New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-03

Spanish Government have gene so far In en-
deavoripp to sunnress the rebellion in Cuba that
they feel their dignity compromised IL they DO
not persist returning Is as TEDIOUS as 20
"o'er.n In this condition of things it Is no Won
der that Prim seeks counsel OF some one; pue
if the Emperor Napoleon be MS oracle
he is in worse plight than Pyrrhus when
he trusted to the double-tongued prophecy
Perhaps the result of the consultation
will be that Prim, when he gets home, will let
the King out of the bag--the King whom
everybody seems convinced that he mas oeeh
keeping tightly fastened up for production at
convenient moment. With the public preseh-
tation of this King, whoever he may happen
tn he will come we venture to think, de-
o,sivo STRUGGLE between the Republican prlh-
ciple and monarchy in Spain. There certainly
ia no man living who could reconcile the an
tagopism of contending parties and lnduco ti'o
national voice of Spain to cry hail TO MS So''
ereienty. We attach no Importance TO the re-
mort set going by Partisan paper, which
points 10 Marshal SerranO rs likely 10
lao chosen King. Nobody is enthusiastic
about Serrano, and nothing short OF universal
national enthusiasm could give mere Spanish
soldier any chance OF sovereignty III oP"in'
When the name of the proposed hlng Is an
| nounced, it is certain to be that OF somebody DC
longing to the travelling circus OF princes WHO
are always going about Europe III Seaicn Va
| thrones. and whose existence ana Voc"'oh
| form one of the most insalubrlous ana danger
| Qua nuisanccs European liberty has 10 ch-
counter
This King in the background has certainly
| been the worst enemy anu curse W
the Spanish revolution Considering that
every previous political CONFUSION IN
Spoin had only been miserable party
affair. the expulsion of one faction ny
the upheaving of another it was the ooNl-
ous polcy of Prim and his associates 10 give
to this at all cost distinctly national charac-
ter. A flag should have been raised at once
around which the patriotism OF tho "hoio
nution-whatever patriotism there Is III thc
nstion-could have rallied. Spain, to do her
iustice. has always shown a genuine natlohai
enthusiasm when summoned by some cause lor
which n nation could be enthusiastic But the
crafty. secretive, dispiriting policy OF the new
Government threw a damp upon every ardent
boort The Republicans soon felt that they
were beipp battered with in order that they
might besafoly betrayed, and even INC Monaicn-
lists grew disheartened and apathetic. Nopoilti-
cal Marty can be reused into enthusiasm by IN
abstraction; even q mOnarchist cannot go ihto
rop,ures of loyalty about an expected KING
| whose very name he does not know. a KIND
Of inert, vacuous expectancy soon, therefore
settled down with clogging influence over the
movement which had opened with such araoi
| and brightness The revolution became damp
linn, lymphatic Prim and his colleagues III
the Government appeared TO the nation al
large 10 be only serving the purpose OF Wha'
il called in English politics "warmlng-pah -
that is. a convenient underling who occupies
n seat in the House of Commons untii Ills
notron or the son of his patron is ready 10
come and take il. Or perhaps they seemed tc
hold the still less dignified position of the man
Gin possession;r the man whom the landlord
has sent TO look after tho house and property
mill a fitting person is found to take the place
of the defaulting tenant whose chattels thu
law has confscated
National enthusiasm would have saved Spam
National enthusiasm would save her yet. Onll
the Republican party seem capable of arousinI
and concentrating such h feeling, and we d.
not venture to say whether they are strohI
enough to become masters OF 10 20 SITUATION
At The present time ih" D. o,,.or IN so IA
Us " Is wv -iuse of Liberty and Progress, be
gus very day to lose ground, and it is evi
',cnt that n new starting point must be found
or the whole will be a failure. Every day tn
conviction grows stronger and saddcr tina
Pnn and his colleagues do not hold in thei
hands the divining-rod which is to reveal tn
a.idcn springs of national enthusiasm. The
nave but to produce their King, their last re
source their grand card, to add one final illus
tra,on to those they have already given of TIN
difference between the jugger and the magi
cian between political craft and patriotic in
spiration; between Prm and Washington.