1. La mirada sobre el exangüe Antiguo Régimen de un «vejete verde»: Don Ramón Lázaro de Dou y Bassols

Pages17-30
AuthorFrancisco Sosa Wagner,Mercedes Fuertes
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1. LA MIRADA SOBRE EL EXANGÜE
ANTIGUO RÉGIMEN DE UN «VEJETE VERDE»:
DON RAMÓN LÁZARO DE DOU Y BASSOLS
Así le llama Pérez Galdós en el Episodio Nacional titulado «Cádiz».
Un poco insolente don Benito con este anciano sacerdote (sesenta
y ocho años), estudioso, hombre cabal y con sangre de progreso en
las venas. Dou fue quien escribió la gran obra titulada «Instituciones
de derecho público general de España con noticia del particular de
Cataluña y de las principales reglas de gobierno en cualquier Esta-
do» —terminada en junio de 1793— y lo hizo probablemente con el
mismo espíritu con que el escultor labra un monumento, en este caso,
un mausoleo, que dedicara a un mundo que naufragaba entre mitos
caducos y andamios desvencijados. Dou es así un artista que está avi-
zorando una época nueva, de la que quiere dejar testimonio, para, tal
como hacen los artistas inspirados, captar su movimiento, es decir, los
futuros senderos.
Porque lo cierto es que el intelecto y la sensibilidad de Dou se aco-
modaron con agilidad a los nuevos tiempos y así defendió en las Cor-
tes de Cádiz, que presidió en sus inicios, la abolición de la tortura, la
libertad de imprenta, las reformas de la Hacienda y de los impuestos y,

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