Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-16

cans may be united in support of gov
ernment which, like that of England,
shall embrace many Of the virtues and
avoid many of the follies aud oppres-
sions common to both systems. But
whether the royal purple shall be dis
cardcd or retained, the present may be
taken as the commencement Of new
era in the history of that memorable
Empire which in the past has reflected
upon the world every shade Of influence
and character, from glory to shame,
from refinement and culture to bigotry
and ignorance, from the broadest Cath.
olicity to the most depraved aud bloody
intolerance, and from the discovery and
conquest of the Western world to the
imbecility which has rendered the court
of its present fugitive Queen the mock
ing and the scorn of Europe To follow
the thread of Spanish history back un.
covers alike some OF the brightest aud
many of the bloodiest pages Of Time
1t leads US to that period not far back
in the mist of ages, when her monarchs
had developed for her power which
made her the terror Of land and sea, aud
which was finally broken only on the
rock Of her own excess. She bears the
opprobrium of that cruel record which
Philip H., in his folly and power wrote
On the low plains of Holland which
brought before the eyes of men the
gifted lineage Of the house of Orange,
aud ended by breaking open the iron
doors of the bloodiest. inqiusition in the
history of man. While it was her des.
tiny to shock mankind by her terrible
prosecutions it was her chief glory to
have produced that polished and re-
fined Court at which Columbus knelt
both before and after his discovery of
the new world. The conquest of Next
co aud Peru by the forces of the Span
ish Empire have perhaps added but lit.
tie to the fame of the eon9uerors or tC
the welfare Of the vanquished but the
result of these wars has left on perpetu-
al record the folly and stupidity of at.
tempting to carry the Gospel of Peace
by military force among a people who
may be opposed to it, The vindication
of time points to the result of faith lef
TO the voluntary work of the ministry
in the northern Hemisphere as con
trasteG with the vast and fertile fields of
South America where the votaries O.
| Spain have so often baptized the eros:
in the blood of the heather. In multi
plying the number of her couquests il
the new world she lost her hold of pow
er and Influence in the old To-day
nor yesterday neither the new nor the
old governments have or had the powei
to hold the Island of Cuba except by
the protective jealousy Of the more pow
erful nations who desire it. Whereve
her conquering banner has gone tn,
seeds Of instability have been sown
The gorgeous ruins of the Aztec EN-
pire still exalt the name of that semi-
civilization which was displaced b.
Spanish cupidity The splendor anC
riches of the lncas of Peru have beer
woven into the impcrshable woof o
song, but the rule of the Castilian ha
left no monument of greatness or glory
in its stead. 1t would seem that thi
race of people has long since reached it
elimination and that the grand apoca
lyptic changes which are 10 revolution
ize the world and herald the mIllenni
um must be left to that mightier peopl
the glo.Sazon race.