Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-08-14
FRANCE AND ENGLAND AT VARIANCE on THE
AFFAIRS OF sPAIN-FRENcH OFFICIAL VIEW

The hoaiissr publishes the following article which.
on good authority, has been attributed to the Emperor N
poleou:
1--WE have watched with interest the recent events In
Spain, and have approved them TO certain extent "A
fanccd We discovered therein favorable ebanc. Tor
establishing the Government on n firm b..is
for France which represents in Europe the ideas Of 7ss
can entertain other wish than that Of behodng neigh
boring State, In whose prosperity she takes deep inter.
est avoid anarchy despots-thoec two shoals so dan.
gerous to Prosrssand liberty aud the Espartero minis
y did not To either the power prevent
eicesses or the requisite energy to lead great country
IL Is natural to hail with sympathy change Of nature
consolidate the throne OF isabella IL.
some foreign Journals, blinded by their urwarranted
preference for name have called coup eat that which
was simply resignation OF Ministers, accepted purely
simply by the Queen after reiterated reusas II the re-
sgnaiion had been that Of ODonneli the, would have
found perfectly constitutional Party spirit should never
nisrcpesent things such extent thereby endea
VOC to msead public opinion.
The cordiuon Of Spain had boon deplorable for two
years that great country, for 80 long time the arber
OF Europe whose alliance but recently eagerly sought
Tor had sunk into nsgnhcance IL had neither hnances
nor army. commcrcs, administration nor iuau.
ence abroad In this difficult position, ambitious men,
instead OF endesvorng to give strength to what existed
attempted to overthrow it, either by Aateng the pas.
sons Of the mob by attempting realize dangerous
utopas The disorders which agated Spain Tor the
last few must be attributed the fatal idea of
tain Ministers, four years since, make coup defat
when Spain tranquil and prosperous, and when there
was no cogent reason to urge them to make a sudden
change in the laws Of the kingdom.
For coup dsfdt be legitimate i'm the ewes of pos.
tcrty it must be justified 10y supreme necessity aud be
regarded by all the sole o. saving the
try
We know those who dreamt OF ey.ps detat not with
view 10 modify some institutions but to subvert the
throne change the dynasty, either by uniting Poru-
gal to Spain under the House of Braganzs establish
ing regency. We therefore, give credit (nous Iui sd
rons gre) to Marshal 0'Donnel for having attempted
choUf coup detat order in SPAIN the first
aud indispensable basis Of liberty. We give him due credit
for having during the first of anarchy devoted all
to the reform OF the Spanish army well in moral as
in material point OF view for il did suffice to reform
baons aud squadrons-it essentially necessary TO
give soldiers who brave they capable Of
great things the only masprugs for the OF
army, duty and fidelity to the Sovereign, and dsci-
pine.
Let hope then that the changes will put an
end to those eOups dedt and TO those bsneiu
ietos Tor 1t is sincere desire that SPAIN which
ans many elements siren 9Th prosperity should
resume in the midst of quiet the rank which ia her due
instead OF descending TO the level OF Republics
South America, where neither PATRIOTISM civic virtues.
nor hgh pncpie are to BE- found but only few Gene
rails who dispute the with the help of soldiers led
a.tray by empty promises"
BRITISH VIEW OF Tux SPANISH ISsuRREcrioS-THE "LoS-
Don riNEs" IN ANSWER TO THE "NoSrrruR."
From The London Times, July29.
The late article in the AoniteW the affairs of Spain
may be taken announcement that the French Co
venmcnt approves the taken by the Queen
present Minister and will give them least moral sup
port We cannot believe that the public opinion Of this
country will acquescc in the Judgment the Turrcs
active Interference, aud England has long abandoned
the notion that liberal institutions can be established in
any land 10y foreign intervention, the disagreement is
perhaps, more speculative than practical. Treating
them the article in the Monier merely al essay OH
point OF contemporary politics, be allowed 10 re-
mark what its views Of county
which has for years been the subject attention
but is but little understood.
What the occurrences which within the last few
days have agatcd Spsiny Constitutional Queen who
holds her title the Crown by legal enactment against
relative claiming by divine right has suddenly dismissed
caused resign the Minister who during his whole ca
has been the champion of responsible Government in
her domnions Another politician, known only rs res
dilute and INSCRIPTIONS soldier, has been raised to SUI
pemc power. This substitution OF notUrously Abso
lutist Minister for of strictly Constitutional views
would seem 10 foreigner dangerous We might
however, be in the wrong. But when the actual
aud immediate results longer hesitate as To tie
character OF the change We find that instruction i'm
mediaely followed in Madrid, aud that for this insurrec
ton the Government thoroughly prepared be.
iorehand. We find that ODonncl taking advantage of
his position Minister OF War, had concentrated 10000
men on the capital His hrst step 10 surround him.
self with colleagues who had years before when for
few hours in Office turned the OF the army
against the people The first act of the Ministry
the proclamation OF martaa law The Legislative assembly
dispersedby force, fired upon when proceeding in
deputaon the presence of the Sovereign and driven
from their legal place Of meeting by gapeshot We find
the capital in resist this reasonable violation of
public law and hear of desperate contest IN which
the National Guard, alter several hours fighting nre
crushed by the large forces concentrated Madrid The
intrllgenc is that the COrtes have fed proyin
cial town. Arrngon receives the National Assembly
which declares that has been dispersed by monstrous
act OF military violence. Barcelona is still in revolt and
the flame spreads At the present moment Sarsgossa is
held by nsurgen army and learn that in the South
Malaga and Granada have not yet submitted. Tho Minis
try i intent crushing NIL resistance to its power and
everything is postponed until after the paccation of
the country, Such the facts. The Sovereign and
her confdant concentrate troops dpersc and fire the
Legislature fight pitched battle with the National Guard
and engaged in crushing the Liberalism OF the Pro-
I q o of suc hsu
| act?
The Monteur is especially DESTROYS one thing tina, it
should not be called coup defaf IL appears that some
journals blinded by understandable preference for
name have called the affair we have just described
coup defdt To this the NoHteur takes exception IL
merely the resignation of minister and tile sst
tutor OF another could 10 means be Justly called
coup deiaf. Not that the NonifeW wishes to exclude
the Spanish Court thar any other from occasional
such cxpcdcn for il proceeds to Law down
the cases in which it is Legitimate. But the of tie
Queen and ODonnell t seems, do not constitute coup
dctdf. Now, We have no wish to argue the precise
Specification Of this popular phrase Neither the words
the idea they express English and besides
well cOncede TO she Uoe strcter accuracy in the use
Of political Technology which il has borne no small part
in creating Whether, then, O'Donnel has has exc.
cuted coup didt he has by violence aud in pursuance
Of premcdated plan, dispersed the Legislature d.ban.
deJ the National Guard aud Overthrown the constitution
nj liberties Of the country We cannot think that this
gratifying conclusion 20 all the struggles and sacrifices
OF Spain during than twenty years We think
that the whe has committed this tv de-
scrOed rs having attempted 70 restore order To Spain,
the first aud most indispensable basis of liberty" Know
ing, as We do from experience that repression pro-
duce corresponding resistance and that hOwever extend
ed and strong it be- the reaction come at last
fat from feeling that sit j. natural TO hail with gym
patty change of nature consolidate the throne oil
I Isabella H."
is not to he denied that the continent England il
in many minds the object Of suspicion, the ground
OF supposed selfish and Machiavcan policy. We who
know county, how little the people care nbou
foreign affairs and how completely In this their Govern
men represents them hardly conceive that the actions
OF even well informed continental politicians swayed b,
notion that England is always the watch for the
sion OF her influence in Spain IN Portugal, Italy
and the East The French politician Of LOUIS PnfLIPrE.
time always haunted with the notion of combinations
against France, in which England supreme over the
condrate States should take the lead This notion uC
as that Of the bourgeois about Engands desire 20
Ollie the commerce Of the world, widely preva
emit and seems to have left traditions sitter
has itself passed away. One Of these is the dske
EsPARrERo, which has distinguished successive Freuci
Governments regal, republican aud imperial The char
acier Of this well-meanng old gentleman is wen known
lie has proved himself during n long honest