The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-12-04
THE RECENT TROUBLE IN SPAIN.

The many violent commissions that hive Ia
Ken place within the few past years, the lives
mat have been lost, the blood that has been
shed, and the crimes that have been perpetrated,
yen tale OF horror in relation TO the struggle
Tor temporary power. The recent efforts, ac-
cording 10 all accounts, although brief in its
character, was fearful, sanguinary and afro
cious. il is now said that proposition is on
1901 TO this effect; that Don Carlos shall for
maiiy yield his pretensions to the throne IN ia
yer OF his son, and that this young prince shall
espouse Isabella II. II is hoped and believed
lhat u this scheme can be consummated, all
parties will be reconciled, or the great mass of
an The London Morning Chronicle, however,
aayerting 10 these matters, puts forth new
idea, thus 1.-THE relations Of Portugal with
SPAN, too, which appear at present SO distrust-
fully and even angrily maintained, may be found
soon TO assume new features Of European inte-
rest Some OF our readers may have heard of
the wide diffusion and growing influence of a
secret society which has long been in active ope-
ration, throwing out subordinate lodges and
communities Of a similar character, and operat-
ing to the same common point-the establish
ment of Republican form Of Government in
Spain. We think we may assure the public
that important discoveries have very recently,
indeed, been made in Portugal, from which il
would appear that the parent society has largely
difiused its branch members, for efiecting the
ehiarged project OF incorporating Portugal with
Spain in the most extensive OF European Repub-
lies since that of France at the close of the last
and the beginning Of the present century, I'M
der the imposing title OF New Iberia. How it
may be proposed so to overcome the extremely
active principles OF repulsion which at present
subsist in all their vigor between the hardy ma
lives of both counties throughout their respec-
tive frontiers and frontier provinces, has not
been explained to u.s. We confess as the re-
suit Of our own personal knowledge and obser-
walton in those regions, Of the marked differ
ences, moral and physical, of temperament and
genius, between the two races, we are at a loss
to understand by what process of political ANAL
gamation il can be hoped TO unite two families
ofthe European stock, so singulary distinguish
ed the one from the other, by permanent nation
al features, into one nation"
The present Queen Of Spain is a girl Of ele-
ven years Of age, and her sister is only eight
years old. Espartero, the celebrated General,
acts as Regent. II is said that during the re-
cent ARRAY, soldiers rushed into the bedroom Of
these afliighted girls, desperate fighting took
place on the staircase, the bed curtains were
torn by musket balls and some Of the conflict
ing parties were shot or bayoneted in the cham
ber These things, indeed, seem horrible.
The mother of the young Queen, who is now
in exile, is about thirty years of age and is
said TO be a most profligate woman. She has
been so for years, and one charge which has
goaded on the fury and stirred up the indigna-
ton of the Spaniards is--that the two princesses
were not legitmatey born. The reader may
readily imagine what condition Of feeling an
impression Of this kind is calculated TO produce
in the minds of many OF the hot blooded people
of Spain. We fear that the domestic troubles
Of that country are nat yet at an end.