The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-27
THE CHURCH IN SPAIN.

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From the ~ T. World.
Senor CASTELAR, has made another rrent speech
IN the Cortes upon the proposition TO extend N
partial religious toleration in Spain. The elo-
quence oil tnls speech even in u translation is
stirring, and in the orators own words and with
the advantages OF the direct and fervid pcrsonnl
appeal of which he availcd himself To tbe fuIl
we can easily believe that the effect of il was
electrical. 1t is strange to think of a Spanish
Senator quoting Shakespeare and il IL sHII
stranger to find Spanish Senate appreciatinr
and rcshing the quotation. The speech shows
n range of reading which is remarlt,bp but If
also shows faculty Of thinking and a modern
and mcthOdical training of that lacultv which is
more remarkable still. If we suppose tho nv-
prCssiOns of affection for the Church with which
the orator sets Quito be sincere they show that
he is capable of rising superior to the strnnp,st
and most ineradcable prejudccs; and If we
suppose them to be simulated for the purpose of
cOnciliatng an audience of churcbmc6 tbpv
form one of the finest examples extant of ora
tOrical art.
But even the eloquence of the speech is not 80
notable as its wisdom. CASTELAR, NAV cherish
about the same religious beliefs as those with
which his colleague Suner scandalizcd the Cortcs
a few weeks ago But CASTELAR, has the sense
which Suner had not, to know that Spanish
opinion is not advanced to the Suner point, and
so contents himself with pleading for what
there is a probability, and, as il has turned out
a certainty that he can get. This is the differ
ence between visionary and a statesman "A
CASTELAR, and a Suner Solon and
Sumner. And CASTELAR, has acuuircd this
statesmanlke habit of mind in spite
of the strongest prepOssessions to its opposite
He is a scholar and philosopher. and he comes
into the Cortes from professors chair. These
drawbacks have sutliced to nullifv the talent of
some of the brightest men of our generation,
who have been msled into abdicating their real
power for the barren boon of parliamentary
position. In France and in England the men
who have been called from the still air of de-
tt,
for the just administration of governments, have
in almost every instance, conspiCuously failed.
That Castelar, has succeeded stamps him as one
of the very first men in Europe to-day.
A WARM WELCOME FOR MR.. BANKS.
From the " y Times.
The news from st. Domingo must be encour-
aging to Mr.. Banks and the other members of
the excursion party for whose expenses he drew
three thousand dollars from the House Contu-
genciCs Fund. The Foreign Affairs Committee.
as our readers may remember, propose to visit
the Dominicans, and talk over with President
Baez the terms of annexation OF course the
Washington lawgivers calculate upon an enthu-
siastic welcome. They go to tell the dlrlieys
that this country appreciates their anxiety for
admission into the Union: and it is assumed,
naturally enough, thatthey will gOinto cCstacics
over the prospect, and will cauOniZc Banks x
Co. as their dclvCrcrs. This. we say, is MIR.
Banks calculation. Only with these anticlpu-
tiOns could he reconcile to his conscience the
taking of three thousanddolars fora st. Domin-
90 pleasure trip.
And now comes dolcful ncw.. Instead of
being delighted. the Deminicans are disgusted.
They don't want annexation to the United States,
and will not have it ut any price. They are so
incensed against Baez lor negotiating in its be-
half that they are in arms against him. with a
fair prospect of driving him into the sea. The
case is not one Of simple opposition. Adyiccs
represent the feeling as one OF hatred to the man
and his schemes. We have no doubt that the
United States Will survive the disappointment.
1t is provoking, certainly, to find prize beyond
our reach which schcmeTs at Washington have
described as ready to tumble into our lap: but
we shall probably get over the modification. We
have many blacks to educate and care for in
the Southern States that it may be possible for
us to get on without st. Domingo. But what
will Banks do? And what will be the fate of his
excursion?