The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-05


dplomatsts This time, however the thing msy posi-
bly, be serious 1t is not question OF succession,
but struggle of the principle OF despoiism strong,
fore med determined and perhaps acquesced in by
great part the nation against the principle Of constu
tonal liberty. which 10 Spain has been weakened by
many failures but still preserves TO great extent the
affections Of people not wanting in spirit and seide
pendepce Esprtero has long been the chief OF the hbe
raj party lis great he e 70 h ne ,egne
ton would sufficient to protect him from any but
legitimate opposition in the carrying on Of affairs Bat
liberal principles not to the taste OF the royal LAZY
who sits on the throne OF Spain, and she has no lack OF
advisers who prompt her to follow her inclinatons
OF these Of the most courageous and INSCRIPTIONS
Is O'Dopnel This man, hardy and determined soldier
and stauach adhernt TO despotc principles, IS now the
virtual ruler of SPAN Fsparero, always somewhat IT.
resoute aud inactive Is with age, and has held
power for the last few years more from the strength
OF bis former reputation than through any present
vgor. If report be true the Queen, the King, and
o'nonnell thought that the time had come for great
victory the constitutions which gives them so much
trouble The Queen was an xous 70 DC ru " .he aten
ants with whom liberal government surrounded her
and the restraints which II considered necessary 10 her
position. ODonne OF course only dcslrons 70 grasp
the pow r which should fall from the hands OF his rival
first essay is said TO have been mide some Time slnce
bviousy the best plan for ruler who wishes to be des-
poc 70 popup n onsen AND her adviser
IRE supposed to have initiated, and then 10 nave
rushed the insurrection in Paenca Now the same coup
etat has been tried in Madrid. ministerial dispute
esjgpaon ofthe liberal chief revolt OF the National
Guard and their defeat by an overwhelming military
force events which naturally prelude the establish
ment of something like pure despotsm at Madrid. Every
hing in readiness for an outbreak; we learn tnat
is Geo men were at once concentrated in the capital The
success Of the Queen certain from the beginning;
and the constitution on which the moral claim OF me
Queen based exists no longer in the capti OF
the country.
But Spain is not land Of Capitalization. She resisted
Napoleon each province had feeling OF ndepcn-
dence; and would not submit to enemy merely becaue
be occupied Madrid. Liberty driven from the capital,
finds refuge Aragon The provinces which lie between
Madr and the Pyrenees sroDgholds Of the consu
Ipou buth friend I'll n
ps and the National Guard have both Joined the same
cause and made that city the headquarters OF consu
tional government. Eighty five members OF the
Cortes have retired from Madrid TO Saragossa,
and will doubt be joined by as many more
In Arragon the Constutonass have long anticipated
struggle and believed TO be not unprepared Is
pected Madrid crushed, Barcelona Is said to be quiet
but st ong inland district still unconquered, and may
resist larger force thar the successful government can
bring against it, On the other hand the Queen and
ODonne doubt eager 10 co nplete their victory
and the character Of the minister Is not such
as to make doubt that he will resort to all means
for the enforcement of submission. Spain is q
country little known and so difficult 10 IN
derstand that no one can venture 70 say VIVA.
triumph easily or many months Of bloodshed may
aod another page the annals of distracted Spain All
that do is to point out the direction to which
events tending The assembling of the Cortcs at
Saragossa dvests the resistance OF its merely nsurrec
!onary character The contest now resembles tna o.
ceve that thousands who are not republicans and would
repudate the thought Of treason now feel at liberty
to fight for the assembly which, in the name OF law and
the constitution calls on them TO resist tyrannca 60
vernment. singu coincidence likely TO furnish the
insurgents with the sincws Of convoy Of ID 000,
OOOf from the Credit Mobi Ter has just entered span IT
has pass through the provinces in arms against the
Crown and II Spain be not changed from its ancient
character little of this money Is likely TO reach Madrid
Such the state Of Spain after many years OF what
is called constitutional reign The sword IS to dec dc
between the sovereign and the institutions with which the
law has surrounded her. The position OF the Queen Is IN
deed deporabe. All that made tight for her in for
times is destroyed She represented the hope,
II not the ulhment Of liberal policy. The monarch
who was according to the old Spanish law, Legitimate,
found the country against him because he was reso!ute
and those he ruled Internationally to the priesthood
For these the infant Isabea's claim became the
rayng Of the nation and reused neghboring peoples
10 sympathy and help. But what now remains OF the
Christmas hopes? What argument he bring against
the CaIt who Is obstinate In the assertion OF divine
the constitution she Is bent destroy ing She Queen
only by possession If fhe reiens neither by the right
OF soveregns the rights OF the people, her title q in
deed endangered However have nothing 10 DO but to
stand art interested, but still not interfering We know
teo little OF that mysterious country to say whether It's u
mate happiness Is 10 be insured by the ascendancy
Of Esparero 0Ilonncll. We should be glad 10
ENTHUSIASTICALLY and cessation from civil strife
We cannot say whether Spaniards ever 70 be
ef governed with all those feelings OF responsibility
nd civil reciprocity which characterize free citizens.
may be that they incapable OF such condition, and
the constitution after the British pattern may be doomed
expressing its feelings and answering It's
ptctaons such government we trust, VIII in some
another be the result OF the long trials which
Iain has endured.