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Title: Page 0061 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: 61 f.weakness. The keeper then appeared to tell ao fiat his Excellency the Count de Miranda, the elder of the brotherhood of peace and charity, wished
Show more61 f.weakness. The keeper then appeared to tell ao fiat his Excellency the Count de Miranda, the elder of the brotherhood of peace and charity, wished, to know whether the said brotherhood should attend me during the time I had to-spend in the Chapel. I replied that I submitted in every thing to the will of his Ex- cellency, and that he might act as he should think proper, and I also begged that he would ‘call on me ds I had something to communicate to him. The keeper promised me he would tell him, assuring me atthe same time that his Excelleney would not disappoint me; for that he found a pleasure in consoling as far as he was able those who were. unhappily in the same-si- tuation, in which I then found myself. | : ed The Friar I had sent for then arrived, ‘who in a:por lite, mild, and truly charitable manner, .pitied my fate and gave me consolation and advice, which considerably strengthened me; but, he at. the same time informéd me that he was sorry it would not be possible for him to attend me in the Chapel, since but a few days. before one of his community had publicly suffered death, for a most atrocious crime; and on which aceount his com- panions abstained from all public acts, until. time should wipe off that stain, which, though it ought'only to ‘fall on the criminal himself, appeared. to extend to the whole body of which:he was a member, in the eyes of evil minded persons; therefore under these circum- stances he was obliged to conform, to the general deter- mination. I was deeply.grieved at being thus deprived of his assistance, but unwilling to press him because ‘I thought the motives of his denial to be well-grounded, I begged him to point out a trusty!priest, from whose charity and learning I might expect ‘the assistance I wanted ; he named the Curate of the Parish of: St. Martin, and. I, -in addition, the Curate of Santa Cruz, both of whom the good: Friar promised to send me. The two Clergymen who were in the Chapel when I entered, continued pacing up and down, maintaining the strictest silence, when on a sudden there appeared a Friar of the order of Trinitarians, who was coming to ¥F Tee aaa SSS ee ee ae eS �
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Title: Page 0063 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: 63 ject. Look to it” said he (raising his voice to the ut- most pitch), “ this is the last assistance which a merci- ful God allows you; should you
Show more63 ject. Look to it” said he (raising his voice to the ut- most pitch), “ this is the last assistance which a merci- ful God allows you; should you neglect to improve it, hell is opening beneath your feet, and the Devils are preparing to carry away your pertinacious and unhappy soul.” He would have gone on, but I, annoyed by his tiresome and insolent verbosity, interrupted him by say- ing, “ Father as soon as I saw your strange and ridicu- lous form, I was convinced that. the common enemy of mankind (and not God as you say), had sent you here, to disquiet my soul and put my salvation in danger ; and he could not certainly have entrusted such a com- mission to a person more capable of fulfilling it than yourself. Tell me pray, on what grounds do you charge me with impertinence ? What knowledge do you pos- sess of my character to tax me with being headstrong and obstinate ? What evidence do you adduce to prove that I am a vicious and desperate character? - Wherein have I been guilty of apostacy from the religion of my. Fathers ?. Upon what foundation do you call that man an enemy to his King, whom, ne one in his own station has surpassed in making every kind of sacrifices for his cause, and who though now condemned to an unjust and shameful death by an act of the Royal will, still offers up to Heaven his most fervent prayers for his Majesty’s life, prosperity and success 2 Can the resignation with which I am awalting a most unmerited execution, and my having of my own free will called in two respectable priests, who by their virtues and plety may prepare me to meet death as I ought, be construed into symptoms of irreligion, of impiety, of impenitence, of having fol- lowed tenets condemned by our holy Church? And even if I were so criminal and so hardened in my ob- stinacy, as you have calumniously and grossly supposed in your last insolent speech to me ; would the exaspe- rations, the effrontery and coarseness,which you have so improperly displayed, be fit means to convince and re- claim me? Is such the peace, the charity, the mode- ration, the mildness of that Gospel, of which you un- uly call yourself a minister? Are these your ideas of _ the sanctity, omnipotence and mercy of our God ? �
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Title: Page 0107 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: - i aia er eee ee er OO E e e 107 the only question, therefore, is as to the best means of carrying the latter into effect. The Board of Public Credit
Show more- i aia er eee ee er OO E e e 107 the only question, therefore, is as to the best means of carrying the latter into effect. The Board of Public Credit are right in stating that they cannot dispose of the property attached to that establishment; and, as public credit is grounded on an absolute confidence, if once part of that property is taken from the said esta- blishment, all confidence will be lost. But there is a middle course, which is to authorise the Government to afford from the treasury the amount of the value of the house, as well as a capital stock, equivalent to the annuity granted to Pablo Lopez, for I can find no reason to alter the resolution of the Cortes. The expression used by Sen. Romaro de Alprente that that individual was a man hanged, but yet alive amongst us, is exact. And since there is no reasonable motive for the Congress re- voking their resolution, and, on the other hand, the ob- servations made by the Board of Public Credit are cor- rect, I believe that the Cortes ought to direct that the Treasury should provide the necessary funds for the purpose in question. “ The point was then declared sufficiently discussed upon, and the resolution proposed by the Committee adopted, with the following amendment, made by Sen. Diar del Moral : that the pension granted to Pablo Lopez be revertible to bis wife and children. FINIS. ee —— eee eae eam aetna rae miasentemrianerntenittttinte �
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Title: Page 0098 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: a Cada Basen add a nedeae ahead eee ca a aude 98 This affair must not be looked upon as an object which treats of the investigation of the reward
Show morea Cada Basen add a nedeae ahead eee ca a aude 98 This affair must not be looked upon as an object which treats of the investigation of the reward which the country grants to a well deserving defender, and to one who, by great prowess and signal services, might _ have obtained the title of hero ; this matter is not, nor can it be examined under such an aspect ; it is that of an honest Spaniard, who, after having shewn, from the year 1808, his love of the liberty and independence of the nation, contributing as much as he was able to the ser- vice of the Spanish troops, sacrificing in its ranks the only son he had, and being afterwards faithful to the ge- neral vow of the nation, and to the precepts of the go- vernment, declared himself a zealous lover of the Con- stitution, which had been proclaimed and sworn to, and of the National Congress, and placing these merits and services as the basis of the process, was the victim of the most atrocious calumny and scandalous injustice; his persecutors treating with ridicule, by their proceed- ings, the decorum of the Cortes and the honour of the Deputies, selecting the Cojo de Malaga as the Chief of the designs, which they attributed to them, and deriving from thence the results which are sufficiently obvious. The Edict which was prepared for the act of conduct- _ing Pablo to the gallows, and which may be met with in folio 225 of the proceedings, signed by the Chairman-of the Committee, who was engaged in them, is the best testimony of these truths. It says: In consequence.of the proceedings which have been instituted against Pablo Lovez, known as the Cojo de Malaga, as aringleaderand hired chief of the riotous galeriants of the said ordinary and extraordinary Cortes, for supporting the annulled Constitution, the decrees extorted by the liberals, the endeavour to degrade the Sovereignty of Our Lord the King Ferdinand VII., to destroy the sacred rights, and to raise up the government and sovereignty of the peo- ‘ple, he is condemned to the gallows. Can we hear with tranquillity such a web of calum- nies and injuries? and will not our indignation be in- creased on knowing that there were no grounds for them, and yet by them an honest Spaniard was sentenced to be hanged. I assure the Congress, that when I consider �
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Title: Page 0097 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: from an information made in Malaga in 1815, it appears that the Sendicos esteemed Lopez as a man of enlighten- ed conduct in every sense of the word,
Show morefrom an information made in Malaga in 1815, it appears that the Sendicos esteemed Lopez as a man of enlighten- ed conduct in every sense of the word, and on this ac- count the Magistrate declared that he deserved the re- putation of ‘a good patrician for his political behaviour. “The Committee judges from what has been shown that his zeal and patriotic ardour, his services, and his uncommon sufferings, entitle him to particular conside- ration and to the national gratitude and beneficence ; ~and are of opinion that from the public funds he should be presented with a House in Malaga, his native place, ‘worth from 70,000 to 80,000 ‘rials, and bearing this in- seription—“ Recompensa por la Patria,” and moreover that he should receive from the same souree a pension of 8,000 rials a-year. This report having been read— Senor Giraldo spoke as follows : a greater proof cannot be given of the injustice, perversity of heart, and mean- ness of the enemies of the Constitution, than the pro- ceedings carried on against Pablo Lopez, which are now before the Congress—and_ which ‘cannot be read with any degree of serenity. ! have scanned them over ina few hours and I wish all the Deputies had done the same, and then there would be no one who on hearing the re- port of the Committee, would evince any signs of dis- satisfaction on account of its want of moderation. Let any one place himself in ‘the situation of the unhappy Cojo de Malaga, proceeded against for being a friend of the Constitution, accused of ‘a crime which had no existence, condemned to the degrading punishment of death on the gallows; without the appearance of any proofs, nor even of that which they wished to attribute to him as an excess, placed in the chapel, bound by the hangman, and led almost to the foot of the gallows, and he will then know that nothing is sufficient to compen-~ sate for such grievous ills; and'to shew to the whole world that if there have unfortunately been some Spa- niards who degenerating from the-noble character of that nation, have acted as infamous defamers, calum- nlators, unjust accusers and judges; the whole nation at once makes a compensation for the injuries which the delinquents have done toits name and reputation, I �
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Text: bowed mp Seto tet sd Ont in t i cedietiaidhaiditiaidial dt tamed amend aanete faa ah �

Title: Page 0102 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: 102 the fact which Iam going to relate. Several witnesses having been examined as to whether Lopez did or did not contribute to or cause the tumult in
Show more102 the fact which Iam going to relate. Several witnesses having been examined as to whether Lopez did or did not contribute to or cause the tumult in the Galleries, one only deposed to the particular, and how did he do so? Let the Congress observe the evidence of this witness—he says, that on one occasion there were shouts and cries of Off Off, and at the Same time he received a violent blow in the back, and that turning his head he saw the Cojo de Malaga the third person from him, This assertion alone was in the eyes of the Judge who presided, sufficient to prove the charge and to cause the culprit to be condemned to the punishment with which this assembly is already acquainted. Sen. Florez Citrada then followed—] shall not speak ofthe report, nothing having been said against it, I only rise to justify the committee with respect to the objec- tion advanced by Sen. Giraldo, of the seeming parsi- mony of the remuneration awarded to Pablo Lopez. The Committee themselves have thought so too, but at the same time they have taken into consideration that although this individual’s merit may be very manifest, he is not the only one deserving of the reward of the Country—there are many in this case and although all aré not in his state, they must not on that account go unrewarded ; so that the Committee have been obliged to be somewhat economical, contrary to their inclination, of fully acknowledging the deserts and sufferings of this individual. The point being considered sufficiently discussed, the report of the Committee was approved, and Sen, Calatrava said—the Congress has just done an act of justice in rewarding a Patriot who was near los- ing his life for supporting the Constitution and the li- berty of his Country; but i¢ seems to me that the Con- gress must perform another act of justice in order to complete their intention, and that is to punish: the slan- derer. Inthe Town of Malaga, in which a House and Lands producing annually 8,000 reals, is ordered to be given to Pablo Lopez—there lives one of those impos- tors who accused as principal promoters of the disorder Pablo Lopez and other Patriots whom he has endea- �
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Title: Page 0103 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: —— 103 voured to ruin, and who is now enjoying at the expense of the nation a reward for his infamies, which exceeds that bestowed upon Pablo Lopez
Show more—— 103 voured to ruin, and who is now enjoying at the expense of the nation a reward for his infamies, which exceeds that bestowed upon Pablo Lopez for his Patriotism. I have approved this proposition with much pleasure, having witnessed his virtues in a prison in which we were confined at the same time, and I had occasion to observe his resignation and great modesty ; I must also remark that the enemies of the Constitution asserted that he received 60 rials a day from the Cortes, and having been myself among other deputies appointed by the ordinary Cortes, for the formation of the Criminal Code, this unhappy man thinking that a porter would be named for this Committee, solicited the situation for himself, and this was the period in which the Anti-Con- Stitutionalists supposed that the Cortes gave him 60 rials a day. I have as I said before seen him in the Prison, and admired his heroism and fortitude. I shall only call the attention of the House to this particular, the favour being already granted. But will it be just that whilst the nation is granting him this remuneration as a man persecuted for sustaining its just cause, it should suffer persecutors to remain unpunished and con- tinue in their enjoyment of what they have unjustly acquired by their infamous conduct? ‘Thus I am of opinion, that the Committee should take this again into consideration, and propose to the House as the means of indemnifying the nation, what it expends in rewarding the good Patriots, to apply the property which they who caused their misfortunes are enjoying. JOURNAL OF THE CORTES. MEETING OF THE 71H NOVEMBER, 1820. The Committee of rewards presented the following report :—“ The Cortes decreed on the 14th of Sep- tember last, that in consideration of the extraordiaary patriotic services of Pablo Lopez, known as the cripple of Malaga, a House of the value of 70 to 80,000 rials �
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Title: Page 0104 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: - ae : a - - . . $. cf . ee ee 104 vellon, should be given him out of the public funds in that City, and that he was to receive besides out of the
Show more- ae : a - - . . $. cf . ee ee 104 vellon, should be given him out of the public funds in that City, and that he was to receive besides out of the same public property a capital stock, the interest on which should amount to 8,000 rials. « That resolution was passed to the Minister of Fi- nances, who, inferring from the expression public funds ! that it had reference to the public credit, communicated a it to the Board, charged with the direction of that esta- J ee blishment ; and the said Board in consequence of such “9 Bd communication, represented to the Minister on the 2\1st, | stating, that although they wished to have it in their power to carry at once into effect a resolution in which the Congress should shew their high sense of Justice,they however conceived that its execution could not be in- cumbent upon them, as there was no question in this case of paying any of the debts specified under the title of pubéic debts, but only of remunerating the Pa- triotic merits of Pablo Lopez, and such was not the ap- Ce plication given to the funds aud property of the esta- ia blishment ; which could not be chargeable with giving effect to that remuneration, for being exclusively applied to the payment of the debt of the State, any other bur- then laid upon them was irrelevant and destructive of that confidence which is the support of public credit ; and they added that although the donimation of public funds comprehended all those who belonged to the State, inclusive of those of the public credit, the reso- fe lution of the Cortes could not be applicable to the ae latter, since they were specifically and invariably des- Hi tined to the payment of the public debt, as well as the af property from which they are derived; and that there- fore no debt which was not strictly a debt of the State could be paid out of the said funds, in conformity with the solemn promises made to the public creditors by all the Decrees and regulations issued on the subject ; a principle which ought to be most punctually and scru- pulously adhered to, as the only way of re-establishing the confidence of the nation, facilitating the means to pay the public creditors, and consolidating the credit of the State. Seen eee coats erm ee ee te eed a ee Seah par cies 4 i a SE OS SS eS Oe eS Se Seay Gees kee oe : ed ie sa bi oe Lis fy �
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Title: Page 0106 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: 106 ought not to go back from what has been already done in the grant of a reward which is to be of everlasting memory. Where is the propriety of
Show more106 ought not to go back from what has been already done in the grant of a reward which is to be of everlasting memory. Where is the propriety of conferring a situ- ation under Government to one who cannot effectually discharge its duties ? Let, therefore, the moderate reward already granted by the Cortes be carried into effect, for I believe that Pablo Lopez will be well satisfied with any if, granted to him by the Congress, while he may a perhaps reject it from the hands of Government. Sen. Almero Alprente : We are called upon to decide as to the fulfilment of a resolution of the Congress, the most worthy not only of the generosity, but also of the justice of the Spanish nation. The individual who is the subject of this discussion has been hanged for his love to the country ; an expression which I may be properly allowed to use, as he did fully drink out the cup of bitterness attending that punishment. The Go- vernment has been directed to discharge the obligations which the nation was laying under towards that indivi- dual, and the Board of Public Credit are right in their remonstrances on the subject: but the Cortes can make an exception to any general rule. Why not fulfil what has already been promised ? My opinion is that the former resolution of the Cortes ought to be carried into effect, and that Pablo Lopez should not be deprived of the house granted to him, with the inscription ordered upon the same, as it will reflect honor, not only to him and his family, but likewise to the whole Spanish nation. This is not now the cause of that individual but of the country, which ought to exert itself in shewing its gra~ titude : and since it has already rewarded so many others, it is just that it should also do now the same to one who is not less meritorious than all of them. | : Sen. Diar del Morall : There is no answer, in my opi- nion, to what has been stated by the honorable members who have preceded me; but, as it is indispensable to give punctual effect to the decrees of the Cortes, which forbid the application of the property assigned to the Public Credit to any other object, and, on the other hand, there is no reason for making any alteration in the reward granted by the Congress to Pablo Lopez ; rs �
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Title: Page 0105 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: ed 105 « The Minister of Finances has laid by order of the King before the Cortes the preceding statement for their consideration, and the Committee
Show moreed 105 « The Minister of Finances has laid by order of the King before the Cortes the preceding statement for their consideration, and the Committee of Rewards and Fi- nances, united, find it perfectly grcunded ; but, consi- dering on the one hand that all the existing national property out of which the remuneration granted by the Cortes might be carried into effect, as well as that which may accrue, in consequence of the reforms now pending in the Congress, 1s wholly applied to the ex- tinction of the public debt, and on the other hand that it is indispensable to give effect in the less prejudicial and more expedient possible manner to the resolution of the Cortes, are of opinion that a pension for life of 8,000 rials might be granted to Pablo Lopez, on the public treasury or upon any of the funds attached to the same, recommending him at the same time to Government, in order that he may be placed when opportunity offers in a suitable situation, to indemnify him for the grant of the Hlouse made by the Cortes, and the salary of which shall not be for the same reason incompatible with the pension. 3 7 : This report having been read, Sen, Silves said, that the Committee had no interest in supporting it, but that having seen the communication from Government which had given occasion to it, they had acknowledged the just grounds of the observations made by the national board of public credit, as to their inability to dispose of the existing public property in Malaga, it being ab- solutely applied to the payment of the creditors of the State. Sen. Quiroga: The Cortes have already decreed and granted the reward due to the merit of the worthy Pa- triot in question, and have signified what that remune- ration is to be; they therefore cannot now g0 back. The reward now proposed by the Committee is inade- quate to what that Patriot deserves, and to the distin- guished services by him performed. A pecuniary re- muneration and employment under Government is not a fit reward to those who have sacrificed themselves for the country. I am not here advocating my own cause - my object is merely to show that the national Congress a a anaes si cn on nn = “ST te ? Bb; RTE PREY 7 3H cae �
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Title: Page 0099 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: velUl(CSlUC 4 ee re rr 99 this innocent victim, suffering the horrors of the most cruel imprisonment, the dreadful agonies he suffered for three days
Show morevelUl(CSlUC 4 ee re rr 99 this innocent victim, suffering the horrors of the most cruel imprisonment, the dreadful agonies he suffered for three days in the Chapel, the inhuman treatment he ex- perienced in the fortress to which he was taken; when I read his declarations, replete with the fortitude and truth which are the signs of innocence; when I see him fly to the service of his country as soon as the liberal army of the Island appeared, and offer himself again without being affrighted at his former dangers, I am ready to accuse the Committee of meanness, and as be- ing, if not unjust, at least ungenerous. The injuries and grievances done to Pablo Lopez, were done to the whole nation, which nation cannot Jook with indifference on those who have made themselves calumniating impeachers, prostituted fiscals, and unjust judges, in order to degrade it, and to immerge it in the evils in which they threw it, leaving no means untried to obtain their end, and travelling over carcasses sacri- ficed to their infamous caprices, and over victims trod upon at their fancy; but, it ought also to bestow some attention on these victims, and reward their sacrifices with justice and generosity, without compelling those who have suffered to persecute the authors of their ca- lamities as in ordinary causes. ‘The proceedings against Pablo Lopez, as others of a similar nature,were against all the nation ; and it cannot for this reason avoid doing justice by rewarding the merit which resulted from those proceedings, without ever forgetting what has been shewn, and that on the part of his malicious opponents nothing was left undone, in order to consummate the sacrifice which would un- doubtedly have taken place, but for some just and feel- ing souls who made known to the King such vile injus- tice ; and he immediately ordered the sentence to be suspended, and gave this proof of the rectitude of his august heart, and of the just intentions which have al- ways animated him, Thanks to the King’s Justice, which has presented us with this discussion, in which the National Congress shows the sentiments which ani- mate all the Deputies, and which, by approving the re- port ofthe Committee, and making the additions it may a �
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Title: Page 0100 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: ialiidieiechdiend.ieeinaeneeennoe re 100 think fit, will prove to the whole world that the country is 20 indulgent mother, who attends to the deserts
Show moreialiidieiechdiend.ieeinaeneeennoe re 100 think fit, will prove to the whole world that the country is 20 indulgent mother, who attends to the deserts and _ Sacrifices of her offspring, and rewards them with justice and generosity. Sr. Quintana then said: It was my intention to say something respecting the ridiculous proceedings invent- ed by malignity, in order to ruin the meritorious citizen Pablo Lopez; but Sr. Giraldo having already painted it in its true colours, I shall eonfine myself merely to an expression of my thanks-to the Committee, for the ex- actness and truth with which they have described the memorable, tumult of which they supposed the said Lopez capable; an exactness and truth to which I can bear witness, having had the honour to be one of those who had met together in that famous insurrection. Moreover, I wholly confirm the report of the Committee, which, however, appears to me to have been rather nig- _gardly in the rewards they propose for a citizen, so great a lover of his country; I should, therefore, wish that something more was awarded him, aud that the same or some other Committee would point out a different kind of reward for the fiscal, judges, and all others concerned in sucha notorious procedure, the whole of whom ought, in my opinion, to be raised to the exalted situation to which they are, by their eminent and well known services so entitled. Sen, Cepero then rose and said: I consider this as- sembly to be so unanimously disposed to approve the report of the Committee, that I do not think they need any stimulus for that purpose. [shall not, therefore, dwell upon it, not seeing any necessity for so doing; but only attempt to convince them of some facts, which will justify the opinion which I conceive all the Deputies will give. Ihad the honor to be a member of the Ordi- nary Cortes, and one of those who formed the Com- mittee of its interior Government. On this account I was obliged to make some inquiries respecting the up- roar which several times took place in the Galleries, and these being the real charges against Pablo Lopez, whica gave life and fuel to the proceedings, and led him to the Gallows, in conformity with the sentence pronounced �
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Title: Page 0101 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: 101 against him, for having been supposed the cause of those disturbances, I ought to make known whatever I know, -n order to show clearly the false
Show more101 against him, for having been supposed the cause of those disturbances, I ought to make known whatever I know, -n order to show clearly the false imputation and iniquity with which he has been persecuted by the enemies of the Constitutional system. Pablo Lopez has not only been a ood Spaniard, but may be called a heroin his rank. I made all the inquiries 1 thought proper, and even ob- served him myself, with a view to inform myself of the truth. ‘The result convinced me that this worthy man, far from being a promoter of tumult, was, on the con- trary, one who endeavoured to establish order by his ad- vice, which he effected several times, so that it may be truly said that the enemies of the Constitution wished to ridicule it, carrying their inhumanity even as far as to offer up as its victim a man who could have no influence in the system, but his adherence to it. Pablo Lopez constantly attended the Galleries, and I was obliged to give orders to the porters to lethim go in with his crutch, which he could not do without on account of his lame- ness, it being forbidden to any one to enter with a stick. Consequently, I feel myself called upon to state, that this unfortunate man did not commit any other crimes than being present at the debates ef the Congress, without having ever given the least occasion for the disorders, which sometimes took place there, should be imputed to him. I, therefore, conclude by supporting the report of the Committee, and by begging the Cortes, that as Lopez was made the object of the shameless conduct of his persecutors, he may also be made that ef the justest reward, for the sufferings he underwent for his love of the Constitution. Sen. Golfin then said—I wished to say a few words as an individual of the Committee, but as no one has yet impugned its report, and as I rather observe that it meets the general approbation ; I shall reserve what I had to advance till it should be opposed, an event which I do not at present anticipate. In the mean time I will add a few words to what Sen. Cepero has advanced respecting the affair of the Galleries. It actually is a charge substantiated in the proceedings against ablo Lopez, but in support of it there is no other proof than ; 3 f i f j racecar crm steht tien tate Y re i Ree sonar �
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Title: Page 0019 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: — - wT OO OOOmSlU Ole ES ee eee eS SS lO Ch lmlmlCC = ee "SR —— 8 ae oe a; 19 These fond demonstrations infuriated to exeess the liberticide
Show more— - wT OO OOOmSlU Ole ES ee eee eS SS lO Ch lmlmlCC = ee "SR —— 8 ae oe a; 19 These fond demonstrations infuriated to exeess the liberticide party. The victories obtained over the French, had dispelled their fears of falling again under foreign yoke ; they redoubled their efforts by incendiary and seditious writings, electioneering intrigues, gross and atrocious calnmnies, fabricated prophecies, and apochryphal miracles ; no means were left untried ; and the famous trial of the false Audinot, with which all Europe is acquainted, is sufficient to give a faint idea of the iniquitous means employed by those spurious chil- dren of my country, to delude the people, to smother liberty whilst in its cradle, and to sully the well-earned fame of its most illustrious and resolute defenders. I, who, as well as many others, understoood this cri- minal manceuvre, thought it my duty to defend liberal principles, firmly, yet in a becoming manner ; not by base and infamous. means, although by way of repri- sal, 1 might. have censidered myself justified in making use.even of the latter ; but such.a line of conduct would not only have been contrary to my own feelings, but also unworthy the justice and nobleness of the cause which I espoused. In all the meetings which, I attended, I did not fail to disclose the plots of the Serviles ; to eulogize the constitution ; to declaim against abuses,.and to pon- der on the advantages to be derived from those reforms, for which we had’so long sighed. The vehemence of my speeches, my.tone,.and above.all, that character. of deep-felt conviction, by which I apbeared actuated, and which gave me a kind of natural eloquence, procured me abundance of hearers, and applauses, which I valued, inasmuch. as they contributed. to make. my patriotic opi- nions prevail, not being in the least actuated by any personal interest. | These debates however, procured mean ill-fated ce- lebrity, I saw myself ‘at: once beloved and hated : court= ed and persecuted ; some looked upon me as‘an extra- ordinary man; others: thought me: an abominable. mon- ‘ster ; and the servile party; having-now determined:on my ruin, began to persecute me openly ;. they; endea- voured to prevent my entrance into the gallery of the �
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Title: Page 0020 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: —— es aeneninndineinemmneeeniddeie tae aeennee eae amanda 20 Cortes ; and hired boys to pelt me with stones; in short, there was scarcely any kind of
Show more—— es aeneninndineinemmneeeniddeie tae aeennee eae amanda 20 Cortes ; and hired boys to pelt me with stones; in short, there was scarcely any kind of insult which I did not daily experience. Among many others of minor importance, one occur- red, which is worthy of attention, on account of its sin- gularity, ofits being totally unexpected, and of the con- sequences it might have led to. In one of the Sittings, in January, in the aforesaid year, the powers or titles of the members elected and returned by the province of Gallicia, were examined ; amongst whom was the Bishop of Pampelona, one of the most violent leaders of the anti-constitutional party. From various papers produced, from the certificates of return, and from many other circumstances, there appeared clear and undoubted evidence of enormous breaches of the. constitutional law in the election. A committee was appointed to inquire into the affair, who with the liberal party, were for declaring it null and void, as in fact they ought; but the serviles, who formed the majority of the Cortes, tried by captious and uncon- clusive arguments, to support it ; on which a very warm discussion took place. In vain did many of the mem- bers contend for the strict observance of the Constitu- tional law, which even the Cortes themselves were not authorized to infringe; in vain did they protest they would give up their power, and withdraw their pro- vinces : the majority was for approving the election, notwithstanding its notorious illegality. I witnessed this unpleasant sitting, and was heartily grieved to find, that party rage had penetrated even into the sanctuary of the laws, and that the constitution had been trampled upon by the very legislators, before it was scarcely known ; and I thence foretold the most fatal conse- quences, lamenting in anticipation, the evils that threat- ened my country, and the waste of sv much blood, and so many costly sacrifices, Full of these gloomy ideas, I retired to my lodgings, ate but little, and immediately after, { went to a coffee- house ; in passing Ja puerta del Sol, I met two of my acquaintances, who, observing an alteration in my coun- ee ee ee �
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Title: Page 0021 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: oe fF RES ee FF BEesetes SBS TFS Fe obs tenance, inquired if any thing atled me ; I answered ‘ nothing material,” and as the Sitting that morning had
Show moreoe fF RES ee FF BEesetes SBS TFS Fe obs tenance, inquired if any thing atled me ; I answered ‘ nothing material,” and as the Sitting that morning had made some noise; and knowing that. daily attended the congress, they questioned me respecting the discussion, and L stated every thing thathad taken place. My un- fortunate celebrity-was such, that wherever I was, indi- viduals of every description and opinion, used to collect; and at this time,!not observing the number: continually increasing round me, I:mentioned to those two persons the enormous breach of:the Constitutional law, which the deputies had just: been guilty of ; for they were not. justified nor authorized to dispense with it, as they could with other faws, the former being superior ; and could not be altered or repeated, till a certain time specified in their formula. Whilst I was enforcing these topics, against’ those deputies who had infringed the law, I noticed. a degree of effervescence amongst the indivi- duals around me, which I endeavoured to allay, by ob- serving, that any act unsanctioned by the law, respect- jing such weighty matters; would be criminal ; and more- over, that such was neither a fit time, nor place for can- vassing them; that if the infringement of the law, which they had noticed, and which had excited such feelings, could bé proved ; they might claim for redress the 373d article of the Constitution ; authorizing every Spanish citizen, te petition the King and the Cortes, for the faithful observance of that law, and redress of every breach of it; and that in case they were inclined so to act, they might frame a petition, either individually or collectively ; but that on no account, should they act otherwise, or in a manner unbecoming the importance of the subject, or the circumspection and decorum so conspicuous in the Spanish character. Just at that mo- ment, a priest who (as I ‘afterwards learnt) was chap- lain to the Life Guards, went to the commanding officer of a guard, not far distant, and requested him to repair immediately to the puerta del Sol, where a lame man was endeavouring to stir up a mob to rebellion, by means of seditious speeches, and ‘warm declamations. The off- cer, without waiting for more accurate information, took with him six Grenadiers, with fixed bayonets, by whom ee Seer =. a soe. od ss re - = a renin, ponee ) i a een �
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Title: Page 0022 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: Bae ie { : in the ne bt emcee th tr : tte OE —— I was surrounded, at the very moment I was endeavour- ing to quiet the agitated minds of the populace.
Show moreBae ie { : in the ne bt emcee th tr : tte OE —— I was surrounded, at the very moment I was endeavour- ing to quiet the agitated minds of the populace. The officer intimated that I should follow him into arrest : to which I mildly and calmly answered, that I did not consider him authorized to arrest me, as he was not pos- sessed of any judicial power, and only those who were invested with it were authorized by the Constitution, to take a person into custody ; that if he acted under the warrant of a proper magistrate, he ought to show it ; as the necessary circumstance of my being found in “ fla- granti delicto ” was wanting ; in which case alone, or in that of his faving a warrant, could he detain me, without rendering himself guilty of arbitrary detention. e then requested me to accompany him, not into arrest, but as a favour; to which I replied, that this compli- mentary proposition came too late, and I could not as- sent to it, on account of the suspicion, which his prece- ding intimation could not fail to create, and of the dis- frust which the presence of armed soldiers ought to inspire. At the close of this conversation, I could not help noticing a kind of restlessness and disturbance, amongst those persons who were nearest to the officer; I, there- fore, in order to prevent the occurremce of any tumult or violence, suffered myself to be conducted to the guard-room, Stating to the officer my reasons for such compliance. An immense crowd followed us. When in the officer’s room, he questioned me as to what I was Saying to the people about the Constitution, to which I replied, that not considering him possessed of any autho- rity to arrest me, still less could I perceive any right he had to examine me respecting acts that were within the scope of my own free will, and not against public order or law; and such being the case, it would be useless for him to question me further, for I should not condescend to give any reply. He was at first rather irritated, but as he grew calmer, he told me that a priest, of a very decent and grave appearance, had informed him that ] Was exciting the populace to sedition, and that he, there- fore, thought it his duty to prevent it. This explana- tion did not tend to lessen my anger, and I replied. that �
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Title: Page 0014 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: ce nn tae tidieieetetecias elena al dient dedicate nddedll Leek ea Seer OF em ne er ee 7 14 wrongs, and the repairers of her unfortunate losses ; my
Show morece nn tae tidieieetetecias elena al dient dedicate nddedll Leek ea Seer OF em ne er ee 7 14 wrongs, and the repairers of her unfortunate losses ; my heart formed ardent vows for their suecess ; and from that moment I devoted to them all my actions, under the impression that I was devoting them to my country. Ah! how far was I from thinking, that such feelings would be looked upon as a crime; and that for enter- taining them I should be confounded with the guilty, and even experience the horrors of an iniquitous and infamous execution. 1 there remained, dividing my time between attend- ing the Sittings, and working at my trade, (by which I maintained myself,) until the time of the victory at Al- buera, gained in the spring of 1811, by the Allied Bri- tish and Spanish forces, when thinking it probable that the enemy would retire from Andalusia, 1 removed near- er to my native town; but the military operations hav- ing taken a new and less favourable turn, I left Algesi- ras, (whither I had retired), and settled in Gibraltar, where I followed my business. In September of that same year, General, Don Fran- cisco Ballesteros, was entrusted with the command of the district called the Campo*de San Roque, there to carry on war with his division from the Asturias, and some other troops, the whole forming a body of about 8,000 men. [ lost no time in presenting myself before him ; and after presenting him with small donations, I offered to make the clothing of his division, without any remuneration beyond the pay and daily allowance of a private soldier; which being accepted, I gave up my business, which at that time I found very profitable, and fulfilled my undertaking so much to the satisfaction of the said General, that he gave me an honorary certifi- cate of my patriotic services, and zeal for the good cause ; he moreover charged me with the superintend- ence of the provisions of a flying column, consisting of three battalions, and two squadrons of horse, entrusted with the arduous and dangerous task of levying contri- butions of money, victuals, men and horses, in the very country held by the enemy ; and the zeal with which I fulfilled this duty, as well as many others, confided to �
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Title: Page 0010 (Criminal proceedings against Pablo Lopez)
Text: 10 per, which had hitherto lain dormant, having had but few opportunities to excite it, was now awakened and greatly strengthened, by the love I bore
Show more10 per, which had hitherto lain dormant, having had but few opportunities to excite it, was now awakened and greatly strengthened, by the love I bore my country. The Spanish nation having seen the detested favourite, who had been the cause of all their misfortunes, snatched from the hands of justice, and their young Monarch, who was at that time the object of their love and hopes, borne away by a foreign usurper, exhibited that gloomy and threatening silence which usually precedes great revolutions. The murders of the ever-to-be-remembered 2d of May, and the treacherous insult offered to a noble, open, and honourable nation, exhausted all endurance, and called for vengeance. ‘ Revenge on the invaders !” was the indignant cry of the Sons of offended Spain. “Revenge! eternal hatred! and war!” in which I most enthusiastically joined. How delightful it is to dwell on those happy days, when my countrymen had but one thought ! one object! one desire! But how lamentable the division which now reigns among them, so detrimental to the welfare of their country. In order to further the plans of my countrymen, I contributed, as far as I was able, by donations, and other useful services ; and, moreover, undertook the gratuitous clothing of the army, for which purpose I removed to Malaga, where I enlisted in the Volunteer Town Militia, doing duty, as far as my physical impe- diment would permit me. The unhappy events of the campaign of 1809, and above all, the unfortunate battle of Ocana, caused the invasion of Andalusia by the French troops, The pa- triotic town of Malaga, depending rather on the hatred of .its inhabitants to foreign dominion, than on their actual resources, endeavoured to form a new army to oppose the advancing enemy, who, with the impetuous fury of a torrent, were inundating that delightful country. My known character for patriotism, induced the then Commander-in-Chief to appoint me Director of the Clothing for the Army, and of the Tents. Within two days, more than 40,000 of the peasantry and towns- �
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