The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-09
Rnl1ulo,nd 9ispatth.
TUESDAY. .........FEBRuARY ., 1859
Trouble Of Monarchies.

Trouble of Monarchies.
Br. Richie used to say &c What is ma:
.jessy but .; jest'' We are afraid HE majesty
might retort the inquiry with reference to
rcpablicanism with too much point for Our
comfort, Just now. Indeed, there is trouble
enough now all around. Man is poor crea-
ture. He is never satisfied. When we'll of
'hewants to better. Hiseverlasting greed and
ambition win never let him be at peace,
and fills the world With woe.
The recent elections in Spain-if we may
Include her, without monarch, under this
head--have gone immeneely in favor OF
monarchy, and the question now 49, moi
whether Spain shall be republic, but who
shall be her Kingf This is right. There
is NO idea more utopian than the idea of o
republic In Western Europe. Switzerland
ia peculiarly situated in her mountains, but
even her republicanism is . pestiferous
medley es politico-religious prejudices. and
far from being the most happy. For Spain,
however, even to dream Of such thing
could be only dream. - %
For the Spanish throne there are fou,
probable candidates-the Prince Of the AS
turias, Don Ferdinand of Portugal, the
Duke de Montpensier, and Prince Amadeus
Duke Of Aosta, the second son Of VICTOR
I EMANUEL. The Prince of Asturias and the
Duke de Montpensier are prejudiced as
Bourbons, the war-cry Of the revolution
having been "Down with the Bourbons."
Don Ferdinand is not considered favorite
in Spain, whilst the Duke of Aosta is said
to be not only favored by the Spanish public
opinion, but to be the candidate Of NAPo-
LEON. Furthermore, he is the heir under
the treaty which gave the throne to the
Bourbons. According to that, the Bouroons
falling, the throne should pass to the House
Of Savoy. The Bourbons have not failed
in the sense of the treaty; but they have
failed by popular will, and that will do.
Therefore this young Duke stands at this
time apparently the best chance. He ID
twenty-five, intelligent, liberal, and spi-
rited. Should he succeed, under the strong
sdmonitions that Immediately precede him,
and good ministry, there may be good ex-
pectations rested upon him. 1t is time poor
Spain had good government, to improve her
physical condition. A land Of 30 many
grand and heroic "reminiscences deserves q
better fate than the recent inanition, Of
which she seemed to be gradually dying.
Another monarchy which seems to be e1-
citing some interest at this time is Belgium.
LEOPOLD H., the present ruler, is thirty
three years old, and has been seventeen
years married to his present consort-
nearly Of his own age. His only son is
Just dead !; and he has only two daughters,
who are ruled out by the salique law. The
heir apparent is the Kings only brother,
the Count of Flanders, now in his thirty
second year, who has been married twenty
one months, and has had no offspring. The
London Times, viewing these facts, inquiries
whether, by the death Of the Duke of Bra
bant, Belgium is not threatened with an
eventual vacancy of the throne! " and
" whether this event will not greatly favor
" those designs of annexation which France
+" has long been suspected Of entertain
"ing"9 The Times adds: "Nay-political
" conjecture has travelled SO far as to dis
"cuss the rumor Of q projected n1atrlno-
" nial alliance bet,oeen the Prince Imperial
"of France and the Princess Royal of Bel
&" gi,m-between DO Of twelve and girl
" of ten years of age-as bearing on the
" possible realization of plans which the
" lapse of years may develop"
This project, suspected by the Times
whose fate is 50 decidedly in the womb Of
time-gives that paper, which may be call
ed one of the eyes of England, g great deal
of anxiety. 1t is amusing to see the en-
phasis with which it insinuates the abhor
rent character of this plot and the matri-
monial alliance of children as part Of it
kind Of plotting and arrangement matri-
monial not Mt all unfamiliar in England
itself. But the Emperor NAPOLEON is
great bugaboo to the English. He 10
always doing something to alarm them. We
do not see anything 80 horrible in the union
Of France and Belgium, nothing at all 80
monstrous as the union of Ireland and
England nor do we see that the English
have great deal to do with it. s .''
Never mind, "Young America win
some day not distant, divert her
from these small continental mat
ters. There has been much counterfeitiDg
going on generally, and the day may come
when, as FALLsrAFF said, it may be settled
switch is the better counterfeit"