Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-01
RECONSTRUCTIONIN SPAIN.

Inc revolution IN Spain, according to the
lat'st cable dispatches, seems to have tri-
umphed. The Queen's troops have been d.
ifaied.her Marshal, PaiVa. wounded, the Con-
Cnas nave declared for the revolution, Madrid
Is IN Possession Of the revolutionists, the
Queen statue Ms been dragged IN disgrace
through the streets, her arms removed from
the public buildings. and she i a fugitive on
French soil. SO absolute n change in the Gov
eminent Of a great country has rarely been
achieved. and The rapidtN with which il has
been brought about shows how gem
eraI ard deep was the feeling agInst
the Queens Government. That the revO-
luICLIsts VIII sUcceed IN getting rid of
Isabella, seems to be sure. What then
i he problem of reconstruction presented to the
successful leaders OF the revolt, is even more
difficult of solution than ours on this side of
the Atlantic. We have the old landmarks lett
they have TO create q government, the mon
arChy being in runs. The lovers OF progress
and free government will look with anxiety
TO the next movements OF the revoIutiOnists
Spain may not be prepared for Republican
ism, but it is expected that she will have at
least constitutional government, under
limited monarchy, which will be a great ad-
vance from the tyranny of the Bourbons. A
provisional government has been formed and
80 far good order Is preserved. In Madrid the
citizens fraternized with the army, and build
lngs Were illuminated in honor of the success
of the revolution.
The revolutioninsts, according to their own
proclamatiOns, demand a convocation of the
Constitutional Cortez through universal suff-
rage, and new order OF things, based upon
liberty, right, and justice. They want an abo-
htiOn of the odicus octroi dues levied upon the
necessities of life, and Of the unnecessary con-
presses the life out Of productive industry. The
road, they say, must be cleared by the tolera-
ton Of all religious opinion, the extinction of
abuses, and by respecting rights legitimataly
acquired With this there was not long since
an idea Of consolidating the kingdoms of Spain
and Portugal into a new and more powerful
state, as the kingdom or republic OF Iberia
The mention OF Cuba in one OF the proclama-
lions OF the Revolutionary Junta makes it r.
tlnent TO make the remark, that it is an inter-
esting matter for the United States to consider
what influence this revolt may have upon the
destiny of that important Island. Europeans
are more exercised 10 know what effect the
revolution will have upon their own govern.
ments, and the most interesting question ap-
pears TO be; What Will Louis Napoleon do about
1t! The Paris correspondent of the London
Tunes, writing on September 18th, of the inter-
view between the Emperor and Queen Isa-
bella, answers that question as follows: .If,
while she and tie Emperor were together to.
day at Biarritz, or tomorrow al ST. Sebastian
news Were 10 come of a revolution al Madrid
and that half Spain was arming and rising
the Emperor, we may be well assured, would
deeply sympathise and condole, and might ex-
press every wish for her Catholic Maesty's
triumph over his enemies; but would not fur
Their that Triumph by the aid of a single bayo-
net, not even though the bait Were held out to
him of halftne Spanish army to garrison Rome
in the event of a Prussian war The Emperor
knows too well what such an offer would be
worth"