The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-04

had retroqraded not because the
Spaniards were less intelligent or talented than
the English or the Germans, but because the lat
ter had acquired before them the grand moral
treasure of liberty of thought. He then passed
on to reply to the Canons remarks as to Romeo
"Senor Manterola says i have never been i'm
Rome Yes have. | have visited its ruins; |
have contemplated its 300 domes; ! have been
present at the ceremonies of the Holy Week; |
have admired the gigantic Sibyls of Michael An
gelo, which seem TO launch eternal maledictions:
have seen the sun penetrate into the basilica of
ST. Peters, have sought i'm those ashes an atom
of religious faith--I have only encountered de-
cet and doubt. Yes, have been in Rome. and
have seen in the ''Salia Regalia, painted by
Bassar a fresco of the emissaries of the King of
france, who sent to the Pope the head of Coligny
nave seen the apotheOsis of the great ecclesias-
ucal glories of the eXecutioners-the assassins of
the night of st. Bartholomew"
Ills speech at this point was tremendously
applauded and he then commenced the perora-
uon which has excited so much attention, and
which, even when translated into English, is very
fine, but in the original Spanish, as delivered by
CASTELAR,, is matchless-
Canon Manteroa has said that he would re-
nounce all his ideas and all his beliefs if the
Jews returned again to rebuild the temple of
Jerusalem. What! does Senor Manteroa believe
in the terrible dogma that the children are re-
sponsible for the sins of the fathers Does
Senor Manterola believe that the Jews of to-day
are the Jews who crucifed Christ !? | do
not believe it; | am more of Chris
tian than that Great is God in Sinai; the
thunder precedes Him, the lightning accom-
panies Him. the light envelops Him, the earth
trembles, the mountains fall in pieces But
there is a God grander and greater than that
Not the majestic God of Sinai, but the humble
God of Calvary, nailed to q cross, wounded
thirsty, crowned with thorns, gall on his lips,
and yet saying--Father forgive them, forgive
my eXecutioners, forgive my prosecutors; pardon
them, for they know not what they do !! Great
is the religion of Power but greater is the reli-
gion of Love. Great is the religion of implaca-
bic Justice, but greater is the religion of pardon
ing Mercy. And |, in the name of that religion
i, in the name of the Gospel, come here to ask
you to write in the front of your fundamental
code-Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity among
all mankind"
EXCITEMENT IN THE CoRTEs AFTER CASTELAR, S
SPEECH.
Under date of April II, the Madrid correspon-
dent of the London Standard writes:-Castelar
made a speech on the 18th which has certainly
raised him to pinnacle of popularity seldom
attained by any public man in so short space
of time. 1t was the more extraordinary as it
was unprecedented, being in the shape of q
reply to long speech delivered Immediately be-
fore it by one of the dignitaries of the clerical
party, Senor Manterola the Canon of NitOria.
Castelars mastery reply has taken the whole
country by storm. In the streets, in the clubs, in
the committee-rooms of the COrtes, in the rail-
way trains, and in the press scarce'y anything
else is talked about. Its perOratiOn was GER
tainly one of the finest and most effective ora
torical efforts to which have ever listened, and
| produced the most extraordinary effect upon
| the entire Cortes. When he sat down he
| was instantly surrounded by the members of the
| Republican Left who shook his hands and
embraced him in the usual Spanish manner,
amid the most deafening applause from all sides
of the house and from the galleries above. But
| this was not all. Several of the ministers rose
| from the "banco azul, and, crossing the floor,
went up to him, followed by almost the whole OF
the majority, and were equally demonstratiye as
the Republicans They grasped and shook his
hands till one would have thought the arms
would drop out of their sockets-they embraced
and hugged him. and many of them in their
excitement kissed him! 1t was never-to-be
forgotten scene. To crown all, the stocal
Rivero, the president of the Assembly, rang his
bell, hastily pronounced the session over, and
instantly left his chair to join the rest in their
demonstration! The next moment | saw him
not only clasp the gifted orator in his arms, but
actually kiss him on each cheek! Nor was the
excitement confined to the deputies below. 1t
extended itself to the galleries above, which,
especially the diplomatic and the press tribunes
were crammed. They, too, Joined in the ap'
plause.