Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-12
EsPARTERO-. THE DUKE OF VIC
TORY

TORY
Espartero, the "Duke of Victory as he is
called, seems to be invested with a singular
charm. Frantic men, infuriated women, yell
ing mobs, and insurgent armies, grow mild,
and still, and amiable before him. Even the
court, with all its jealousies and dissensions
accepts him as the Prince of Peace. All Of
the numerous factions and coteries of Spain
own the power of his influence and the magic
of his name.
All hearts are painting for his arrival at the
capitol-all eyes anxiously watching his ad.
vent He seems to be universally regarded as
the purest and most incorruptible patriot in
Spain--as alike the friend Of the people and
the friend of the throne. While some of the
most prominent of the insurrectionary leaders
are regarded with dislike and others with dis.
trust, Espartero seems to have won the conf
dence and esteem of all. General O'Donnell
and his associates, who raised the revolution,
are forced to stand By and see the more fortu
nate Espartero reap the profits and the honors
that result from it. They did the fighting, he
will get the glory. The man whose name has
the magical power suddenly to arrest the on
ward progress of a tempestuous revolution and
to still the clamors of phrensed nation, must
possess both great talents and great virtues, or
he must be magnificent humbug. We con-
fess that his proclamations smack of the latter
They might, with change Of names and locali-
ties, well be mistaken for the pronunciamentos
of that pompous brag1art and grandiloquent
writer Santa Anna. They have the genuine
Mexican bombast. We present two as speci-
mems.
Before leaving Logrono, Espartero issued the
following proclamation:
Inhabitants of the Rioja! quit Logrono,
my adopted city. My country and liberty claim
my presence in inyincible Saragossa / carry
with me grateful recollection of the seven
years l spent among you. / address to you
one recommendation, obey the Patriotic Junta,
which met today respect its decisions, and
preserve order, the surest guarantee of triumph.
reply upon your loyalty, which never belied
itself and upon your patriotism and magma
nimity, which have endeared you for ever to,
"Y our fellow citizen,
EsPARTERO.
LoeRoYo, 18th July, 1884,
On arriving at Saragossa, the general issued
the following:
"SARAGossANs You have called me that
might help you to recover your lost liberty and
my heart overflows with JOY at finding myself
again among you. Let the national will be
accomplished, and for the attainment of so
sacred an object you may ever reckon on the
sword of Luchana, on the life and reputation
of your countryman.
"BALDOMERO ESPARTERO.
"SARAGossA, lilly 20"
We are not sufficiently familiar with the his.
tory and antecedents of Espartero to under
take sketch of him, which we regret, as such
a sketch could not fail to interest our readers
AS he has SO suddenly gone up like sky
rocket, we cannot divest ourselves Of the ap.
prehension, that ere long, he will come down
like stick. We confess that we have more
faith in that stern man Of resolute action,
O'Donnell, with all the selfish ambition that is
imputed to him, than in the expert and lucky
Espartero. However, we await events. He
may be all that Spanish fancy, has painted
him.