The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-13

s. 10.
Friday Morning, Octobersl3. 1871.
Tho Spanish Situation.

reigned lately between the King OF
Spain and his people seems to have come
to sudden close. Only in the last few
weeks we were entertained every day
with lengthy cable dispatches describing
the enthusiastic welcome Amadeo had
met with on his journey through Spain;
how the Spanish dons had oheered him,
and everything seemed to breathe an
atmosphere of roses. The amnesty for
oil political offences seemed to exert q
most favorable influence on the different
political parties of Spain, and large
number of the Carlist leaders were even
indnced to give up their old prediiec-
tions. and by frankly joining the cause
of the new dynasty open on era OF
peace and prosperity for their distracted
country. In short, the dynasty of Sa-
voy, contrary to our expectations,
seemed to have gained firm foot-hold
in Spain. But it appears not. A dis
tressing ministerial crisis has taken
plaoe, the cabinet resigned in q body,
and tho King had some difficulty in
forming another. The ministry Of
Gorilla, which lad iust resigned, was,
indeed, not composed OF men in whose
genius the people reposed entire conf
dence; no Richelieu or Bismarck was at
its head, but it was at least guided by q
spirit OF honesty and patriotism, such
as has animated OF late few Spanish
Cabinets, and, in consequence, it pos.
sessed, in o great measure, the good will
of the peoples and its resignation will do
the King great deal Of damage. This
resignation. given with a'great deal Of
ostentation in a. body TO-, the Spanish
Cortes, has caused an Immense excite
ment In Spain, and. some OF the tr1est,
friends Of the King implote,' him to re-
call Zorilla and hia Cabinet, as the atti-
tude Of the people in the capital and the.
provinces is becoming moro formidable
every day. This the King refuses to
do, and he has, after vainly calling on
Espartero to: form q Cabinet, intrustod
the task to Admiral Maloombe, who has
already selected his colleagues. But no.
body expects the new Cabinet to have
stability. If matters had not looked go
bad the old fox Espartero would surely
not have hesitated to take charge of the
helm OF State, particularly as this re-
fusal follows right on the track of the
declarations of loyalty aud everlasting
devotion rhe made but lately to King
Amadeo. s = .
Itwould be very hard to give satis-
factory explanation Of this sudden crisis.
in view of the exceedingly Inuddled
character of the cable dispatches; but
we should not be surprised if the fnan-
cial difficulties of the country had
brought about this collapse. The state
of Spain for the last fifty years has been
such as to destroy its prosperity tho
roughly. At the dethronement of Isa-
bella the country was completely insolv-
ent. and that three years Of internal
struggles and constant strife have not
improved its financial situation is very
evident. During the preceding months
We noticed in the Spanish official press
hints that the revenues Of the country
were not sufficient to deffay the expenses,
and new tax .system was proposed. It
is very likely that the difficulty this pro.
ject met with brought about the crisis,
for even If the Spanisrds cheer Amadeo,
they will be little inclined to tolerate
him if he should prove more expensive
than Isabella. They chased hor away on
account of her extravagance. although
she was a Spaniard; how much less
would they tolerate suoh an offence in a
foreigner? 'y 5rlSrR
The P1oUs SouLsl--The Radical press
North is horribly shocked atthe idea of
Democratic peoulation and fraud ii the
city government OF New York, and yet
we have yet to hear the first word of
complaint against the Radical thieves
who are robbing the Federal Govern
ment annually Of many hundred mil
lions, and in eyery State md Territorv