The New York herald., 1869-01-01
SPAIN.

| SPAIN.
Reprblican Address 10 tho Pe0p.o OF Cadiz.
| Translated from the Republica Federal, Cadlz,
| Dec. Io.l
Republicans OF Spain republicans OF Europe. re-
pubcans OF the entire universe shed tear over the
| tomb OF hundred OF our brothers. hundred mar
tyrs to the republican cause who have fallen victims
to the ferocty OF the sword that worthy agent OF
tyranny In this the land OF Cadiz that has always
| been the field for the liberties OF SPAIN
Let us beg tear for them. and also for double the
| number Of innocent victims-sodiers women and
chiidren-sacrnced to the tyranny Of few 'nise,a-
| 6tes who only bear the image OF man. The human
form often hides the heart Of tiger and these Wild
| beasts dishonor humanity by their acts.
! Let MS always abhor those infamous persons who
do not hesitate, vely ana cowardy, to kill their
leiloW creatures nnder some pretexL or other but
invariably to satisfy their ambition.
Let us pardon their unfortunate ignorance miser
able slaves, who perform the Office Of dagger that
| the ambitious nand OF traitor, OF second Cain,
| nlunges into the heart OF his brethren. The
| responsibility Of the sad events that we
| now lament can never fail to reflect on those
| men whom the barbarous laws of war con-
vert into machines, always ready TO exterminate
when urged on by those drivers, repusive the
public interest aud that bear the titles OF generals
| Republicans. let us forgive those who, forcibly
wrested from the bosom of their families convert
the pestilence of the garrison and the military des-
potsm INTO the e&ecutioners Of those same families.
Let us forgive them, because the sentiments OF bru-
| tally produced by discipline prevent them from
understanding what they do
| Let us forgive them all without any thought OF
vengeance, Tor vengeance only dshonors the
aVengeu, DuJ let us take uSticeyeS Justice for that
blood that we reeking: justice for those pre-
mature tombs; Justice for such high nfamy against
such barbarous proceedings justice against those
| cannibals who thus cut up people, who thus dis
honor the human race and deny the civilization Of
| people such as ours.
Republicans OF Spain, republicans of Europe re-
pubicans OF the entire universe us raise an altar
In our own hearts to the brothers who did not hes
tate one moment to sacrfce themselves 10 the
liberty OF man, TO those who gave their blood In
order to prevent tyranny from casting the chains OF
slavery around the noble people OF Srain to those
NJ M olln that
the emblem of liberty and the standard Of progress
| should be polluted by the menals OF despotism.
but only Justice, and Justice shan be done.
Brethren, let us pray to-day for brethren. the
70 so wa s aa let
| fer all, for they are all sons OF the people.
The Progress of Republication in Spain.
Tirom the London Standard, Dec. Ill
All the effcrts OF the provisional government to
put pleasant face on things, and 10 represent the
Spanish people either perfectly united perfectly
tolerant IN their differences have not avaled 10 hide
from us the plain truth that, in spain as elsewhere
elsewhere, repubcansln means an appeal to force
| when the hope Of asserting itself by peace
ape e nreos enn Gnsfr pe @ on
| Seville and at Madrid the moutlipieces OF the adj
vanced democrats. who mad already frankly pro-
nounced In favor OF a republican form of govern
ment for Spain, freely avowed their sympathies Tor
the Cadz uprising, while It's star appeared IN the
the terms on which Its promoters should be allowed
| TO capitulate when their star waned. The terms
4 renee. and the beligerents were 70 "embrace az
! brothers" The people were to retain their arms
and neither was their organization to be nterfered
win nor were thelr leaders to be removed. To
. crown all, "a republican element was to be admit.
| ted into the provisional government 1t is this
| last demand wnich sheds u nood OF light the
whose transaction; for 1t IL the absence OF this clear
and definite republican element which Is pleaded as
the only preventive Of similar occurrences else.
wnere. Nor is 1t only In the press that such pleas
| have been advanced.
An extraordinary sort Of parley has taken place
between Serrano, Prim and Topete on the one hand
| and CASTELAR, and 0rense, the most conspicuous
1 spokesmen OF the republican party, on the other
| Their pretensions precisely akin to those we
| have already described. N you will not turn ont
| they said, and let us take your places, at least
| share them with us. You are but a provisional
| government body constituted by yourselves and
| you fail to represent the entire feelings OF the
| nation CASTELAR, is man OF warm temper like
| most professional orators, and Marshal Serrano's
ears must have tingled when he told him as we are
yorite all his fe and was therefore the last man in
the world 10 be at the head of Iberal government.
TO TINS specous reproach Il the once roya favorte
to say the least OF It, equally true, much less person
al and infinitely more cOqent He wished to
all those days between the 18th Of sepscms
| Der and the Feast OF st. Michael when
royal authority ceased In Spain. The lnonist gen.
| erals mad made the revolution, and they were the
proper persons to have the direction. SucE were the
durng the nerew e @ we sq on fser e se @ sae
/
mise But We think that to the argument of Sepor
CASTELAR,. that there are republicans In the country
ana therefore there ought 10 be republicans in the
provisional government those who still exclusively
compose 1t need not have been at loss for retor
Ihere are reactoniss IN The country. but they are
not represented the prcsen. executive: aud there
are plenty OF priests In tue country but their voice
s not Just ~ present verr potent rue II is TO be
| open to universal suffrage ana its issue the Con-
stuent Cortes II that body IL really meet this side
the Greek kaiends To decide In favor OF rcpabli
can FORM OF government; hrt we presume that
y, y VIZ ,il also & be open 70 u 70 decide in favor
restoration of priestiy influence. If ~ In not-and
despite the presumption we have for arguments
sake been making. II probably is not-snd Il IL would
be esteemed absurd for the provisional government
to allow Itself TO be superseded. even through the
lnstrumenfality OF the popular VIII, by the
equally absurd wero II to be superseded by re-
publicans against whom, though In q less resolute
manner has likewise professed 20 set It's ace.and
from whom IL received no assistance whatever in
overthrowng the Bourbon7 TO our thinking the
absurdty would be just an great though owing to
the unlnfellgble ndccision OF the existing exccu.
Prim struck the first note agaInst a republic
by his exclamations ''You cannot have n
republic without republicans:n but q: the
same time no and his colleagues went out OF
their way to give every opportunity and plenty OF
iiine Tor what few genuine republicans there may
oe 10 spain TO come to the front and make the most
OF themselves. Here ~ the really weak point In
their position. They banned the Bourbons they
paralyzed Montpenser, they had no civility for
any particular parsonage whom rumors designated
as likely sovereign. But there was to be 3 free
1cld for the republcanism they ridculed by qres-
tioninR its existence. such proceeding was well
calculated to rcpublicanism II it needed any
coaxng, out OF Its obscuresI corners. good deal
may be done, by even small party, if plenty Of time
only be given them and nothing is done In the way
OF opposition or rivalry. And absolutely nothing has
been done In that way by the provisional govern
ment. save the mcagre expression OF q theoreti-
cal preference for monarchica institutions In the alb
stfact Prii and his colleagues have not liftcd inger
10 Indicate 10 Spain the rath IL should take.