316 THE PRESENT CRISIS OF SPAIN. 



anarchy ; besides, taught by experience, we apprehend that those ex- 

 cesses have been perpetrated at the secret instigation of the party 

 opposed to the new state of affairs, and therefore we earnestly re- 

 commend those that are entrusted with the executive power to adopt 

 strong and prompt measures in order to organize the arrny, to 

 strengthen the liberal party, and to force the clergy, their sworn 

 enemies, to follow strictly their religious profession, without in- 

 terfering in the least in worldly affairs, foreign to their calling. 

 Don Carlos could not have so long maintained his Guerillas and 

 his position in the north of Spain without the secret intrigues and 

 powerful aid of the church. 



A general unlimited amnesty ought also to be soon proclaimed, to 

 show to the world that regenerated and free Spain opens her arms to 

 all her children, and wishes to see them all united under the same 

 standard for their common happiness and prosperity, and for their 

 national glory, freedom, and independence. 



During great national difficulties, great national sacrifices must be 

 made in order to overcome them ; consequently it behoves the execu- 

 tive power to adopt every means temporarily to procure a sufficient 

 supply of funds to carry on'the government without having recourse to 

 foreign loans, which necessarily ruin the nation ; and, as the property 

 of the church is immense, a great part of it must be appropriated to 

 the general welfare of the nation, and its sale will soon fill the coffers 

 of the Spanish treasury. 



The only real domestic enemy of Spain is the civil warfare, which 

 is, unfortunately, committing great ravages amongst its inhabitants ; 

 and it is the only enemy able, not only to paralyse, but also totally to 

 frustrate, the good effects that would necessarily arise from its acknow- 

 ledged popular constitution. It is therefore to that quarter that the 

 Cortes must direct all their efforts ', and, if conciliatory means and just 

 and reasonable representations prove ineffectual, then brute force and 

 speedy coercion are to be employed to save the country from destruc- 

 tion. And here we must remark that Spain is at present very differently 

 situated from what it was in 1 823. Then the royal despots of Austria, 

 Prussia, and Russia, were firmly seated on their absolute thrones, and 

 France was groaning under the restoration. Now England has a re- 

 formed parliament, and its nation is the open and sincere friend of li- 

 berty and civilization. Austria is obliged to concentrate all its military 

 and civil strength to keep in obedience Lombardy, Gallicia, and Hun- 



