Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14

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In the year 1880, Ferdinand VII, thu
| Spanish monarch who sold Florida to the
United States, was prevailed upon by hi;
fou.th wife, Maria Christina, a Neapolitar
Princess, to abolish the Salic law Of the
kingdom, under which daughters could moi
succeed to the throne. Seven months later
the Queen gave birth to daughter, who
thus became heir to the kingdom to the ex.
cIusion of Don Carlos, the Kings brother
who would have inherited under the Sahc
rule of succession. On the death Of Ferdi-
nand in the autumn of 1882, the infant
Isabella was proclaimed Queen, while the
mother was appointed to the charge ofthe
kingdom as Queen-Regent. Don Carlos
raised the standard of civil war, and was,
for some time, successful until the death
of his ablest General, when his fortune
changed and at the end of seven years, in
1910, the war closed with the final defeat
of the Carlists. In the following year
the Queen Regent whose government, pro-
voked insurrection, found it necessary to
resign, and .Espartero, a. Duke and a
Marshal of Spain, was!chosen in; her rplace.
Espartero, had played an important part
in the Carlst war, as commander Of the
forces of the Queen-Regent, in the North
ern Provinces, and his administration
th ugh brief, did more to promotethe pros
perity of the kingdom than any which pre-
ceded, or any that has followed it. His
influence over Isabella was much better
than that of her mother, who proved the
evil genius of her daughters reign. In
1943 Espartero withdrew from the coun-
try, in consequence of an insurrectlon,.
and in October of that year the Cortes de,
clared Isabella of age (she was thirteen) j,
and committed the kingdom into her,
hands. Three years later the intrigues
of Louis PHILIPPE forced upon the young
Queen matrimonial unionwith her cousin
Don Francisco d 'Assis--a union wholly
uncongenial, and one sure to be childless.
IN consequence of the known imbecility
of Don Francisco. The conduct Of Isabella,
after this unhappy marriage and the birth
of several children, have made royal
scandal of the first magnitude. Under
the baneful influence, of her Neapolitan
mother, her course was equally disgrace
tul to herself and unfortunate to her king
bo Of IL
that there would be no heir to the Span
ish throne, and that his sons wife Isabel
las sister, the Duchess of Montpensier,
would obtain the kingdom, was signally
disappointed. The case is a remarkable
Illustration of the maxim that "the King
can do no wrong" -....
For, three hundred years Spain, ha S
been cursed, almost without interruption,
with rulers of the very worst sort The
house of Bourbon, TO which the present
Queen belongs, came in one Hundred and
twenty-five years ago, and has proved
dynasty of almost wholly evil influence
Of the six reigns which fill this period,
not one has been more unhappy than that
of Isabella. Though but thirty ght
years of age in October OF this year, Is
abella has been Queen for thirty-6ve
years, and has been the actual head of the
government for quarter of century,
and the measure of her blunders and
crimes is full. Constant changes of Min
istry, revolts and instructions, changes
of the constitution, and continual rival
ries and squabbles, have marked the en-
tire history of her reign. The Carlists or
partisans of Don Carlos, have kept up "a
party and secured the sympathy of a
arge portion of the clergy. The conser-
vat'ves, or Moderadoes, have advocated
strong monarchy, with but little power in
the Cortes, or Parliament. Their admin
istration, as often as they have come into
power, has been desponc and violent.
They have had control for two years
past, Gonzalez Bravo, the Prime Minis
ter, who has just resigned, being one of
these Spanish Tories Before his recent
death, Marshal Narvaez was the Dsreall
of the party. Opposed to him was Mar
shall O Donnell, the leader of the Liberals,
a party which consists Of moderate advo-
Gates of free constitution with limited
monarchy. Near to this party are the
Progressistas, who compare with the Lib
erals about as Radical Republicans COM
pare with Conservative Republicans.
The two parties aim at the same
thing, freedom with, monarchy but in
different ways. e The Democrats are the
extreme Republicans, to whom a mon
archy in any shape is intolerable. The
struggles of these parties, frequently ter
minating in instructions OF one party or
the other, have kept Spain in turmoil,
and the throne insecure. ever since the
wish of Maria Christina for the repeal of
the Salic law took effect 1t is not to be
wondered at that the revolutionists, whose
continued success is reported, refuse to be
satisfied with anything less than the ex
pulsion of the Bourbon family from the
country The Queen and her children
are equally hateful to them. They wlst
to see the throne empty, and to assemble
the represc natives Of the nation to de
eide uaon the succession. f...4
/ The latest intelligence by cable point
almost certainly to the overthrow Of th,
existing dynasty. The insurrectlon ha
spread far and wide not only among tn
people, but in the royal army and navy
The disgusting excesses of the Queen an
court have borne their natural fruit
They have sowu to the wind aud arc nov
rcapin- the whirlrind. The church a