Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-11-01
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II Is very generally asked whether the death of
Bessieres viii put an end TO the commotions by
which Spain is. at the present moment, aaitatcd ;
We certainly think not Be,sieres was no other
than tie ,oo If party spread throughout the coun
try, whose plans lac had been paid 10 execute
without perhaps, knowing their extent or the pre-
else results 10 which success might lead The
great nstisator 10 revolt in Spain is the Apos,spc
JGnta, the organ OF all the clergy, secular as well
regular, and Joined b. all the fanatics who
would gladly re-esiabish the Inquisition-the same
party In short, who avited the Fl ench 10 cross the
Pyrennees and destroy the CONSTITUTIONS MOI Ionc
ago they raised the standard of rebellion against the
form Of Gov established By the general voice
OF al! the intelligent and respectable part of the ma
ton, and they have again uniuTiel it TO throw
down the one they then set up by means OF an
arnel force Of foreigners; nay, they would even
attack The fundamental principles of legitimacy
and irhue their hands in the blood OF their Soye-
reign, in order TO place the crown the head of
his brother, because he is pie iged o their interests
and known 20 be ten times more sanguinary and
servie than Ferdinand
Snch is the hopeful state to which the French
have brought things in SPAIN and such the bles.inps
they have bes,ow ed upon their neighbours, " whose
wounds they went to care, whose anarchy they
promised 10 remove, and whose tranquility and
internal happiness they boosted they had restor-
ed.''
To what length the Ultra Royalists and Mode
rate toyalists Ill carry their Struggle cannot yet
be ascerained; but il is very clear that the revolt
has extensive qualifications, although It's rea! o.iec,
i not at first openly made known. Death TO the
French l. the feeling throughout the Peninsula for
most OF the cai'mies the people endure are attri-
bIted 10 them, even by those no were lately their
warmest partiZans. Ii was expected of the French
that they should not only destroy the Constitution
but also the nquisition and burn all liberal
men in oUt0s de ts.-They have done this and
their former services of no avail When the
French first entered Spain, addresses were sent IN
10 the Madrid Regency from Bilboa, Placencia
and many laTgeiowns praying 81 that the Iuqusl-
ton might lie restored with al! its rights aud in the
full and entire exercise of :. =. former rower:"
50 without which double guarantee add thew, il
will not be possible for Spain 20 enjoy thai ran
guilty ard epose OF which the enemies of the al
tar ard the throne have deprir ed her.
These the sentiments Of the whole servile
party from the very commencement of the French
invasion, and they have since become infinitely
more general through the activity of the clergy
fhe French supposed to have impeded the real
izatioI Of these views, and the disappointed are
eiger 10 punish them for their remissness Ferd-
Hard has been solicited, over aud over again 10
restore the lnluistUn, and he has not had courage
~ do IL; Carlos, more strenuous Catholic, has
pledged him ei to comply with the charitable
'yisnes Of bis coun'rymen the moment he has The
power and hencc 10 the fanatics now seek to place
him on the throne. The Strength Of this part mn,
be imagined when IL is considered that, in Spain,
for every 59iI inhabitants there are 100 cere, men
and friars, zealousy engaged Ia The plous service
OF the apostolic junla, and welding immense
wealth. How therefore, this singular contest viii
end, time can only shcw; tut we think the French
army must he somewhat uneasy, whilst the onsti-
sIuoaasi5 arc quietly laughing in their sleeves
lFrou tic London Cou.ier, Sept 81
IN viewing the situation Of France with respec,
10 Spin at the present moment there are two CON
sidecaions That present themselves or. in other
words, France has the choice Of two modes of
proceeding.
The fr.t, is ~ draw from The Peninsula an her
troops, and abandon the two parties, which MAJ
De said to divide Spain, to fierce struggle, which
would OF course determine, finally, the ascendancy
Of one
The second, is 10 march back again into Span
those troops which have already left it., and 20 de
fend Ferdinand from the attacks Of one party as be
has already been protected from the influence Of
another.
With respect TO the first Of these expedents, IL
would, obviously, moi exactly correspond with the
object which France originally propo-ed to herself
THAT of restoring internal tranquility to SPAIN
and consolidating the authority of the legitimate
Monarch
TIE second erpedent, 100, would have its dill