The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-12-11
ISABELLA I'll. an SPAIN.
Bi JAMES PARTON.

. macy and ignorance Of the BourbOns.
Isabella H.. the tawdry, idle. sensual
woman last driveaa from the throne of
Spain. fifty ends dynasty which has
! never contributed 10 the throne q re-
spectacle individual.
Her fun name was Marie Louise Isa-
/ bel. and she was born in 1870 Her
father was that absurd Incompetent
Ferdinand VII, whom Napoleon de
priyed of his crown, ia order to place
. il upoa the head Of Joseph Bonaparte.
This Ferdinand, as the reader may re-
member, was 50 infatuated by Napole-
Oh that be sent from his French prison,
"his sincere compliments 10 the En-
peror upon the installation q his well
beloved brother upon the throne Of
Spain" Nay, mere, the dethroned
monarch wrote to JGseph soliciting the
honor OF his friendship and asking
TO le decorated with the grand Gordon
oi Id. order. At tie same time, he sent
hiu P-Cy.amatians, signed by his own
hand, calling upon his late subjects to
submit 20 their ueu sovereign. At the
chateau assigned him by Napoleon, he
celebrated the victories d that conquer
or by fireworks and Illuminations, and
especially did he thus celebrate the
vic,orie- gained by Napoleon over the
Spanish. Having a-kgd in vain the
hand Of faa Imperial Princes in mar
riage, he stopped o write 10 ore Of Ma
poIeou' Senators words like these:
THAT which occupies me at present
i the ardent and cherished desire o:
nay heart to become the adopted son Of
his majesty thc Emperor, our august
sovereign"
After degrading himself and his
country thus, he was allowed, upon
the settlement Of European affairs, to
return to SpaiH, and reascend the
throne. Then, with his usual weak
ne-s, he fell into the hands of bad ad-
yisers who caused him 80 revive the
Iaalljsi;il.1- rszll4rli IA the system
u absolute guvaraH7 There never
was "a worse king. He would have ru-
iaed Spain, il pain had NOT existed in
state 0f ruin for a hundred years.
lie was one Of those bad, weak mon
arch- who are a. uugratefuI to their
friends q, they are 10 their enemie-.
one day, loyal volunteers came to sa-
Iuse him, he said to the attendant
c0uTiiers:
"The-e are the same dogs. with diff
erent collars
There times this royal fool had been
married but each Of his wives in sue
ce-si0u had died, without leaving an
heir To the throne, Ia 1899, he married
q daughter uE the king uF Naples, who
year after gave birth to Isabella, the
subject Of THIS article. She came OF bad
blood ya both sides; for III i difficult to
say which roya! family was the moFs
detest45Ie, that Of NagIe- or Of Sain.
Rulei by his new wife for it was a
necessity Of his nature 10 be ruled by
somebody the king How promulgated
ali eaiec which a-as the Cause u lasting
ca.amiJjes. For a hundred and fifty
years tHe sale law had been in force in
spain. which excludes females from the
throne. According - this law, and ac-
corIiHg 60 UpuDIjcexPec,agi1n, Don Car
iJ-, Jae kings brother, ysas the neir
pre- Elup.iyp, and The Bew born infant
was excluded Eerdinands young
wife, however, three day- after the
birth gf Isabella, prevailed upon him
10 Issue @ decree which auGuiied the
Satic law, and re-e,tablished the right
%. ieinaIe7 Ia inherit the crown.
Soon after To appea>e the anger ofhis
brother carlos. he re.cinded the decree.
\ little later, overcome by the re-
prga.Ge- Of his wife and MS Wife's fam,
ily, ne re-e-,abli,hed it. Soon after
TINS second pryInaigatian, the poor
weak Eing died, leaving 10 his daugh-
teE. aged two years and eleven months,
a disputed succession, and 10 Spain
civil war. The queen mother vas ap-
pointed Regent OF the kingdom. TO
Igrat.ate herself with tine people, she
granted liberal constitution. The
COr,e-, soon af.es, fOrmdy accepted
her daughter a Queen Of spain, and,
a. formally, rejected the ciaim Of Don
Carlos. That prince, however, at the
head cl q Formidable party, maintain
Ell the contest for seven years, during
when some Of the iairr-t provinces Of
Spain were devastated by fire and
sword. In august. I.31, the forces OF
Don Carlos were finally defeated by
E-parler0, aud the Prince himself
sought refuge iii France, lie suise-
qgeatly retired to Austria, where he
nveJ for many years, and where, l
think, ne Il Ayiug sliIi. quiet HARM
less old ulau Of elgh,y.
During tne minority Of Isabella, the
history 0! Spain CONSISTS only Of the
struggles of rival politicians, and par
tiai, lFui:leS- rey0its. Ia Spain, a. ev-
eryw lere else on earth. there was a
ihgr.l party and conservative party,
both cont nding for the possession Of
the government. Sometimes the tor
ies triumphed. Then al insurrection
would give brief ascendancy TO the
iberai party. Ministries were formed,
only to Je dissolved. The mother Of
the young Queen became, al length, 20
oiiuu~, that she was compeiied to seek
safely in France, and On her return