New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-07
cure the ills that come of corrupt officers, ana
drunken and worthless judiciary.
THE NEWS FROM SPAIN.

Among the favorable signs whlch accompany
the progress of the Carlists in Spain, is fiight
of impossible romances from abroad. The
cause never before appeared to have sufficient
nromise TO Justify the writers of sensational
dispatches in taxing their invention IN reia-
ton to it, But the present insurrectOn mas
lasted so long. and has exhibited such stub
born vitality as to attract the keen atteh-
ton of newsmongers. The dispatches we
received last night from London prove
this. One states that NJ. Theirs mas
recognized the Carlists as bellgerents'
As he has not yet formally recognized the
Republic, it is not likely that he has made
haste to extend the right hand OF fellowship
to a cause which represents in Spain the same
blind reaction which is fighting him in France
under the white flag of the Comte de Chail-
bord. We are told also from LONDON Una. IL 10
the impression there that Don carlos VIII SUI =
ceed This is highly characteristic; ou' no. VI
much value as prophecy. Inc average div"
is thoroughly convinced OF TWO iac'S-o",'
that he never will be a slave, ana secohu'
that every one else ought to be. lie VIII OPP
nose NJ the risk of his life and fortune any
INFRINGEMENT of his own liberties; but he has
M doubt that a strong military desp0tlsm is
tho host Government possible for the nations
of the Continent The English revere their
own royal family for strictly respecting the
Constitution and they Frustrated themselves
in abiect admiration before the late En-
neror of the French because he had destroyed
the Constitution he had sworn to protect. 1t
is NOT therefore, wonderful that they should
sympathize with the apparent advances which
the Champion of Divine Right and the lnquisi-
ton is making against the Republican Gov
eminent. composed of men whose views of
public poity are very much the same as those
of the most enlightened English and American
statesmen. If the Carlists conclude to try the
experiment of loan, there would be no better
place to float it than in free and Protestant
England.
The facts are certainly not destitute OF
gravity. The Government appears to be making
no Roadway in suppressing the rebellion.
Bands are springing up without warning all
over the kingdom, like the thin blue flames
which tremble and sink on the deck OF burn
ing ship. The incident just reported from
Andalusa is one of serious importance. Two
hundred carbineers of the garrison OF San
Rooue pronounced for Don Carlos, but were
disarmed and imprisoned. If this contagion
spreads a little, the pronunciamientos will
become easier and their suppression more
difficult. The weakness of Carlism hitherto
has been the lack of any support III the army.
If they are able to supply this lack, the move
ment will become instantly formidable.
Meantime the Government is paralyzed, so
far as any effective measures of repression are
concerned by unexpected complications both
at home and abroad. Mr.. Olozaga has in
formed the Secretary for Foreign Affairs that
the Representatives III Paris of the different
powers are about to send collective note to
the Government of Spain, declaring their be-
lief that their respective Governments Will
refuse to recognize or hold communication
with it in case of the proclamation OF the
Federal Republic. This is blow which would be
dangerous even if harmony reigned i'll the Cortes
and among the people. But unfortunately
this threat of foreign hostility comes at a mo-
ment when the Republican Government is
assailed by powerful faction inside the
Cortes, numbering, it is thought, large ma
iority of the deputies. A meeting of 23G
Radical members has disapprOved the plan OF
Senior Figueras for dissolution of the present
Assembly and the election of Constituent
Cortes II is scarcely possible that the
present Cabinet can retain their positions
after the failure of this vital proposition.
The Republic, therefore, finds itself assailed
in its cradle by these three malignant enemies,
a reactionary rebellion, political faction, and
the menace of hostile coalition beyond its
borders 1t would be presumptuOus to predict
a safe deliverance from all these dangers.
But the prospect is darker for Spain if the
Republic succumbs than if it resists and stands.