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Title: Page 0017 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: — 6 —=— 2 SF * aa =— 4.1 3 B23 2S = 32 a = = a Se B eo sea Aa € 14 17 many who looked on the Constitution as heretical ; and on those highly deserving
Show more— 6 —=— 2 SF * aa =— 4.1 3 B23 2S = 32 a = = a Se B eo sea Aa € 14 17 many who looked on the Constitution as heretical ; and on those highly deserving Deputies, who supported it, as impious men, and bad patriots ; whilst, on the other hand, they considered those who opposed them as good Spaniards and Catholics. Hence arose those two famous parties “ liberales,” and “ serviles,” whose conflict has brought about the evils, under which Spain is now groan ing, and from which it may never be relieved. To increase my vexation, I discovered, that the long stay of the French had gained over to them many per- sons of rank and good character; who, thinking them- selves superior to the mass of their fellow-citizens in talent and foresight, and inflamed with mad hopes, laughed at, and insulted alternately, both the serviles and liberales. Ihad some serious disagreement with them, considering the serviles as a set of selfish beings, who only thought of living at ease, and in a course of exclu- sive enjoyments, by reducing to slavery an open, gene- rous, and brave people, worthy of a better fate; and the afrancesados as vile traitors, insolent even in their defeat; who still sought to make their country yield to a shameful foreign yoke. I included both parties under the same denomination, looking on them as enemies of my country, whatever might be the difference of their respective opinions. I vowed to them an eternal hatred, which I shall carry dowa to my grave. | Disgusted with this clashing of opinions and pursuits, after having settled my domestic affairs, I left my na- tive place, and removed to Cadiz, where people were more agreed, and where I met with opinions more in conformity with those I comprehended and approved of. In January, 1813, after some very long and warm discussions, the horrid tribunal of the Inquisition was abolished; an institution no less contrary te reason than to religion itself. I was present at those discus- sions, and felt so thoroughly convinced of the justice of that abolition, that I determined to defend it by all the feeble means within my reach; this drew upon me the hatred of fanatics and hypocrites, which was shewn in �
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Title: Page 0008 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: arenas acsichdibhnedeennaieneins einai: anion = Seidler ta nanan eeneenenenieta es eas ee ee . - > - = 8 usually attendant on youth, to which I
Show morearenas acsichdibhnedeennaieneins einai: anion = Seidler ta nanan eeneenenenieta es eas ee ee . - > - = 8 usually attendant on youth, to which I might else have been allured by the natural impetuosity of my temper ; but my mind was kept firm and vigorous by dint of continual occupation. The objects which daily met my view, compelled me to reflect in spite of myself. I could not but observe the injustice and arbitrary con- duct of those men, who by their professional duties were called upon to give a better example. I disco- vered that the splendour of the placeman, (so dazzling to my eyes) was commonly purchased at the expense of his honour, and that places and distinctions were ob- tained more through corruption and intrigue than by real merit and public services ; that the Churchman whom I thought devoted to the practice, as well as the doctrine of virtue, made no scruple of forgetting his duty more than once in public, and very often in pri- vate; and that his vast income (the produce of the labourer’s sweat), far from being employed in relieving the indigent, was generally dissipated in extravagance, if not applied to still worse purposes ; that the Monk whose emaciated and penitent countenance used to ex- cite my observation, lost no opportunity of relaxation from those habits of self-denial which public opinion compelled him to make an outward show of; and I began to think it strange, that so many useless indivi- duals should be suffered to press upon the industrious classes of the people. Religion seemed to consist only in ceremonies and show, through which the moral of Jesus Christ was scarcely to be perceived. The exam- ple of a corrupted court was handed down through the higher classes, to the inferior ones; and thus was the contamination spread throughout the unhappy nation, at whose expence thousands profited by the disorder, and nothing was left to the country but oppression, fetters, and extortion on every side. = All these things surprised me ; and being unable to explain them to myself, I came to the conclusion that nothing was as it should be, or that I was greatly in the wrong ; and the latter being the more likely, I almost persuaded myself that such was the case, I began, however, (although my constant occupation kept these �
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Title: Page 0007 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: AN ACCOUNT OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, &c. My name 1s Pasto: Lorsz ; I was born in the year 1771, in Malaga, a beautiful Town of Andalusia, in
Show moreAN ACCOUNT OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, &c. My name 1s Pasto: Lorsz ; I was born in the year 1771, in Malaga, a beautiful Town of Andalusia, in Spain, where my father had from his youth creditably followed the business of a Carpenter and Cabinet Maker ; my mother was a woman wholly devoted to domestic cares, and whose chief pleasure consisted in the scrupulous performance of her duty both towards God and man. I had scarcely attained the age of ten months when I met with a fall, the results of which, were the dislocation of my thigh and a confirmed lame- ness, which has caused me to be known and distin- guished as the Lame ivian of Malaga. My education was similar to that usually bestowed on youth in my station of life, at that time in Spain; I learnt to read and write, was also taught the first rudiments of Arith- metic and the Catechisms ; but above all, to take off my hat, kneel dowa, and respectfully kiss the hand of every Priest or F:iar I happened to meet, even if he were the last lay brother. _Ata proper.age! was. apprenticed to a Taylor, my physical defect noi allowirg me. to apply myself to'a more active einploymert. At.the age of sixteen, I' got married, and soon became burdened with the cares and anxieties ef. providing fer a numerous: family, with which im 2 few years I was surrounded. The few mo- ments I could devote to relaxation I employed in read- ing history, by which means I became acquainted. with that of my own, and of some foreign countries. To this mode of ‘life, and uninterrupted train of employ- ment, I was indebted for my preservation from the vices �
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Title: Page 0018 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: — SS ean Fae a siitetentemmndaitdnatittl — tins + - : . a 3 eS ee = RP oe No ee Ragas atone = Se eee SS a Oe ee Tarart qementrepepere oh aes SERS ee
Show more— SS ean Fae a siitetentemmndaitdnatittl — tins + - : . a 3 eS ee = RP oe No ee Ragas atone = Se eee SS a Oe ee Tarart qementrepepere oh aes SERS ee ee ee 18 various threats and insults, the'former of which I. de- spised, and the latter I did not suffer to pass unpunished. Meanwhile, the Clergy, seeing they had lost the’chief resource upon which they at all times relied, to avenge themselves by means of dark and horrid dungeons, and the cruel and secret tortures of those who presumed’ to question the legality of their ill-acquired rights, and mad with fury on beholding those who endeavoured to enlighten the public mind, freed from their bloody claws, began to make war on the Constitutionalists, and the signal being given by the pope’s nuncio, they threw aside all decency, and even their wonted hypocrisy, and made every corner of the peninsula resound with their abominable cry of Impiety! Heresy! Irreligion! and Atheism! whereby frightening the weak, and fanaticis- ing the bold, they drew numberless forces to the field of battle, and procured immense resources, Sixty thou- sand friars made the pulpits resound daily with the same identical topics; the lamentations of insulted reli- ion, the decrees of Heaven to avenge it, and the sacred pe of exterminating all those who were infected with liberal principles. The Confessional was another and still more efficient instrument, to alarm the consciences, to propagate fanatical principles, to increase division, and to create sedition; thus the unwary began to waver, the indifferent to be moved, the ignorant to give assent, and only men of information and firmness of mind kept to their principles. Unhappily I imitated the latter, for I thereby brought upon myself griefs and vexations which put my firmness to’a severe test, but which, at the same time, shewed that it was not caprice but convic- tion that: had impressed liberal ideas on. my mind. In the beginning of the year 1814, the national Con- gress of the Cortes, and the executive Government, re- moved to Madrid, and [ not wishing to miss my attend- ance on the sittings, went thither also. They were every where received with marks of enthusiastic joy, notwith- .Standing the exertions of the fanatical party, and Madrid -Surpassed all other towns in demonstrations of satisfac- tion, and even went beyond what it had itself exhibited in former instances. ois �
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