Litchfield enquirer., 1868-11-19
where the people ruled twice in each
month-at the period of the new and full

| before the EngilSn nad parliament IN
London; it had it's Tennis-court oath in
Medina-del- Campo, under Don Sanchez
As far back as 1883 its tiers etot ruled in the
cortes of Borja, and a single city, Saragos
sa, sent fifteen deputies to the National
Assembly. In 1907, under Alonzo ILL.,, il
proclaimed the right of education! In
Aregon it made an individual named Jus
tice superior to the man called King. II
established its formidable simon no in oppo.
sition to throne. It refused taxes to
Charles v At its birth it held Charlie.
! magne in check, and Napoleon in its last
| moments.
This people had its diseases, but it was
no more dishonored by its monks than is
the lion by its vermin. 1t wanted but two
things-to get rid of the Pope and to get
rid of the King. In navigation, in adven
ture, in industry, in invention. in coloni-
cation, it was another England, with less
of isolation and more of sun. It has its
captains, doctors, poets, prophets, heroes
and sages. This nation has its Alhambra
as Athens its Parthenon; its Cervantes as
Franco it's Voitaire.
The soul of this great nation spread so
much light on the world that a Torquemada
was required to put it out. Over its Jet
the Pope has put his tiara-an enormous
extinguisher. Popery and absolutism join
ed hands to ruin the nation; this light was
turned into flame, and the pyre was spread
over the land. The smoke of this que0sa-
dero has been for three centuries hideous
cloud over civilization, saId-the burnings
overt might have been said these ashes
were the nation. From these ashes the ma
ton has arisen. What is a myth in the
Phoenix Is true of a nation. Will it arise
grand or little? That is the question.
"Spain can resume its rank-become the
equal of France aud England. The OPP
portunity of Providence is immense, the
occasion unique, Viii Spain neglect it?
Another monarchy on the continent! For
what? Spain is the subject of king, who
is himself the subject of other powers
What degradation Besides, in the pres
ent age. to set up moparch is to give ones
self great deal of trouble to little pur-
pose. The decoration is to be changed.
"A republic in Spain would be warn
ing in Europe, and warning pronounced
in the ear of kings would mean peace; it
would mean France and Prussia neutrali-
zed; it would mean the impossibiEty of
war between the military monarchies ow-
ing to the mere presence of the revolu-
tion-a muzzle put on Sadowa as on Aus
terlitz-the perspective of butcheries sup
planted by the perspective of labor aud
wealth, the Chassepot abandoned for the
jacquard; it would bethe equilibrium of
the continent established to the detrim ent
of 'fctions by the weight of truth in the
scale; it would be old Spain regenerated
by the young force-the people; it would
be from a commercial and mercantile point
of view, life restored to that double coast
III, Ii H.
Venice, and on the ocean before England;
it would be industry reigning where mise
ry now crouches; it would be Cadiz the
of Liverpool, and Madrid the equal of Pa
ris. It would be Portugal united to Spain
by the mere attraction of civilization and
prosperity.
GA republic in Spain would be the pure
and simple declaration of mans sovereign
ty over himself-a sovereignty that is IN
disputable, and that cannot be submitted
to the test of maj orities and minorities; it
would be production without tariff, con-
sumption without a custom house, circula-
ton withouta fetter, the workshop with
out proletarianism, wealth without parasi-
tism, conscience without prejudice, speech
without a gag, law without lying, force
without an army, fraternity without Cain {;
it would be labor for all, education for all,
justice for all, the scaffold for none; it
would be- the ideal made real, and, as there
is swallow which leads the way, there
would be a nation an exemplar to others.
"As to danger there is none. Citizen
Spain is Spain strong. Spain democratic
is Spain citadel A republic in Spain
would be probity in the administration,
truth in the government, liberty in power
it would be sovereignty made real and m
conquerable. Liberty is tranquil because
it is invincible, because it is contagious. 1t
seizes him who touches it. The army sent
to attack it reacts on the despot It is
therefore left in peace.
A republic in Spain would be to the hor-
lion the irradiation of the true-a promise
for ala menace only to what is evil; it
would be this giant Justice upright in Eu-
rope behind the barricade of the Pyrenees.
Spain monarchy, Spain is little; Spain a
republic, Spain is grand. Which will she
choose?
The PACIFIC RAILROAD IN WINTER
Nature and the seasons seem to favor the
Pacific Railroad. The working season has
been SO far prolonged That it is estimated
that by the end of the current month there
will not be over 300 miles of the Through
Line remaining incomplete; and of that
distance good part of the grading will
be done. The great question of fuel seems
to be also satisfactorily settled. Rich beds
of coal have been discovered on the head.
waters of the Humboldt River, and on the
slopes of the Wasatch Mountains where
the Eastern and Western Links of the Road
unite. Next Summer will undoubtedly
witness the binding of the Atlantic and
Pacific waters by continuous line of rail
road 9, 300 miles in length.
| By the advertisement of the Financial
Agents of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company in another column, it appears
that great success has attended their nego
tiations of the First Mortgage Bonds, is
sued under the authority of Congress. The
important aid granted by the nation, to-
gether with excellent credit, enables this
Company to push on the work with undi.
minished vigor. Fifteen thousand men
and three thousand teams are engaged or
the line. Three hundred miles of iron
have been laid since the Goth of June last
or at an average rate of two and hall
miles per working day. From Salt Lake
to the Pacific Ocean, the line rises once
only lin crossing the Sierra Nevada Range)
to the altitude of heavy SHOWS. Over this
stretch of about thirty miles, substantial
| eba3s havn hean hnilt which will enable the