First Spanish Republic: Origins, Ideals, and Impact

That should already be sufficient to ensure order and to prevent possible riots (popular or Carlist), recalling that "the insurgency is no longer a right from the time when universal suffrage without appeal to the barbaric use of weapons."

The text continues with the first plans of the Republic: universal suffrage, stressing the elimination of the illegalities that were committed previously to falsify the elections as "coercion, deception, violence, and fraud" (done many times before with the help of their own governors).

Conclusion

The text is entirely subjective, as it tries to spread Republican ideals and show in what respects it improves over other ideologies that have failed before. We know its authenticity not only because it was written by the Minister of the Interior, but also because it marked an important turning point in the history of Spain.

Regarding the historical value of the document, it is very interesting because it reflects very well its historical context, fears, and aspirations of the Republic. To the more moderate, it is a symbol of lawlessness and disorder; for Republican politicians, it is the more democratic model; for the people, the republic meant its recognition as a political actor and the struggle for social and economic rights.

This text is a circular, so it is a private and administrative document, written and published by the Ministry of Interior and directed to the provincial governors, dating from February 14, 1873. This document is a primary source, which can be seen from the government's fear that the fledgling republic might not settle. It was written with the purpose of ensuring compliance with existing laws and convincing people of its value. The text was written three days after the abdication of Amadeus of Savoy, who acceded to the throne by the search for a provisional monarch after the Revolution of 1868 that drove Elizabeth II from the throne and established the interim government of Serrano (as Regent) and Prim (as head of government.) After this, they had to find a new monarch in Europe, and finally, the Italian Amedeo of Savoy came to power in 1871 as a democratic monarch. But the lack of political support for this command's failure left the impression that Spain was a nation ungovernable, and since there were no candidates to be king of Spain, the First Republic was proclaimed in 1873.

In the first few lines, it refers to the new mode of government, the Republic. It places enough impact on the idea that this new form of government was achieved peacefully and as a means to get the order, freedom, and justice, as it represents its motto, which is quoted early in the second paragraph. Then, in the text, one can get an idea of the image that they wanted to deliver to the Republic and all the importance that the law is in it, an idea that is constantly repeated. Another issue to note is the importance given to the rights and freedoms of citizens enshrined in the Constitution of 1869, guaranteeing the "broad and absolute freedom to the manifestations of thought and conscience."