The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-12-23


6ele on the averse reception gwen q
M Queen OF Spain at the opera, takes
ecoasiou 70 point out the cause Of itin.
thia wise: Wo have italiCised . few
psssaees. that The meaning may Be
more clear, though il will. perhaps
be clear enough without that device !:
1--WE are now Witnessing the specta,
Gle .lOf the decay and extinction Of
Slanish loyalty. That which the i'm
TssiIity ofthe Fourth Charles and the
selfish brutality Of Ferdinand VII.
could not effect, has been accom-
Aished rby q young woman and q
Queen. The task Of extinguishing 50
remarkable feeling as that Of the
loyalty Of the Spanish name was no
easy one. MisgOvemment would not
have done it. Your Spaniard is IS
accustomed to misgovernment as 70
his sigdrisO. We question, indeed, if
good government-that is, govern
ment upon the London or Washing
ton model-would mot have irritated
him into rebellion more quickly than
any given number Of acts Of rigor,
Corrupt the constituences--dissolve
the Cortes- censure Ike press gag
the Tibune-a Spaniard can do very
well without these institutions, and
would as soon have thought of rising
against the throne Of Isabella the
Catholic on account Of their absence,
as he would have done had his Royal
mistress denied him the enjoyment Of
sOuchOng and hung beef. Acts Of
cruelty and dragonnades would not
have done it. Queen Isabella might
have laid provinces waste, and mas
sacred the inhabitants, and the bulk
Of her subjects would have esteemed
it right royalty done. aaa. Z.
A Queen who was ready to dismiss
her loving subjects to the repose ol
the garotte chair, or the amenities ol
a shooting party, would have had all
their sympathies. Queen Isabella
might have laughed at law and order,
Justice and humanity, and her sub,
iects would not have Kissed her in hel
opera box, as they did the other day
It was on the 18th Of the present
month, that Spanish Queen endured
this last indignity at the hands Of hel
people. There had not Of late been
more than the usual amount Of cor
ruption in the various departments o.
government, What has happened ID
the last few weeks, had happened
twenty times before, but at the bull
fight and the opera, on the Alameda
and at the gates Of her Palace, th'
Queen had enjoyed immunity from
censure-for censure was insult. s.
great has been her offense--so deeply
had she wounded the puntO donor o
the Spsni;h race-that they had nj
alternative but to remain silent, or t
blow away the loyal traditions Of eigh
centuries with a breath. The Queer
entered the royal box with her consor
with the consort Of Louis Philippe
finding. She stood prepared for thu
usual loyal demonstrations. The splen
dor of the scene was mechanically
suspended that the Royal March, &C
cOrding to custom, might give time
and harmony to the glad acclamatior
Of her subjects. But from all sides o
the hall-of a hall crowded with tn,
most illustrious personages of Spain
cry of aversion resounded. Their,
should be no march played. Their
should be no glad cry Of welcome
Where the Queen Of Spain looked 70
cheers, her ear was greeted with hisse
and expressions Of disgust: "Bostc
BGstG, de ESQ I" "We have ha
enough of this !"--"Que continue
opera" "Let the opera proceed
Was it insensibility-was it scorn
The Queen did not change count
nance. Not so the husband ofthe Quet
By registry and In name. Not so an
Mer in that hOuse, WhO at the prese