The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-07
The Spanish Revoluiion-Its Latest Phase

The situation in Spain still commands
! general attention. All the world has been
watching the revolution in that country. To
| many ii has been the parent of hope; to as
many II has been the parent Of fear For
year and more we have watched and to-day
has been somewhat of fzzle After a
year we find that nothing has been done
beyond what has been done many times and
oft with much promise and no fruit Spain
has got rid Of Isabella, but what else has the
revolution accomplished 2 Has it contented
the population ? Has it improved the
finances? Has it quickened trade Has it
inspired hope? To one and all of these
questions we have but one answer-ssNo, /"
The revolution has done nothing for Spain
IF to some minds this answer is not satisfactory
then we say, ''The revolution has been more
curse than blessing
Let Us look at facts. 1t Is more than year
since we learned that Isabella had fed from
Spain and that the liberal party were masters
Of the situation. An unholy alliance gave
Prim command Of the army and made Serrano
chief OF the State. The two have done
wonderfully well, but they have absolutely
failed to convince the world that the Spanish
people were with the men who drove their
| Queen into exile. What faction have they
| conciated Not one. The Carlisss are as
they were 10 that Of Isabella. The republican
party, headed by such men as Pierrad and
| CASTELAR,, know and confess that they have
been sold. Montpensier gave his gold freely !;
but Montpensier to-day Is more convinced than
any other man that the revolution was sell
The friends of Isabella are more convinced
than ever that she ought to go back and show
herseifin Madrid. Don Carlos still watches and
hopes. Ifanything we're wanted to convince the
world that the present rulers Of Spain are not
equal to the task they have undertaken Cuba
supplies that want. A Caesar, Cromwell OF
Napoleon would have settled the Cuban ques-
ton 10 two months. But the Spanish reyolu
ton has brought to the surface no great man.
The return of the exied Queen to power is, al
the present moment, just as likely as any
i
stronger thing against the men now in power
We cannot more effectually pronounce the
revolution a failure But when we say tina
to-day Spanish finances are in a more deplora
BILE condition than they have been since SPAR
was the richest empire on the face OF th,
globe, that the Spanish people, out Of Madrid
are still asking the question what the revolu
ton meant; that all the factions are gatherin,
strength that the Church is stronger than th
government; that every day brings us fresl
intelligence Of the disaffection of the people
that throughout the length and breadth Of tn
kingdom tomorrow suggests some unknown
horror and that military law il suppiantn
everywhere the rights Of the citizcn--it i
plain enough that the neighboring nation
have given Spain her opportunity, hav
waited long and been kind, and that tb
Spanish people have been found wanting.
What ia the explanation Of all this2 Why
when Great Britain is growing into hghe
liberty aud the people becoming NOR
, aud more sovereign; when Germany