The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-04

government In most Of thee places. the military
garrison seems 20 have unbeG@ea1ingsy sG1e1 Wl6A
tbe peogIe; and the energy Of the popslar emotioe
triumph pretty needy unequiyocsl when the Cap
tain GeG erd o. CatAlonia-a )6nCfjOnnky expreaay
selected tor u ofhce Of wa}6hilG ana controlling
snpoye Who bad probably nos sssn
reasons for counting on bis devotioa Nor Is L Ike
IL that the towns 70 which We have referred viii b
solitary il their secession; for all that know Il
these Spanish outbreaks leads us to believe that
revolutionary impulse once given, will be propegat-
ed with Incl edible rapidity over the entire territory
of Spain. *93
Il is tolersbly plain. however, that the defeat Il
the government viii net be absolutely certains un-
less the asoyay q the army and sne asITG ne
The population Of the Spanish cities 10 not over
skifu In the bloody art Of revolution, and. IT the
military power were hostile or neutral, their re-
10 to Il is peint the outburst Of feeling against the
Cabinet and its system seems to have been Hearty
on the part Of soldiers as OF civilians, and tho en-
tbusiasm Of the ncnmiitary population Is unques-
tiopsbly of the utmost service TO the insurgents
q means of communicating the necessary stimulus
to heeitatng or reluctant regiments But II, In tho
long rur any portion of the army should take UNI
bragg st the forms 10 which the popular sentiment
exhibits itself, at the expedents BY which i has
to be awakened, the prospects of the revolt. TO
whatever length It might have gone, would &c ms
terially jeopardized. Unluckily for General DON
NELL there is point at which the interests Of the
army and the people diyerge, and become ocu-
pieteIy ifreconctleable. The civil pubic feels that
It's only real security against oppression consists Ia
the or ganizatiOn Of q national militia or national
guard, and General O'DonDen knew well that his
Proclamation would be wholly imperative unless he
edged himself to the resuscitaron Of this iasttu-
ON. But to the regular troops tue militia l. an
alb mina,ion. They are thoroughly ava that i Is
called for a safeguard against themselves. They
mBy not be attached to Moderad0 politics in the alb
ira nj ri
Jews Of the ExatadOs but they are conscious tnat
hey baye been used the instru Of one asrtT
trample Gown the other and they see that Is Is to
yrevent the repetition of these Injuries that the
worsted liberals have made national militia tho
first article Of their creed.
II ia inn ossibie to give our sympathy wholly to
one side or the other. the government sssuredy
reluctant to see it FALL it is simply because, from the
duration Of its de dctO existence 1t Is invested with
some characteristics which can scarcely attach TO
the authority that we are expectng TO have Ia ies
of the advantages Of settled ru e. The scandals
of the court have been great, but not 50 great - to
involve the moral deterioration OF the nation, or.
indeed to be very generally Known o tsa e soe
Mother was incidentally beneficial. Foreign capi-
tai had been attracted by the commercial under
takiDgs of which she was constant, though never
DISTINGUISHED patroness and the face Of the county
was at last beginning t. be scanned with railway
cuttings, and cleft with mining shafts. We are
afraid that enterprises of this nature must inevi-
tably come to stand STILL If the revolution be con-
summatsd mot merely from the general confusion
and uncertainty, but fiom the probability that popu-
lar dsfayor will be concentrated on everything.
good or bad, which has been the object Of Queen
Christmas solicitude. OF course, tue compensa-
ton, taking the form Of liberty restored, may be
more than equal to the merely material loss. But.
in the first instance, supreme power must necesss-
rily be lodged in the hands Of O'Donnel and Ser.
rano-the former me 9 plagiarist OF the Portu.
guese 6aldanha--the latter dashing soldier and Q
popular man, but utterly careless about everything
except the recovery Of an influence at court which
was disgraceful In ITSELF and which would DO most
pernicious to the country II reestablished. II is
most unlikely that O'DoDnell and SeTano, now that
make q fair partition Of the power which they seem
likely acquire by the popular aid Until the forces of
the constitution arc consolidated, and itsmechauism
set in ORDER the practical result of the instruction
win be to make the allied generals absolute masters
Of the army; and who shall say that men exercised
In such . school as the court Of Madrid will brook
the Unreasonable, halfcapricious Jealousy which
is sure to be the dominant feeling in the new Cortes
The Spanish liberals have need Of the utmest 81
gacty and selccommand, If their restoration to po
tical status is to be more than transient. They will
find 1t difficult to refrain from basing their system
pom those speculative extravsgances which are apt
10 commend themselves to men under political de-
preston, and they may be unable to abstain from re
aiiating unsparingly on the antagonists from whom
hey have suffered so cruelty and so long: but we
suspect that the hardest lesson of all to learn viii
be the proper management of their military auxi-
iiaries. We desire most sincerely that these diff
culties may be overcome. The aspirations OF the
Spsnish progressistas are much too noble, and tha
foes against whom they contend are far too vile.
fer us to be willing that they should add anotaer
failure to the mutitudinous miscarriages of cont
entail liberalism.