The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-09

stios upon the eountFy Of . compulsory loan Of
10000, 000. rsaIs, obliged Isabels TO- charge
Esparssro with the formation OF announcer cSoi
net. of Which he was sppoiote1cn'ei; but
this Liberal governn ent vas o.nrSSc' E.
of the preyious insurrection. vho mad turn.
ed HE coat, Was appointed pine minister q
Q eovernment more illiberat man mat wn'ca
be and his companions had declared Against
: subeeo revolt, during which the entire king
dom had been declared In state OF seige.. Mar
vaez .came In" and still more iiiioersl legs
Jafiou came in with him. The sale OF the church
property was Inhibited ana ,ns sas q
became. and has continued to be, the warmsst
supporter OF the temporal power OF the pope.
Neither the wars, civil and foreign, which have
slbce sgitated the country: nor tne frequent
70, ced to make have shaken her resolution In that
respect Her period Of bigotry Gated distinctly
from that time.
I.sbeIla's elieion, however. seems to have had
little influence upon her morals. She did not re.
ceiye from Der mother sober temperament. and
a. her worthless husband is supposed to have been
long affected with an embarrassing in6rmity. her
alleged intrigue and RIGHTEOUSNESS are not SO SUR
prisiDg.
Il Is very likely that, II the present revolution is
consum mated. the historian who shall examine the
reign of the last Bourbon by the light OF its sequel
will declare that II has been rather blessing than
a curse to The Spanish people. tyrant like this
or rather an imbecile in power who was liable 70
be prevailed upon or compelled at any time to In
trust the misuse of her royal privileges TO ADLER
and crueler hands than her own-was the worst
and most irritating thorn that could have aiiicted
nation. Her reign has so abounded IN changes
and blunders that Spain has had scarcely year 8
peace. II has been so expensive that 1t has bank
rupted the treasury so unsystematic and IMPROVE
dent that The internal business affairs and foreign
commerce OF the realm hsvo steadily decnneu OF
- tad md m
lent that vast numbers Of the population have felt
themselves oppressed and impoverished, and been
continually stirred mp by revolutionary appeals
and movements to Frightening comprehension
Of the cause of their affections. The licentious.
ness of the queen too has rather disguised por-
ton of the people.
This constant worry and the very impeachable
reputation of the queen we're precisely the things
| needed TO arouse the slothful temper Of such q
people to the pitch of real, necessary re voiuuon'
rhe repeated cry of " Liberty" though II is ut
tered by the lips OF demsgogues. has its effect in
| time even upon the parcotized sensibilities OF
| race so blindly "loyal" to the crown and church
| ss the Spanish race has been. Its instructions
| and revolts hitherto have been merely spssmodic
! like the sudden spring OF snake when 1t Il
pricbed. Like the snake. having darted once o.
| its enemy. IL has always relapsed into its normal
torpor. Ii now remains to be seen whetcer III
| letbsrgy Is shaken od Ia earnest. whether wna'
Buckle calls s. that huge and inert spain, proud o.
| everything of which she ought to be ashamed
proud Of the antiquity of her opinions; proud o
her orthodoxy; proud of the strength OF her faith
proud of her unreasonable and childish credulity
proud Of her unwillineness to amend either he
| creed or her customs; proud of her hatred o
heretics, and proud Of the undying vigilance will
which she has bafled their efforts to obtain q ful
arc legsl establishment on her soil, " has arlseI
to shake off forever the incubus OF an effet
dynasty and church system, and organize hersel
into q coherent, progressive nationality. A lonl
time must elspse, in any case, before such trans
formation is fully effected.