New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-06

late Charles Dickens. In all there are wranglers and
they come from Scotland Ireland and Australia, well
! as IRON England 6.w.s
CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS IN SPAIN.
| THE POLICY OF ABsTENTION GROWING IN FAVOR
| AMONG THE OPPosITIoN-THE CUBAN QUEs-
| TIoN-CoNpITIoN OF THE FINANCES.
IPRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THR TRIBUNE
MADRID, Feb. 11.-At Seville on the 9th inst.
the occasion Of partial municipal elections In that
city, the authorities and Ministerial supporters began
their work Of packing the presiding officers ut the
polls and preventing the entrance Of opposition electors
| into the locality. This conduct produced the
rerdmienlo OF the Radical and Republican parties of
Seville leaving the Ministeriaists alone in their glory
The concise and indignant procamatons OF the Elec-
toral Committees OF these two parties at sevie de-
the outrage and announcing the resolution Of
these parties In Seville, has produced echo all over
the kingdom and the policy OF retratmiento for the
opposition in the coming general elections has crown in
favor with wonderful rapidly. IL looks more probable
| to-day than IL did last week that these great
popular parties may adopt before election day
that policy of abandonment Of the legal contest
ton q field where they 10 be confronted
by llegalty in circumstances the least favorable for
them and conclude 20 strike at that great blow Of
yielding to Senior Sagasta the willing support Of
lrnous Senate and unanimous House. All experience
has shown that houses so elected in Spain
split mp and commence fighting among themselves
anything else while the popular parties outside Of the
Ring. sinking their small differences and drawing
tighter the bonds OF coalition in the common work Of
preparing TO oppe the whole edfce OF the fased
government-King, Cortes and CONSTITUTIONAL
Rvero In favor of the rstraiento Of the Radical
party and the manifesto OF this parry published during
the week. bearing Ruiz Zorras name first. and,urgng
party 20 the polls In is strength, nevertheless
bears Riveros signature second 1t contains more OF
threats and more Of warning that II the followers OF
sagasta attempt 10 manipulate the polls, the party will
remain away from the polls, and will withdraw from the
Legislative Houses it be necessary than it does OF
announcement 10 the electors 10 come out.
Something has certainly been gained for that kind
OF talk was certainly not possible in Isabel's time
whether it is compatible with the monarchy at all
is the question. The masses Of the Republican
party seem disposed TO adopt the policy Of
retai1nfentO hut the leaders divided
that point CASTELAR, especially protests against 1t
and TO carry the day thus far The Gene raj As
senby Of the party however has been called to
Madrid, and the point will be discussed and decided
among them by majority OF votes This General As
semby sort OF convention OF delegates elected by
the Provinces and we shall hear what they have to
say about it. Meantime CASTELAR, proposes to write
n public letter exposing his views upon it, The
Cortist party is believed to be generally favor
able TO the retraimiento policy, but Nooedal.
their parliamentary leader is opposed ITO IT, and II is yet
be what they will finally adopt AS you will
probably divinen all these opposition parties, the
whose principal field OF action is in the pariament-are
slow to sanction the policy of abandoning the Parliament
and the pos-a policy which throws them comparatively
into the shade and brings forward the "en OF action
the conspirators and fighting men.
Sefor Bernard Igesias Governor of Barcelona has led
of in the work OF violating the Constitution Of the
Kingdom by requiring all political and other associa
tons in his Province to get permit from him for their
existence and ordering his subordnaes to dissolve any
asa uh moi eho his s I
believe the first-cerainly 1t is, yet the most i'm
decentralization, by Sagastas Governor, OF the pro
visions Of the Constitution. The attack upon the right
OF free association s evident and there that
the attack upon the right Of free printing will fol-
low The right free speaking has always been enjoyed
spain but public meetings not allowed TO be
held II was limited to talk in the cafes and other places
where each other casually or privately, as dis
The Article II of the new Constitution just violated by
Gov Igesas in Barcelona secures TO the people these
prYed OF the right OF freely emitting his ideas opn
lone whether by word in writing ayailing himself Of
printing the Tsht Of ns;
public morality and lastly OF the right OF
the King, and to the authorities" . a., $500, 81.
The talk and the tremor relative to the Island OF
Cuba, which evident in all the hype rpaulotic
demonstrations a few weeks ago, when II was ieaTeS
that that question about TO lead to dcues win
ards have the that the insurrecton If conquered
and that the Rebel leaders ana and Se month
Of Nav is set as the last of the expiring rebeion
when everything will be finally reduced to ordef ana
great effort OF $4,000 men, under three DIVISION
Generals and a Marshal to lead them, Will not De
made being clearly unnecessary as the insurrecton
is already conquered by Vamaseda and the volunteers
The Minister Of Finance puts forward the statement III
the ministerial newspapers that he has already secured
he means TO pay coupon OF the public debt due next
July 1t is very remarkable achievement, as current
liabilities are left unpaid the t3Ooo0Oo realized by the
Ruez ZorriIla loan have already been consumed, and
Pn6e contractors are paid salaries Of many classes
are not paid and even the monthly deficit Of the
Spanish Treasury about s. 0O0 and there If no way
ont ~ II exoep through some radical remedy than
any such measure as the present Ministry tan be e1
pected TO adopt