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SPAIN. 



Government of hypocritically diminishing 

 Spanish liberties, adding : 



The Government is bringing us not peace but war. 

 By a timely intervention in the contests of the mo- 

 narchical parties, the republicans will at once save 

 liberty and establish the republic. The revolution is 

 far from being consolidated. It has not yet fought 

 its last battle. Republicans must prepare for the 

 combat. This preparation must be the work of the 

 managing committee. 



As several persons belonging to the Carlist 

 bands who accepted the pardon offered them 

 by the general-in-chief, and who gave them- 

 selves up to the authorities, returned to the 

 ranks of the rebels, Don Domingo Moriones, 

 Commandant-General of the Division of Na- 

 varre, issued the following order : 



ARTICLE 1. Every rebel who, having once accepted 

 pardon, absents himself from his habitual domicile, 

 and again enlists in the ranks of the faction, shall 

 be shot. 



AKT. 2. The alcaldes and other persons who in- 

 duce the pardoned to again form part of the said 

 bands shall be brought in to this city (Pamplona), 

 and tried by court-martial. 



ART. 3. Equal responsibility will be incurred by 

 the alcaldes who neglect to give an account of the 

 inhabitants of their towns who are in the situation 

 of those referred to in Art. 1, and who do not in- 

 form the nearest column of troops of the direction 

 taken by the Carlist bands as soon as these abandon 

 their respective towns. 



On the part of Don Carlos, his brother Don 

 Alfonso was appointed commander-in-chief of 

 the insurgent forces. Don Alfonso addressed 

 a manifesto (without date) to the Spaniards. 

 He expressed his joy at being named by the 

 King, his brother, the general-in-chief, and of 

 his being in the midst of the army ; he was 

 confident that its cooperation would secure 

 the triumph of the good cause, the symbol of 

 which is the flag which floats in all Spain, and 

 bears as its motto, " God, country, and King." 

 He was certain there was not a Spaniard lov- 

 ing his country who did not ardently desire to 

 raise her from the abject condition to which 

 those who were improperly termed Liberals 

 had brought her. These so-called Liberals, 

 says the manifesto, profess doctrines which 

 essentially differ from their acts. They abuse 

 the word liberty, for it is in the name of lib- 

 erty that they commit the worse crimes, im- 

 pose laws, and bow down the nation under 

 the most odious of despotism. Arbitrary acts, 

 violence everywhere, destruction of churches, 

 sales of property to glut their cupidity, to sat- 

 isfy their passion for wealth such are the 

 things which characterize them. No one can 

 have a doubt of the truth of these allegations 

 who examines the deplorable state of the 

 finances bankruptcy is inevitable. In spite 

 of the millions upon millions swallowed up, the 

 most sacred obligations are disregarded, and 

 yet near 3,000,000,000 of reals are spent every 

 year ; and, to complete their iniquities, concu- 

 binage is preferred to legitimate marriage. As 

 it is impossible to support any longer such a 

 state of things, the Infante summons all true 

 Spaniards to arms, as the only means left to 



restore the dignity and independence of the 

 nation, and to establish forever right and jus- 

 tice. The army, entirely composed of their 

 brethren, will not dare to fire upon them in 

 defence of a foreign dynasty in defence of 

 men who are the supporters of that dynasty, 

 merely to retain power in their own hands. 

 The prince concludes : 



The peaceable inhabitants of the towns have noth- 

 ing to fear from us, whatever their political opinions 

 may be. Our magnanimous King knows no other 

 enemies than those who combat him ; he has no 

 personal injuries to avenge, no hatreds to satisfy. 

 His greatest desire is to save our unfortunate coun- 

 try, to tear it from the yoke which is crushing it, 

 and to restore its true liberty Christian liberty, the 

 liberty which makes nations powerful, happy, and 

 respected. 



The Infante of Spain, Generalissimo, 



ALFONSO DE BOUEBON ET D'AUTRICHE. 



The Cortes, on May 19th, after an animated 

 discussion, rejected a resolution introduced by 

 Deputy Argullos, censuring the Government 

 for declaring Navarre, Lerida, Biscay, and 

 Catalonia in a state of siege during the recent 

 movements of the Carlists in those provinces. 

 They also passed a bill providing for bringing 

 the effective force of the regular army in Spaii 

 up to eighty thousand men. On May 20t 

 th$ Minister of State, Senor Bias, stated that ii 

 a few instances the Carlists had been favor 

 by the French, authorities on the frontier, ai 

 that the Government had protested against it. 



On May 22d Senor Sagasta stated that, in 

 consequence of the publicity which had been 

 given to the documents relative to the secret 

 funds, the Government was about to resign. 

 Sefior Zabala, who was first called upon to 

 form a new ministry, declined, alleging as a 

 reason his indifferent health. Marshal Ser- 

 rano likewise declined this request, and the 

 King then applied to Admiral Topete, who 

 consented to perform -the duty. The new min- 

 istry was constituted as follows: Admiral 

 Topete, President of the Council and Minister 

 of War, and the Navy ; Groizard, Minister of 

 Justice ; Elduayen, Minister of Finance ; Can- 

 dan, Minister of the Interior ; Balaguer, Minis- 

 ter of Public Works ; Ulva, Minister of Foreign 

 Affairs ; and Aquala, Minister of the Colonies. 



On May 29th Marshal Serrano concluded 

 at Amorovieta a convention with the Carlist 

 war junta, who in the course of May had 

 made considerable progress, granting a univer- 

 sal amnesty, even to the leaders, and leaving 

 the officers of the royal army who had joined 

 the insurgents in their former ranks. 



The Cortes having reassembled on May 28th, 

 Admiral Topete, the President of the Council, 

 on May 30th, stated that the ministry recog- 

 nized the validity of the convention made by 

 Marshal Serrano with the rebels in Biscay, 

 pardoning those who voluntarily surrendered, 

 and requested the members of the Opposition 

 not to interpellate the Government relative 

 thereto. Upon this announcement Scflor Zo- 

 rilla moved a vote of censure upon Marshal 



