The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-25

ton, It being the only thing the government can
consistently accuse him Of. The thrd article Of the
constitution has been broken that all persona shall
The Count has already lain in durance four days He
has reminded Prfm by telegraph OF the facf Con
eral Colonge escaped rom vittoria, and 10 by this
remain until the Constitution comes TO be better re-
spected or mill the Isaoelian days dawn with
Tho dry and arid climate OF spain produces men
OF sound Judgment and acute penetration, - vel -
transcendent Qnixottes In oratory aud poetry. "
Judging fellow among mass OF men who stun cing
to the belief that God cOnversed with Moses on
ciosea to them wnas AID mot 70 the jews
and then an occasion shoots him forward TO the In
tense wonder Of strangers. Such sound judging
ieaow Spain possesses In the person OF haiz Sonez'
Senor Ruiz Gomez, in order to censnye tho acts Of
been M ssssly N the CORES which
represent bv no means pleasant state o. talngs--
quite the contrary; proving with considerable scu-
her Industrious millions ought TO be much further
advanced than she Ia The following are . lew OF
spain possesses superficial area Of sol, $50 square
kilometres and France has so, os1; 20 you zee the
difference ia very little. But examine the di6eret
population. According to the Oeusus Of 1854 France
ma 10 tnas year population Of s!.SsS ns inhADl'
rs spa t. Sssss s Y sss Pc
IS an enormous difference IN population, though the
countries are nearly equal In slze The country or
caatsns such az - the Yyreness, the samosisfrs
the Guadarrarna the Sierra Morena valleys oppose
agriculture; We have few rivers also, and
with ~ our Disadvantages lot me SHOW
you what We can do. Id France there are 800
always navsable. There are also 1900 Kilometres
OF river water reserved for reservoirs Threeourthe
q ns sno1 aasc ~ 9 sas on
our rivers s 798 Kilometres temporarily and lS1 per-
petually. In Franco there have been constructed to
IN Spain there are only 21S kilometres Of these
full works. Again. France has 80, 252 kllometree o.
U or S S Sf
there are 200 kilometres. Spain possesses but
7,l43 kilometres OF the first order Of highways
has $4,000 Kilometres Of railroads. spain but 800.
In the year 184e France exported goods TO the Value
Of Sdrs snsse ., N r1 iss n France
exported goods to the value OF seas, 6o0, 900,
and imported but s54o, 200. 900. From ls4o to
France was i6le. 600 0oO and the Importation was
81 098 000, 900. This manifestation OF progress u
easily y wna nge 9ss
spain exported goods valued at $4,000 1873, and I'M
ported merchandise Of the value Of $50 COX, 000 In
lions amounted to but $2ls, TOO. 600 while her I'M
portau0ns exceeded $397, 100000. 500 rii i.ss 40
four and three per cent amounts to a4 500 francs
or $685. AZ, STA The noating debt, estimated Janua
~ /. 1885, amounted to $l62o0O,0Oo The bonds Of
The total French debt - issued January l. 1881 was
a. S26 827, ITO. What The debt OF Spain u We have
no accurate information. Summed up IN the gross,
from documents In hand 1t amounts to g. 500 000 000.
COmRare the two debts. but think also upon
the dlnersnt respective revenues Why y y
enues are 30 small, thar our estimates for expendt-
lures 40 far exceed the State incomet Because We
are s drifting nspss Inc o. se
Nv. initlated this reckless era He never paid hfs
debts; we would not pay ours during ns reign
stitutona PERIOD ana, later curing the ciyn wals;
but we have since Kept on borrowing at Immense
sS on Door
try Its burdensOme incubus Sehores, this must come
to end. This reckless course OF ours we must END
at once. Senior Cafdev0n told me just now that
Spaniards were industrious people. Let him again
70 forth In the streets OF this capital and look at the
me again thar Spanards are productive people, pre-
occupied with the augmentation OF their fortunes. on,
dear gentlemen deputados spaniards nave possessed
have been to America TO Flanders and TO Naples ous
and this Ia really the cause OF our troubles to-day
Neither ore we ON inventive nation within COM
%hea we eA learn ars RSs @
the requisites to make her rival France our debts
will diminish and our revenues expand fast
enough. We have rivers enough to fertilize all
Europe. We want irrlgating canals-we want
aepend upon the Antilles or upon the Philippines,
but upon our own SPAN. Build railroads, high
ways Of first second and third order; do away with
your mOn0p0lies OF government and Of Individual
companies; let everything every project, be free
HIM or them who come forward with plans to benent
Spain, and the troubles to raise loans upon your
credit VIII be no mOren
The above extract OF his speech is very well in
deed; but 1t, like many otner things, fell upon
wearied ears. Very few members Of the Cortes care
snap for Presruest0s or Ingesos, 30 long as these
estimates Of revenue do not touch or border upon
refreshing to perceive that among this mass OF
drOnes selected from q non-mdustrious nation
there p such q man as Ruiz Gomez, who under
insgnidcance In contrast 10 her powerful neighb0r
across the Pyrences All this week the Cortes have
has been arrived at vet They intend to raise
another loan. They have settled, however, that the
country shall MAINTAIN an army OF so 600 men and
that the Regent shall live In the sumptuous palace
Of san Juan and shall have so many secretaries,
ever DO many nunkies, pages and unknown what