The national Republican., 1867-09-13
REVOLUTIONS.

REVOLUTIONS.
Popular revolutions seem to be the order
Of the day. Some Of these revolutionists
look for great changes in governments
and policies through popular outbreaks
and by the force Of arms. They expect TO
achieve the liberties Of the people through
blood. Such q revolution now portends
in Spain under the lead and direction Of
General PRIx, and this able soldier sp-
pears to be making some headway. He
evidently has many Of the people with
him. The present uprising in that coun-
try against the reign Of ISABELLA is not
without cause. If ever people were JUS
tilted in throwing of the yoke Of reign
ing monarch by any means which came to
hand, certainly the people Of down-trodden
Spain have good excuse to wade to lib
erty through seas Of blood. There was
never country misruled more wretchedly
than is Spain at this moment. A viler
character, whether as man or woman,
never sat on throne than is this same
ISABELLA. A people must be degraded
indeed that can quietly and patiently en-
dure q despotism welded by such per-
sonage.
isabella is o scion Of the Bourbon
family, whose destiny under Providence
as q ruling house is fast fading away.
II the indications and the signs OF the
tunes teach any lesson, il is this: that the
branches Of this household are fated to die
out, and to be despoiled Of all kingly DOM
ination and power. They have had their
day, and must henceforth decrease and
grow beautifully less-so to speak-till
the last vestige Of their power be swept
from the earth.
The only question now is, will General
PRIN succeed; and IL so, what will be the
measure Of his success? II he drives this
corrupt Empress from the throne Of Spain,
what gain will it be to that degraded peo-
pie? Are they capable Of free govern
ment? If not, may they not exchange
one despot for another, and by shaking
of the rule Of king log, expose themselves
to be gobbled up by king stork?
We know that it is very easy TO ask
these questions, and we know also that
they are pertinent when considered in the
light Of existing facts, and viewed in con-
nection with the moral, intellectual, and
debased situation Of the Spanish nation.
II the schoolmaster had been abroad
there, II there had been free schools for
the masses, or, indeed, any schools at all ;
and this benefit had existed for gen.
erations, the people might be prepared
for free government As it is, we
doubt whether the threatened revolu-
ton, il successful, would confer much
benefit Still it is well to try; beginning
must be made. We cannot feel inspired
with any very sanguine hopes for the i'm.
mediate emancipation Of these people from
crushing despotism to the privileges Of
rational liberty and free government, when
we have the historical fact staring us in
the face that all the revolutions and all
the efforts put forth by the Celtic Latin
races, in modern times, have been in most
all instances wretched failures. The Mexi-
can people, which is an oifshoot Of this
race, have tried their hand at It, and for
more than forty years have been laboring
to establish republic, and the consum
nation Of this undertaking there is still
problematical at least the success of free
government even now in Mexico tremblei
in the balance. The experiment has beer
tried elsewhere on this continent by The
representatives Of this race and to-day
there is no well-grounded evidence Of the
assured success Of these people in theil
efforts for free government.
We do not say these things because we
do not heartily approve Of every struggle
which down-trodden and oppressed pee
pie make to secure their liberty, civil and
religious. Our sympathies are with them
and our hope is that il they achieve theiI
liberties they may have the intelligence to
conserve them.