His Works. part lV

Another work of Dr. Graciano Lopez-Jaena. All of his works found posted in this blog was copied from the book stated in an earlier post, Graciano Lopez-Jaena: Speeches, Articles and Letters.

THE REPUBLIC IS COMING*

I will say with Christ: Estote parati in qua hora non putatis, filius hominis veniet. Be prepared, because when you least expect it, the Son of Man will come.

Republicans! Be prepared because when you least expect it, the Republic will come.

The day of victory is approaching. These disasters that we see occurring everywhere, immorality enthroned in central and municipal spheres proclaim the downfall of the present state of things.

Puppets have no place in Spain. There mission was to conserve, but the conservative period is over; the vital cells are decrepit and death will not be long in coming.

It is agonizing!

Vile tricks, lies, malversations, the irregularities and vices of past administrations are exposed equally in Cuba, the Philippines, in the busy sectors of Tibidabo and Montserrat, in the snow cap peak of Sierra Monera, as well as in the regions washed by rachitic Manzanares and the heights of Moncayo: all these are the precursor of the death of the present administration.

Just as upon the coming of the Messiah in Jerusalem, everything was iniquity and sin, as the present time in this Jerusalem washed by the Mediterranean and the Cantabrian, everything is evil and inconsistency, confusion and disorder reigning within her borders.

In Messianic times there was Tiberious, the Roman emperor incompetent and of no account; under the present circumstances the institutions are vacilliating and weak; at that time Herod had no control of the government and was devoid of common sense; today Sagasta is impotent; made uneasy by his own followers and by those who are not; he has his Pilate in Cánovas, who is ruining him.

Everything sees to be conspiring in favour of the Republic.

Get ready, Republicans, to receive and greet the new era which is going to regenerate us.

Prepare your…throats, Spaniards, and let us trust in the future.

In the meantime, let us shout bravely:

Long live the Republic!

*An article published in El Pueblo Soberano, Barcelona, 1889.