Show THE SPANISH CAMPAIGN liniile nntuni tidied II teao A Illi e irmx lullarr I The Flench Interest In Spain were left In a most deplorable condition The populace of Madrid recrUtil 1 the hero of the age with coldness and tbut themselves up In their hoiiiw to nol forming a crowd or creating any en thutlaim In the streets They would not even rome out to see the gorgeous military parade which was arranged for their benefit The gentry and nobility no-bility were alike distant and cold It was clear that Hpaln could neither bo wheedled cajoled nor threatened Into even passive acqulenrenee In the new nl ro conquest It was essential I I therefor that another course should la tried On December I Napoleon I In U > role of reformerstatesman lronoUII ell and Issued from Chamartln n erlm of the thoroughgoing edlets All feudal < prltllcKe all inter ptovlnclni ruMim due Mere swept away the ImniWiIm was nbetlshed and the number of i n venle was reilureil to n third II 1 le measures wire In llieniMhe IIIOAI 01 1 uUry end itrtiek nt Iho very too of tho lipnatreo under the baneful emad > of which Spain bad been itonl > p > < h lag Out to do good they mm bi enforced en-forced there must be n comple ml I tary conquest of the country nn < u callable ndmlnlitrnllon There v a neither Tho HI > anl li army had been defeated l but swore as had been Hi punishment III rrfdttnnco one not de itrojed the occupation of the country was alto sadly Incomplete nnd It mad no difference hither French soldier marched or what itnteglc point they held some kind of Spanish lighting force no matter bow Irregular sprang up behind them and on their side I < The complete military centralization of IruMln I hod made Jean declslc for Ibo whole loose jotnled territory of that kingdom the compact territory of Ipaln and the local Independence of ber people made regular lctorlen utterly ut-terly frullleiw no far nl the open country coun-try was concerned |