The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-27 00:00:00

ing the democratic symbol of terror, proscription, and
blood, to propitiate the " Majesty. of the people 1.-
The accounts which we published yesterday, from our
private Correspondents in Madrid, have put our readers
in possession of the whole details of the tragic history,
which began with the revolt of the soldiery at La
Granja, and left off, but did not end, with the pro-
clamation of the Constitution of 1812, at Madrid.
A dreadful episode in that tragic history was the
cowardly assassination of the Captain-General Que-
sada, by those " brave Urbanos," who, while he
had arms in his hands, dare not venture to look him
in the face ! He met the fate that many have met
' who have served with stern and uncompromising fide-
' lity a spiritless or profligate Sovereign. - If the Re-
gent had not, in the critical moment, delivered him
into the hands of his enemies, by deposing him from
the command, his single courage and energy would
have completely crushed the revolutionary faction in
Madrid. Indeed he had, by facing the revolutionists
' boldly, disconcerted all their movements, and proved
them to be as arrant cowards as any that crawl on the
face of the earth. The " brave Urbanos," who ga-
thered their blood-stained " laurels," not in manly
conflict with the Carlists in the field, but in storming
the monasteries and butchering their peaceable inmates,
fled every where from his very looks as he traversed
the streets, either alone or with one or two of his
orderly dragoons. But when stripped of his com-
mand—the victim of perfidy—they found him un-
armed and defenceless, then, indeed, their swords
that never were in fighting order, were found to
be sharp enough for the work of assassination, and
for the savage mutilation of the murdered remains!
Such are the patriots who march at the head of
Peninsular civilization—such are the regenerators of
Spain ! The savage that scalps his fallen enemy
wields his tomahawk in battle ; but when did the
" brave Urbanos" of Madrid ever face an enemy in
the field ? A Journal, very hostile to Quesada and his
party, gives, among other instances, the following trait
of the heroism of the revolutionary populace of Ma-
drid. The writer, having described the instantaneous
effect which the energy of Quesada had in quelling a
revolt of the regular troops, goes on to say—" The
Captain-General (Quesada) dismounted, and remained
nearly an hour, giving directions for strengthening the
position. Upon going away, he took the compromised
troops with him. Some people who had been allowed
to assemble cried Muera Quesada' (death to Que-
sada), as he turned his back. He instantly turned
raund and faced them--they all fed tvith precipita-
tion. In like manner, in traversing the streets, when
a similar cry was raised from a window, or a spectator,
he always halted, and looked towards the place from
whence the voice came. The hatred against him is so
great, that it was thought nothing short of assassina-
tion could result from the manner in which lie ex-
posed himself in the streets, sometimes only attended
with a couple of orderlies—he went to the different
parts of the town where the public feeling was mani-
festing itself, and always dispersing the groups in the
same manner as at the Puerta del Sol." We then
have an account of his having advanced upon 500 of
the " brave Urbanos," who had fortified themselves
in a Church, and with only 100 men compelled them
to surrender, within five minutes, without shedding a
drop of blood. While in this manner one brave and
loyal soldier crushed the revolution by his single
prowess, and kept Madrid for the Queen, the mother
of Isabel, terrified out of her wits by some drunken
soldiers, who, obeping the secret orders of more cau-
tious conspirators, broke into her palace of plea-
sure at La Granja, betrayed the only heroic cham-
pion of her cause to his enemies, and, by displacing
him from the command, signed his death-warrant ;
thus giving the Revolutionists the triumph and the
revenge :lkh their own courage could never have
won. What will these scenes of disgusting perfidy,
cowardice, and crime result in ? As Parliament is not.
sitting, Lord Palmerston cannot be asked to give an
answer to such a question. He who mixed up the
fair fame of England with such atrocities as this Spa-
nish contest displays has much to answer for. In the
mean time, let us hear what one of our Madrid Cor-
respondents says on the subject. His remarks are
worth the attention of our readers. The public know
that on the question of Spain we have all along taken
a view which events have confirmed. Our Correspon-
dent says—
" The Constitution of 1812 may now be said to rule the
kingdom of Spain. Established for the second time by a
military insurrection, this form of government, in every re-
spect unsuitable to the character of the Spaniards, cannot
prove of long duration. The Presidents of every Constitu-
tional Junta in the country are military men, and, with
scarcely an exception, the most unprincipled persons in the
nation. Nor are the other members of these Juntas more
deserving of public confidence. Composed for the most
part of indigent employes and petty lawyers, who endea-
vour to gain, in a day or week of revolution, the fortune
which their slender talents could never procure for them in
peaceable times, their first measure has invariably been the
imposition of heavy contributions. It were idle to say that
the sums thus raised have been made use of for the benefit
of the State. The most vexatious hardships, the most un-
just persecution, the most shameful robbery, and the direst
oppression, form the catalogue of the labours of the Consti-
tutional Junta of Andalusia. Men, however commendable
their conduct may have been during life, however sincere their
admiration of rational liberty, if rich, are suspected of Car-
lism, and heavily fined—jf poor, they are not unfrequently'
cast into a loathsome prison, and forced to herd with com-
mon malefactors. Such are the auspices under which the
groundwork of Spanish regeneration has commenced. On
the 25th of July Malaga began the revolution by the assas-
sination of the military and civil Governor of the town ; and
in Madrid the idolized Constitution was proclaimed on the
15th of August, and celebrated by the murder of General
Quesada. But even the vile populace of Malaga—the
very galley slaves let loose for the occasion—respected the
dead bodies of the victims. To the people of Madrid—of
the heroica villa of Madrid—it was reserved to hack and
mangle the corpse of a brave General, and again exhibit
to Europe the horrible barbarity of a scene similar to that
represented in Barcelona on the sth of August, 1835.
And can such a system, originating in bloodshed, and sup-
ported by the most cruel exaction, find favour in the eyes
of the Spanish people ? A momentary enthusiasm may
exist amongst a part of the people ; but, like that of the
past year, it will flicker for a while, and then totally
disappear."—Morning Herald.

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