, 1873-08-02
THE SPANISH HORROR

Since tho expulsion Of tho Vaudals from
spain by tho Visigotha, and tho civil wars, vio-
lonce, and asaasBirations which in turn oyor.
threw tito latter, thoso has been nothing so hor-
rible and inluman as tho Bauguinary episodes Of
tho fnsurrootions which arc now almost daily
occurrences In that unfortunnto country,
Neither tho massacre OF st. Bartholomew, tho
atrocities Of tho Thugs Of India, tho worst hor-
rors Of tho Paris Commune, not even tho re-
fnomout Of torture practicod by tho savage
tribes Of our own country, eau compare in bru-
| ta1ity aud fendiahnoBs with tho oxceBses COM
mletod by thoso monators Of cruelty at Alcoy.
To roalize It, wo havo only to imagine an up
rising in ono OF Our own citios OF tho lowest ola
ments of tho population the oyerpoweriug Of
tho authoritiea, aud FREQ licenso given to their
brutal FASHIONS. If such barbaritioa were pog-
sfble in this country, We should havo to imagine
thoao city officials stripped mixed, somo Of them
docnpitatod and hurled down from tho
balconies of tho public buildings where
thoir bodies aro tramplod undor tue feet
OF tho fronztod mob; others thrown
down alivo and caught upon pixies md bayonots
and then rent to pieces; while others, aftor bo-
Ing snoarcd with petroleum, arc set On fro,
driven through tho stroots until thoy fall, either
consumed by tho fro or killed with tho more
! morcifal pistol-balH. Even women und children
aro transformed into beasts, and take promi-
mont part In the horrible slaughter the dotails
OF Which woro 30 torriblo Mt Acoy that tho Minis
ter Of Public Affairs, when called upon in tho
cortos for Information, could not repoat tho
whole of tho dreadful story. And this is but q
single episode in tho bloody record Of Spanish
anarchy md misrule.
It Ia not dtff1cult to discover tue cau8o Of thu
maasncro at Alcoy. It must be inevitably ro-
forred to the fact that Spain has no settled Gov
ernment. Tho pretended Republic has no moro
power Or authority than a child It makes laws
which aro mover enforced. 1t raises squads Of
men and Bonds tLom into tho field, whore
tho larger part of them speedily be-
come disairected and go over to tho
ranks OF Don Carlos. who is slowly
but surely approaching Madrid. Its navy has
fallcn into tho hands Of the insurgents. Ita
principal citics, like Alcoy, Malaga, oartagona,
Barcelona, Grenada, Boyillo, Cadx, YaIoncia,
and othors, have either declared themselves in
dependent Of tho Government, or they aro in
tho hands Of tho insurgents, and given up to
their worst oxcoBgeB. Tho Cortos itself ia d.
vidod. Tho Deputies Of tho Loft havo espousod
the cauRo Of tho RovolutionistB, and protested
against any tlanka to tho citzcus Of Almoria
m f1,nff 5nv ~ fl,n
tra"sigcates, or Irreconoilnbles, who aocodcd
from tho Cortos two months ago, and who in
cludo In their numbers come OF tho abtest
orators In that body, aro wandering freely
through Spain, melting tho people to revolution,
md tho Government has not the courage oyen
to suppress their newspaper organ, which is
published at the aoat of tho Government itsolt
Tho International Society Is seizing tho prop
crty belonging to tho stato, contlaoating Church
property, melting up tho church bolla and
plato, closing up factories, and melting tho
worltmon to tho commission Of tho most atro-
cloua outragos. Tho Government being poworloss
to proyont tho outrages OF tho unorganixed in |
sargonts, or oyon to loal tho divisions among |
ita own frionds mud unite tho various factious.
is Of course unable to Withstand tho progrosa Of
Don Carlos. whoHo army, though small, Is woll |
ofllcorea and organized, aud wAoac operations |
arc conducted by tho recognized rules of war.
Tho very oxccsHcs Of the insurgents and inter-
md the fouda Of tho yasloua Ropubt-
can factions, although not directly Inspired by
Don Oarlos, arc so many diroot aids to Ills ad-
vanco on Madrid. II not tho recognition, ho
ilas At least the sympathy. Of the French Coy
aud England itao1f stands In 4 frleualy