The New York herald., 1869-08-03

stock o. cattle 70 supply manure, nor horses 70
may be sometmes seen yoked together to tn,
tss,nescd , tribes are not heard in their gardens
saer s1icsets ana their eroses for the peasants Gu
nronsrtv tho, oTs sn or nrewOod tney lay waste tne
taey mad deprived themselves OF Tnelr houses ooI
sns Pics1re oi want and mlsery, solitary and dresry
seek shelter wnerefrOm they might sing the cheerJ
nosannans that n other more industrious countries
thst the great pillars or Q state aericnltur-ecom
merce aud manufactures-are rendered almost null
Is tne proceedings 10 the Cortes for the last two
Weeks tnat mas caused me to wriCe this letter.
nave waited two weeks, reading eli the discussions
upon upon nnance, besides listening patiently 60 the
chosen men OF Spain who possessed scnmen ensnri,
TO discuss the real cause of the distress of their
cSunsry to'l nave not heard one who touched upon
doubtless. who know full well better than any
stranger the real cause OF It.; but It Is possible they
debates upon religion, upon kinghOod. uDon the
relative merits OF mOnarchies and republics ana the
o. en ss Castelar, and Garrde have
Europe bnt nothing has been said OF the great evil
done to spain by monkhOOd, by these muititudinous
In the debates which have lasted two weeks in the
spanish permanent one man only has been bold
enough on 20 draw co@parlsons between the revenues
plain why France had, with but Q very
small difference In superficial area double the
y
fruitful which has seasons 80 mild, with sauDrious
air. which mas population naturally Industrious
Ss TANKS ~ agrcniturs productl0ns least in Europe
for the coming years OF 1859 and 1870 and the re-
venues have scraped together nearly everything
They have retailed with the customary spanish pro-
lixity all they knew, and have constructed noun
tains out Of moiehiis; but the reader may wade
through their emission until he sinks into a pro-
found slumber and yet Will lind nothing therein
bordering upon agriculture or upon the duty Of gov.
N IN fhn 0Pff ~
Totally forgeul are they OF the fact that civil war Is
revenues OF CUBA w cover and VET thew coups
upon s25000, 900 as revenue from that island. Be-
SIDES thus unwise abstinence upon the subject OF
agriculture IN Spain the Ministers have determined
to 70 maintain tain E standing army Of 5000 regular
hands required TO till the soil.
1t has been said by some that the Spanish character
Is unsuitable to agriculture. In former times It
unsuitable to agriculture only because Of the very
wars and the TASTE which increased for daring adven
lures Tor our Irregular, predatory and guerilla
IKE lfe. In modern times there is no distaste OF
agriculture but there exist checks and inlmicai
causes to s prosecution, the principal OF which are
the numerous Nestds In the Spanish calendar The
front and main cause lattery has been that Spanards
have been unfortunate In their governments. Ferdt-
nand VII. and Isabella III. kept the yaestas more
rgldly than their subjects They bestowed millions
OF dollars In jewels and crowns OF gold to obscure
chapels, GROWING the br0ws of wooden images OF
unheard Of saints with diamonds and encircng their
ncchs WIN ChrCanets vi vauaOie pearls ana wasting
wealth In senseess professions Is this devOting
capital to unproductiye user Is It not as senseess
as Cheops building the Pyramids, as Ghares,
OF Lindus, Building the Colossus of Rhodes
which equally was the devotion OF capital to certain
unproducton. The plety and religious fervOr OF
Isabella ii. were worked upon successfully by monk
ish emprics in the same manner that the Catholicism
OF Spaniards to-day, under the regency OF Ser
ran0 ana his fellow revouOnists ls subject to the
6uffoOnery OF the Pharlsees in mOnkish garb. said
Spanlard to me the other day. "DOn Senor, DO not
blame Catholicism, but blame Its agentsn Precisely;
this Is just what men should remember VINO are OF
but the agents who take advantage OF Its professors
1t Is not the Catholic religion which Is at faut-lt
never was-the agents only are at fault just as much
speare.
Now, that have enlightened the reader concern.
Ing the true reasons which have produced in spain
the amentable state Of the Treasury, OF which the
officials complain, might as well give them an idea
ior this once how the finances Of Spain stand.
ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEARS 1859 AND