Brief History
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The Republic of 1873 came
into existence to fill the political vacuum created by Amadeo's abdication.
The Republican Party was neither strong nor united. When the Republican
leaders, on legal scruples, refused to declare for a The Republican leaders
had allowed attacks on the army that had reduced it to impotence. To
conservatives and men of order, the country seemed on the verge of total
dissolution. Too late, Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, the last president of the
Republic, tried to recapture the loyalty of the army. In January, 1874,
General Manuel Pavia y Rodriguez drove the Republican deputies from the
Cortes, building in hope of creating a government of order. General Serrano took
over as president of a unitary Republic. His main goal was to gain victory
over the Carlists, now a strong force in northern |
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