The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-26

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| imprfe the legitimate transA ,Aoas OF commerce
Off Mr. ByiQht-wtcm be termed 90 champion Of
pesoe 30 peaceable that be could hear Of neither
military NOR moral dsm0DstratiOns against his fayo
ire Cssr"-gavs him the House OF Commons to
man.
But II is generally understood that serious and
crave men Belonging to, or connected in any de-
gree with, the administration, view the present po
ftical crisis sith great dsquetude. T1ey think
the constitution itself Is suffering, When public
opinion through the agency Of parties-ceases to
govern. They tbisk that even in the fa;e Of great
ministry who cannot carr single i%pS,
70 resign. They see, or fancy that they
spsiDeing mp under such cirsums q whose,
discreet and popular-may imperil Parliamentary
government. Many men, repeat Of great station
In the country, who have themselves risen t. Grief
eniDence In the atmosphere Of the House Of Com
mons, and WIN set the highest value ON that public
life which Is the very spirit Of the English coustitu-
ton. share T. csc sentiments and openly express
them. Lord Aberdeen himself was never q mem
Der Of the House Of Commons, and may not sniff
ciently understand them but q gentle pressure
Nom without will, probably, ere long open his
eyes.
The state Of Spain Is becoming source of deep
anxiety 10 all who are Watching the sparks which
every now and then shoot mp from the political
after q trsDquillky Of forty years, for some wiss
European continent, and that Eug'and-whi h
for eight centuries has enjoyed blessed Inn
muDity-will in all probability be gradually
drawn towards, or into. the mighty vortex.
Happily for her the nation is sound at core. That
for dissatisfaction exist is not denied they
ore TO be found in every country under the sun.
To you it may seem iAtolerable that privileged
class should be suffered, from whose ranks all the
tainly does eeem an absurdity, and at times the
fact is rightly one Of murmur and protest But
somehow or other the sys stem does not work amiss,
and its grosser features become da less apparent.
The aristOcrati: phalaDx IL oontiaually being re-
cruited by alliances with the moneyed class, which
itself 10 generally one remove from the lowest rank
OF the people, The class essentially arstOcratic ia
not proud and overbeariDg-its youth are early i'm
pressed with the truth that their soci elevation in
the political scale is more than neutralized without
ersonsl requirements, and that the most powerful
material influence. Que great universities Of Ok
ford and Cambridge may be cited in proof of this,
where it ia eeen that the most unassuming, most
prudent, most obedient and pains-taking members
of its bldy are chiefly those with ancestral
pedigrees extending "a far back as the conquest.
At public schools, too, they are generally SEEN to
be the mildest and most fobearing members Of the
youthful community. One thiog 10 usually male a
great point OF by those under whose guardianship
they are when at home-that they should attain
the art of thinking ALOUD and expressing them
selves with ease and certain Difference; aud as this
Is an art which may be impaired, very few Of the
nobility are found who cannot decentiy acquit them
selves 10 this respect. They soon have An opportu
nifty Of doing 80, either as magistrates at Quarter
semblsges species Of little parliament, and at
gene al public meetings; and from experience Of
many years Of publ life, sm able to say that the
influence they exercise is often quite as much the re-
0rt nft anfo Oft mt dnfn,
fined by the facilities which their position gives
them of travelling Of their social rank. Taat the
junior members Of the aristocra readily find place
In the army and navy, and the sub ordinate Offices Of
the SAatethat path is oot at once opened for them
to follow, while others must fight their own way,
DO MT dspute-nay, more, that In case OF delin-
auency, family interest Is not brought to bear; bat
the pe0ple-its true interest lies with them
and its ready exposure in such cases Is OF immense
benefit to the public good, and tremendous check
immediate object. Besides, the Eaglish peo de- as
people, not DESTROYS themselves Of Office and pat
ronage-whether from being accustomed always
from their commercial Spirit they do not scek It,
and believe their own good n ght hands csn always
DO more for them than official favor. 1t il there
fore mistake to suppose that we are an unhappy
race. ground down by tyrant aristocracy. We
have, indeed, breeches pocket aristocracy, which
IL sometimes insuppertable; or, on the contrary,
there IL an immense general sympathy with no
disnDon with that class will not be the danger. The
reform, tolerat ION, and corn bills, have done won
ders in Ieconcng class to class, and every one feels
that the effect OF these asures is increasing the
popular go largely that growing feeling
IL mapifestDg itself in favor Of securing the ariss
cratic element from fu Their invasion. Do not ina.
CINE that this Is me aristocratic twadsle and toa-
dyisD, but rather understand it the lsx guage of
those who for the last Ave and twenty years have
taken active part in all the progressive measures
which have stirred the Utmost heart of England. .
But to return to Spain. With the sorry fruits Of
coalition bef re our eyes at home, we cannot ne
cesea,y have any great faith in that which has uss
been formed there. We hear, 70 be sure, that mo-
deysdots ON the one side, and ogressistas on the
nell and Espartero-the chiefs of either party--are
working their way through the firt difficulties Of
the revived constitution. Will the leaders them
selves be able to play at the same time the part Of
the willow and the oak-to bend and twist before ad
verse currents and stormy winds and yet stand rmi
ODonnelI is certainly man Of no ordinary metal.
II rec OF his brothers persisted in the Carlist army
that TO which throughout he was himself opposed
nay, his youngest brother, the one Of all he most
loved, Was shot ct Barcelona by his own soldiers,
when prison er, as reprisal His m other was
lady OF honor to the wife Of Don Carlos, and a.
this time joined her earnest solicitations to those Ct
the PIetender, that he would join the legitmsts !;
and his iron eou stood frn though It il understood
he felt most bitterly Q fate of his brother. Sa:h
what he has once determined. His exterior is re-
nai kable. Tall, and OF commanding figure, his
strongly marked eyebrows, the steady regard Of his
eye, his shghtly closed lips, and the width Of bis
chin, announce that osclations are to be looked
for from him, when once his will has been declared.
Espartero, physically as well a morally, COM
mands respect also. 0fmldde height, sixty years
OF age at least but not looking more tnan ity, he
bears on his lofty forehead in his black ewes and
on his hps-turniDg readily to q smiles mingled
appearance of kindness and franlness, and of that
courage which he carries to recklcssness. By the
services which he has rendered, he Is tue nrst Of all
the living Spanish commanders. Il Is Known t1at
be is g0O0 oomrade to his soldiers, and wnen he
saw the troops in former days suffering for want OF
private fortune. Hs wife is the daughter Of rich
banker, who never hesitated 70 give her siguature
when the army was to be served. Espartero was
Of obscure smily. He had other fortune but his
sword, and he never disdained his origin; but when
Regent Of Spain, with the order Of the Golden
Fleece on his breast, being surprised BY the visit