“Theradicalshavemadethediscoverythatatralizedrepublicisamonardisguise,andtohumourthemtheCorteshadunanimouslyproclaimedaFEDERALREPUBLIC,thoughhevoterscouldhaveexplainedwhatitwashehadjustvotedfor.Thisformula,however,delightedeverybody;thejoywasintoxig,delirious.Thereignofvirtueandhappinesshadjustbeeninauguratedoh.Arepubliwhoseopporefusedhimthetitleoffederalistsideredhimselftobemortallyinsulted.Peopleaddressedeachotherireetswiththewords,‘Longlivethefederalrepublic!’Afterwhichthepraisesweresungofthemysticvirtueoftheabsenceofdisciplihearmy,andoftheautonomyofthesoldiers.
Whatwasuoodbythe‘federalrepublic?’Therewerethosewhotookittomeantheemancipationoftheprovinces,institutionsakintothoseoftheUatesandadministrativedetralisation;othershadiheabolitionofallauthorityandthespeedyeofthegreatsocialliquidation.ThesocialistsofBaraandAndalusiastoodoutfortheabsolutesntyoftheuheyproposedtoendowSpainwithtenthousandindepemunicipalities,tolegislateontheirownat,andtheircreationtobeapahesuppressionofthepolidthearmy.Ihernproviheinsurrewassooospreadfromtowntotownandvillagetovillage.DirectlyavillagehadmadeitspronunciamentoitsfirstcarewastodestroythetelegraphwiresandtherailwaylinessoastocutoffallunicationwithitsneighboursandMadrid.Thesorriesthamletwasdetermiostandonitsownbottom.Federationhadgivenplacetotonalism,markedbymassacres,indiarism,andeverydescriptionofbrutality,andbloodysaturnaliawerecelebratedthroughoutthelengthahoftheland.”
Withrespecttotheihatmaybeexertedbyreasoningonthemindsofelectors,toharbourtheleastdoubtonthissubjeoheresultofneverhavihereportsofaimeeting.Insuchagatheringaffirmations,iives,andsometimesblowsareexged,butneverarguments.Shouldsileablishedforamomentitisbecausesomeo,havingthereputationofa“tougher,”hasannouhatheisabouttohecklethedidatebyputtinghimohoseembarrassiionswhicharealwaysthejoyoftheaudiehesatisfa,however,oftheoppositionpartyisshort-lived,forthevoiceofthequestionerissoondrowheuproarmadebyhisadversaries.Thefollowisofpublicmeetings,chosenfromhundred
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