The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-22
HE SPANISH Throne.

other In quick succession is Impossible In the
time and space at our command. The foreign re-
latons of the country were not less unfortunate.
Several important measures were ventured upon
from time to time all resulting in disaster and
disgrace. Spain engaged In a war with Mo-
rocco, which terminated ingloriously; she took
advantage of the treachery of Santana, and
sought by invasion to recover the ancient Span
ish colony of San Domingo but only to be
thwarted in her designs; she became party,
with England and France, TO the disgraceful
assault upon the Mexican Republic, but finding
it was merely a scheme for the glorifcation OF
Napoleon ILL., abandoned 1t; and she devoted
several years to an attempt at coercing the re-
publics of Chill and Peru, without achieving
anything but ignomnious failure. Disaster
abroad and disorder at home were the sole
fruits of the Bourbon policy and they at last
eliminated in
The Revolution of septenber, 1865.
For several years previous the Moderados, or
Conservatives, had been in almost undisputed
power the Democrats and Progressists taking
no part in the elections and attempting to
assert their rights as Spaniards only by futile
insurrection, usually with Marshal Prim at their
head. In July, 1866, Marshal Narvaez, after
having been at the head of affairs frequently,
again came into power as President of the Coun-
Gil and Minister of War, retaining those posi-
tions until his death, which occurred on the
23d of April 1868. The rule of Isabella had at
last passed all limits of forbearance and when
the Duchess of Montpenser, her sister, visited
her early in 1868 to demonstrate against a course
which rendered her fall inevitable, she was
received with coldness and dismissed with q
rebuke. The death of Narvaez caused the resig-
nation of the entire Ministry, and the accession
of a new Cabinet, with Gonzales Bravo at its
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hostility to Isabella, but he cast this hostility
aside, and there was no change whatever in the
policy of the Government. Under his sway
crisis was soon reached, and the nation united
to rid itself of a tyranny which had become as
unbeara5le as it was despicable.
In July the situation became grave The
Government claimed to have possession of evil
dence that the three great sections of the
Liberal opposition-the "Liberal Union" of
which the late Marshal O'Donneli had been the
chief; the "Progressists," to which Espartero,
Prim, OloZaga, and Madoz belonged aud the
Democrats, in whose ranks were embraced
large Republican element-had united in a more
extensive revolutionary scheme than any which
had preceded it during the reign of Isabella.
On the 7th of June Marshal serrano, General
Dulce, and five other prominent soldiers were
arrested and thrown into prison. At the same
time the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier-
the latter being sister of the Queen-wsre re-
quested to leave the country, as they were sus-
pected of being implicated in the alleged con-
spiracy. On their refusal to leave the country,
on the ground that an Infanta of Spain could
receive orders only from the sovereign direct
Isabella herself signed the decree for their
banishment. All the generals belonging to the
''Iiberal Union" were then exiled, and the
thorough harmony of all the opposition ee-
officials, among them the Captain Generals of
Madrid and Barcelona, resigned; spasmodc in
surrections, which were easily suppressed, oc-
Cured in Barcelona, Valencia and Saragossa,
and preparations for general uprising throu yh-
out the provinces were made.
The expected revolution finally inaugu-
rated on the nth Of September, with an insur-
rectionary movement at CadiZ. Admiral Topete
the commander of the naval forces off that
place, Immediately declared in favor of the
rising, and it assumed at once formidable pro-
portions. Pronunciamentos were made in almost
every province within few days; local and pro-
visional juntas were everywhere formed, to
assume the control of affairs; and all the gen.
erals recently exiled, as well as General Prim,
who had been in exile since his abortive at
tempts at raising Instructions in 1866 and 1867,
returned to Spain, to place themselves at the
head of the new movement. Both Serrano and
Prim reached Cadiz early as the 10th of Sep
tember and by general consent were acknowl-
edged as the leaders of the revolution.
The city of Santander fell into the hands of
the insurgents on September 21st, but was recap
tured by the loyal troops on the oath, several
citizens of the town who were found with arms
in their hands after its reoccupstion being tried
by court-msrtial and Immediately shot. On
September 2Sth furious encounter took place
as Alcolea, near Cordova, in Andalusia between
the insurgents under Serrano and the Queens
troops under the Marquis de Novalichez, result
ing in the complete defeat of the latter. Sara
gossa and the whole OF the province of Anda-
lusia Immediately rose in revolt, while in Madrid
the soldiers refused to fight for the Queen any
longer, but made common cause with the citi.
zens who declared in favor of the revolution
General Concha, the commander at Madrid, al
once resigned, and provisional junta, consist.
ing of IA Progressists, 0 Liberal Unionists, and
Democrats, was established to carry on the
Government There was no further resistance
to the triumphant march OF Serrano toward:
the capital and on the Sd of October he entered
Madrid at the head of his troops being received
with grand outburst of enthusiasm. Equally
enthusiastic was the reception accorded Gen
Prim at Madrid on the 7th of October, the
whole population turning out and the CROWD
being SO great that several men and women
were crushed to death in front of General Priml
residence. The Spanish nation was fully
aroused at last, and the work of the revolution
was complete in less than three weeks.