The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-10-31
THE VLgGyNyMr.
LYNCnBURG, OCTOBER 81, 1895
FOREIGN NEWS,


We fIrnish our readers to-day with
news from Europe of very Interesting
character The elements Of discard, whleI
have so long reposed IN silence, ar. begin
ming to manifest Themselves aud II cannot
and terrible convnl,ipn, 1t is utterly i'm
possible that any people can be- eternalIs
subjected To the oPpressi'" and degrading
rule which has made Spain dtsulale--
stripped her Of nearly all her virtue and
i tacnt---aud made her the grave or the pri-
son housr of her most patriotic chddten.-
/ rhpy ,cti resist and must conqaer. --l'hc
misrr bic tyrant who reisus ia Spain, has
not a single trait in his character To rede, m
him from universal tXtcration. A bgot
/ in his religious creed-uithout any pollli-
cal ipie-lnseieratr in his enmltirs -
vindictiyr-dnd, wilhai timld aud sn.p-
Ciyus, he would sacrifice, without conpnne-
ton tomorrow, "ae whom he had to-day
exalted, and would criagr 10 his eneny
lik" suppIlant spaniel, il he dared not re
slst him. The late accounts from SPAN
give to Httdmand's character worse as
poet Inan II hae ever before WON. His
rUVGl nnrdrra have heretofore been usll-
fed ty me plea dat tne persons who had
be,u led To the scatfold were taken in arms
against the legitimate monarch. -Porlier
H.. i' -, aitaee.,h contsudlng for liberty
of conscience and Of actlGn, weioeXecaled
with some show Of Justice, according to
The ethics of the Holy Alliance. But
What can he said in Justification of the tx
ecoton of Marshal Bessirress When
Spain was invaded by Napoeon Boaa-
parte, this general was conspicuous In DE-
fcnlins his native soil When Ferdinand
was prisoner in France, mcanly brndlog
the knee to his kIngy j,IIor, and ,urren-
derinS his sceptre, with every appearance
of satisfaction To the very hand III had
placed the chain around his neck, Besscres
was fighting for his release. There was
something magnificent IN the spectacle
presented by the Spanish nation at that
interesting period, Her monarch Vas a
captiye--and she was confronting for his
cIcase with an ardor seldom displayed, a
gainst the Colossal power OF France.-
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French armies -when her towns we're in
the hands of the enemies, her patriots fled
to the mountains, and, reorganlzmg them
selves, poured forth upon their opPressuls,
aud fought with the energy Of despair
Such men we're obliged To triumph, for ii
IS only necessary that people should 'sIi
1t to be free. They did triumph. They
! released their monarch from captivity and
seated him y 18th pride on the throne of his
ancestors. And what was their reward :
Ch4ins, slavery, aud death. Scarcely WAS
he seated ON the throne, when the lnqnlal-
ton was re-establshed, aud the seaiiold
erected. The spirit and the Intelligence
of the age were outraged, and a win effort
was made to re-inlroduce exploded super
s,ltions, and to build up anew Systems Of
political and religious Intolerance disgrace
ful even To a darker aud more lsnoroa :
era. Was it 10 be wondered AT, then, that
etinrts should he made to produce "A
change? Assuredly not and although
they we're unsuccessful, aud have been sue
ce-ded by still deeper gloon aud despo-
,lsm, we shall moi despair of seeing add
tionat exertons made by the chivalsire
Spaniards To free their country from bon
dag, ard restore the ancient histre OF their
national character.
what course will the Holy Alliance
pursue in the present conflicting state oi
things? Ferdinand, whom their bayonets
have placed on the throne, is mardefns