New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-12
SPAIN AND WOMANS RIGHTS.

some fact. il contains, well worthy of notice,
though we beg our readers to remark that We do
not ipdorse many of the sentiments which it ex-
presses.
"You will perhaps remember ouf conversation the
other night and the peryerse manner in which you
maintained the most pTeposterous opinions respecting
what il IL now the fashion among some wrong-hea1ed
females to call the Rights OF Women. | am FUZZY
aware that all you taid is not that which you really
think but that you put it forth merely for argument
sake.
"The women, say you, do not occupy the position
they should among men. You deny their inhdence
on the world at lsrge-mark that do lot say that
you deny their influence in society, which is, with all
due Difference to the exqui.ites, very small portion
Of the human family. Now maintain that the intu-
ence of woman paramount in the world for GOOD or
for evil not only in the affairs OF private individuals,
but also in The affairs Of nations and that ~ mission
Of woman, If rightly understood By her. is tho first
element Of progress toward state OF moral and in
teeotuil perfection in man-for on the standard of
worth in the female mind and heart does man,
worrhiper at her shrine, model himself. We see
this truth clearly in the councils OF nations who are,
for their happiness or for their woe, governed by
lady-especialy when the lady-soveregn has more
than constitutional voice in those councils. Look at
Spain.
"In private life, mothers frequently compel their
daughters into unsuitable marriages, and at the worst
the evil which may result from such, too often cruel
eompulsion 10 confined to the more or less narrow
limits Of family and the family connections. In pri-
vate life, also there is a restraint in tho acknowl
edged rules Of OH exactng and unchartable society
which hens in the dc sires and passions Of its ndyd
ual members, and forces them into propriety;' bat
this restraint does not exist in higher sphere and
where 10, l ask you, the man or woman who would
not bow low at the gracious smile of the sovereign
who were she born in less exalted position, would
find every door closed sganst her and every face
averted. ! hear you mutter between your teeth tho
words public opinion, and admit its influence but
not preventive in the Of the restraint placed
by society on its members. Public opinion though
power which moves nations, and Ike the subterta-
neous thunders which preccdo the heavings Of an
earthquake, gives notice Of impending social convul
sions Public opinion lacks strength to reach and
strike terror into the female heart which occupies
throne, when that heart at frs, and generous,
has been sacrificed lie cold and harsh resolves Of
'uHe roiSon dEtdt.
The female heart which throbs in the gentle
bosom of simple girl il c,ndenned to mate with
nlhu uhftrs lcotihi anu wv VAsNH ASA 'NSeA''A
casts gloom over the circle of her friends sDl
blush upon the brows Of her family then the little
world around her talk and spatter the spite Of
charitable and unforgvng virtue upon her fair fame
and spoil it, forgetting the it prides itself It's
christianity in the pleasure of oondemning the sdTr
able words Of a forgiving God
lie that without sin among let him hrsi cast stone
at her,
until some other wreck the Of life diyerts lite
attention TO other misforunes; and there the evil
rests.
But the female heart which beats in the proud
bosom Of queen, when crushed under the whitening
mandates Of State polioy-when such heart rebels
against her oppressorsit is no more upon the brow
Of few citizens that she brings the crimson hues Of
shame-it is upon the sorowing faces of whole
naton-it is q whole nation that avert their faces
the bond Of unity which held together the state fabric
il broken-the wicked and the corrupt crowd around
the throne-the circumstances Of an injured people
are ubheard-the thunder clouds of approaching
events gather thick and lowering in the political hor
izonit breaks and the throne shaken to its very
foundations and for the truth OF my picture look at
Spain.
IL happened to be in Spain at the epochs Of the
roys marriages and gathered some facts concerning
them which will interest you.
"You remember the famous conferences at En-,
between Great Britains queen and the King Of the
French In those conferences the Spanish marriages
were thoroughly discussed and the princesses dis
posed of according TO political eIigencencos- II
vas agreed between tie two sovereigns, "a you
know ths, the hand of he Spanish queen shonld not
be given to French prince nor to prince allied 10
the royal family Of England and that tie alliance
of French prince with the nfants should take place
in the event only OF the queen having children.
"You reoollect also that three were the COMPETE
tors 10 tie hand Of Isabel l.: Don Enrique the
younger con Of Don Francisco dc Paula, the Queens
uncle; Don Francisco de ASS, the present King,
and eldest son Of the Don Francisco De PaulsD
and Prince Of the House of Coburg for ct that time
Count Trapsnys suit had been completely discarded,
much TO the Queen regret, for she had been some
what smtten by his portrait, secretly but uiudi-,
cloudy sent by the King of Nspks, Though the
French Embassy by the hatred of the Spanish ma
ton, aroused by French intrigues. The Qaeen
Mother, Dobs Christina, preferred COburg because
she hated and feared Don Enrique, for whom the
Young Queen is said to have had liking on sccoun,
of his having unwittxgly placed himself by m.ai-
festo at the head Of the ProgresAts party
England oountenAboei the hopes of Don Enriqne,
for re same motive OF his liberal tendencies which
rendered him 50 odious to the Qseen Mother And
France ftrrtbered by every means in hsr power the
pretensiobs OF Don Francisco de ASS, because she
intended, as events have proved, to hurry the
ha.woan The Infs and. . E-eneh prsroa