The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-12

Wnc0o Soou mteutionb tney Wcfe suro, ana OF tuc
wisdom Of Whose conduct they presently became
persuaded, might have assumed different attitude
had they been consulted in advance. Moreover, BY
acting In that way, by deferring on every occasion
to the popular voice. whether Il spoke words OF wis
dom or words OF folly, the ministers could never
hope to gain strength, which wss what they most
needed. In short, iicmight have have been very
difficult and dangerous business TO get Christina out
Of Madrid, had the intention been published the
day before; and doubtless the government preferred
riskir q the unfounded imputation of deception,
TO mourning the responsibility of fresh COLI.
sons In my opinion, as an eyewitness Of al
that passed, it would have been hazardous to have
acted otherwise than the ministers did. As it was,
net shot was fired, not wound received; and
three days after the affair everybody seemed con-
vinced that the best had been done.
/ shall not dwell upon the incidents of the after.
noon and night Of the 26th August of which YOU
will have already seen accounts. For short time
things locked menacing, and many expected fight.
The council OF ministers assembled in the large
building on the Puera del SOL which IL at once tae
spanish Home Office" and the main guard house,
received numerous delegates from tle corporation,
the provincial deputati0n, and from other public
bodies, expounded to them their views and reasons
and received promises Of support. Meanwhile the
National Guaid-a portion OF it somewhat sulky
maintain order. A considerable number of barri-
cade5 bad been thrown up. The presence and
exhortations Of Gen. San Miguel suficed for some
OF these to be removed by their makers But in q
q few hundred malcontents busted themselves in
STRENGTHENING them, and declaring their intention Of
defending them. Over their uneven SUBMITS were
to be seen the barrels of muskets and fOwlng pieces
and few familiar faces which had often crossed nv
sight during the revolution Of July It was not GER
tain what the barricaders wanted In fact there was
Q strange combination of elements; but the chief
demand they put forward was, the dismissal of the
people. As far as I could observe, EspMtero was
excepted from this verdict; but only by those of the
insurgents who, however mistaken IN the course
they pursued acted in good faith and in support of
who were actuated by widely different motives. The
Ieaotionary and adsoutist party had its represen-
tatiyes at the barricades; foreign influence was
also at work and it has been supposed
mot, perhaps, in anticipation Of tho out.
break (although even that she may have foreseen),
bu. to be in readiness for any occasion Of misc lief
that might present ITSELF 1t clearly for her in
terest the revolution having gone 20 far to see it
aided by the rabbe of the low districts of Madrid,
could gain the ascendant, the &c tain result was
anarchy. Then would come reaction, and Christina
and her fiiends might hope to resume their places
and recommence their spoliations. Accordingly,
there can be no doubt-indeed, it were easily
pr0ved-tbat agents of the expelled party-the Pa
LAGOS, as they are called stimulated and assisted
in the disturbances of the 18th August. Their ef-
forts were Of avail against the steady attitude Of
the National Guards, who remained for eighteen
hours under arms in the Streets obedient to their
officers, and turning deaf ear TO the perfdious in
situations of agents who sought to set them against
The government, and to divide them amongst
themselves. The insurgents, seeing that their
cause was hopeless, and having the pro.
mise, from Espartero's own lips, of brisk
cannon ade at daybreak, abandoned their baricades
ia the course of the hight Many Of them left their
taken prisoners; more escaped by concealing them
selves in houses until such time as the national
guard all danger being over, retired to their homes.
On the 29th Madrid was as quiet as If nothing had
occurred.
A foreigner, lately resident in this capital, and
who, within little more than year, has acquire
rather unenviable celebrity, is here generally be-
eyad to have had hand in the outbreak Of the
18th u. refer to the Minister Of the United States
II Madrid. A Frenchman by birth, but compelled
% abandon his country previousto the revolution Of
1871 In consequence OF certain political writings
n. Pierre S0ule settled the other side of the At.
nan Of great energy. vigorous intellect and con-
adorable astuteness, he attained to high prac-
ice at the bar, to seat in Congress, and
% the leadership Of the party which seeks,
mex Cuba to the States. With that unscrupulous
party, his open profession of the most distorted
views on questions of international right made him
highly popular. From his seat in the Senate, early
in 1852, he bitterly attacked the government of Nj.
for not taking up the cause of the adventu
re rs under Lopez some Of whom had been executed,
and others sent to prison. for their piratca attempt
on the island OF Cuba. In 1853, shortly before his
appointment as minister at Madrid, he inside long
md eloquent in which be lauded Lopez and his
as heroes, INDUCED in singing sarcasm
IN Spain and Spaniards, and, speaking of Cuba,
'rged the government, in meta phorical phrase not
o delay too long to pluck the frhit from the tree,
{ st it should rot upon the stem. This is the man
whom Mr.. Franklin Pierce thought proper to send as
.nvoy to Spain. You will remember that, on his
arrival at New York to embark for Europe,
rrotsn hnJH IN That nsfvy
If members Of the Lone Star Society, Of
fuptives from Cuba, and Of other partisans Of an
nexasion, who proceeded to serenade him, bearing
banners on which were inscriptions coupling Mr..
SUule's name with the rescue of Cuba from the
Spanish yoke. member OF the procession made o
high flown speech, in which he expressed hope
that when the honorable envoy returned to his own
country with fresh claims upon the esteem Of his
tial vault of Young America. Mr.. Soule replied to
this address, referring to Cuba as suffering PEG.
pie, and declaring that as an American minister he
did not cease to he an American CITIZEN and that,
the sobs of anguish of the oppressed. Taken in
connection with his haraDgues in the Senate, and
with The address TO which it replied, his speech was
certainly most significant, ndiscreet, and offensive
rope, bnt amongst the right thinking portion of the
people of the United States. Mr. Pierce was
loudly censured for the appointment, and
American newspapers declared that it was his duty,
as soon as ne Knew WHag uau passed. III new lOrk,
to send steamer after Mr.. SouI6 to bring him back
since he had proved himself completely unfit to fill
the office OF American Minister in Spain. believe
ii to be fact that the United States did not expect
ih.ir envoy to be received IS such at Madrid. But
they moderated the meanness and pusillanimity Of
tie Spanish Ministry then in power. After some
Dc lay at Paris, employed, IL was said, In ascer
tanning what sort Of reception awaited him at the
Spanish capital Mr.. Soule proceeded to his destina
ticn. He had been but short time there, when an
unfortunate affair brought him into bad odor. AT
ball at the French Amb ,ssadors the Duke Of Alba,
referring to Mrs. Soues dress, which struck him
peculiar, compared her to Mary of Burgundy. Pro.
baby the comparison was INST very apt possibly the
grandee who made it was Iot particularly conversant
with the costumes Of the middle ages there certai sy
dots lot appear to have been any offensive intention
OF comparing persons but merely of cticising cos
tune. Mr.. Soule's son, howeye, very young man
overheard the remark took it in bad part, and pro-
yoked the Duke of Alba. The result was bloodless
duel, fought with very long swords, lasting very
lorg time, and followed mp by very long letter to
the papers, which Mr.. Soule Jr., bad, for his own
Ga ke much better have left unXritfen. Ont of this