Sketches in Spain During the Years 1829, 30, 31, & 32; Containing Notices of Some Districts Very Little Known; of the Manners of the People, Government, Recent Changes, Commerce, Fine Arts, And Natural History 1
Sketches in Spain During the Years 1829, 30, 31, & 32; Containing Notices of Some Districts Very Little Known; of the Manners of the People, Government, Recent Changes, Commerce, Fine Arts, And Natural History 1
Widdrington, Samuel Edward, D. 1856
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It was a great advantage to a tra- veller, when he could pass under their authority, on account of the greater regularity and celerity of dispatching busi- ness ; but, latterly, after the revolution of July, it was no longer practicable, peremptory orders being issued that they were, without distinction, to be subordinate to the ge- neral police. ^ The manner in which the police system has taken root is a decisive proof of the aptitude of the Spaniards to second an active government, and the vi...gour and activity of its administration would astonish any one acquainted with the usual mode of conducting Spanish affairs. From the na-. ture of it, and from the existence of the government de- pending on it, the more unintelligent, and in fact the refuse of society were those in general entrusted with the exercise of its awful powers. In theory nothing could be more ar« 204 SKETCHES IN SPAIN. bitrary than the laws. Every person, without exception, was compelled to take a carta de segnridad to prevent being arrested in his own house, and when he travelled ever so short a distance, to take a passport, which must be signed every day, whilst he was moving ; the residence in places being accounted for by the dates of arrival and departure.
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