The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-10-07
.spAIs-HER PRESENT CONDITION AND
cLOHleUs PAST.

cLOHleCs PAST.
The prominent position accorded to Es-
,par,ero in the pressst Spanish insurrection
gives il . digaity which Il does not derive
i, ON The name d General Prim. who has 40
ssel, political or military record. and who
does not commaDd the confidence of the in
teIIige0t middle classes Of Spain. General
Espsrtsso is now sevssty. six yeats old. and
10 what 10 called in orr county - sell.
made man. ,'ibeiug the son Of . uheelwright.
aud enlisting as common soldier in the
amy in 1908. lie afterwards went to .
miIitary sehvol. and passed through the va
sioas grades Of NE service to the highest
rank. Ne has been the original end most
stsadfass champion that Queen Isabella ever
had, and the sway Of absolutism must have
.bscome intolerabie which alienated such .
friend and arsayed him against her govern
msnt. II il. not. however. true. ss seems
TO be assumed by some d the press. that
Espartero Is Z republican, HIS regency
vas distinguished BY his oppnsitloa to the
extremes Of that party. thssgh there 10 no
d.ub, oi his moderate liberal tendencies.
Whilst il 10 still difiicslt to ascertain
what may be Tie designs si the present IN.
suneetioasry movement - spain, there IS
no country Of Esrope whose national cha.
rscter combines more Of the qualities whish
are requisite Tor che success Of free coRsti-
tatiousi government. The intelligence and
culture OF her leading and upper middle
classes, .he pride aud dignity Of persoaal
character, exalted courage. and stera, un-
yislding perseverance,, common 20 the whols
nation, give hopeful sugary Of her fstsre.
The past history of Spas is IN attes,atien
sf the sterling virtues of her people. which,
however she may be depressed for Che pres.
snt. iavests with spsssai inisrest every
Struggle she mskes fbr liberal and naterel
progress. Can Eagland itself show such :
seeord Of vitality Of race. and ot stubborn
and eventually successful resistance to 10.
reign invasion ~ Spais can slhbitf Fa'
iron il. England vas ssccessisely ever
ran BIZ Danes, SaIons. Noraonsi but Spais
invaded by the Moors in al. dsspelled o
her finest PROVINCES. her people compelled
10 6nd 4 refuge In the nsantains oi che A.
suriss. end her fsEiiive shiefs holding |
council in cavern, kept up var u resls
lance sith but little iatermission nll 1899
Yse annals si history nay be searched u
vain tor q contest - lsng. n bitter and IN
voivlng 90 many antsgonistie elements o
race. rcligiun. .temperansnt snd interest
Ror seven hundred snd eighty one year
thelspanish nation struggled 10 throw vi th'
Moorish yoke. . grand eonsunn.'ie'
shieh vas accomplished 10 that nagnihcsr
reign oi Ferdinand and Isabslls. fssplsn
dent With the g,osiss oftwo hsnsphsrss.
sesreely had spain emerged from tai
ioag night Of eentaries. sPringing. hls tn
tropical suh, suddenly and fall.orbsd ifon
the dsrkness. when she, who bad Tor 90 son
period been eenvulsel in . ists aud deaf
struggle for her ssn existence, gave birth
ihresgh the ealighiensd patronage OF ne
court 10 Christopher Columbus. 10 as'
world. The name Of her great captains
De Leon and De Cordovs. cod OF her illus
ttious statesmen. Mendoza and 1insnsi
s,s indissolubly linked with that briIlian
psriod Of her history, and gave the ispstu
. 10 that caresrof greatnsss which made he
for Two centuries the frsi csustry Of Es
rope. Notwithstanding ne ssbseqsent u,
cline of spain 10 material strength. hss ID
sorreeiion against French rule in 1901
d. when half . million Of lconbalssts WAysd
fs,ee guerilla vsrfsr for lovr years sssinl
ihs psurpsrs. aud ,lias,r,ied their hsroisl
sy The innorisl deienss of ssragossa, q,
roma. csdIz, Tsuogoua aud vsleneis. d
nvnslrsted that the lofty courage and u
fsIibls purpose of the Spanish nsturs he
ssrvived the dscsdencs Of its spolitieal pc~
u. With q nationsi character that h,
nssh VI the grave austerity, pride and PEI
severance Of the Romans, modified IN som
degree By the paclhs aud practical tsndeI
eiss .of the sge, with one Of the finest ci
mates and most fruitful countries In El
rape, and consequent physical develoI
.spt no. surpassed BY any race % che COZ