The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-13

n.the form Of opposition aud asunicn ic Espsrtsros
cabinet where the patshits Of the comsiusd
views are ma te learned from the declsratiou
BY The sCrcle OF the Union electn nee iu9 I'm nit
tes over which Esoart.ro himself has consented 20
preside.
The yoints ured Of tie candidates ppotcd 5, this
club are fnnoemr raj Ia. Organizing al public func
tons the principle Of toe sovereignty Of the people
By universal suirsge; ne complete decentrxatton of
the State as 20 give the utost ind pendence 70 each
province and township financial reform and the est,b-
shment Of ons sole TAX the abolition Of the mi,ax.
coascr ton and ths reform Of ths army toe
armng of tae people whose chiefs areevsr &c be officers
Of the and the tie condition
of the working casses The club fu Their pledges its
members 20 bring the Queen Mother to trial before the
Cores FOR the crimes OF which che u and in tbs
meantis 70 suspend her pension AID to sequesate her
property
Can anything De rrore extraordinary than the posi-
Queen herself has choice but to submit 10 Il but who
connects bis palicy and his with tie loose and
extravagapt demands Of such an association a. this
What would tscome Of Spain, or indeed OF any other
country with people universally ned and led by self
elected chiefs What would be the effects on that coun-
between the provinces and the central authority Al
ready Malaga, Cadiz, and Algesiras have assumed
the authority Of their respective unas which infringe
on the legislative power Of the Kingdom Cataonis
the contrary follows, As usual an opposite policy and
At any moment on outbreak mar take place Of the
popuace Of barcelona the garrison like that which
has already been subdued by the energy of General
orcha who, however resigned the government of the
province after that sho experiment Ths meaning Of
this language and Of these ID either that the
government Is without the power OF resisting the
travsgsnt and Inconsistent demands Of the popular
leaders, or that IL such power exists Espartero
not the man to use IT, he dnds II, in short easier TO
volve the most formidable difficulties hereafter
Under any circumstances. aud under the bes. and
most firmly ssabshed laws, the tIis of parsonage OF
the rank Of the Queen mother Of spain would be diff
6cult and dangerous Not, indeed, that
the position which Queen Christina has filled in
Spain can in any degree extenuAte her offences,
or ought in strict justice TO relieve hr from the pen
atty attached to them. That penalty must in any
station eaiie the country and even the
ton of the property which has been rapacously
quired All these measures might at once have bsen
Of power violation OF justice But to clohe
these proceedings with the forms Of political i'm
strong excitement of revolutionary crisis is to be
at once the accaser and the judge, is 8 most peri.
lous expedient 1t is mochery TO call such pro-
ceeciDg Judicial, when every motive connected with
1t is political The passions OF the people already
powerfully REUSED against this Princess whom they
the court, would be inaamei to fury by the dis.
closure Of past offences, which have been more or
less toersea and connived at By every successive
ment OF SPAIN Such an investigation would be the trial.
not only Of person. but of reign and it possible
10 imagine that Isabella maintain her position
the throne while charges of such character made
against her ministers and her nearest relatives with the
consent OF those no now profess TO govern the country
to prevent those abuses Ssre IS rot
enough to bring those who committed them to fair
trial. The proper of such q prosecution Is not
justice but revenge, and those who have melted the
people to demand such proceedings rust be
perfectly aware that the monarchy itself would
fall under the sentence There have been In
stances, memorable to all Time Of monarchs tried
and condemned BY their subecs but before those great
acts Of popular injustice committed the ancient
laws and monarchical institutions of England and Of
France had been overthrow, and the itself
who cok upon the establishment Of constitutional gov
ernment in Spain long violation Of the principles
Of cy and those who are Fastening the dsso
luton of monarchy and the establishment OF republic
are equally ready to avail themselves of such catasro
phe But, these extremes to be avoided the wiser
and more practical would be TO ece the memory
Of tho guilty by real improvement for the
to establish constitutional basis government which
sert and exercise That firm and sessaiy authority
which has been ong 30 degraded, and is lamena
bly, overthrow.