The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-04
SPAIN.
An Important Electoral Address
SPAIN.

Correspondence ofthe London Daily NetOs,
MADRID, Nov. A.-The oracle has spoken.
The stiffness OF early morning that indcscri-
bable period when q great city lies between
sleeping and waking, was broken to-day by the
shrill voices OF a Thousand newsvenders, pro-
claiming that the Correspondence had pub
lished un supp enlPnto ertTdordiRdrIo, This
supplement contained the Manifesto de Con-
eiliacionn Of the progressistas democrats, a I'D
unionistas TO the electors. 1t bears the sigma
tuIes OF nineteen well-known public men.
with the addition OF those of the
editors OF fifteen OF the principal ne VS. papers of
MADRID. 1t commences by stating that the elec-
torsl law being now published, and the gather
ing Of the popular assemblies o.iDg proXlmate,
1t is the duty of all good sons OF the nation to
manifest truthfully, frmly, and quietly, thelr
ideas upon the great question they will shortly
be called upon 10 settle with irrevocable sen-
tence-the new destinies of the country. 1t then
lays down as PRINCIPLES to be aIoDted by the
National party what was promulgated at Cadiz,
repeated by all the juntas, and expressed by all
the Republicans aud Democrats in their dis
courses TO the public, VIII
THE sovereignty of the nation, universal
outrage, consecTatlon OF that sovereignty and
origin of all power.
''All rights and liberties which retain 10 every
citizen his dignity aud titles.
individual security and suppression of all
arbitrary acts.
"Inyiolability of domicile and of correspond.
ence.
'Right OF public meeting and peaceful asso.
citation Tor all rational ends.
Liberty OF the press.
"Freedom of education.
Religious liberty, copsecrating and guaran-
teeng forever the right Of conscience.
Unity Of legislation and of statutes trial by
jury"
The manifesto then passes on to speak OF the
immense problem which, for the first time, the
nation is called upon to solve by the votes OF all
its ctizens-what the Corte5 Coustituyentes is
to build upon the ruined throne OF the Bourbons;
problem which may be or may not be solved
by clements peculiar to the situation,
by the superior eXgencies OF the pre-
sent or by the infpXIbe conditions of the
future. The writer's then proceed to say that in
their judgment the form OF government should
not be that of elaborate systems, nor of scientific
deductions, If they woull have 1t on firm basis,
if they desire it's duration and subsistence. That
they had in the first place to preserve the IN
tegrlty Of the nationl procamatious: then to
associate true Liberty with order, and to eEten
the haLd to all who had cOntrl Outed to the
destruction of the Bourbon domination, for the
least schism between then would doubtless be
the rum Of the revolution. The pith of the
whole tollows:-
Taking into account the grave state OF affairs.
the habits and epirit Of the county, and con-
sidering its welfare paramount to everything,
they do not hesitate to say that, in their judg-
meut, the monarchical form of government is
that which adapts itself with irresistible force
10 the consolidation OF liberty and the require
ments of the revolution, which has been con-
sunmated not by the impulse of one, but by the
concerted action of the three great lioegal
parties. But not monarchy like that which
has fallen, not q monarchy Of right divine
or OF family origin, not monarchy which
considers itself superior to the nation
and makes its sovereignty and liberty impos.
sible. Such monarchy IS Tor eyer dead in Spain.
Our monarchy, on the contrary, the one we are
going TO vote for, is monarchy born OF the
people, consecrated by universal suffrage, sym-
bohc of the sovereignty of the nation, which
will consolidate all liberties and will per-
sonify all the rights Of citizenship, superior to
all institutions and to all powers. 1t is IA mon
archy which radically destroys the right divine
and the supremacy of one family over the
nation-a monarchy surrounded by demo
cratic institutions in short popular
monarchy. We shall vote unanimously
for such a monarchy; some of us because we
always have protessed thus principle, and love
the traditions of our country; others, because
we are convinced that the establishment of a
movable power at this moment would be a con-
slant source OF danger TO peace aud liberty,
even though we believe that Democratic princi.
pies are logical in their form, and thaC the great
tendency Of civilization Is towards the abolition
ofell hereditary aud permanent powers. With
these ideas We will 20 to the electoral urns and
| offer anew the example OF our union,n
Such is the spirit of this electoral address Int
in case 1t should fail TO secure the cad aimed at
| the siRners PROPOSE as the Provisional Govern
ment did, to abide by the nat of the nation
attested by the suffrage of the people. They
| conclude by saying that, as that suffrage has
been a solemn compact, they declare with their
hands upon their hearts, that they will obav
| sustain, and defend by their adhesion, whatever
| the CoTtes may decide.
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