Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-11-11
The FalI Of the spenish Throne.

The Fall of the Spanish Throne.
From tile London Times. octoberl.)
The fall of throne, and such a
throne as that of Spain, is an event OF
solemn import. 1t is not difficult to
foresee that it will stand out in future
DAYS As one of the most terrible jUdg-
ments and warnings in history. The
greatness OF the reigning family, the
sex of the reigning sovereign, the
pride, the chivalry which are assOci-
| ated with the name of the Spaniards,
the rast grandeur of the country, its
treVived aspirations and still restless
ambitiOn-all tend to impress the inn
aginatiOn and make the Spanish Rev
tolution the most notable event of the
kind even in this age of political
! change. Since the first fall of the
French Monarchy in 1872, there has
been no revolution so indicative of a
transformation in the popular char
lacter of the nation that has effected
! it,. The fall of Charles X, or of Louis
PHILIPPE, of the Italian Princes, or of
! King Ohio, were events at which We
can feel no surprise: but taking into
consideration the circumstances un-
der which Isabella came to the throne,
the great traditions of her house, and
the hopes which all Spain conceived
of her government, it Is impossible
not to be conscious that the national
heart must have been slowly chilled
and hardened by tyranny before such
retribution could have fallen-on the
royal head.
But of the completeness of the rev.
Olution there can be no longer doubt.
The Queen has actually quilted Spain,
and is now an exile on French terri
tory. 1t may be that from the first
she expected nothing less. Stories
are told OF her desire to return to Ma
drid and face the dangers that menace
her. Sbeis said to have expressed in fa
mfIfarIy ffgurative language her desire
that she was a man. But female at
tire'is in no way Inconsistent with
either political or personal courage,
and year or two ago it would not
have prevented the Queen from pre-
senting herself wherever there was
friend to support or an enemy to ter
rify. The consciousness that her con-
duct had alienated every sympathy of
her people, and that the blind tyranny
of her last minister had turned all the
v
into eonspirators, may have unperved
her at the last moment. With the
prescience Of guilt, she may have felt
that the last hour of her reign had
sounded. Toreturn to Madrid would
be to place herself in the hands of her
enemies. Her navy was gone, and so,
if the worst should come, there would
be no escape by sea, while the loyalty
of the provinces between the capital
and the French frontier could not be
depended upon TO grant her second
retreat. Therefore, she would not
venture from San Sebastian. Even
in her perpleXity or desperation she
seems even TO have conceived the idea
of making stand in one corner of
her kingdom and giving up the rest to
the revolution. Our special cOrrespOn-
dent writes that when the Minister
Concha sent to the Queen informing
her of the unwillingness of Novali-
ches oattack Marshal Serrano' saTmy,
the answer he received was that the
Minister should follow her own plan
of campaign-namely, that all the
loyal troops should be united and con-
centrated in the BasqUes Provinces.
The Queen, or some of her bewildered
advisers may have been induced by a
belief in Basque loyalty to form a fam
tastic design, but that it should have
been seriously ordered by the Queen
indicates q consciousness that the
work of the revolution was already
done throughout the length and
breadth of the land. 1t is easy to con-
eeive that Concha, when he heard of
so wild a plan, came TO the conclusion
that the game was lost, and he seems
to have been wise in his generation,
and TO have avoided at the last, COM
hitting himself to any over-zealous
defense of the royal cause. The TevO-
luton at Madrid found him ready 10
meet the people half way and acqui-
esce in the happy fraternizatiOn OIL
the soldiers with the crowd. The inn
mediate cause of this event, which
has decided the contest, was the re-
ported defeat of the Marquis of No
Yaliches, on the.banks of the Gaudala-
quiver, near COrdOva. Novaliches, il
seems, had telegraphed thatit was inn
possible for him to attack CordOVa, !
inasmuch as the city could not be ta-
ken without shedding streams of
blood. One can not help fancying
that the royal General had a prudent
desire not to distinguish himself as
the too vehement partisan of doubt
full cause. Then it is more than prob |
able that his own soldiers were unwil- |
ling TO fire upon their own country |
men. Ii is said that the action was
insignificant, though other accounts |
represent NOvaliches as wounded. !
Were il not for this last piece of news,
we might almost suppose that the en-
somewhat resembled that !
between Hadii StaYrOs and the Greek !
soldiers sentto capture him, as chrOn- |
icled by VI. About. However, the in !
telligence received at Madrid of the |
defeat of the royal forces, turned that |
seemingly Indifferent population into
insurgents. The people pronounced, |
the troops Joined them, the Minister |
went with the stream, the statues and |
titles of the rejected sovereign We're |
thrown down and defaced, 4 junta was |
formed, and Spain is at the present |
moment de fdctO without sovereign. |
Isabella crossed the frontieryesterday, |
on her way TO Pau, and none can say
whether she will ever set foot again /
on Spanish soil. The claims of her
her sister, her cousins, must |
now be deferred to the will If bad
politicians, or to the suffrages of an
fmpulsive and uninstructed people. |
The "divineu right has seldom had a
more complete overthrow.
1t can not be the wish of any man
of feeling to speak with harshness of
this unfortunate lady. She is fugi-
tive in a country where one of her
own subjects reigns, one whom, a
fortnight ago, she might have met on
equal terms. The Emperor, whom,
but few years since, she thought it |