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CA VALRY F~'J,'TBST li'OR ACTING IN SPAIN. 93the desHny of thi~co,untry, and the spot now under observation, Maicilrit,as the helit,rt ofthe state, a capital in fuB possession of aU its moraland politien! attributes, will èertainly strike the mind in such a light.).3ut Madrit is no more to the nation than a polypus is to the heart;and, thesutferings of individuals out of the question, the partywhich lèvelled it firs~ woU)d have done the other a service, had thatother.been the onedestined by Fortune to the permanent rule of the,state.It is obvious to any one who studie.s the map of Spain" whénonce he bàs cast a cursory eye over the country, thatit is by cavalrythe business of warfare within the Peninsula is to be decided.~fadrit'plajns, wh~reHere isin· the centre of this noble tract of the earth, surrounded by vasta superiority of. cavahy· would decidedly predominate;.wher~a~jts mOl.mtains by no me~ns present those lines of continuationof positi