The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-10-18


The eonueueenelt Of her unPOpularity
! was unques,iOnsbly her lieeRtious life. Al
though the world has Obtained some inkline
of her imProPristies through newspapers
and other channels, il has yet no idea to
what an extent they have been carried; but
in Spain it is well known to everybody. 4
do not echo mere gossip, or untrustw0rthy
reports, when tell you that the e1cesses
that have been shared in by the present
Queen of Spain find no parallel except in
the annals of the Orleans Regency, and of
the reign of Louis XIV. To crafty her vi
cious propensities, the daughter of'Fesdi-
nand VII, (well worthy of her sire) has not
scrupled to associate herself with men and
women of low birth and station, whose COM
panionship alone is disgraceful to one in her
exalted position. In small capital like
Madrid, containing an idle and scaudal-lov-
ing population, everything becomes known.
1t would not appear, indeed, as if very great
precautions were taken to conceal conduct
which the Queen ought to have known would
sink her fathoms deep in her subjects esti-
nation. For it is to be observed, and histo-
~ shows it, that Spaniards, however great
the misgorernment they may have submit
ted to, have never patiently tolerated profit
gacy on the part of the females of the royal
family. Nor do they now. Sullen silence
on the part of the people, when her Majes-.
ty drives abroad, and resolute holding
aloof on the part of the more respectable
portion Of the aristocracy, sufficiently mark
the nations disesteem. When first this un-
fortunate Princess abandoned the limits of
propriety, the disorder of her conduct was
fragrant. Within the last two years, or
thereabouts, she has attached herself to one
favorite, who has assumed great ascendency
over her, and whose ambitious aspirations,
real or rumored, have more than excited pub
lie Indignation. Considering her mothers
shameful neglect of her education, and the
disastrous marriage into which she was en-
shared by the vilest intrigues, the Spanish
nation might perhaps have been disposed to
close its eyes, to certain extent, to this
lidiSon, had it been conducted with decorum,
and had the object of her Majesty's prefer
ence kept strictly aloof from politics. Nei-
ther of these two conditions have been OBJ
served, and in the latter respect especially,
great offence has been given. Ihave already
remarked that here everything gets known.
Many things are doubtless exaggerated
many false reports spread; but these pass
away and are forgotten, while the truth re-
mains. 1t is;true, and undeniably true, that
a young cavalry officer of the name of Ar
ana is all powerful at court, where he has in
troduced number OF his own friends, and
established sort of coterie or camGrild, that
surrounds and influences the queen. 1t is
true that applicants for court favor know no
surer channel by which to obtain their wish.
es than that of this young man; that aspi-
rants to power-I mean to the highest Off
ces of state, to the ministry, and the presi-
dency of the council-do not scruple (such
is the corruption of this country and the
vileness of its public men) to seek his soci-
ETY., to fatter him, and to make him their
companion, and continually to show them
selves with him in public places; and that
some of the ministers now in power do not
think it beneath their personal dignity, or
that CT their Office, to retain place by de-
ferring to this person, and to avail them
selves of his influence and intercesson to
carry, in high quarters, points which they
otherwise might have to abandon. The as
tendency acquired by this favorite over his
sovereign is highly perilous, and may ulti-
matey prove fatal to the Bourbon dynasty in
Spain. BLAcKwooD.