Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-10
SPAIN.

The affairs Of this unhappy country are still
unsettled and likely to remain go The Duke Of
Genoa is losing ground daily as candidate for
the imperial authority The armed republican
instruction is suppressed by the iron hand Of
the provisional government but the principles Of
the republican party are stronger than before they
were baptized in the blood of their advocates
While the laws Of history, the ideas Of the rcyo-
luton, and the inexorabo movement Of the go
cial undertow call fora government Of the people
by the people, certain irresponsible parties and in
dviduals conspire TO thwart the tendencies Of the
popular mind and establish permanent and he
reditary government, that shall be denial Of the
idea Of popular sovereignty. This conflict Of old
and new ideas, Of the principle Of monarchy with
the principle Of popular government, has pro-
duced an agitation 50 profound and universal that
it threatens to shake the country to pieces.
Neither party is yet strong enough to enthronc
It's own principles. When the throne OF the
Bourbon fell the nation hoped that the throne
itself had iallen-that the divine right and tradi-
ton Of kings had fallen, and thata new right
had been founded, the sovereignty Of The people
But the leaders of the army who now control the
government are striving to prevent the accom-
plishment Of this idea. They are monarchi-t- at
/ heart, but unable and unwilling to agree upon O
monarch. The possession of power is too intoy-
icating cup for them easily 90 relnqush. The
clergy work under cover with thc ubcttor- OF the
nations reinstatement and it is not little sim
| gular that revolution in favor of popular, re-
/ lgous and civil freedom, should result in the
massacre Of its most ardent friends. The course
Of those who control the government seems mark
ed by the most marvellous iatuty. All the ag-
tatious which now affect Spain are ia consequence
of their policy 10 they could learn the alphabet
of civil liberty they might be the greatest bene-
factors Of their country. II they could forget
their own power and glory and work for the good
of the people, they might facilitate republican
government ia Spain and redeem an empire 10
truth and honor and prosperity, which ha, been
cursed by % Philip the Second and tie Duke Of
Ayn. But it is the misfortune of the countries of
Europe that among the leaders OF the reactionary
party they can find not q single George Washing
ton, who refused the crown and forgot bis own
selfish glory in bis devotion to republican liberty
and the welfare Of all the people Even Kos-ud
surrendered hls integrity, and Garibaldi gave the
crown Of Naples and Italy to Victor Emmanuel.
And what could be expected OF Prim and Scruno!
The stream will not rise higher than the fountain.
They cannot, will not be inconsistent with their
idea. And SO the country will have no rest til
the last ycstge of the absolute and dospotc idea-
IS obliteatel. Ii they vote a king, if they decree
the annulling of individual rights, declare arbi-
trry rules. the annibilation Of human person
ality, the restoration Of intolerance and bigotry
and the reinstatement Of Cuba amid such hor
rJrs Of blood and cruelty as are scarce equalled
ia the annals Of the world crimes they will sim
ply have voted another Revolution And the next
revolution will be attended with the same result.
to the opponents q this that they have inflicted
upon its friends Prim and Serrano would &c
well 10 remember the wisdom that came from Oh,
clown in the comedy of the Twelfth Night, " TIL,
vhirligig Of Time brings in his rcyenges." The,
still adhere 70 the doctrines and ideas that Law,
made Spain the srorn Of the nations, the prey o
the French, the battlefield Of Europe, and in he
faded and antique grandeur, her decayed ctie
and her desolate streets, they cannot read the le,
SONS Of the Nemesis, whose scourge they aglii
invoke on their own land and on their own heads
The blood of the Republicans at Sango-,a an,
Montealongue is upon them.
-" And ifnow,
Their blood must Tor tho blood there she'd atone,
lrfhcg must die for thoss that died. TOO drnrlv