The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-21

u Minister Ct ws-. Tho value T. o'Doaasll q TIE
power thus rendered to him win coaaist mot 90 much
IN the nesns OF innSer e VA T. s9Nd:, as 10 the
ty.snd for that Of any party who ma, follow hi1 or
depend upon his protection. TIE triumphant Pro-
eyesstss with whatever Jealousy aod susptcion they
nsy regard him. vi hesitate to hazard aoy opes at.
tack usoD general who has just consummAted one
ryou'ioE, ant who a. permanently lodged with him
the means Of exclti0g another. The Wsrof1oe IL
the true centre OF Spanish politics, and the name
Of its occupant will be over Of strength to that
section sf the nos despoudfng modarad< whom he
will probably st continue to p'otecs and pasronise.
ODo1 peII too, though too iDfrm and too exclusive.
ly q soldier, to have any taste for the management
Of polit al asse mblies, has decided advantage
and he may possibly be able to save the govern
Dent from class Of dangers which the latter, to
Judge from former experience, IL not exactly fitted
to cope with. In the Cortes: EsPartero win be u
probably be lot ked upon little better than pub
lie enemy but in the streets and at the Of bar
Iicades-wbere the cabinet will have, we tear, to
fight out some of Us political battlesthe conquer
Ministers. On the whole, the country has reason TO
hope for the acceptance Of this post by O'Donnel
for II will be one great step towards the disentan
clement Of these perplexed events
frsge be carried out, it would DO time and trouble
wasted to guess At the result; but II any more "a
tionsl plan finds favor with Espa tero and satisfies
the populAce Of Madrid, the elevation Of O'Donnel
to tie command Of the Spanish armies opens very
fair prospects, Of ssu return 10 constitutional
government. BY relieving the m0derados from pre-
sent az prehensi0n, it will encourage them to take
part in the ling election, ard the new Cortes will
justly reflect the real shades Of opinion prevailing
in We country. The appeal to the popular voice,
which generally follows these continental revo-
lotions, has rarely been moro than mockery mas
much as the paralysis OF defeat and she fear Of re-
prisss have usually neutrased the tolitca feeling
peculiar to the party first wors'ea, or have even
cause II to take color with the views of its
successful antagonists. An exclusively pro-
gressista parliament would be imalncabiy severe
AID uDreasonably suspicious, and would probably
end in tuning the bulk Of the moderados into con
sliratOrs or traitors. But there is now aingu-
larly good opportunity for getting at the zeal
Sci timents Of the Spanish people. Although the
seemed to rebound to tire exclusive profit Of single
faction, there would be no difficulty in giving It
apo her complexion; for Queen Cnristina's crea-
lures were not promoted by her for their liberalism
herself. The best theory Of the recent events
would coDstrue them as amounting to the vistory
Of the nation over tyranny of stockholders. As
matter OF fact, whole secions Of the Spanish
conservatives have been as ccntumeliously and op-
pressively treated by Christina as were the pro.
gressssas; and there is nothing to prevent the
entire party from identifying itself with these,
and 60 putting IL An efectual claim to equitable
share Of administrative and representative priv.
leets..
labor and responsibility must have awaited the
Duke Of Victory Immediately after the brilliant
ovation with whic h lie was honored on his entrance
into the capital One Of his first duties would
be to secure the safe retreat of the Queen Mother
to Portugal or France. She cannot remain in con-
cealment within her daughters palace, and yet it
will be some time before the Senerd excitement
will have cooled down sufficiently to leave the route
clear for her journey to the frontier. Espartero's
honor is concerned, however, in saving her from In
suit outrage. A still more pressing necessity will
force him to address himself to the reorgani cation
of the administrative system, which has been utter
y disaranged during bis delay at sarsgosss BY the
doubt the grand difficulty Of the new ruler will
have to be encountered in dealing with the unruly
temper Of the populace in the Large Cities and in
Sss sns Ct e1g Tn
of industrial enterprise. There appears reason to
hope that the Madrid junta viii not place any diff
Guilty in the way Of the re establishment legitimate
authority but even resistance should be yentured
on BY some Of these ephemeral bodies the fact viii
be lees serious than other symptoms which are
we are sorry to say, by the most trustwor
thy evidence. The movement Of the operatives In
nsnufactofes, and the weak compliance OF the cap
tain general with their Observation-Disclosures not
without significance, when taken by themselves
correspond, we are afraid, with tendencies which
exist in all parts Of Spain, and In the capital more
thsn anywhere else. There Is much reason to fear
that the great works commenced under Christmas
patronage are everywhere unpopular, and that there
is strong disposition, ON the part of liberal pol
clans to fall . with the general prejudice. Espar-
tsrD himself is, indeed known to he indalgent Meth
or 10 the error Of the vulgar to the subservence
Of the political leaders; but the pressure exerted on
I'm by the enemies OF industry will be excessively
formi6ab seconded they are, not moro by popu-
lar ignorance than by the scandal Of the Queen
Mother jobs. This feeling against the higher class
OF commercial undertakings il the most unfortunate
legacy which Chrstana could bequeath to Spain.
There Is 40 country in the world which is plainly
kept in the rear of civilization by the want Of its
tfral helps; and it is these very appliances which
she hes dscredited by her patronage, just as their
uses and their practicabiity were being proved to
the Spanish people.
from the Paris Union, August 81
What fate is now rcferved to SPAIN This /, what
is asked with increased anxiety by all those who,
like ourselves. feel strong interest and profound
has Ia Mad ministry has bsen son
stituted under bis authority Conflicts in the street
are suspended and at this moment at least the blood
of civil war has ceased to flow. Let not, however,
this apparent calm cause ilusion-it 10 at present
it with the painful experience Of bali century Of
political conyulsions-the hazards and incidents Of
the combat contain at times fewer periIs; and the
horrors Of the battle which curse more tha1 any
ing certain victories Let ns leave then, to the tr
umpbsnt progressjsts and to the heroes Of the bar
rcades, their feyeIsh enthusiasm and the intoxcAr
tion Of success let us leave the sad parades Of de-
light OF which revolutions are 30 prodigal, and Of
which the natural efervescence Of the Spanish cha
iacter further Anements the strange spectacle. Let
US go to the bottom Of things, and, without endea.
voring to explain future which Is the ct Of Pro
whence let take IS exact an account as ,ssib!e
Of the present situation. The nsurrection owes It's
power and success principally to two cause.-the
hostility Of public opinion to the government pre-
sided over by Count San Luis, and, in presence Of
the abstention Of the pure monarchical party, the
union Of the moderate liberals represented by
ODonneI, OF the progressists, OF whom Espartero
TO do any thing alone, have thrown Themselves into
the movement with the view Of prof.ng by II at q
later period. AS to the animadversion excited by
tie late Ministry, IL was general Whatever COM
misseration may be felt for the exiIcd or fugitive
chiefs OF the Cabinet, cannot refrain from say
ing u at, though raised TO power by the revolution,
they attempted to be unfatbfol to it; they dresmed
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