The New York herald., 1873-08-05

be expected No constraint s exercised. All In
surrectonary movements are allowed to come to
q head, run their course. and no one is punished.
The rabbe Is patted on the back, told to be good
boy and not do 1t again. There are scarcely any
troops left and no one to lead them. Colonel de Ia
Vega, who was able to maintain himself at the head
OF his column by allowing his men every possible
license, has had such a fright OF the sOn0ten
that he resigned the day after his exploits at San
Quirse de Besora, OF which another correspondent
OF the HELALp has given graphic account. In his
letter announcing his resignation he. e.says:-"I am
forced to tender my resignation in order, in COM
mon with many OF my soldiers who have taken no
part in these excesses, that may not be con-
founded with thieves and robbers and still less
with assassins and inccndiariesr
Thus there are scarcely any regular troops at all
in the field y
IN CATALONIA.
The only forces are the volunteers of the Repub-
llca Federal, OF whom about four thousand have
left BarcelOna-1,000 are now passing my window
en- route for the mountains. where they have sworn
to burn every Carist village they come TO, DOOM
ing Alpens where Cabrnetty was killed. to especial
destruction. In the meantime
THE CARLIsTs
are having II all their own way, and O childish,
babysh way 1t seems to be- In lact the whole OF
Spain reminds one OF parcel OF mischievous school
boys-Or m0nkeys-run riot. The Carllsts, full OF
petty chickering's and squabbes among the leaders,
still keep picncking among the mountains, entrap-
ping column now and then in some ambuscade, or
surprising some pettilogging little town, with its
garrison OF a dozen men, but never making any
real advance This either argues thorough impo-
tence on the part OF their eaders-for really there
is nothing at all to oppose their advance-or else
1t proves that Carlism has only home
Il
1t is both combined. OF their military operations
In Navarro, which followed for three months,
can certainly affirm that they no more able to
risk pitched battle against equal numbers In the
plains than they are to fly to the Milky Way, and
from the observations made by the HERALD corre-
spOndents in Catalonia it seems that they still
worse Off there and have still smaller chances OF
The fact is, that beyond the rustics in the
mountains of Navarro, in the Basque provinces and
in Catalonia, and the aristocratc families in these
provinces and some few in the south OF Spain, Don
Carlos has no party except the clergy, and repre-
sents an obsolete dynasty. The great bulk of the
population is Alionsist. The middle classes
throughout Spain adhere to the Prince of Asturias;
the officers all Alfonsst. Were they not, or had
they the slightest affection for Don Carlos, would
they not long since have joined his arms But no.
They know that Carlism is
A SNARE AND A DELUsION;
they know that amable courteous and gentle
manylike as are the Carlist officers and aristocracy
they know that they are an utterly impracticable
race, strange to the ways OF government and ad-
ministrati0n, while the Alf0nsists have been 1orty
years In ONCE.
The fate OF Spain will be decided by the issue of
the combat between the Republic, which is art-
fcial, and Alf0nsism. which has taken deep roots,
the Carlist movement being merely an interlude-
the yeast that is making the dough rise the fer
mentati0n that is clearing or the dregs. How
long this ierment will last 1t Is impossible to say
But one thing is certain-the opinion is expressed
on all sides-and that is that there will have to be
grand clearing out of the internationalist ele
ments. Nothing less than the cannon and the
fusillade will be able to sweep Spain OF these tur
bulent Communists. Pandering to their demands,
which Pi Margal and consorts are doing, is
worse than useless. They are merely putting or
the evil day, which is bound to come, and will in
crease In horror the longer it is delayed.
Just now there is another stampede on the
Rambla. But 1t is of no consequence. They have
only shot man in the Gale de 10 Reunion. "Viua
la Repmoltco Federal! ViUa Ia Emancipation
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