Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-08-05

SPAIN.
Our advices from Europe do not accord with the
late telegraEhic reports of events in Spain, pub
lished in some Of our newspapers ana seized upon
by the Union for political purposes. The intelh-
gence which we have received relative to the condi
ton of affairs in Spain satisfies us that those reports
are absurd as well as contradictory 1t believed
TO be impossible for EsPARTERo and NARvAEz to
unite in the same political movement, and if, as is
reported, the Duke Of RIvAs, man inveterately
monarchical, has become President of the Council
of Minister'S then it cannot be that the authority
of the Queen is in peril. The reports relative to
the Duke of MoNTPENsIER and the King of Por-
tugal, which conflict with one another, are in the
nature of things improbable. All the men who
have figured in the revolt are devoted to the Queen.
The movement is military, and not national, and
has for its object the destruction of the Minister
SARToRIUs, who has become very odious. Should
the Ministry be replaced by more popular one,
the restoration of tranquility will follow. Such is
the tenor of our European intelligence touching
the revolt in the Peninsula.
The letter of our Paris correspondent, bearing
date the goth ultimo and received last night, con-
tains an extract from one of the proclamations of
Gen. ODoNNELL, chief of the movement, in
which he thus announces the ends he wishes to
attain, viz:
We desire the preservation Of the throne but without
the camara which dshonors the hrone we desire the
rigorous execution Of the fundamental laws the anchor
alton Of legislative regulation Of the press and Of the
elective franchise we desire dminution Of taxes and
strict economy in the Of the public funds: de-
sire that Offices civil and military be distributed accord
ing to merit and length Of services wish to rescue the
from the Capitalization which is devouring
them and to invest them with that local independence
which is essential to their progress and prosperity and
finally, guaranty to all these blessings desire to
establish upon solid basis the national militia Such
our Intentions"
In another proclamation, dated at AraDjuez on
the lst Of July, 1854, and signed by the three
chiefs, DOMINGO DULcE, LEoPoLDo O'DoNNELL,
and Ros DE OLANo, the ends Of the insurrection
are thus declared:
Return to the Constitution Of 1887; maintenance
upon the throne Of Queen ISABELLA IL perpetual exile
Of the Queen Mother; dismissal Of despoc Ministry
abandonment Of the forced loan decreed by the actual
Cabinet in order to satisfy its Unsuitable ambition; the
restoration Of peace in country. Such is the end
which mean to attain at any price, will teach
upon the field Of honor to the traitors whose blind and
guilty folly mean to punish"
We observe that our Government paper (the
Union) adroitly converts the exaggerated reports
from Spain into an argument in favor Of voting the
President ten millions Of dollars with which to pur-
chase Cuba The Union says:
If Spain should be forced to sell Cuba, and she
should transfer it to another purchaser than
selves because the Executive is not provided
with the means to make cash payment, the peo-
pie of the United States will not hold the Presi-
dent responsible for the loss"
What puerility is this to be gravely addressed to
the common-sense Of Congress? We had supposed
that if our Government had learned any one lesson
of the temper Of the Spanish Government and peo-
pie it the utter hopeessness Of ever purchasing
Cuba. We have been told over and over again
by our own Minister'S and Spanish Ministers that
the sale of Cuba is impossibilty; that Minis
try Of any party in Spain could be found bold
enough to propose such thing Spain, it is well
known, would rather lose Cuba by war than by
sale, and our present Minister at Madrid must
be so convinced of this fact that we are confident
he has not taken single official step towards such
an overture. The thing is hopeless, and if Con-
gross we're to give to the President ten times ten
millions for the purpose it would be in vain.