Butte record., 1854-11-04
ESPARTERO.


ular tunuit has once mnre driited into
poweIs, was bis horn IN the year 1898
He is, therefore, >ixty-twp years of age.
When lad, he US destined for the &c
cle~iastlcal profession, for which f.e-
bl constitution. anl nneciioas able t.
+ rw.-id hi inter. >tS in The Church, fit
Ied hlm, more than any remar kahe ten.
denny piety. His f. lends arse said t..
have been much mems ID at his fus /
to fake the cowl. Ills Youth w4s pass d
ami 81 scenes Of military excitement in
hi' native nd, aud in 1903, he jo,ued
th' Spanish army - f-h; asaias: IL
+. noh obi .i-,iLg sojA .f cf. niniss-
ia. bis ne resigned n .Sll, but
emb rkcd, md General N 10. a. J.
Captain in ih Spaai h army, !o- South
Am rlca. in 1915 where he continue
anfl the coaip etc failure IF the war
against 'he r vol'cd provinces. Ii
thea returned, in 1924, t SPAN, VIII
he wa ma e Br'g ri General. We
do not know bat his bravery was ever
d nhted; but the history IF this priv te
life dnriug the nin4 years of his 'bscnce
from hone, IS said 10 have been moi
lnan discreditabe.
His next appearance on til" public
stage was III favor c Christina, the pres
ent Queen Mother, who will prfhap,
shortly be tried for her crimes under his
government. On til. death OF Z rdinand
VII. his brother Don Ca. los claimed the
throne, IN virtue of the Sa'que law,
which rxcl1 les males from the -uccess
ion 10 the thionr. Isabella, however.
the d ush'er Of L rdinand, was msin-
tanned by her mother to be the trte
Qesen Of Spain, on the ground that The
Bourbon ynaSty on tie Spanish hrone
Was boand only b, Spanish, not French
awS and cu,lpn-. and th It the Sliqua
law app IT ind xc usi ly 20 Fr,nc =
and not to Spain. Esprt so 81 ell with
Chr tina, VII was de @ en- r :
ge /, sepelled I'll .nsurgent Carlists rom
Mad ID n 1896, dnd was eatcd Com
nrander-in-Cni If the forces of The
North, d Ficero. Of Navarr,.
Aid q iloa' abroad, " ith p 'pnlar ell
ing an justice il his iavor, he was ahl,.
10 render much scrsic against the bad
~ but bravely led Carists, and, in 1887,
pert 'rm d his great feat OF dry ng them
over the Eb.o. In 1899, he was csea-
ted IA Grandea Of the Ii st Class, and
received til title of Duke Of Viioria
D - Car os left Span. and in lS40 Es-
partero crushed the ren ins f the Ca4-
isl factun Il der Cabrera. In conse-
qnence Of tie persistence Of Oh isti
N passing law circ mserib pg he lib
critics # III Spanish mlnicip lit,es. an
in-arr ction hrok ont W irh obl eed
her to alb icat-, in NJ V, lo4I, Es-
parlern was pos iained by the Cortes,
Re.,nl of Spa
The plots ag INST his authority are
well known Fspartrio wa, ouring his
regency, The eutire and unprincipled
tool ii tn English government. and, as
such. lost the confidence ots the people
AMI the spect Of the npbles. Both
O'D nnell aud Concha, with whom he is
now al led, cousplred against him. Fl
nallY. in 1913, Farva z succeed d in
drlvins h m from Spain. His power
and i. fnence had SO entirely ceas,d,
that his ab>cEre was scarcely noticed
and his return ,uneAr,d for and un cit.
He SCI Md to have sunk into contempt.
\ new and unexpec ed turn of fortune
hls, ho" ever, br usht him ono more
upon the & id f action, and he has re-
turned to Madrid "a the head of a new
Mn stey, an champion of the Constitu
lion Of 1887, which he form rlv suppnr-
d.-N Y Journal Of Commerce.