The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-05

not ,se,v 60 be more fortunate; that was rash ana
reckless in the nsurgent chiefs to dethrone Queen
TssheI,a without aylag provided themselves with
substitute. Finally, N. de Girardin has predicted
ina n n Tnq i viii prince be found willing q
take the spanish throne, and ne draws from tins
the that spain win ges no ,n kaa or
de- Girardin,s objections by taking them as lndi.
Gated in General Prm's letter. bat u ina. may pc as
he CONSIDERS most Formidable II this be tine case
there is nothing In the situation OF spain as ae-
Courage lis leaders or make them recent the part
they have played. Nj. dc Glrarans IcnsaaD
There IS rs. lie argument that there Is nothing
to be proud OF In having become quichiJ lu y.
ready to step Immediately into iIs place. ms seems
to US lite more tan caviing. NO aono. ,Ui1
alton - more diiilcuit Than destruction; oat very
often, as In the present case, destruction mast neces
sarily 90 before creation, and 10 bring 1t about re.
dulres no common faculties. he late governments
fore its fall. Though it had allenated the goodwin
of AL hgli-mnded people IL had yet immense mate.
with a good deal OF craft In her character;
wnat the minister -, was ,.o. capable able Of may
sorted statesmen and generals to the Canar.es aud
ordered royal duke and duchess out OF the com.
iike,y to stand by the crown, as 1t had orlen done
before Tue people were gooa deal o oaenae e az
for wears and they might he expected 70 oear them
for years longer. relieving themselves by tests ana
raillory afuer tine manner u scVcId scucin1i' AS
To plan the overthrow OF such throne; 70 Goa,
vince not only the chief otfcers Of Tie army ana
navy but the great body OF soldiers anu sos Ina. ,Ss
chief provincial towns, to combine the neocSsary
operation and then to carry OUT tne eampaiYn SO
that in few days every district OF spain lad pro.
nounced the navy had deserted 10 the last snip ana
the one faithful royal army had been defeated and
surrounded-such things required courage and con-
duct in the highest degree. In fact, there Is this
diYerence between the spanish revolution and those
OF 1880 and ls4o-that the French risln2s were
unprecedented and unforeseen, while that Oh Spain
was as thoroughly planned AZ one OF Napo.eoas
campaigns. the disposition oil every regimen; aud
every snip the time when and place where they
| were likely to pronounce, were known before oio1
had been srace. ,n we nsS and over
threw powerful government with 80 s.nal loss OF
lie nave shown capacity which enables sne Az, ~
cult part OF the IS yet to come there az est
strong presumption that they will not TAU IN II oy
General prim hardly needed to trouble himself
with REPUTATION charge That he had nor can
dldate for throne ready before ne attacAcu Tue
| former dynasty. lie says frankly enoash thas
| though an upnOder Of constitutional MONARCHY, no
ticnlar sovereign II am and shall remain, the ae-
| iendel of principle he says 'but ! an not tle
sins nredctions that he not succeed
obtaining successor to the throne th,rs IS no
70 lay ~ them na sna who aue to
| average OF European monarcGs we are aware thls
this is to indicate any very nigh sanaara anu
in the prize has gained. But this delect could not
| nave been cured by any precautions DeIorenahu. y
there be a dl1lcuty in finding really eligible per.
sonage for the tnrone now that II Is vacant ~ y
lAey that such. q one, would have % been =,
i doubtfal revolution2 This question Of
the Go &c Of kim does not m ee seem 10 us tlis
most dldcalt which the spanish IN ,rs nave 10 set
4 tie Tbey have Grst to control and direct the peO-
plc: when tney have CAT ed tn Sc TO tnrougn tas
And And Mo nsrd to obtain public acquiescence any
decent candidate whom they may feiect. Az al
rs Des sSp saI' Ds eeea BY popular
he will have greater political strength than II I'M
posed by Junta OF chosen BY acommitee o. ioreisn
The chief grievance OF NJ. de Girardin is one which
! would hardly be expected from some OF ms otnsr
| CRITICISMS lie bianes General Prlm for holding 10
| the principle OF constitutional monarchy, and
thinks that he ought 20 have proclaimed repubac
tuont Assembly, diiculG 1t is to please men OF ex-
tremes NJ ne Grardin first bames the revoiutloniSla
Tor having Oyerthrown the most atefu deSp0tisA ~
Enrone. and in the same breath demands that they
sh6ud establish an absolutely democratic goso.r
msnt without any P4, rsne renuocans ar:
necessary and there but handful OF republicans
in spain In any case IL Is best TO submit ne ques.
the r re IKE otneS parties nave power
tasc aaa % hy win
have their DESIRE III the nation really be republican
icwiI make its win appear when sile nou co.ne
In the meantime the duty Of the provisloA sovs..-
ment is TO Keep order and smooth the way l0r 70
turn to regular institutions.
Tho Spanish Crown Dilemma.
, A correspondent OF the London Tiaes WRITING from
Madrid under date Of the Gosh ultImo, gives the fol-
loving extract from letter from CadiL the writer
OF which he considers well informed the state Of
affairs in Andalusla:-
The Nentpenslers have few partsans in Andaus IA.
but they have some, and they are not unniiuei,-
tiel They spent good deal OF money lately among
upon in London. About . fortnight AFRO about
f4J,000 OF these bills, mostly ON U0utts Il o.,
| were negotiated among the Cadiz bankers. During
4 | ~ md tass n
| action or proposed acuon among the Mon pe.sier
partlsans There Is no doabt tIial Serrano va.
pledged to bring them In he could; ana If they
hibit tact and patience, aud II other candidates "a
there Is doubt but the Montpenslers may uerelI Ter
"Were spain to accept Infanla Lon 81 (ontpeD.
serl and her Children the children OF Isabella would
Of some value now il we refuse tn ION pensles
we clear OF all Bourbon preiens.ons h rs,f fer
10 me tue dilcuities VI tne opana..is 10 select Q
reigning family are 50 overwhelming that cannot
look as the future without dread. think that AL
may go well TIL tne Uortcs meet; Jus we cau
hope that the PROVINCIAL Juntas, who have beer,
tasting power during tho last month and smackinl
their lips over II, win 1e pleased 20 be Ienudcu Of
authority when the Goltes meet, and therefore
anticipate dhcutios and conflicts,
. The Spanard Of all ranks Is sucti suky. ignorant
ass and so sell-wnled so unaccaso med 10 weld 10
authority vain aud so easily onended, that age
Of education aud Intercourse wnh the rest OF lns
word VIII scarcely be sufficient to make nin
{ ! Aole In his own interests.
0 There Is listle, but not much, communism and
sociastic nonsense abroad in some OF The wi ages
huu bluhu toWHs-suCu ds ~ k0lil, JereZ.
&c. In fact, we are told village IN
the Sierra this city, they absolutely BEGAN to
pardge, and snare the village pastures among tliel-
selves; bul do not think that Communism VIII naya
any chance Of even beng brought forward IN the
. large owns Barcelona Malaga, Cadth avc. are
little dsqueted by aay iear on tnis head, ana do
not anticipate tnat any serious or prolonged trouble
will be caused by sociaissic views. Attest- two OF
the members OF the Cadz Junta. with force oil 2oJ
inIanry went OF yesterday restore the village 10
order aud stop the utner division OF property pub
NC anu private Ubrque Is the village.
Spanish Statistics
The population OF spain In 1870. the last year for
which 0ffical returns have been received, Ust.
mated at 16,5l6,940 The births IN that year NUN.
bered OIL, egI, and the deaths 49, 2o4, the
, spectlve birth and death rates being 3I.03 and
2c.05 per 1000 OF population. These resu Is have
been supplied 70 the Regis.rar General by