New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-17

POSITION Or TIE COUNTRY.
From The Ton ioH TYn1es


From The Ton lon TYnes
The Gpect of Spain ~ y ,aomcn il in some respects
more Extraordinary thar exhibited by European
KINGDOM The nation ia ir ie of nsurrec..on the cap-
ita in state OF siege, the fos umen subvered and the
rOya authority in hbeyHd = s clear from To infOrma-
ton nov received that ro anish people have placed
themselves in position g. .uand their own hearts de.
sires, and TO give hensts-s exactly such oyerume at
rs tbey may prefer, v g. ON regard to any traditional
in fact just prac cav vested in the peonle and
what give the IL singulary is that though
the people have cong "a this sOyereisnty by force Of
arms, they have not eost conception what t. do with
tia; II is their Excepting marked prepos.
session 10 favor OF the e regency dictatorship
of corein popular general can detect no Indications
OF national sentiment. 10 provisional authority of Es
/ dark ~ 4''''''' '-' '0'O"' 'Hi' al
This absence Of opinoa iii appear all the more re-
makabic when is reco. eod what rich variety Of
precedens the SpauaTds possess and with what extern
sye range their situation supplies them On the throne
ihey nave ac1ualy-unes 40 are 10 speak IN the past
tense-a constitutional Soveregnhats to say. Il Sow
eregn raised TO the crown unier somewhat rre ular
cumstanoes and maintsned 10y the popular viii in cOnsid
Grafton of liberal compact between the Crown and the
people. In exile they have representative of the an
cient or legnst monarchy with Claims founded ON d
vine right and iudefea bic Inheritance To complete the
group, there Is even an expeoHIt Prince OF another line
who, with sufficient family connection TO preserve the
stock, would 10 sufficiently to promise the advan
tages OF such mporatous Yet the Spaniarts give no
thought 20 either BourbonisIn Oselnism 10 lognism
coDsii'ntionssm, ana il j. perfectly evident that
neither he preensiOns Of the Count &c MOntemoin
those OF the Duke de MOnpen have had any influence
all the proceedings Of tho insurgents Some small
amount Of precodents nigh, ound also Tor Republican,
ism end Bontpartoem, ior hiDg Joseph once filed the
Spanish trouo md democratic unas once administered
fhe Spar ish Government. Neior democracy, however.
nor impeI aism have Ouy Place "a the Spanish mind No
doubt there exist sincere republicans IN various parts OF
the Peninsula pRrlic Igily IN Andausa and Catalonia,
though III the latter province the feeling is qualified by
egimst traditions Doubtless, also, among the clergy,
the graIOoeS and the peasantry, there may be many ia
al adherens of the old regime, should suppose
that the recently and so fatally asserted by
Louis Philippe altogether without its partizaDs But
point inconesiaby clear and that is that all the
real patizaIs OF all the causes together form APP
preciabe Sc elton Of the Spanish nation. That nation
TO have no opinion at ALL except mat the late Gov
erumen with its Court of protgaes and its Cabinet OF
swindlcrs should longer be permitted to endure.
In the absence of any more obvious popular or precon
celebrating the Kingdom OF spain altogether and fusing
II in State, 70 DO formed BY incorporation wish tor
tucal That two Governments situated as those OF tho
Peninsula might be consolidated into one IS concep-
ton 50 obvious TO have occurred TO political speeuli
tors in ali ages and considering the condition OF tue PROB
lem is almost surprising that was never accomplished
For the space of sixty years, ndecdfom 1850 to l64o
the two crowns actually unitod bat the tenacious and
ultimately successful resistance OF the Portuguese 10 me
fusion is in Itself conclusive proof Of the difficulties In
eparabe from such scheme 1t true that on the pres
emf the union presented as transfer r1Ies
ect wears the appearance of new and splendid ouerng
10 the young Prince recently visitor in this country
But the Portuguese Notwithstanding the brliancy OF tins
prospect would probably feel or at least after Few
wears experience would be sure TO discover that the
smaller must follow the larger, not the larger the
smaller, ana that, though SPAN might Do ruied Oy ne
house of Braganza, il wOuld be Spanish Kingdom STILL
MoTeove there is true sympathy between the two ma
tonsalI the less, indeed ON account OF their SUBSTANTIAL
affinity Very likely the Portuguese are only as they have
been desCrbed "Spaniards who hate other Spanards,
but this very definition shows the chapces against any gen.
uine accord At all times o. their history aad under every
variety OF circumstance the Portuguese though sepa-
rated from their neghbors by no barriers OF nature IAN
guage religion have reeouiy refused TO coaesee WIN
Them nor can we doubt that they will be Of this mind
It's not TO be assumed that in the event of any plain de-
csop of the two nations to this effect the other Powers OF
Furope would conceive themselves bound to object The
DAYS Of such Intervention past and Spaniards as wei
as Portuguese may learn from our columns whch are
now we presume readntod to tho Peninsula, that the
only desire OF Englishmen Is that they may arrange tee
own affairs to their satisfaction and with the best
possible OF course the fusion OF two GoYerA
ments heretofore somewhat Al auagonsn ana eonheeSu
by corresponding relations with other States could not DC
ACCOMPLISHED without certain omberrassments but these
could be surmounted, and, the inha0tants OF the
Peninsula choose To present themselves to Europe under
new political igsnizatlon they viii be cordially
Our objections 20 the idea suggested by their own III
erests exclusively but though wo do not deny the gran
deur Of the scheme fear these objections would nia
libby make themselves teIt
Ii seems, perhaps, most likely as Il is cortny uauer
all circumstances desirable that the natural ndSna
cn of e Spaniards against their sovereign should stop
short OF her dethronement and as the preserN acn OF
her crown would be due solely to the necessities OF ine
on;ect and I'm 10 degree popular affection, and as
il must inevitably be attended by arrange nents OF con-
,derabe restraint the lesson wh % one OF NJ nto Sc
ye1ity For the present. the reliance OF the country
seems placed upon Espar,erc, who e1peceo 70 resuore
the constitution 10 effective vitality and to sWee? away
that swarm Of uuprncped adventures who OF sio years
have bee preyng upon Spain Perhaps the latter re
form that upon which the popular hopes are most
y butfor there is certainly much ground for doubling
whether Spanards have any genuine appreciation OF cor
sttutonsl government Thoy have now risen IN arms NOT
for the prerogaves of Ministry not for the authority OF
their Parliament not for the freedom of the press, out
simply to put stop TO exoron plumber and scandal TOO
ohonipabie for endurance. The Government Of SPAN
S NOT SO much because encroached upon the liberties
Of The people because ceased TO retain tbs smallest
,e 70 popular respect is chief functions in fact
ice of REGULATION and jobbery proAigscy the sy
bol of public office; and Coar1 and Cabinet supported
ch other on terms of reciprocal toleration These dis
eefn scenes however, viii now be at an end and, if
M ndecson Of the Spanish nation in repect 10 the iu
ue IA in itself extraordinary, some credit ought to be
Given 10 people which, even in the absence OF All pros
ec for the future has incurred the penis OF open hsur
frection for the sake of public morality alone
Lib. rrnxriinxon d SONS Circular.