The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-03

Spanish revolution like livery II ing else In III It
Perpt xir and sBomsous country, differs msteris,Iy
10 its proceedings from the cours OF successful 10
surection 10 every other part of the world. When
govern me n. Ia snbve TED and provision al adm
nstration allied into existence by tarlnt in Paris
In less than six hours al 'he re ~eFs OF Re ate are
transferred TO the tribunes II lie Hotel de Vile:
new Minister Ct the l. rior s reye,si1 the orders
OF bis tIedecesscr throughout France by the sane
teiefr9pe;c instruments which do the bidding and
convey the will If every successive master; the
Amy Iemairs united and ready 10 transfer its ale
eisDce TO the first lower that makes cut ii lie to
govern and the II teri al adm Dstration OF the
country is scarcely disturbed by passing into other
and very different bands. The Frescn construct q
provisional goverpn ent, as they build bsrricade
or . m litary bridge with cousummate aacri ~
aDG skill; and oiher Tat on is comparable to them
IN tie ant Of cor Quoting revolutions In Spain, on
tie contrary, Notwithstanding large share OF revo-
iuticDsry experience We ind pothirg but toIpnr and
btsifati0n where pIom ,itude and de- s'on are most
required. No principle seems to he established. no
personal authority asserted, and the measures taken
IN the name OF the Queen Only cal uated to pro-
long The disturbance of society ard dissolve the &C.
tior OF the government.
the world must already Perceive, that first steps
required OF Espsitero and his colleagues, ought to
be tie suppression Of the irregular authority
usulped by the juntas. the reestablishmene
cation S''p Of the IN .ns army and the cGnvo.
cone towards the first two Of these objects, and as
to the last we are informed that the C0rtes are not
to te convened until the sth Of November nearly
three months from the present time. Whea con.
veDed this body will consist OF one Constituent AS
stmOy ana it Is added in The decree that the reason
OF this innovation on the former constitutions Of
Spain If, that dyn astc questions only be setsed
by oIe sui rene legislative body. In short, the
Spanish people are told that three months pence an
Assembly will meet, elected by themselves, to pro.
noun CO in the last resort, upon questions of the
most vital consequence to the monarchy aud to
the whole condition of the country. Taat such
On Assembly is intended to possess and to exer-
else unlimited power is obvious, from the fact
that 1t is to frame o new constitution ;
that it is to consider e the dypastic question:"
and that the government have already conse nted to
allow the Queen Mother to be proceeded against jul
ideally before it. This Assembly will then be, in
the fullest sense Of the term National Convention,
srmed hefoI eband with all the powers which have
already rendered that term execrabe in the annals
OF Frsnce If these designs are carried Into effect,
the fate Of The Kingdom. of the Queens and of the
matte will be placed at the mercy Of an org anjzed
revolutionary tribunal. De.esting, as we do, oil
absolute government. and distressing all unli-
mited power, despolic authority is never 80 un-
scr upuous and 50 destructive as when IL is exer.
Cised by popular body, elected by the pasiio
rather than by the deliberate choice Of 40 excited
nation. The very terms in which this Assem-
bly, is convened exclude the recognition Of the
rights of the crown, and even threaten the person
of the Sovereign. The government is at this mo.
meDt in the hands of the QUEENS ministers. Du.
ring the next three months, ii the present Cabinet
holds together so long, it is TO be carried in he
Queens name; but at the expiration of That term
the whole compact between the sovereign AID the
nation is to be revised by superior authority.
These are contradictions utterly irrec ,ncileable
with the first principles OF mOnarchical govern
m. MS. We co not dispute the right Of the Spanish
nation if they think iit to depose their Sovereign,
or to change the dynasty upon sufficient grounds;
but to keep the Queen upon the throne, to have an
army end government in her service, ar to issue
DEGREES in her name, solely for the purpose Of de-
grading herself and Of bringing her mother TO JUS
tice, are acts which Europe has not before wit
messed.
As long as this state Of things continues and the
country is agi sated By the elections Of this extra
ordinary Assembly and the apprehension of what
lies beyond Them 1t Is vain to hope for any resrora
ton Of tranquility OF order. The administration
highly injurious to the fnaocial and military re-
sources OF the kingdom, and the public pea 20
will be frequently disturbed. La Catalonia General
Concba has endeayoled to form the nucleus Of an
army, and about 10000 men appear to obey his
orders in that province But even the discipline Of
these troops has not been exemplary. In one regi-
ment two of the officers were shot by their own
men, ard collision with the people was narrowly
prevented. At Tortosa more violent scenes nave
,tpkep place, and Of the local authorities vas
murdered by the populace. Toe adherents oftne 60
veIDDent attempt to present these facts under
more favorable aspect, and nothing is more common
than to be told when country is in the paroxysms of
revolution, that confidence and order are srringng
mp on every side. That is precisely tn. language
we il vaiably received from info mants In Paris in
ls4S end lS49. But whoever will consider the
present state of Spain will perceive that there is
nothing to justify any confidence at all. The
events which have lately occurred are not change
OF Ministry OF of party, but revolution in tue
State, and yet, incomp lete revolution. 1t is
known that the agents Of disorder are a. work; 1t
is known that the rights of the crown are self an
Dul,ed, that the army 10 by no means united, and
that the Ministers bave as yet done little or nothing
Il mo fh0 mt vtv ftafr do hnd
abused and forfeited They are fortunately still
popular, and O'DOnnell obtains credit fc his CO.
operation with Espartero. They cannot intend to
allew the present state of the country to continue
and to connve at the suspension of ali legal govern.
ment. But already their consent to Queen Chris
tina's trial ana the conv0cation of Constituent
Assembly have alarmed the more moderate section
Of their SUPP orters and until it is seen that they
have sreb 9Th to resist the demands of the juntas
bsoked by the populace, We can place no reliance
ON their policy or their success.
The G,eytown Bombsrdment and the Pacific
railway.
From the LONDON Chronicle, Aug. Is.
We published yeste rday the fuller details which
have recently arrived as to the outrage committed
by Captain Hollins at Greytown, or San Juan,
Nicaragua. By coincidence, which we trust is
not to be regarded as oninous, we also mentioned,
as piece Of American news, that "the steamer
Frsnklin, wrecked on Long Island, is now high and
that she con be saved" PROFESSIONALLY, IL
the destroyer Of Greytown is the sort of hero
whom the citizens Of the United States In the
present day delight to honor, it viii be well
that whatever bears the name Of Franklin
should be az speedily forgotten a. possible.
The enlightened and humane principles which
that distinguished statesman 80 ardertly cher
ifhsd, and so strenuously labored to inculcate
on his felo n countrymen, are we fear, fast losing
their influence; and how ever strong may be the pro-
tests Of the more respectable portion Of the Ameri-
viii achieve by his recent exploit the honor Of being
considered as next to General Lopez, "the most re-
maIkable man of the age"
In justice to this doughty commander, we must
bestow due attention upon the origin OF the war "a
vel. as upon the triumphant successes by which it has
been, for tie present, terminated. Divesting our.
selves, therefore as far possible, Of the national
jealousy which might tempt us to undervalue vic.
tory unparalleled in the naval history Of England.
we will sDdeavor to give an impartial account Of the
tIansacton in which he has been engaged. It
appears that, is some quarrel which took place
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