The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-08

Prom the New YORK Courier January o.
Spain is represented by European adyces be on
the verge Of revolution Circumstances we tbiak, will
hardly warrant The use OF 80 strong language Tor there
IS no revolutionary party ia the case excepting the reign
ing power itself Bot Spanish politics have lnqusston.
ably reached most important crisis IN which all friends
OF constitutional government should feel deep concern,
and none more so than Americans themselves for the
policy dominant al Madrid depend movements on this
continent IN Width Our naotal inetesis ate largely al
stake
To understand the present situation OF political affairs in
SPAN, 10 necessary TO revert for moment TO the past
On the fall OF Marshal Navaez through personal Intrigue
two Years ago, Bravo Murlo, man OF slender abilities
and illibera despotsm, succeeded to power He gave
the government far more arbitrary bent than even
his predecessor and It became generally unpopular
Through the brst session oil the Cores last year,
encountered opposition which only lacked organization
10 have been very formidable. The Chambers were
again opened the first Of last month"; and the opposi
ton Candidate, Martinez dc la Rosa, man OF moderate
spirit and considerable literary repute elected presi
dent OF the Deputies by majority OF fourteen over the
ministerial nominee. The government, smarting under
the defeat Immediately dissolved the Cores and issued
proclamation Tor dew election OF deputies 10 assem-
BILE the first OF March Not content with this, how
ever. the Crown published most material changes to be
made in the organic law OF the realm. adding greatly 10
the royal perogaye and reducing the number OF deputies
to hundred and sey one, ard The number OF cleo
tors in each district TO hundred and fifty, thus sub
ectng every constituency to the control OF govern
ment patronage. Whether these changes were 10 be
made In defiance OF the constitution by royal decree, or
whether they to be submitted for disposal TO The
new Cores, no where definitely declared; and The
press, declared as il has long been from all freedom OF
dlscussion could shed no light upon the matter Appe-
hensive that fatal stroke medated against the ua
damena law of the land the modeados and the progress
slsas at once combined their iorces and such men as
Narvaez The Marquis de Pidal, the Duke de Soomayor
aud Concha the late capaingenera OF Cubain fact al.
most all of the prominent statesmen and military chiefs OF
the counryarrayed themselves against the government
Several meetings OF the prominent deputies held al
which Marshal Narvaez presided, for the purpose OF ma
turing the plan OF opposition against the illegal designs OF
the ministry. These meetings were soon entirely pro-
4 n g0v he m ha
1t is said been banshed from the Kingdom. The govern
has too Tar TO etrace its steps, and at the
last intelligence resort by II TO coup dsat, in mita
ton OF Louis Napoleon was anticipated almost
lainiy.
Such usurpaon, however, cannot be quite so easily
consummated in Spain in France. Civil would
almost inevitably be its consequence Madrid is not
Spain as Paris is France There is not ever has
BEEN IN the peninsula any practical Capitalization Of
tending al over the country, efeetuay prevent iii and
the central government however supreme it may make
itself at the capital in spite OF law can only rely upon
constitutional law Tor respect and support elsewhere
The working OF constitutional system for the last M
teen years. imperfect as ii always and perverted
It has often been has given the Spanish people at large
some idea OF civil liberty They value their constitution,
and multitudes OF them would il there need take
up arms ia it's defence. 1t has given especially since its
Temodeling IN lS45, too visible impulse the
tonal progress to be sacrificed without hard struggle
Under It the country has been kept exempt from the
scouge OF civil life and property have been securely
protected ny law parliamentary discussion has had
restricted range, and exposed and remeded thousand
administrative abuses; the power OF the church has been
greatly abridged and the monasc orders have been sup
pressed agricultural, manufacturing and commercial
enterprise has expanded in all drectons turnpike roads
have taken the place OF muelracks railroads OF limited
extent have been constructed, and several magnificent
lines uniting the Atlantic with the Mediterranean have
been surveyed and put in the way Of early completion
capital has been inspired with confidence and stimula
ted into activity; moneyed corporations independent of
the government, which before known. have
been legazed and widely established; the internal
police has been put upon basis that has had striking
effect IN diminishing crime and the capital has improved
moIe both appearance and reality than any other city
in Europe within the period. The adaptation OF
the constitution TO the wants of the people most
powerfully manifested in ls4s in the almost perfect tran
Iquily OF the kingdom. while all the rest Central and
Southern Europe, rocking TO lis very base with the
hroes of revolution We are under little apprehension
that the Spanish people will not promptly resist these
attempts 10 subvert the fundamental law which has
proved Of such great benefit Biscayans, Cataonans.
AstuTlans, and Casians, separated they by naia-
raj BARRIERS and differing they do in characters Gus
toms, laws ideas, dialects, and hereditary associations
will make this common cause But there also i'm
pedmens out OF Spain against the restoration OF rrespon-
slbe rule The existing constitution secured by the
intervention OF foreign powers as final settlement of the
civil wars which had long devastated the Peninsula
Those powers, by the Quadruple treaty, guaranteed not
only the continuance of the royal authority in the direct
descendants OF King Ferdinand but also the
OF the present constitutional form OF government And
however willing France Austria might be TO ia
vor the and the policy of the Carists
England would certainly not permit system for the es
Enlistment oil which she incurred much trouble and
expense to be overhrown undermined without vgor-
Gus action against it. Bravo Muro may succeed in his
encroachmens Tor time, and 10 certain extent, bu
an absou,lst revolution in Spain impossible al the
present time would be democratic revolution, oi
which there is not south OF the Pyrenees so fool
sh as even TO dream
From BERmuDA.-We have received Hamilton papers