Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-07-27
RICHMOND WHO.
The InsurrestIon Of spain.
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cares 'has the insurgents in full retreat toward. Por
tugal but /, will probably be somc before detailed .c
counts enable us to form idea Of tho causes and
precise objects Of the present outbreak Ths ,,, ,s
mite news too tina. is daily arriving from one or other Of
he seats OF war, eclipse the interest which ia naval
very strong in Spanish affairs. But s impossible th.t
any one capable OF historical recoectons or po,;,ie.
P'neipie can be wholly indifferent what "a passing in
country once SO distinguished S9.u and in nation
Tor whom some Of Improved destiny must be \, .,o,
in the course OF human progression There is at in
eres' enough awake and alive among u to make u, oot
out every day Tor tdugs and resent both the for.gon
conclusions aud the false which are forced snoo
the public during the interval which must elapse beor,
tue acts oil the insurrecton be sscerained
Tasting aside all suspicious and eou
mens ~hat We really know seems TO be this: that Gen
era oDonnell and his colleagues, or comrades profess
entire loyalty TO the Queen Aer many nonths OF bin,s
ano predictions that the Spanish peop would presptIv
discro~n their sovereign and send away the bas ro,
family TO place another the throne here Ia the insor
reeaon We were to look for but tho contrary the
most emphatc declaration that her safety honor and
Dement'S are the aim Of the insurgents Such decJ.
tanons have often been made by nsurrents before hnt
pot "e aPprehehd when dethronment was coutempIaed
We have never believed that it was intended in ,son
lsbeiss case by any body but Don Carlo. and h foi
iowers-among who Tor at least his advocates and ,bet
tosl we must remember there were rot few leading
English Tories twenty years ago. When the passage of
the Reform Bill was certain. few discounted Peers
and rich Commoners retired their estates ,,udi.d ,ha
tp o span and wrote to Don Ca,os solemn and pa,he,
c accounts OF the progress of the revolution In England
and offers Of sympathy, service aud hostility In case of
need-oers which accepted by the Pretender whom
in exile This fact should be remembered when the sub.
ect OF the dethronement of Queen Isabella in
Enslend Her claims a chief topic of dssen.
ton between wings aud tories and some of the odes, aa
sorations sill subsst We Hscrbe it partly them and
partly TO the interest that OF the roya fmes of
Europe have in Portugal and in the strengthening of the
Catholic interest in Spain that scheme 30 audscous a
that OF changing the dynasty Of Ssin should have been
al sh.r.
country. After the first hints given in the Times
that journal prohibited in Spain; and then
when II was certain that its spanish articles could not be
seen there tr secretly seen, could be noticed
series OF attacks the character and position of the
Qneen OF Spain offered The English public who
mad not been treated to such dish OF scandal since poor
Queen Ciroline's time IL the bad a. the
Times ipsnuates, the people Of England would feel (as
Tar they cared about the matter a as they felt
in Queen Caroline case, sud hearted Englisbmen
always cid and always will feel ia the case of woman
driven into questionable conduct by oppression In such
they respect misfortune where is impossible to re-
spect character aud they viii utter sn allow word of
insult towards woman with a suffering heart whose
objections have been turned OF The natural channel by
tyranny and outrage That such case With both
these Queens nobody disputes while 10 both cases the
facts OF progacy Of conduct undecided and were
puposey left not being essential to Judgment or
action in the We do feel that the morality Of
the Queen OF Spain s concerned in the question Of her
continued sovereignty, than that the private char
acter of Queen Caroline affected her claims the wife of
George ", and il at present appears that the Spanish
people are of the English way o thinking in the matter
Whatever NAV be the object Of the present insirrection
its very rs profession is of loyalty the existing so,e
reign; and IT, - be supposed object Is to re
from the OF bad advisers and cleanse the
palace Of unconstitutional Influences there cannot be
stronger evidence that change of dynasty il not conem
plated all is clear that the Queen fearley re-
turned to her capital from which she absent at the
moment and presented herself freely her subjects tn
king drives usual IL is clear tta, no hand and no
voice lifted sgsins, her. whether she was vigorously
cheered or received with total Indifference of both of
which have from those who pretend to have
been spectators Indifference to be the most i'm
probable of all things all TIE stories of the Tei about
the popular feeling true, she have been receive
with execraon But of execration we hear notbino-
The contradiction lies between enthusiasm and indiar-
appears at the time, that the iusurgent
leaders, having command of the roads would not deain
the government property, forwarding the money
after examining the carriages which contaned Il. As to
the rest, the obvious consideration is this III the nsur
gents put down. il be because the people and
the soldiers tue Queens instruments loyal and if the
insurgents prosper they carry with them into power
their profession of loyalty ami deyoedness the sover
eign 50 much elea-, and as far as we De, nothing
further, ssregarts the facts aud aspect Of the hour.
As TO the comprehensive and durable probabilities Of tho
Spanish there certain general facts which appear
TO to warrant hope Of better days hereafter The
of the national character been good
From the old days when Spain gave TO Rome Emperors
under the names Of Traa and Ardran and Florus for
historian and Seneca for philosopher, and Martial and
Lucan for poets, up to the time when Span missed the
Reformation, there peiua evidence in the Of
great that the staple Of the national mind was of pe
quality. That Spain missed the Reformation and now
so closely united with Rome that the spiritual and tenn
poral power in her closely combined than
any where OF the Papal States IL deep calamity and
the more because as is very well known the faith by
means corresponds to the profession aud the organza
ton. We disposed to consider the uhbroken Catbol
csm Of Spain its greatest misfortune-if not the sole
OF her abasement But there Is reason 70 think
well OF the Spanish people, whole. II very di.
cult To obtain study OF them behind their disguises of
superstition, and the dspersive effects of bad social or
ganiEAiOn. But We remember the French inyasops of
Bonspse and Of the Bourbous and may venture 10 pro-
their sounduess Of quality vixen once their com.
sympatbics reused they were n the Ponnsu-
lar Their leaders faulty in all manner Of ways;
but the good people behaved remarkably well in the fed
in the warfare OF the mountains aud 10 their own homes
They would seem to be worthy OF good government and
believe that they will have IT, sooner or ster and
without parting with the sacred Of their me-honor
cd country Though there little Professionalism In Spain
there IT, perhaps scarcely true Catholicism When
the empty form breaks up thc sp. OF liberty will
take body both 10 regard religion and govern
mept. What that form will be do think Il possible
for any body to say But ii will be any old
system Of faith administration. The very bulls 10 tho
arena will not nov fight. The old ideas aud forms ara
out in regard 70 ecclesiastical and secular es-
tvals. world will grow out Of the rematus OF tho
od-probaby by gradual advance aod doubtless through
many mistakes and much suffering There is nothing In
the prcsent court, in any existing interest," party or
man. to lead rs to expect any rapid improvement deci-
sve change Of any az present And certainly the
great change OF which there IL OF evidence
and which wise and honest in Rngsnd can be con-
4
the Spanish nation took from hands in order the ex>
uctou Of tbst natioOality which aided them with all
heart and soul 70 preserve As Span that foe coun
y derived strength from the ancient Rome which she
gave rulers aud Span STILL she will give and
derive strength 10 her relations With tho porld when tho
modern Rone-Wh all her mischiets all her poisons be
yokes and rsmmelss buried deep in tho cataeombs o.
| history.
From Madrid, July 4 sdsspa,ch says that the usur-
gents have ted Aranutk, and directed their march
towards Esremsdura The outposis Of the royal troops
az Villa Sequel. The column sent In pursuit of the
rebels ia commanded by the Minister Of War One hun
dred aud six officers OF tie regiment OF the Prncess
bad left the nsurgont ranks and laid down their
at Toledo Madrid and the proyices tranquil.
Another despatch, OF the date, announces tho
try OF the royal troops into ArsnJuez ls remarkable
fact however that the esurgeots should have maintained
themselves close 20 the capita Tor eigh, ten days
Much depends upon the first encounter Of the Queens
troops with the nsurreotonsry force. The people may
be- and IN places probsy are u fSyor OF the movements
but IL must be remembered that the people without
arms aud that the National Guards has oug ceased to
| exist.
private dispatch states that Malaga has pronounced