Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-09-04
2fU'H MOND. W hl0
: VTNssoAy mon NC, ,kPT. =. 1881.
TO CORRESPONDENT.
A HI.toricsl L etrosrses.

and Philip of Spain The Iespl. 10 exactly
the esndiion Of The PARTIES and bring those powers
and principles into activity, which gradually undermined
aud have finally sdppAntsd the System Of civil aud re-
hyous hersrehies which twenty centuries Of both Pa.
gan ard Christian rule had buit up in Europe Il
true that Martin Luther founded Tire Refor NATION,
a Henry the VIII. had opposed tie Pspd supreBas,
in England, before the grS; battle Of 1884, but slL
they bad accomplished rested on feeble foundation,
While gland yet an inferior Power, snc
T otes sn'ism in Germany sas sustained only by
second rate princss A, this time Spain was the gres
Empire Of modern Europc-.hs december, secordipg
the Pspai COrrs-of Christian truth and invested b,
iUch divine DEGREES the Pope put FORTH vi douib
ions and prncpaes such the world has seldom seer.
Philip (sa,s d. AOtey) "sicod eDfeC I'D BY divinl
DEGREES OF al Am res the East Indies the Whole Spai-'
Penh suIa, thu better PORTION of IAly. the seveEteel
Ne'beIar's and many other pOssessions far and
aud he contemplated sunGGng to il 1-e sve propert
the kingdcIas Of Frsrce of England ard Of LELAND
Is.ss The era OF the Holy League, the Spanish Amer
sln minda ,he I,-i4n condot,eri and G, roan
rss-l sgues and means by which heresy to be e1
tassinattd and Splukh dominion established even IA
Fra These mssH- IsQRs -stsd, if ue m
b,hv, Puiip himself who rote vi l. lie prepsrill
the Armada that be bad goll than all Europe b,
siss fact b. had all the of SUPPL, for NJ xc
and Spa LII mPreI then 4, Dosi the oLiy gu ri
fem .bch 80 and silver we're rived. SO, s,so h
OILY dsCipiged and We ersa sruies OF Europe We,
thsre uudsT Ph,i.'s command
i cor rr>t 18th this fornis be 6ispl,y o. inperi
srsngih, let us lok at the Ergl.rd OF the d,y. Eur
Land sd oSls POI ustion ABOUT onc-third that ct u.
Co. Tolerate StAtys; and L ,ndon the capital o. H.
Eo,ld, about four times largs ~ chmond 10.
il Ire BIZ nh raw, ths H. did rot exist al al
Ace greatest OF Eag sh vessels would compare W;
rgsus II he second ea,s is captains, ho.ever,
. ID k a:u! meu, supported by b ave and loyal sss
meu. AAtS ey. th. re bus liJIla and chat bas,
b, c'taiued Toe b,ll and determined s5ii, 6 e.
betl shFank from abe iOFeeb ~sr although sls hsC
thO- ooSn the gaUn,ist by the execution of Asry
Ulcen Ct Scots Such vas England IL l5sO-hsrdly
second rate Power-and apparently oversh, lowed by
the spleu'id empire Of Philip. With al this il IiOri'y
bowtvr England by the irnDess ani prudenc- of FL.
beth God k-r ~ ister@,Was s5le 10 support md
isfehelion, and encourage the HagusRots Of anGe.
h-SSe'Sord, + gland, snsn as IL ther ~fs, stood tb
firm ard 0Qy beakNe,er sg4at the vast tide of p PEI
power, which had ssen cguBries 10 aeeumulstrg. A.
historical crisis bad come which no. Inferior any
sEes The "a Of be Roman Empire Let Us imacire 10,
'cns rnc1ner, Puip Of Span-~h his pap,i allegiance
ks6iyine rgh! OF Kir IS ard Ii holy Irqusition-ove
bIOying aud fishing the institutions of spsis aut
acne over Europe What would Europe or Americ
have beeli This crisis inevitable, too on other
grounds. England, issnd in the ocean, WA area'J
beginning lis COmme'ei career since so grand in IL,
rcsuhs Splin on the other hand, held immense cal
riss 10 every reeton-ooloBi 10 viii she owed be,
~ IN, I'D ~ -
Gvitably deprived should Engand France or any Euro
pean usticn beeemes superior naval power The qua.
lion must nov be settled.
wsen this historical crisis had come, eliminated in
What the Spsnisrds caed their Invincble Armadaany
thing but invinciha IN point of fact We need not re-
count either h, 5staib the events of tbs remsrksbl
expedition. Mr. Motley has tec uay dispelled two or
three popular errors which should be noticed It ha,
been popularity bell we'd that the Armada destroyed
sy the great storm fl the 0skneys This is, in sub
staree, an error. The Armada in fact severely
Up and driven CT BY the English a,et under Howard
Bingham. in which served the greatest Of the
aye-Drake Trobeser and others. In truth, the Ar
madA failure, from Inherent fleets in the PLAN
Il intended to take the Spani-h army under Pfma
in eOnvov, but Parma shu, up BY the Du Oh atet
The Armada up ~ small Ensl al vessels whose
poxsr lid As..- G...s~ss -rroviusfce made he who'll
if.ir spleu6d example Of bsnan faulty and finally
terminated by the destructive power Of tie eleu eats
TIE transfsr If power from Spain TO E,gl,nd
gave 10 the latter the command Of the mos; vs'uibl
commerce of the vorll; euabl.d Der 10 co-solida,'
Great Britain; 10 col0oEe North Amencs; to
from France her Dependencies 10 IN RIGA and Asis !;
and during two humid ed ard eighty years sire to scq"i
the most commanding points Ia Europe and Asia thus
giving her the power TO check and control any adverse
u msnts which sht arise IN her way. Il by these
means the overthrow OF Napolsos vas secured, whcl
broke down al combinations and sssyed the empire o.
Inda. TIE gigantic nd semi-barbarous douinioo o.
Ru ga s not 10 hr path, ard probably viii never b..
10 ih,ier spectve dependencies should come 10 cor
Actin Northern Asa T aute, ~hch dlrnt five hun
GRID years had bstp TIE eBtmy o. England has, und
the .Dynasty come her fr END, at as sol
% ~ &C, in cooperation opop ain great Ines Tti
fact r,m,is vet In son 70 poets strrirus. Buttfc
events OF he last three or four years have gradual
dip, I'D mech Of ne mystery, aud .hsd broad Reh
On zone dsrs pa. OF biscty TIE defeat Of Pbip
Of Spain, the asl Of the Hcue Of Lerclfe and dc
ri.e of Eiga snl Holland uere not COT 6aed in III y
eFr9 70 the inn dine parties 70 the controvrsy.
t,ey enabled Bnglandto fuad the c1iones Of Amoren
ON one har5 and acquire the dom MON Of dii ,hs
ohCr % To- Ptocaced their sow but sure ih'eaces'f
4 bbsr aug toe mir Esr9pe Fsapcc fc't hu4t Q"
Eea the Ievccs ion Of the edet Of nts.; zhe iont
,agn az The Bod, boifs tne tremendous VAS 'ssins
: r-slsnd and G5rnsny aud The sIre for sli did no
wols pu,.bacs the i,ao Gins. curep; ct free ideas
sLfe ne engineer who Iets Seehsrp'n the safety vsly
: be Borr yons shut dorn tt,se oiisions IS long .
tn could. Atlergih the asfI volcano OF the Frcncl
r - G..
smsd tie good with the evil but at length fortified tn
neld. The consequence Of this reveluion-no matte