New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-12
THE SPANISH REVOLUTION.
THE CRISIS OF THE REVOLUTION
tyRou OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT!

affair of CadiZ yet the influence Vi '",' -, IT, mora
able incident is every dayino strongly ioi II
sonso II was crisis in Spanish politics;
'i'" ~ 90 how, heen the crisis of the revou-
zion Tho English and French papers nave 'io'':"
:. 90 trinmph over the Republicans IL was =.
- ,ho frst revelation of the force ana coui"s %
Che Republican sentiment. kno" no' Nv" -
,he story may by this time nave ooeh Vo'u' '"' '-
,;rs, approaeh to a true account-Ol tno i",'. "o'
,''dauino of the facts-was published III larlS
ontv n week ago and not even IN Madr'" Is Tue io"i
history generally known II is not known why al
event seemingly isolated AMI followed pS no open
If resistance elsewhere should have changed the
nolcv of the Government have consolidated the he-
nnbcan strength as if by magic. ruined the hopes OF
ono Lino,v candidate diminished the chances OF the
,,on.,cby itself and secured such Republican
,,;.,orv in the elections of last week as amazed the
pannbncans themselves. Without repeating the
,,eneral facts which must be familiar TO you VIII
narrate so much of the interior history OF the move
ment as will explain why apparent defeat of the
Republicans was, in fact, victory OF the utmost
worth.
The Military Governor Of CadiZ Gen. de Peralta,
is Young soldier of reachOnary politics, appointed
like too many of the officers under this Government
AS a concession TO the Union Li6eTdte-a party
liberal in name only. Ii may he difficult to say
whether the brutal order which he issued had the
that time, Dec s. it had been going pretty rapidly
down the steep road which leads to military deS-
potism and il is possible enough that the men VINO
were foremost in TcactiOnaTy measures thought Cadz
might be a good place to Try them on. IL is com
mercial. and its population peaceful Whether WIN
or without the knowledge of the Madrid authorizes
Gen de Peralta issued that order, which has become
historical, requiring the disarmament WITHIN three
hours of the citizen militia, prohibiting puDhc assem-
bes suppressing the journals, and declaring marual
law. IL was promulgated at o'clock. At y o'clock
the city was in arms. Had Peralta known his trade
az soldier he had ample force to Quel the outbreak
but instead of taking active against the in
snrgents he withdrew to the citadel, and sent to
Madrid for aid Cadiz is so situated that it was pos
slble for the forces which marched against il
20 cut off all communication between the city and
the rest Of Spain. They established blockade SO
complete that for some days no intelligence what
ever went out from the city. The Government eX
copied none in Madrid or elsewhere knew why Cadiz
had risen, and the Government telegraphed all over
Spain that the Instruction was not Republican but
Carlst. People wondered at n CaTlist movement in
Cadiz but nobody doubted the statement. When
the arnstice between the insurgents and the Gov
eminent troops had been agreed on, rumor of the
real state of the case reached Seville At infinite
peril, some members of tho Republican Committee
of Seville made their way into Cadiz, learned the
facts, escaped again to Seville, and spread them be-
fore their astOnished Committee. at that moment
they learned also that the Governor of Andalusia,
the military disrictincuding both Seville and Cadiz
was about to declare the whole province in state
of siege; measure to be taken the pretcxt of
public safety. bnt which looks very like the second
step in that general programme OF which the order
in Cadiz had been the first. The Republican Com
mittee went TO the Governor and told him that the
PRONUNCIATION of such an order would be followed by
the summons of the Committee to the Republicans
TO rise in every town OF the province The Governor
thought 1t prudent 10 suspend his proclamation.
and wait orders from Madrid TO Madrid
at the moment sped deputation
70 the Central Republican Committee, and that body
learned for the first time what was doing and at
tempting in Cadz and Seville. The whole commit
tee of 81 were summoned, met, and took their resOu
fiona resolution of almost unparalleled boldness
They sent word to the Provisional Government that
they desired conference, and they went in body
10 deliver their message CASTELAR,. President of the
Committee. and the first orator of Spain, addressed
fhe Council Serrano, Prm, and the other, great Of
fieers Of State were present. I'VE come to treat
with you," hogan CASTELAR,, on equal terms. You
constitute the Governments represent tho peO-
pie. We have heard the truth from Cadz and Sc
Vile We know that you have deceived MS and all
Spain. We know that the Cadiz instruction is Re
order OF your Governor that caused it. We desire
from you an assurance that the policy entered upon
by that order shall be disayowed and abandoned.
Though We know that the insurTeciOn was necessary
and just argue that the authority of the Govern
ment must be maintained, order preserved and the
point OF military honor covered by a surrender of
the arms in the hands OF the insurgents. We under
take that they shall lay them down on q pledge from
YOU that the Governors order shall not be enforced
nor renewed But if that order is TO be sustained
we give yOn notice that We will rise instantly in
Madrid, in Barcelona, in Seville in Carthagena
wherever in Spain there is a Republican organiza-
ton, and with every enemy of the Revo-
luton as au ally we viii overthrow your Gov
emment' CASTELAR, spoke for three quarters of an
LOur; spoke, it is said, with marvellous eoquenoe and
force He attacked the whole policy of the Proyis
iOnal Government from its beginning down TO the
outrage of Cadiz. This, and this and this you have
done this and this you ought to have done-an
Indictment for almost every act. When he had
finished, Scrrano President of the Council said
Nothing IN my life is 50 strange as that should
baVe sat and listened 70 such an attack upon the
Government. Nothing 50 much amazes Inc ms the
AunacisS oi inc orator, except the eoquence which
hs nan convinced Inc that what he has said is truen
'"o VI "o.' 'ue NONefnmcnt found itself confronted
ny i',So II was compelled to respect and it gave
way nv oouucl agreed to the terms proposed by
10 CONl''1''V'' An understanding was come TO,
verbal or both sides the Government aLo,,o';. -.
policy OF terrorism She insurgents Oiv;no ~ a.
hins the Committee answering for the obedience of
Their party to the recognized authority Tin ca,
The compact has been kept OIL both sides.
10 understand the herOism of sncl n re.ss..o.
remember that when the Committee went beforc a.
Council they took their lives in their bo,d =