The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-04

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Of an eruption. and the perpetual smoke and sparks
which Spanish politics have been emitting for the
last have century have maze europe inoinerens 70
litica volcano. Unles-which, after such reign OF
thirty.nve years, hardly We fear can form an ele-
ment In calm calOulation-the spanish Sovereign
and court amend their ways . real explosion some
day win come and huri them forth; and possibly
One Of the obstacles In the way of the Spanish
revolutonists has always been the difficulty OF sug
costing new occupant In the event OF eectlng the
actual holder OF power Various candidates might
be mentioned for the vacancy should It occur now.
But none would command popular enthusiasm
question: although 1t is rumored that some OF
their parsans are besttrring themselves. Inc
prry might sappers nav spe e sss
done her the service Of indisposing the nation
towards preteudcrs who have as pronounced theo-
logical bias as herself. The liberal party besides,
In all its various sections, would combine to veto
choice which would stnltify the old efforts OF all
alike republic which, t ISrv ~ the ' yacaney
seems equally impossible. Some Paris Journals
announce this as the programme OF the insurgents.
Ii Is probable indeed, that certain oil their chieis
may have entertained such project; and Catalonia
has already its .Camp of Liberty" whence u issues
reignty But Spain is not region in which such the
cries will find substantial favor with the nation inc
ded ,chlch some spanish pouttcanns naGe t 70
no less chfnlericrI The two nationaities are now
perfectly distinct, whatever they may have been
originally. They might agree to waive their re,
spective jealous pretensions under the pressure OF
some great danger from without or within; Dut
40 mos ee any sq now expecs
IN the counscls OF Spanish popular leaders. fut
when the close OF Queen Isabea's reign arrives,
whether this year another, 1t win be happy Tor
their country II they consider the alternative, to
supply her place, to he either her son or her
sister. In choosing the Duchess de Montpensier
Spanish liberals would not be retrograding from
the principles on which they fought the war OF
p aa e Dscs Cr Ss
But the setting aside In her favor OF Queen lsaDea's
children would curse Spain with yet another FAMILY
or create domestic difficulties. The accepting
Of the Queens abdicaton in her sons favor
nason nom e sovereign oVer Cannot respect but
without splitting 1t up INTO new factions TO the
waste Of IL force and energies Spain, untrn trust,
worthy as the majority Of its statesmen are, might
yet furnish one-nct 20 cid . man. however, as
Espartero and with more force Of character.one
rano whatever other objections there may be to him.
would supply--who could rule during the boys
rDs e at wh ns Is doae
fast IN the Peninsula that Bourbons q
to be left free to choose for ITSELF We viii hope that
| 1t will be. The Emperor NAPOLEON has been an
Nth eridet care, kept himself clear OF obligations
to rescue The queen from any consequences or heT
tmpr7tdence. Demonstrative # endines OF per-
| sOnal character like that shown to the young
| Countess OF Girgenti and the courteses OF
| French detective police were intended as mere
neutrality. In the event Of the Queens deposition
he would assnredly not be likely to break that reso
lntlon OF neuiraty IN favor OF any one q .e pos
| or Braganzan-in respect or whom his question
would be. not which he had moot love for hut which
less nSpd 10 NEEDLE. Ii would not II IL could put
veto on the selection Of this that Bourbon whether
IN the male line the female, whether llneal or col
| lateral. 1t would not inseriere should no Bourbon
| be chosen. The Inauguration even OF republican
government would find It neutral, much as II might
lam nnff Inn irVn n N n
The desire or this country Is that Spain Should De
tranquil. 1t may believe that these results are to ne
but 1t has, above all, the conviction, which rccollec-
lions OF the Spanish Legion will strengthen, that
| they are not to be attained by foreign aid.
[Prom the London News. Sept. 22.l
Spanish politics have long been hopeless middle
to ordinary Englishmen. At the time when the first
OF Reformed Parliaments had Just met II was the
fashion to believe In the prospects OF constitutional
government in Spain. The name OF Espartero was
| then household word in England, and his honest
attemuts at parliamentary rule induced the hope that
new era OF constitutional liberty ana national pro-
the European states But the sudden end OF his admin
istration proved the hope to be Elusive, and English
men contemptuously concluded that Spain was no,
rlne for liberty. From that time to this the course
Spanish politics has seemed to justify the conclusion
TO distant observers they have presented only Sc
ries of personal changes in which the people hav,
proiited nothing Constitutional government ha
never seemed to have chance. Intrigue has sue
ceeded to intrigue, insurrecti0n To nsurrection, bu
nothing has come OF them. The popular movement
have h IN nothing more than the uneasy tossing
ting no ease from the change
or course in any crisis which now occurs
Viii France e dor the desire to medie IN Spain i
hereditary on the northern side OF the Pyrenees and
In the present position OF european aIairs another
| greatly to the Emperors taste and profit. Tn
happily II Is only too likely that the condition OF
i Spain may soon become such as TO give excuse
| Tor meddiing, II not for actual Intervention.
i Infamous as II has BEEN the government OF Queen
Isabella has kept certain senblance OF order, and
/ however
greatly 1t may Improve on hers, TO nave much OF the
appearance o. ANARCHY such evs as those which
no interference be attempted from without the SPAN
ish people may pass through severe revolutionary
| likely TO be a long and violent one Inter-
/ ference may postpone It, but in postponng 1t would
| prolong ii: and the Emperor might even find
| that in attempting to stamp out a revolutionary
/ fire he communicated 1t TO inhammable sub
stances nearer home II Is much to be desired that.
\ for once, dynastic revolution In Spain should he
left to Its natural course, whatever that course may
/ be. queen Isabella has brought her calamites
upon herself and Europe will have no pity for her In
| her discrowned exile; but the Spanish people have
yet to 90 through the strife and agony 10y which
other European nations have entered into the pos
free men; and Spain has much to emancpate herself
| from before she Will enjoy government which shall
| reconcile order with freedom
| From the London Telegraph. sept cal
- IL would be idle to speculate on the form
OF government which might be introduced by a
cessiul Instruction. To ecery conceicatte J,ion
theYe are craze objections. The Duke OF Montpen-
sier-cafUing te opposition tat n.igt be erpeciedh
IRON, ne 7uileries-iabors under the fatal disuua
hcaton Of being Frenchman; and the Spanish
hatred still snrvIves not only for the
French themselves. but for the france
sdd0s-those who s'frenchihed' either IN
ideas or policy. Earnestness any point
IL better than sceptica indifference all: that,
on the whole, we rather glad that spain is at
least good hater.r Unfortunately, something OF
the same sori-an old-w0rd feeling OF national
eaousy-is q serious obstacle to much better can
didature that Of the King OF Portugal. The union
OF the whole Peninsula under one ruler must certain
ly seem 10 dispassonate observers the best solu.
ton Of the difficulty but next-door neighbors,
especially when they happen 10 be nearly related
20 one another, seldom good friends, and Cas-
lillian pride does quite relish TIE notion or send
ing 20 Lisbon for king Yet worse, far worse
might be the issue Of the contests and with anything
short OF dynastic change we can hardly suppose
that successful revolutionists, representing the
nation, would be satisfied. Loyalty with the
Spaniard has long been passion 'bnt even pas
sion may become falnt-aay. be changed to loathing