Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-11-12

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wick-a King maker. His country.
men sreia the mean time right, 70
be giving the house 9 thosoagh clean
Ing, before any new master arrives.
Madame de stael has pithIly re-
marked, that In Spain, 1t is the mon
archy which is new, and the repab-
lie old. Ii 1t quite true. Those who
think Spaaisxis are united TO be Q
democratic or self-governing people,
forget her history. Before becoming
the classic home oi absolute powes
and Divine Right, Spain was the land
OF the Cid, was the inyiolable home
Of individual liberty and political
freedom. Aragon was such till 15s2,
and the battle of V1lIaiar extin-
guashed Castillian freedom Ia 1874.
In 1888, the last National Assembly
OF sp ain, resisted Charles the Fifth,
In his schemes Of taxation, and re-
minded him that "a King was but
the mercenary of his Subjects His
reply was to crush out every spark
Of freedom, and since then, except
Ing In 1910 and later days, Spain has
continued TO be an object, pointed
at by the finger of scorn. But enough
of her glory remains on each sword,
To hght her to victory yet. Spain Is
so full OF patriots, that we must not
be too severe on the casptsomasaie
which has set in to get a little of
the official loayes aud tiahes, The
leaders show D self ahnsgation toE
poKffDiios, that Is worthy of the best
days OF Roman disinterestedness,
and 50 far, tosat 90 bieu.
The military reaGaioI at Munich
has resulted In what every one fore
saw-a decided friendlinesa to Prus-
sia. Consideration bye and bye.
The reiat ons between Austria and
Russia are daily getting cooler. The
former power is about playing Po-
land as her best card against Russia.
While the latter does every thing to
extinguish the Polish language,
Austria exefts herself the more 20
keep 1t alive. Hence, her appoint.
ment of Polish professors to the
Universities of Craeow and Lem
berg. This Is but an additional
item in the account that Russia will
one day yet balance with the house
Of Hapsburg, whose desertion during
the Crimean war, was the gratitude
expressed for her preservation by
Russia during the Hungarian Insllr-
rectien.
Prince Napoleon has been to see
his father-in-law at Turin, to make
another attempt to tinker up the
Roman question, believing that His
Holiness Is in melting mood, y
since ISabelta's fall. No such thing.
Pho Nino's courage mounts with the
OCCASION. Come the three corners oi
the world in arms, he shall shock
them. His ultimatum, ultimatiSsi.
mum is, non po$slsBAs. He il still
on the historical rock, which far
seeing geologists believe belongs to
the Tarpeian formation.
The Imperial family LEFT Biarritz
rather quietly. 4 firigate Aired q
salute, and the train started. The
Empress Wore q plaid dress, a hat
with feathe ., and remained deeply
yelled. His Majesty was truly "a
young man from the eountryn-a
wide-a-wake hat with d falcons
feather, grey trousers and sGnartish
black coat. AT Tours a kind OF
''stand up" dinner took pIace--the
a resumption OF the journey-speed
sixty miles an hour-arriving ut st.
Cloud at one O'clock on Sunday
morning. The Empress looked Aery
weary, If not sad, and the whole
party as If they had been disap-
pointed at the seaside.