Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-11-05

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A Madrid letter to the London News says
oThe whole Of this insurectionary move
ment has been under the direction OF rev.
olutionary committee most OF whom
am told, are members Of the Freemasoons
society of which there are no less than
forty-nine- lodges, numbering tweniy-oIe
thousand members, in Madrid and VINO
have, for months past, been drllhng ana
arming the people in preparation lof IliiS
outbreak. SO successful had been theSe
efforts, that the last few days there nave
been in Madrid no less than twenty thou-
sand,men, all armed with muskets OF re-
volvers (the latter the most common
weapon), and ready to act at any mSmehI
against the government Nor was the IN
flnence ofthis Junta, which OF course acted
in combination with General SerIano,
Prinr and the Others confined to the peo-
nle. They lad friends in many OF the pub
lie departments; and every telegram which
was received in Madrid was read by them
as soon as by the President OF the Councli
General Concha. = ,Nf tt a'
INTERVIEW OF THE CHIEFS WITH coNoHA'
"a deputation from Their Douy
waited upon General Concha, alter the VIC
tory at Alcolea and represented to nm
that as it was obvious that further resist
ance ON his part was hopeless, 1t would be
better both for himself and every one else
that he should resign his post and leave
the administration OF affairs Ill Madrid 10
other hands. General Concha replied that
he was so well award OF his lnaDllty 10 con
tinue the government Of the country tlat
he had already sent his resignation 10 lhe
Queen and intimated that he was prepared
to adopt such other measures az ihiBht De
necessary under the circumstances lne
members of, the revolutionary committee
requested that Madrid might be delivered
into the hands of Generals Serrano ana
Pnm, Concha at once assenteh 10 the
adoption of that step, and assured the com
n,ittee that his only object was to prevent
anv collision between the army ana the
peopie. and TO preserve order IN the city
durino the few hours which must elapse
before tbese generals could arrive in Mad
ria The members Of the committee ac-
centsd the declaration as q complete sur
render ON the part Of the general, am
warmly EXPRESSED their satisfaction that the
revolufion in Madrid had been accomplish
edwithout bloodshed
TH.skTer fhe interview between the chiefs
of the revolutionary party and the repre-,
sentatiyes' OF the Queen, events harcheu
rapidly; the knowledge OF the success Vi
the insurgents at Alcolea, spread among
the people, and it was necessary tnat Inose
who had organized the movement IN Mad
rid sbonld take the management OF affairs
into their own hands. After giving the
necessary instructions to prevent any col
lision between the troops and the people,
General Concha and the Minister Of Ma
rine (the only other member of the admin
istration, / believe, took their departure
for San Sebastian, to make the formal res
ipnation of their offices to the Queen, and
left the government OF Madrid to the revo-
lutionary committee and Gen. Ros de
Olano who undertook to answer for the
conduct of the troops
''Io one like myself, who has had no
previous experience OF revolutions, it was
perfectly marvellous to see how easily this
change of authority was effected; indeed,
it had been accomplished in almost all its
details before either | or many other peo-
pie in Madrid knew that it was taking
place While the shopkeepers and occu-
piers. of honses in the Puerta del Sol and
allthe streets tnnning out of that central
square we're hanging colored cloths upon
their balconies and displaying banners
from their windows; while some hundreds,
may indeed say some thousands, Of peo-
pie were expressing their satisfaction at
the triumph of the insurrection by dane
ing abontthe public streets, shouting and
embracing each other, the revolutionary
Junta was quietly but actively engaged in
completing the work which had been COM
penced, and taking measures to ensure the
complete success Of their undertaking.
Without any appearance that such thing
was going on, the Civil Guard was dis
armed and their weapons transferred to
the people, but to members of the people
authorized by the revolutionary committee
to receive them, and responsible to this
organization for the use which they made
of them. -
"Of course in Madrid, as in
all other large towns in Europe, there is
considerable number OF people who be-
long to what in England are called "crim-
inal classes" and unless precautions had
been adopted TO prevent IT. these persons
would, no doubt, have ayailed themselves
Of the brief interregnum between the
cessation Of the royal government, as rep
resented by General Coneha, and the es-
tabhshmentc cf the authority of the Junta,
to, ,.plunder the shops and warehouses OF
Madrid. II was, / apprehend, to intimi-
date and restrain these interesting but in
CONVENIENT specimens of humanity, that
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