relieving the oppressed. - -
In Spain, however, there never has been re-
beeu one grand national rebellion. The peonIe
Though often lavless. are never free. Among
them We find still preserved that peculiar faint Of
barbarian which makes men prefer occasional
disobed,epce 10 svstematic liberty. Certain feel
ines there are of our common nature which even
their s!ayish LOYALTY cannot eradicate. and which
from time 10 time urre them TO resst iniustice
Such instincts are happily the insliepable lot Of
bumap1ty. which we cannot forfeit If we vould
and which are too often the last resource against
the extravseancies of tyranny And this is all
that Spain now possessed The Spaniards. there.
FORE resist not because thew are Soauiards. but
because they are men. Still, even while thew re.
sist they revere. While they viii rise M AGAINST
the vexstious impost, they crouch before sys-
tenn of which the impost IL the smallest evil They
smite the to- .Qa,her but fall PROSTATE at the
feet of the contemptibie prince for whom the tax
gatberer plies bis craft They will even revile the
troublesome and i'm Fortunate monk. or sometimes
they will rcoff at the sleek and arrogant priest
while such ia their infatuation that thew would
risk their lives in defense of that cruel Church
which has inflicted on them hideous cslamitiss
but to which they stIl cling Is il il we're the dear
est object Of their affections. '.r'T7 : :.
VI Connected with tbese bab;,s of mind and IN
sootb torn; rart ~ th.nn - Ga .ara. 80
e. ans;nn;,e "a ~ ss.s;, 10 .ne .e'elen1 ,s
~ snuy ~ sa uu ~ ,soi ia 'onscy VI .9
op,nnps, o,a pene,s snu oio nso'ss; wnicn remiad
M m6i3fsReedd Hnc6 nre;nd;css we're "ncs nn;~srs
even in Europe: but thew began to die ont in ~
sixteenth century. and are nov. comnarssivsIv
speaking. extinct. excent in Snejn wbsre thayy
have always been Welcomed. In that counsry
they retain their original force. and producs thar
natural results. By encouraging the notion that
all the truths most important to know are already
known they repress those aspirations and duiI