Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-29

The TROUBLE IN SPAIN.-Whle the Span
ish Government has been imprudently en-
broling itself with two South American Rcpub-
lies, an outbreak has occurred at home that
will require all its attention for awhile. About
the beginning Of the year certain regiments OF
the army showed signs of characterization, and
on the 3rd 4 number of them were in open mu-
tiny. The details arc Of but little account or
interest compared with the fact of the out
break itself. Such of the accounts as appear
in the Spanish journals are manlcStly designed
to keep the people in ignorance Of the mlgni-
tude of the revolt, but letters from Spain speak
ofthc discomfort rs very general, and the mu-
tinous spirit rs being spread over wide dis
trict orcountry The insurgents appear to be
strongest on the confines of Portugal. The oS
tenslble purpose of General Prim, who leads
the revolt, is to get rid of the 0'DOnnell Minis
try, but the discomfort OF the people is with
their Queen Although the Government of
Spain is nominally constitutional monarchy,
with u Ministry, Senate aud House OF Deputies,
if amounts in practice to nothing but an eX-
preston of the whims and caprices OF Queen
Isabella, who is person reputcd to be OF mod
crate faculties and Indifferent morals. The
SpaniardS have no respect for their sovereign,
although they passed through bloody war to
secure her throne when she was an infant
They are now looking towards Portugal, where
4 King and Queen of high character occupy the
throne, for successor to Isabella. General
Prim, who heads the insurgents, will be re-
membered rs the Spanish minister who accom-
panied the English, French and Spanish eXpe-
dtion to Mexico in lSGl-2, but who withdrew
the Spanish forces when he found that Louis
Napoleon intended to subvert the Mexican Re
public lie was in the United States in 1862,
visiting the Federal armies, and from the
warmth with which he eSpOuSed the national
cause, left it to be inferred that he held rcvolu-
ton and rebellion in great adherence. TWAS
hardly to be supposed he would so soon be en-
gagged in such work himself. The following is
published as his prommcidmeato. 1t lacks the
revolutionary ring:
"SPANIARDS We have arrived at the ter
rible moment in which revolution is the only re-
source of the nation and the main duty Ofhonor-
able men. | am at the head OF considerable
military forces, and great number of armed
countrymen hasten on all sides to fight under
my orders for the cause OF freedom and our
fathcrand. My banner is the last manifesto of
the ProgreSsSta Central Committee; with it in
my hand | will fight with my wontcd valor
against the government which diShonorS us
abroad and ruins MS at home, to the point of
making us q laughing stock among foreign ma
tiOnS, and bringing us to the verge Of Il shame
ful bankruptcy. SoldierS-whO have already
fought under my ordcrS-you are aware that
have never l0rSaken Won {; and that if you stand
by me in this enterprise | shall know how to
lead you, first showing you the path to victory,
and next remmerating your cndeavOrS =
FellOw-citZcnS, men OF honor aid mo, you
too, to bring 10 u happy end political rcvolu-
ton, which may do away with the necessity of
that social revolution with which we are threat
cncd. SpaniardS hurrah for liberty, for the
programme of the Central ProgrcSSiSta Com
mittec, for the constituent COrtcS
"JUAN PRIN."