Btmtx Bafrfrai
VOLUME V.
HailtoadiS.
1 Pittsburgh, ft. wayne and
r CHICAGO RAILWAY.-On and after March
y will leave sUUobb as follower
TKA.'
NS GOING WEST.
EXPB 1 9. i MAIL. EXPB’S. KAFR'S
STATIONS,
1.45 am 6.00a* : 9.10 a» i
•52 ; 7.22 i 10.25 , 2.40
5.15 110.25 | I.SOP3T 5-J»
fisl 12.19**; 3.07 ; 7.06
855 3.15 I 5.09 9.11
aiiO , 4.00 5.40 i 9.40
<) 40 5.55a* ! 6.00 ! 9.66
ilioS i 7.40 i 7.55 11.15
1-* 03p* 9.00 9.15 12.17a*
•140 11.50 12.03A* 2.45
4.45 i 3.35P* 2.50 [ 5.05
.50 i 6.80 i 6.50 I B.BOP*
TRAINS GOING baht.
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MAIL kxpb’s.; kxpb's. KXPR'S.
stations
5 15am !».20ami 5.30 pm 9.20pb
al3 12.02 PM 1 8.55 :13.15AM
1° 20PM 2.20 i 11.20 j 0 00
0*43 4.07 : I.lBam 1 8.05 pm
4 m 5.08 : 2.27 9.27
Via 6.? ft 4.05 jll.lO
o’.OOaM 6.50 4.15 ill 30am
i; 4(1 7.19 1 4.43 :11.05PM
020 9.20 i 6.37 ; 2.13
11 Go H.OO ! 8.25 !4 20
2,50 pm 1.12 am ,10.42 ; 6.55
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Rochester.
F. R. MYERS,
!l Passenger and Ticaet Agent.
Genera:
Cleveland & Pittsburgh r. r.
r or. and alter Dec. 33d. WTS, trains will leave
daily, (Sundays follow a.
OuINO SOUTII—MAIN LINK.
EXFR’a. MAH*- : , ACCOM
STATIONS
- : \ eland.
Hudson .. •
Kivcnna .
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Hoard. ■
WGlaville.
p it-dmrgh
NORTH— MAIN LINE.
going
expb’s.l mail.
STATIONS.
Pittsburgh
Wensnll?-
Bavard
Alliance. .
Rjveana .
Hudson .
Cleveland
AST—RIVER DIVISION
going b.
ACCOM,
STATIONS
5.45 am 10.50 am 3.35 PM I
5.55 11.00 3.45
6.57 12.12 pm! 4.45
8.15 1.35 6.20
0.30 2.35 ; 7.15
10.40 ,8.40 8.20
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Br.UL’ep-in .
stv. ibeu-’ille
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f-ATIONS,
tfgitorgh. .
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Feiiivllie..
S'pnhcnvllle
Bridgeport..
Be'iitr
TUSCARAWAS BRANCH -
Leaves Arrives
N Phila.fi 40ntn * l.OOpnvl Bayard. 51.45 am a 4 00pm
Bayard, IC. IO i 5.00 p. m. IN. Phila. 3.00*7.30 p m
' F. R. MYERS.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
PENNSYLVANIA R. R.
1 —After December CCd, 1872, Traiiis will arrive
r,-. i Oep irt as follows;
eastward. westward.
T-i.-.i igh Trainx Leave Through Trains Arrive
Irion Depot: Union'.Depot.
Exp's, 2:.Vi a m Mail Train, 1:05 ani
y-iii Train. 7?45 a m Fast Line, 1:35 a m
C-yc >:n Ex 12 20 pin Pittsburgh Ex. SOO a m
< a.nati Ex. 1:10 p m Cincinnati Ex. '8:40 a m
P:.i ide’ip'ii Ex. 5:20 p m Southern Ex. 12:40pm
Fa-t Line. 3:50 p m Pacific Expr's. 1:10 p m
local. Way Passenger, 0:50 p m
V,r.-.No 1, 0:40 a in local.
V. ;:t>!i'g Ac Walls No 1 0:30 am
7 05 a in Brinton Ac. Nol, 7:30 a m
10:20 a m Wilkinsbnrg Ac
11:45 ain Nol 8:20 a m
Walls No 2. 0:10 am
2:40 pni Johnstown Ac. 10.10 a m
-Nol. 3:20 pm Walls No 3, 1;45j) m
An Ac. 4:00 pni Walls No 4 3:20 p m
"•i Accoin- Wilkinsburg Ac
i' ’. r'n No 1. 450 pm No 2 4.45 pm
Ac. No 2 5:10 |> m Walls Ac. No. 5 5:55 p m
-5. 11:15 p m Brinton No 2. 0:50 p m
o’ Ac No 3 0:20 p ni Brinton Ac. Noil 7:25 p m
- A No .0 11:05 pm Brinton AcNo4 ll;10pm
.jo Express. Cincinnati Express, Fast Line
li-.’.um Ac. No. 3 leave daily.
:':j Kxpre-s daily, except Monday.
A 1 other trainsdaily. except Sunday,
i'.i Express leaves Pittsburgh at 2:50 a in ar
: ll.i! rlsbnrg at 11:40 am; Philadelphia 3:30
[~' B .in more 3:00 p in; Washington 5:40 pm
. '■ 5 oik '.slip m
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V i. N No 3.
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_-i. Ksprej-s leaves I'iitsbnrsb at 12.2<l p m;
- Harrisburg 10.2 b pm; Philadelphia 2.-'5O a in;
V"i k c. 10 a m.
• ■ :nn«ii Express leaves Pittsburgh at 1:10 p
' w--at Harri-djur" 10:45p m; Philadelphia 2:50
i !’ diimore 2:15a m; Washington 5:00 a m. New
■ ■ '■; 01 a in.
i' "i'i l|ihi{i Express leaves Pittsburgh nt 5:20 p
at Harrisburg 2:55 a m; Philadelphia 0:55
■: N-w York lh;14 a m.
■ -• Line leaves Pittsburgh at'B;sopm: arrives nt
i ■ 5:45 am: Philadelphia 0:50 a‘nr. Balti
-1 vou am: Washington a m; New Y’ork
< tmrrh Trams leave Wall's Station every
■ > it *.*:in a m,reaching Pittsburgh at 10:00 am.
ring leave Pittsburgh at 13:00p in. and arrive
i 1 > S;at ion at 1:30 p m. Leave Pittsburgh
, -i-riv.' BrintonV p m.
'■iVTUKKI' OFFICE—For the convenience
■ vi/.’ii'* of Pittsburgh the Pennsylvania
<'"inpany have opened a city ticket office
> Filth avei.ue coiner of Sinithlield street.
Tickets. Commutation Tickets
■ si Ticket- to principal stations can be pnr
' .;t any hoar of the day or evening at the
'o a* are charged at the depot.
. will he checked through to destination
i ci> and residences by .Excelsior Baggage
'--so on orders left at the office.
ba-a;:
i information apple to
: t’ASSATT. D. M. BOYD. Ju..
' '•■neral Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent
LLKGHEN Y VALLEY*RAILROAD
nt’er Monday. July 13th. IST-3. Three
h Trains daily, except .Sunday, will leave
-at Pittsburgh, city time, for Franklin,
. PalTalo and all points in tlie Oil Region*,
■ • 'ii and ( entral New York. . ■
Leave. Arrive
7.10 am 8.35 pm
.10.40 pm 0.15 am
,10.50 am 4.45 am
0.40 a m 0.30 a m
0.30 a m 8.03 a m
11.40 am *2 10 a m
3.25 p m 10.30 a m
500 p m 8.55 a m
0.00 p m 5.45 p m
8.50 p m 7.20 pHi
v :ni4a> train leaves Pittsburgh etfery
• I' l a in. arriving at Parker at 11.25 a m.
~ i":n es Parker at 4.40 pm, ami arrives at
■n at 8 35 p m
’ rain to an. i from Soda Works (Sunday)
Put ■"■burgh at u. 50 a m. and leaves at
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■ "‘‘AY, Ticket Agent.
4.00 PM
5.18
5.48
6.35
:1.55pm '
3.02
3.33
4.13
4.44
6.00
8.20
8.30 am
9.43
.10.15 j
11.10
11.44 i
I.lopm
3.40 |
EXPB’S. I ACCOM.
6.30 am 1.15 pm j
; 8.55 I 3.15
10.30 ' 4.30
11.25 5.10 I 7.10 am
i 12.12 pm 5.48 1 8.00
12.45 | 6.14 j 8.45
! 1.55 ! 7.13 110.C0
MAIL. EXPB'S. ACCOM
IVER DIVISION
MAIL. I EXPB’S. ACCOM-
6.30 AM j 1.15 PM
! 2.20
8.50 [8.20
0.50 14.20
11.00 : 5.23 j
11.10 5.40 ,
4.23 pm
5.30
7.00
8.00
0.a5
9.20
Hew §^vertioemettt£.
JJEAVER COUNTY, ss:
i —o— i In the Orphans' Court of Beaver conn*
-(SKAL vty. In the matter of the petition forpar
j —-v- j tition of the real estate of Polly Hice,
late of the township of Hanover, in said 'county,
deceased.
And now, April 30th, 1873. Rule on the heirs and
legal representatives of said decedent, to-wit: Jo
seph Minesinger. residence'in Fulton county, HI.,
Anson Minesinger, George W. Mine singer, Eliza
beth Minesinger, residing in Beaver connty, and
Samuel Minesinger, residing in Wilson county,
Tenn., David Minesinger, residing in Venango
county. Pa., Mary Minesinger, Abaeail Minesin
for, residing in the State of California. Ruth
iinesinger, residing in Beaver connty. Pa., Eliza
beth Minesinger and Martha Minesinger, residence
unknown, James Minesinger, residence in Mon
tana Territory, Henry .Minesinger, J. Q. A. Mine
singer and Martha Needham, residing in the State
of Indiana. James Minesinger, residence in the
State of Illinois, John Minesinger and Thomas
Minesinger, residence unknown, Anthony Mine
singer, residence unknown, Rosanna Barnum, res
idence unknown. Ailsey Minesinger, intermarried
with Alexander Nash, residing in the State of In
diana, and all others interested to show canse. if
any they have, why an inqnest to make partition
ol the real estate of the said decedent, ohonld not
be awarded at an Orphans' Court, to be held at
Beaver, in and for the : county of Beaver, on the
Second Monday of June, A. D. 1873. A true copy
of Rule.
Attest ; JOHN C. HART, Clerk.
CHAMBERUN WHITE, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, May 6,IST:!, —my9-3t
NOTICE.
Uenrici & Lenin. Trustees. 1 In the Coart of Com
vs v man -Pleas of Beaver
W. F. Modes, et hi. } County, Fi. Fa. No.
36 and 37, March Term, 1873.
Dominic Betohe Her, 1 FI. Fa. No. 37, March
vs. vTerm, 1873.
W.F. Modes. 1
John Miller )
vs > FI. Fa. No. 38, March Term, 1873.
W F Modes, )
And now to wit: April 29th, Joseph Led
lie. Esq., is appointed an Auditor to distribate the
proceeds of sale of personal property sold on the
above writs, and now in the hands of Sheriff
White. By the Court.
BEAVER COUNTY, ss:
A true extract Irom the Record.
Attest: •
JOHN CAUGHEY, Proth’y.
The Auditor above named will attend to the da
ties of his appointment at his office in The Radi
cal building. Third street, Beaver, Pa., on SAT
URDAY, MAY 24th, 1873, at ten o’clock in the
forenoon. JOSEPH LEDLIE, Auditor.
my 9 3t.
NOTICE
In the Orphans’Court of Beaver County: In the
matter ofthe flnalaccountof William Brnnton,
and James M. Reed, executors of the last will
and testament of Elizabeth BrothcrtoD, dec’d.
And now to wit; April 2«th, 1873, the Court on
motion appoint F. U. Agnew and J. M. Buchanan,
Esqs., Auditors to report distribution of the bal
ance in the bands ofthe accountants.
From the Record. Attest:
JOHN C. HART, Clerk.
. The Auditors above named will attend to the
duties of their appointment at the Court House,
in Beaver, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th day op
MAY. 1873, at 10 o’clock, a. m.. when and where
all parties interested may attend.
F. 11. AGNEW. '
I myti-St. J. M. BUCHANAN,
OF APPRAISEMENTS.
The following appraisement* under the act of
Assembly of the 14t.h of April, 1851, of property al
lowed to"be retained by the widow or children of
a decedent to the value off3oo*. have been filed in
the office of the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court,‘and
confirmed A'isi. viz:
Personal property to the amount of $299 07 re
tained by widow of Henry Scheibner, deceased.
Andrew Carothers, administrator.
Personal property to the amount of $299 98 re
tained by widow of William Toland, deceased.
Samuel Oorsuch, administrator.
Personal property to the amount of $2OO 40 re
tained by widow.of James M. Smith, deceased. J.
M. Smith and James Christy, exetntors.
Personal properly to the amount of $3OO retained
by widow of John Eaton, deceased. Nancy Eaton
and James Eaton, admr’s.
Persona! property to the amount of $299 68 re_
t,-lined by widow of John K. Buckley, deceased’
Jacob E. Sharer, administrator.
Personal property to the amount of $3OO retained
by widow of John Doherty,’■deceased. J. H. Do
herty. administrator.
Personal property to the amount of s3ooretained
by widow of Robert Wilkison, deceased. Robert
Patton and Win Wilkison, executors.
Personal property to the amount of $3OO retained
by widow of Ingraham Boyd, deceased. M. Camp,
Jr., administrator.
Notice is hereby given to heirs, legatees, dis
tributees and all’others Interested to appear at
the next term of said Court, not later than the
third day, it being the 19th day of June. 1873, to
sliow cause, if any they have, against the final con
firmation of the above appraisements.
mylo-3t JJHN C. UART, Clerk O. C.
J>EGISTER’B NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the following ac
counts have been examined and passed by the
Register of Beaver county and will be presented
to the Judges of the Orphans’ Court on Wednes
day. June 11th, A. D. 187‘i, for confirmation and al
lowance :
Pinal account of John Edgar, administrator of
the estate of Andrew Stratton, deceased.
Final account of John Freshkorn, executor of the
estate of John Mink, deceased.
Final account ipersonal i of Andrew Watterson.
executor of the estate of Samuel Harbison, dee d.
Final account of John Sterling, guardian of
Elizabeth It., minor child'Ol William Sterling.
Final account of Margaret McMahan, admimstra
tpr of John McMahan, deceased. 1
Final account of Daniel Figley, guardian of Ma
tilda Erb, deceased, minor child ol J. C. Erb. de
ceased
Account of David Scott, executor of |he estate of
Dr. L‘. Elder, deceased
Partial account (real) ofWllliam Leaf, executor
ol the e s’ale of William L. Dickinson, deceastd.
Final account ( Personal) of William Leal, execu
tor of the estate ol William L. Dickinson, dec'd.
Final account ol Sarah W. Brunson, administra
trix ol the estate of John W. Brunson, deceased.
Final account (personal) of William Beatty, ex
ecutor ol the estate of Jane Rowan, deceased.
Final account (real) of William Beatty,executor
of the estate of Jane Rowan, deceased.
Final account (real) of Valaria Dunlap, adminls
trawix of Pressly C. Dunlap, deceased.
Final account (personal) of Valaria Dunlap, ad
ministratrix of Pressly C Dunlap, deceased.
Final account of J. C. Wilson, guardian of Jsancy
McCracken, minor child of John McCracken, dec d.
Final account of Samuel Mitchell, executor of
the estate of Sc rapt a W. Dust on. deceased.
Final account of Robert Cooper, guardian of
Charles, Abraham G. and George VN ~ minor chil
dren of Abram Bruce, deceased.
Final account of S. B. Wilson. Esq euardinn of
Sena Russell, minor child of Ralph M. Rus=cll,
deceased.
mylfUt
NOTICE.
ESTATE Of JOHN- ROWK, DECEASED.
1 etlcr« of administration on the estate of John
Rowe deceased, late of South Beaver township,
Ivivin" been granted to the undersigned, all per
ion"indebted to said estate are requested to make
fmmedhte payment, and those having claims or
demands the same to present them proper-
IS a„,hcimc a to<l for j^ TZ , Mm . r „
Ohio township.
aprll-Ot
PUBLISHED SYBBY fBlpAYi
J. I. STOKES, Register.
BEAVER, PENN’A, FRi|||y,; SfAY 23.1873.
%mtt JMilrai.
coOTTaarrd:
Page I— Waahtogton Letter— The Progress of the
Spanish Revolution; ’■
Paqb S—Elective Affinities.
Page B—Yellowstone Wonders—An Irish Mystery
—Takes are too high—Domestto BUsa.
Pag* 4— Vienna Commissioner Scandal— Dress
Reform—Our Nominating System.
Paqe s— Local Items—New Advertisements.
Page G—History of the Beaver Valley.
Page 7—The Rural Granges—Choked Cattle.
Page B— Miscellaneous.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Secretary Richardson and the Civil
Service—The United State* at Vienna
—Satisfied for Once—Louisiana Hat*
term.
Correspondence of the Radical. *
Washington, D. C., May 19,'1873.
It tarns oat that the reports pat ia cir
culation some ten days or two weeks since
relative to the recommendations to be
made by Secretary Richardson,concerning
certain modifications of the present civil
service regulations, were not strictly true.
Mr. Richardson has been greatly annoy
ed by these misrepresentations, and has,
at last, concluded to furnish the press
with a true statement of his views upon
civil service reform.
He says that betore the present regula
tions were adopted the places in the de
partments were filled by competition be
tween members of Congress i that the
most “cheeky” members were always the
most successful in obtaining places for
their constituents. He thinks the present
system a great improvement upon the old,
yet sees that it needs many modifications
before it can be regarded as the most de
sirable system that could be adopted. He
does not propose to go backward in the
movement at all. He will make no re
commendation that be does not regard as
a step in advance. He has no notion,
whatever, of recommending that a new
rale be adopted looking to consultation
with members of Congress in ma&Hig ap
pointments. He says that under the pres
ent system the competition. ? has been
changedJrom.a strife between membersof
educational qualifications, without regard
to practical business Jacl Of moral char
acter.
Mr. Richardson will, therefore, recom-
mend the continuance of competitive ex
aminations, but will further recommend
the giving of greater prominence to the
fitness of the applicant for the particular
duties to which he orahe is to be assign
ed. In cases of examinations for promo
tions he suggests that greater weight be
attached to the habits and character of the
applicant. He farther suggests the pro
priety of making absolute the prohibi
tion against making removals simply for
the purpose of creating vacancies. lie
will insist upon the retention of the pres
ent rule making all appointments proba
tionary, insomuch that no appointee can
consider himself firmly established in his
place until after six months trial. He
thinks that there should be some limit to
permitting ladies to compete for positions
for which their entire experience in life
gives them no qualification. , The report
that he would recommend the apportion
ment of appointments among the several
States is correct.
The last suggestion will be that the ex
amining board consist of persons not in
any way connected with the departments;
that they be required to remain in per
petual session and to examine applicants
at any time without the formality of a
written application and designation.
This is putting a quite diflerent face
upon the matter. Though it is quite plain
that there is still great room for
ment, yet, without question, the above re
commendations are valuable and are, in
truth, a step in advance. The enemies of
reform who seek to break down all sys
tems and return to the old Democratic
plan of dividing the spoils have gained
nothing by their misrepresentations of
the position occupied by Judge Richard.
son
The task of exhibiting In the European
world \yhat the Great Republic has done,
is doing and can do, in the fields of art,
agriculture and manufactures, has been
left to private enterprise. Though re
ports indicate that the American depart
ment at the Vienna Exposition is still in
a very backwark condition, so much so as
to call out the ridicule of certain English
newspaper correspondents, yet we have
very good reasons to believe that before
the great World’s Fair shall have come to
a close the “yankee nation” will appear
in a yery creditable light. Of course, we
will have beaten the world in reapers,
mowers, threshing machines, hay rakes,
big putnkms, squashes and the like. In
the manufacture of textile fabrics, cutlery
and the finer goods generally, we will
probably be left in the background. But
there is something more than big pump.
terms - i»ER axxttm; rx advance.
• , ■ : - L
kinitfid mowing machines to be shows
nation we have done a. con-
of boasting on the sub
jectofOnr eupeflor educational institu-
ItonsMOne would think it out of the
question to mate an exhibition of this
kind;ojFthing atafair, bat our native in*
riot beendaunted by the dif
ficult!*; in the way. If we conld but get
tbe of our European neighbors
to gcitipt; a grand »peUing match there
cont&lhe no doubt as to the result.
We would spell the last one of them
dowrivfßut.aawe canft get them into this
kind#lran arrangement, we can do the
nexi-hcit thing, and Commissioner Eaton»
of tbs National Bureau of Education, is
doingf&l He proposes to show them the
in our schools, the maps
and Charts that adorn the walls of our
schoolrooms, the various kinds of desks
and r «ats that onr boys and girls occupy*
and Agreat many other kinds of school
aparqtns and curious contrivances that
we &i|c about our schools. A full sized,
fullysiequipped, school house is being
erecti on the Exposition grounds. Pho
tographic views of *some of onr finest
scboo| buildings will be exhibited. Wash
ingtori: City has sent a model of the
building, one of the finest
and most.conveniently arranged buildings
for educatlonal purposes in the United
Mr. Eaton haa already made
threeClarge shipments of this kind of
matetlalto Vienna, and, in a short time,
will uke another. The Enropeans may
tben to learn what makes ( he Amer
icauri|p very sfhart and shrewd. They will,
at that we have ideas of our
owqooncernlng various educational sys-
this particular we will uot be
besi^f.;;.. .
General Grant has done one act, at
lea&ribout which no one. Republican,
nor Liberal Reformer, baa been
' fault. He has tendered to
'igrrepont, of New York,
.Mr. Pierre?
Hod,
(fa*'
evi
President any presents* and, t. jre ;
they are not able to charge him with hav
ing been bribed* It is really refreshing
to have & little change. It does one
good to see them contented with even
this single act of the administration.
Judge Pierrepont, though in no sense a
partisan, is in perfect accord with the
President on questions of public policy.
He is one of the most eminent lawyers of
the country, and will reflect great credit
on our service abroad. His character is
irreproachable. He has a national repu
tation for the strictest integrity and the
highest sense of honor. The appointment
is certainly a most excellent one.
Such* terms as “Kellogg usurpation,”
“federal interference,” “bayonet law,”
and the like, have been so frequently and
constantly used by the editors of Demo
cratic and make-believe Independent
journals that they have lost all meaning.
There is a maxim about the possibility of
there being "too much of a good thing,”
but these journalistic gentlemen seem to
have forgotten it. There is an old story
of the boy who cried “Wolf when there
was no wolf, but these pretended guar
dians of the liberties of the people have
forgotten that, too. The people have
heard the cry, aud they have come f irth
to drive away the wolf, but in so many
instances they have found themselves de
cieved that they are beginning to pay
but little attention to the charges of
usurpation and fraud and corruption.
Some day there may be veritable usurpa
tion and fraud, but the cry, however ear
nest, however loud, will'not awaken the
people.
William Pitt'Kellogg may be a bad man,
a corrupt man, an unprincipled man. As
to that I know nothing. Mr. McEnery
may be a most excellent, just, charitable,
honorable gentleman. As to that I know
nothing. But, what grounds can any of
these things furnish for the use of suph
terms as “federal Interference” «and
“bayonet law?” What has the general
government done to cause it to’ be cen
sured for the unhappy state of affairs in
Louisiana? What would these fftem
have the administration do? Would
they have President Grant recognize
McEnery as the lawful governor? Would
they have him furnish United Stales
troops, upon the requisition of McEnery,
to assist in another Colfax massacre ?
Would they have him do this ? or would
they simply have him do nothing?
Would they have our soldiers stand by
and witness the murder of hundreds of
men, without putting forth a hand to
queU the disturbance ? But enough ?
Enough of this. If such be “independ
ent journalism” may Heaven preserve us
from entering such a field. Sam.
THE PBOGRESS OF THE SPASISH
Spain is evidently in for much more
than a series of changes ofgovernmeQt,
She is undergoing, nearly a century later,
something very like the same process that
France underwent in her great throes of
1789 and the following years, but under
going it in a milder form—milder partly
on account of the familiarity of the mind
of Europe with the character ot the so
cial movements which created so much
wonder, enthusiasm, and terror then,
partly on account ot the more phlegmatic
nature oi the Spaniard, which does not
seem to take the malady of suspicion
nearly so violently as the nature of the
Frenchman. There was—as De Tocque
vllle very well brought out in those latest
chapters of bis book on the French Revo
lution which Mr. Henry Reeve has Just
added to the second edition of bis excel
lent translation—a universal expectation
of completely new social farces and new |
possibilities of government, prevading
Europe for years before the French Revo
lution, an expectation which added enor
mously to the exciting character of that
great event. Throughout Europe men
believed that they were ou the eve of
changes in which society would be quite
transfigured, and this belief, which, curi
ously enough, prevaded most completely
not those classes which were most misera
ble, but those which were far above
want and living in luxury, stimulated
every wave of emotion and passion which
spread over France, and intoxicated «the
actors in those great scenes. Spain has
at least the advantage that the changes
which her political and social life seems
destined to undergo are no longer waited
for with awe, as if they were the results
of the inspiration of a sort of divine
Muse. The excitement of the drama bag |
been in great degree discounted by the j
history of the revolutions in 1789, 1830, j
1848. Spain knows that no golden era of
society la to be expected from any changes,
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again been much sev ,t offerers (ban
even despotic States; that if a Federal
Republic is to the Federal Re
public must not hope r restore a social
Paradise, but must drill its troops, impose
discipline, resist riot, adjust taxation, and
enforce justice. There is now, thanks to
France, no vast illusion, no rainbow of
imaginary hope, to dazzle the eyes of ig
norant Spain There may be great chan
ges for the better, or great changes lor
the worse—and for a time, at least, we'
fear the latter are the more likely—but
there will be no such wild intoxication as
alone rendered the great French
hope and fear possible. And fortunately,
too, Spain takes differences of political
opinion easier than France. Carlists, Al
fonsists, Radicals, and Republicans get. on
very fairly together, except during the
crisis of a physical struggle. That “fear”
which Gambetta justly tells us is that the
great curse of France does not seem to
take root easily in Spain. The danger
rather is of an apathy too great to admit
of the people taking any side definitely,
so as to render organization possible. As
the French have always had a genius for
centralization —which it is a pity, by the
way, they did not manage to impart more
effectually to the Spaniards during their
occupation of Spain—the Spaniards ap
pear to have always had, and still have, a
taste tor decentializalioD, and the fear is
that this will so favor disorganization as
to render the process, of new political
crystallization difficult, tardy, and inade
quate. The example ot Madrid has none
of the fascination for the other great cities
of Spain, for Barcelona, and Seville, and
Malaga, that the example of Paris has lor
Lyons, and Marseilles, and Bourdeaux.
This, indeed, is the argument for that
“Federal” Republic which is now appa
rently in the ascendant. But this fact
makes the political future of Spain
even more uncertain than political
future of France ever was. Spain
is like a ship built in cellular compart
ments, less easy to wreck as a wholelmore
easy to break up into distinct parts. Now
that the array is in active decomposition,
and that the voice of the only actual au
thority left is favorable to Federalism
rather than unification, it becomes a very
difficult matter indeed to anticipate the
course of political change.
It seems, however, from the accounts,
that the actual Government is not only
not in fault for suppressing the Perma
nent Committee appointed by’the Na
tional Assembly before its separation, but
that it was almost compelled to lake that
course. A rebellion had been apparently
organized by the friends of the Perraa
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nent Committee against the Government.
The Government was called upon by the
Permanent Committee to revise the course
decided on by the National Assembly, to
recall that body, and put off the election
of a Constituent Cortes. An armed de
monstration, it is said by “Monanchical”
Volunteers, was made in favor of policy,
so that It became a question of life and
death between the Permanent Committee
and the Government. If the Permanent
Cbmmitteehad won, there would have
been a eoup d'etat and a reaction. But
the victory of the Government only
means the d isolation of the Permanent
Committee. The amitary party, some of
them Reactionists—including apparently
Marshal Serrano—some of them radicals,
clearly demanded a retrograde step, and
the indefinite postponement of the elec
tion of the Constituent ©ortes. They
have been beaten in fair fight, and Senor
Castelar and bis friends, remain at the
jhead of affairs, and intend to convoke the-
Constituent Cortes for the Ist of Jane,
when there seems at psesent little doubt
that the idea of a Federal republic wilia be
broached, and probably command the
votes of a majority of the members.
But to our mmfb, it matters far leas
what kind of government is to rufc Ma
drid tbau what sort of authority that gov
ernment is to exercise. The reason that
we look upon the crisis at Madrid as &
new stage in a slowly-developing revolu
tion, is that hitherto in every change in
the political kaleidoscope since the death
of General Prism, there has been cleat
loss of administrative force to the
Government. Amadeo found little,
and that little ebbed gradually
way during bis short reign. The
republic which succeeded Amadeo inheri
ted. a very small remnant of authority,
but even that it baa wasted through the
fear of incurring unpopularity. It cannot
maintain any of its captains in Catalonia,
but removes one after the other for their
unpopular measures for restoring disci
pline to the demoralized army. The last
rejport, not ryet confirmed, .before, .the
it is the special danger of a federal gotr
ernment to yield too much to local opin
ion on all political matters. But a federal
government without a eentral army to de
pend upon is not really a government at
all, it is only a board for bearing com
plaints from all sides on which it has no
power to take action. With the Northern
provinces overrun by the Carlists, with
secret Allrunsists clothed in whatever
military prestige may be left to the officers
of the army, with Radicals dreading the
break up of Spain into a federation, and
Federalists governing only by the favor
of the masses* and without any power to
enforce their will concerning any matter ,
on which the masses do not regard it w ith
complacency, it seems to us more than '
likely that Spain is on the way to a com
plete dissolution of her political unity
into its elements. *
But though we see, or think we see,
signs of a much longer interval than we
had hoped before civil order can be re
established in Spain, we are disposed tc
think that the very process of disintegra
tion itself is as lively as not t° overcome
that strong municipal feeling, that prefer
ence for the authority of local juntas and
the federal idea, which is now for the mo
ment clearly in the ascendant. History
seems to show that a despotic monarchy,
while it admits of something very like
practical federation under it, without en
dangerlng.the outward form of national
unity, has very little tendency tovproduce
such ardent popular love of national uni
ty as we have seen prevalent in Europe
of late years. But it seems also to show
that the inevitable tendency of popular
revolutions like that which is now pro
gressing in Spain is to bring about—
through much grief, through tribulation
and anguish, and much blood—that sense
of mutual need atfyd mutual dependence
out of-which true unity grows.
Revolution on the large scale—on such a
scale as Spain seems but too likely to un
dergo—is a terrible fire ; but it does fre
quently seem to fuse the component ele
ments of national life as nothing else fuses
them, and this in spite of the bitter party
animosities it is apt to excite. V*e fear
the Federal Republic In Spain is little
more than a name for a period of revolu
tion ; but we should expect to find that
the Federal idea itself would hardly sur
vive the chaos into which it will probably
plunge Spain, and that Spanish unity
will mean a much mwe solid thing after
the chaos than it did before.
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