The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-09-01
The Recent Spanish Revolution.


rcSpondcnce of the Courier dcs Etais UrIs'
PARIS August 3-The movement, which has
SO profoundly agiatrd the pc ninsua, s not r"vou
ton. that is 10 saw an overthrow Of existing insiI
furabns bu n return to the truth Of these InstIu
tons perverted by short sighted cOurtIers. The
throne Of Isabella surviving the fall Of the cabinet
is about find itself in the presence OF the Cortcs
It's first support. The crown and the people are
about 10 return to their first compact, The c"ns'i-
tuition of 1877, which will receive second con
secraIion from new constituent assembly.
The acceptation by the Queen Of the programme
Of Espartero has frustrated the views OF the par
tisans OF annexation 10 Portugal, Of the republicans,
and Of the friends of Count MOntemOno. 1t IS
not certain that these three disappointed parties
will make no attempt 10 prevent the re-estHb'Ish-
menI of order, but they will TIC inevitably and
promptly supprt sscd If concord should continue
To prevail between the crn"n, EsPartFro, and
ODJnntl who represent The real strength ct The
country. III. annexation party, branch Of the
cons il Ii NAL royaIists, had only directed their
vi, WIS TO the young Don Pedro, through dis1ruSt OF
Quet isabelle, or rather Of her advisers. The
dangers that would arise from The premature es-
adjustment OF a republican government, have been
demOnstr ted, perhaps in an exaggerat'd manner,
TO The EGUreeO1Sr, by The grand rev pulmonary Club
which !0f med a summary tribunal al Madrid, and
executed some suspects, as r sCptembrlS'
formerly did; by the appearance OF the red flag
upon several barbados by the publication OF
Socialist Journal which declared war upon the
abuses uf property and by the DEGREES, which. at
Barcelona, prescribed certain machines prejudcial
To the Interests of the operatives. This last act,
in particular, which drplorable proof of the
ignorance Of the masses. and Of the impotence oil
their chiefs, lOrcibly demonstrated the necessity OF
a strong government. To restrain d, magoguery and
to save IL from lis own excuses. II all the other
parties united against the republicans, they
would combiGe with them also against Carlism,
which would be the contrary excess, or a return 10
absoluli<m.
Queen Isabella acted then with sound policy in
accepting tho conditions OF E<partero, which were
essential for her safety, hard as they seemed. Ii
is indeed hard for her 10 be obliged 10 the
arrest Of the ministers, whose plan she approved,
and TO decree the exiles OF The generals, who
obeyed her orders and the dissolution OF the civic
guards, who nbeyed their chiefs. Ii is hard for
her to be obliged to recall those whom she pre-
scribed 10 honor those whom she degraded, and
TO accept their protection, after having rejected
their remonsrnnccs. All this will not add much
TO the prestige OF royalty in the eyes Of Spain and
EUROPE" But whose fault is it! Happily for Queen
Isabella public opinion sxcncratcs her from great
part of the responsibility, and throws upon Maria
Chrisliana her mother. 4 correspondence from
MadIf states, that upon the tetc Of the Queen
dOwagor the 24th and 25;h OF July, the people
OF Madrid covered The barricadrs with emblems of
mourning, and with ear:hen pots representing
deaths heads. However much to be deprecated
such manifestations may be, .hey MITIGATE the Cx-
treno UnpOpuarty of the widow of Ftrdi nand.-
|; is further stated that Espar'erO demanded her
withdrawal from Spain, with promise 10 protect
her against II violence pon learning that her
daughter had also assented TO this condition, Chris
tana burst INTO such violent r"Proaches and acts,
that the King moved 10 such pitch Of ndg
nation to threaten to deliver his mother in law
TO the vengeance of The people.
Among The most dramatic of The popular acts of
vengeance, the punishment, inflicted upon the
former head of the secret police, Chicho. After
having been arrested. and then set al liberty ac-
count OF Illness, he was again seized upon a sick
bed, by a band commanded by man, who, at six
years, had lost his father through his instrument
iality, and who had sworn to avenge his death.
He had Chcho borne through the streets on a
mattress, and was the first to fire ball through
his head, thus consummating unpaid debt Of
thirty years standing vengeance.
Mr.. SoULg-The residence Of the American
legation enacted its part in the scenes of the nsur.
recuion. Mr.. Soule occupies the first and second
stories Of a magnificent hotel, belonging TO the
Marquis of Bednar, the ground floor of which
reserved by the Marquis for his personal use. lie
possessed there very handsome collection of
ancient and modern arms. The Marquis Of Bed
mar mas acquired certain notoriety by his con-
servative opinions, and by The marked favor which
he formerly enjoyed from Queen Isabella. Scandal
had connected itself with this intimacy, upon which
a variety of tales were founded, including pro-
jected flight. which had been defeated by Narvaez
then minister, and a faintng tit, of which royal
corset perpetuaied the remembrance among the
martial trophies OF the hotel Bedmar. Other con.
quests were subsequently added 10 this august
trophy, and among others that Of the Italian dancer
Cerrto. But il the Marquis successful
with The royalties Of politics and the dance, he
had not been lucky enough to gain the good will
OF the people OF Madrid, who beseiged his hotel, at
the same time as those of Messrs. Saalmauce, and
Quinto. On hearing The shouts and the blows
which were showered upon his gate. MIR. Soule
thought that the people had come to demand the
Journalist Mora, who with Mr.. SartoriIs, the prIn
cipaI editor Of the Herald, had sought an asylum
with the American Minister, of whom he had been
one of the most violent adVersaries. THIS asylum
had been granted him, by Mrs. SouIe, noble
woman, who was happy TO find an opportunity of
avengng by kindness, her own wrongs and those
of her husband The latter had then caused his
gates 10 be closed and put in state Of defence.
But dcI'gaie oil the insurgents explained 20 him,