The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-24
SPANISH AFFAIRS.

The letters of Mr. Kendall of the Neg Orleans Pcayune
who is now in Paris always readable and sometiaS in
sructive occasionally furnish few items Of political gos
sin gh;ch we cannot find elsewhere few days prior to
the triumphal entrance of Espartero into Madrid
bloodless conqueror, Dir, Kendall wrote as follows:
.What to be the end of a this That hard cues
ton to answer At the outset ODonne the RESPONSE
be and acknowledged head of the nurrecon aided by
eral discarded or casof lovers of the Queen but
find ali sorts of military and political adventures joining in
and the thing shall hear they will probably be fight
ing among themselves for supremacy The only parties OF
whom we have heard the Cnss and the Oreanists
the friends of the Condo de Montcmolo snd the Due de
Monponser in such general broing Of the varied po-
tica clements they rise to the top nave rumors
to the effect that tho republicans already speak with conf
dence of the final establishment VI adrd OF democratic
while the moderados and progessts and the
and other liberal factions, are also crowd
ing forward their claims. Among them they will make
mess of that may rest assured The omihous cry
of the constitution and morality luminous, at least for
Isabella Segundahas been heard at Barcelona and other
cities but the chances just that she has submitted
cgsry ctaon and demand made upon her by the Madrid
popuace and will probably put space
uponhcr drepaae ndugence she still be allowed for
time to fill throne has done nothing but foul since she
was first placed in by Of the very generals who have
been engaged in the present rebellion They will re&1 Der
in power for of better until something turns
up She had appointed liberal ministry with the Duke dc
Rvns the head but before They had been i'll power
IL that the Queen had Geographic despatch Espsr
ero requesting his immediate at the capital The
old ministers Caderon dc la Barca, and all
had either fled the city, else hiding to
their precious bones from the fury of popuace they had
done nothing but rob and oppress
There are who will have it that Russian influence
and roass have had much to do with the revolution
in Span that the object has been to draw off distract
the attention of France and England fam operations in the
Baltic and the Black sea- well from the Danube and
further that the Gar has been attempting TO create Rus
party Spain with the hope that he might in time
of her seaports his But this all idle 1t was
high time to raise in that miserable and
country and the principal leaders have probably
got up the regotion purely speculation, hoping to gain
power, well peean;sry reward If successful ODon
nell does money but lie Is ambitious to gain high
station The notorious fangs Of the Qeea her blind obc
dence obnoxious ministry and the attempt t. levy
tax in advance upon impoverished population offered
line opening for arcvou onary attempt and oDonnc and
others improv cd It,
In connexon with tbe above publish the following
which copied from the eaitcs columns of the Phlade
phia North American;
General Donne the Spanish republican leader, as sad
to have been sccrccd Madrid prior to the breaking out Of
the REVOLT the house of Lord Hewden, the British
and to have remained there under his protection for several
months added the moment he showed himself at
the head of revolt Lord ogden left Madrid and went to
Paris alleging therefor which not even plaus
ble From this fact, and the continued defence Of tie rebels
by the British press and the final placing of Espartero at the
head Of the il is believed that the insurec
ton aided by the British. One thing is certain, that
ODonnc and his coadutos Ia the original revolt
able to achieve until they had appealed to the ultra
liberal party and that they did the revolution
passed beyond their control The liberals represented by
Epartcro at everywhere, though they had
been previously prepared for the purpose Thus 0Don
ncll's scheme for military revolt encouraged
by Lord Howden IL must have been he knew that
Il could not of ITSELF and call in the Md Of Els
partero and his liberals