The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-27

The city government Of ls43 have been called their
places again. The old National Guard dsarmed by Mar
yaez have also been assembled TO the number o. eight
thousand persons They viii be armed agan Immediately
An aiddecanp Of General Espartero arrived here yea
erday charged present the conditions of the General
her Majesty the acceptance OF her call upon him form
government They were accepted without reserve No
other course open 10 Isabel and If Espsrero had
fused to accept the post OF premier an Hbdicaon of the
Crown would have been her only
The cunning and skl head Of Christina is still work
in the palace. She il is who has known how to the
royal family by calling the popular idol; and she still
chershes great hopes of being able balance him against
O'Donue and ODonnell against him. in such way as To
neutraze in great measure the power Of both Indeed
the simple fact Of making Esparero the chief Of the gov
kept running for twenty days at the peril of his head
this alone renders of two things inevitable either
hollow, treacherou and unstable compromise and apparent
friendship between them and their partsans or open
rupture in which latter Espartero would lead the peo-
pie, and 0Donne the army.
In either case the terrible crisis for the Palace party ia
STAYED off for the moment and their affairs being at the
last point of desperation must grow better But the inter
ess of ODonnel will probably lead him to the former
policy, in which case he may yet win
He is a hard-headed fellow, aristocrat and a believer
in the divine right of bayonets to govern nation but he
has about him much ADLER than himself finished in
trguers and cunning fellows, whose atmosphere is the
Palace and who skipl in preparing the false decep
tive mockery of forms and words for the people while the
substance is reserved for the ewthe smart tew-they
who know how manage and arrangestrike only when
they strongest and always Keep uppermost
They win have much TO do-yery muehi for the Span
ish people thoroughly aroused and although their
leaders may fail them they may prove true to themselves
meet the army and beat them yet Esparero is brave
soldier honest manhat is TO say he has robbed
the public treasuryand be is the popular idol II remains
be whether he needs do anything more in the
present situation of things Spain than 10 take the reins
of the government in order disabuse the people and the
world concerning himself Christina is probably confident
that she has ruined him by making him minister. If
ODonnell and his put themselves under his orders
there Will be happy family of the utmost harmony and
peace between all Spanards for little time Then
Esparero will discover that he has been walked round
crcumvented and bound and strangled dying in the
hands of his enemies while the interests of the Spanish
people have been shameully betrayed and eop
arded Then may have season of reaction; peace
by the force OF the bayonet, of struggle and
blood and achievement again by the brave and noble peo
pie. Espartero has about him capable OF saving
him from this Vain and empty himself he has that other
disadvantage Of vain and empty mentha he is jealous of
men of talent, and viii accept their codnsels their
friendship their domination if You please Much better
would ii him to seek superior for his friends
and follow their counse than stand alone aud be
reached by superior in the ranks of his enemies.
The loss Of killed and wounded in the two days fight
ing in Madrid is estimated at not far from 1900
Yesterday the fete day of Queen Christina Instead
of the customary reocngs the people dressed their bar
cades In mourning erected coffin of them, and
played dres and mimcked the ceremonies of the Church
for the dead in honor of the day and the Queen In the
evening the illumination which has been constant every
night since the peoples triumph suspended unyer-
sally.
Yours, very truly,
A NATURALIZED CITIZEN.