, 1869-03-03

that his own elevation 10 the Spanish
throne is not to be thought Of All his
old riEata Wonldt II that event u Quee
commence Intriguing or even rise In open
rebellion sgaicss him. and The Emperor
Of the French would do all he could to !
facilitate Cariist aud fsabell!st tavasions.
Those provinces which are now controlled
by The Liberal Unicnists would yield |
him bul very reluctant obedience; and
the Republicans, who NOW look upon
prtm with some degree Of coolness and
suspicion, would become his mortal enc
mics as socn as he should stretch out his
throne u King Juan, no matter how lib
eral constitution he might grant to the
people. The royal crown on the head Of
General pr;m would be equivalent to end
less complicatiors, pronunciAmentos aud
Instructions, and few Kings would have
ever been more justified than he la e1-
claiming, "uneasy lies the head that
wears COVE" And, If he should place
that crown On the head Of foreign
Prince, he Is probably only too well
aware OF the proverbtal ingrastIude Of
such gentlemen not 10 know that his SER
vices would be hktly to be rewarded In
the sama dlsagreeabte manner as
those OF other eminent men have been
who were instrumental In placing Ktngs
and Empe1ors on vacant thrones.
On the other hand, General Prim can
not but have been sruek by the formida.
BILE strength which the democratic Re-
pubiicane, even though the number Of
their Deputies elected to the
Constituent Cortes WAS COM
paratively small, developed at most OF
the great centres Of population. Insur-
1eciionary movements at Madrid, Cor-
dova, sevills, Csdiz, Toledo, Burgoe,
Valencia, and Barce1ona, supported by
the masses Of the edemccratic Republicans
In those citiee, will hencetorth be
very formidable events, and the gov.
eminent may NOT always be able to aup-
prets such risincs as promptly and ener'
Retically as it did those Of Cadiz 6nd
Malaga; while,| II sustained by thess
democratic Republicans, 1t would there
by almost be sure Of the support Of mos
Of 'he large cities on the Peninsula
Moreover, there are more sympsthie
: With the Progessis:s and democratic Re
. publicans Than there are between tn
+ Prcgreas'sta and any Of the oshe
. monarchical parties in Spain. II is tru
? that General Prim has, up to tn
l day Of the elections, apparently takeJ
( sides with The leaders OF the Libera
Unionists sgainst the Republicans; bu
8 his attitude was no doubt dictated by th
e uncertainty in which be found himself Il
: regard to the relative strength Of til
r Liberal Unionisls and the Progreasls!
4 Now that be knows that the latter hxv
: large msjority Of the people on thei
, side, he will be likely to take more d.
It cided stand sgainst 6errano and the LII
,. eral Unionista. That the latter suspet
n that Prim will henceforih incline mo,
e toward the democratic Republtcsnq,.
Is ahown by the TACT that the Liberal q,
J. ionists have recently dropped their avo
or tte, the Duke de IontpeDsie
I'd and tried 10 bring out a their candida
he ferdinand, the ex-King OF Porlug.
e. wbose election WAS originally advocate
ot BY some OF the more moderate P1ogres
= ists.
Id The most probable solution Of Il
I'D Spanish problem is the maintenance
be the present form Of government wi
We | three Consuls, Regents or Directors, o.
be Of whom will be Prim. and the other ts
les mere tool; Of bis, with constitution SIT
pt nar to that CT Belgium or Italy.