The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-22
The SPANISH THRONE.
The Revolution in Review
Overthrow of isabella II.
The Interregnum.
a Crown Going Alleging.
Prim and His Candidates
Amadeus I, the New King.
Etc.. Etc.. Etc., ETC.. Etc.
The Interregnun.
a Crown Going Alleging.
Prim and His Candidates
Amadeus I, the New King.
Etc. Etc., ETC.. ETC.. Etc.

1t was the 18th of September, 1868, that
the Spanish leaders inaugurated the revolution
which resulted in the overthrow of the Bourbon
dynasty and the expulsion of Isabella III; and on
the 10th of November, I870-two years and two
months thereafter-the Cortes selected Prince
Amadeus Ferdinand Maria, Duke of Aosta, her
successor on the throne. These two years and
two months will be memorable in Spanish his
tory, and we present below q brief review of the
stirring events which transpired during this
period.
The Spanish Bourbous.
The revolution found upon the throne Isa-
bella ii, member of that great French family
which, during the fourteenth and subsequent
centuries, succeeded IN extending it's influence
throughout the continent of Europe, and, Dy
intermarriage and clever diplomacy, came into
possession of almost every continental sceptre
France, Spain, Portugal, the German and Italian
principalities all these were at one time or
another ruled by the descendants of Adhemore
who nine centuries ago was duke of the fiefdom
of Bourbon. The great revolutionary uphea val
which brought Louis XVI to the guillotine, cul-
minated in the overthrow of this powerful
family, and when the Spanish revolution of
September, 1868, was inaugurated, Isabella III
was the only Bourbon whose brow was still en-
circled by a crown.
The Bourbon rule was inaugurated in Spain
in the year 100, when on the death of Carlos
ii, the last prince of the Austrian House of
Spain, the crown devolved on Philip, Duke of
Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV of France who
reigned as Philip V until 174s. His successors,
with the limits of their reigns, were as follows:
Ferdinand VI, from 1746 to 1859; Carlos III,
from 1859 to 1885, Carlos ", from 1873 to 1908;
Ferdinand VII, from 1914 to 1888; and
Isabella III, from 1888 to 1868. The House
of Bourbon was thus in possession of the
Spanish throne for nearly century and three
quarters the only serious interruption to the
exercise of its sovereign functions being from
1908 to 1914, during the period in which the
FIRST Napoleon contrived to overturn temporarily
the established order of things throughout the
continent.
Isabella III and Her Reign.
Isabella ii was born in Madrid on the 30th of
October, 1880, and three years after her birth
her father Ferdinand VII, died. Some months
before her BIRTH the order of succession to the
throne had teen set aside through the intrigues
of the notorious Maria Christina, the Queen
Mother, and the crown was made inheritable by
female by the abrogation of the time-honored
salic law. Isabella was proclaimed Queen on
| her fathers death, under the regency of the
| Queen Mother and desperate struggle at once
ensued. Don Carlos, the brother of the late
|
Salic law, which had just been set aside, and his
pretensions were supported by a formidable
party in Spain. civil war ensued, lasting nearly
seven years, and resulting in the fiaal disc om-
| fture of the Carlist party. During the civil
| war; the Liberal party had extorted from the
| Regent important concessions, among them
being the restoration of the constitution of 1875
but as soon as the struggle was at al end, Maria
Christina withdrew many of these concessions.
| A great popular reaction was the result, and the
Queen Mother was compelled to fee 10 France.
Espartero, the head of the Liberal party whom
the Regent had been compelled to summon to
the head of affairs before her flight became
Regent, and for a few years there a fair
prospect of peace and prosperity before Spain.
The fall of Espartero in 1S4S however, restored
the Conservatives TO power, aud led, in 1S45, to
the return of the Queen Mother.
The Corles had in 1913, eleven months before
the time fixed by law, declared the majority OF
Isabella, and when her mother returned she
found her daughter In actual possession of the
throne The first care of Maria Christina, under
these circumstances, was to provide for The
marriage of her daHghter. There were several
candidates for the honor of her hand, bat
French influence came to the assistance of the
Queen Mother, and the Infaute Don Francisco
d'Assis, cousin of Isabella, became her hus
band on the 10th of October, 184o This match
turned out to be an ill-assorted aud unfortunate
one, and 10 II Spain can trace many of the trlbu
lations which she endured during the next
twenty years. The royal couple were unconge
NAL In disposition, and never knew the meaning
of domestic peace. There was succession o
arrangements between them, giving rise to Sc
many scandals that the moral character of the
Queen at last became reproach. Not, hoy
ever, until they were both driven forth frou
Spain did they so quarrel that living togethe
became impossible, but in March last compro
mise was agreed upon between them, by which
they have since lived apart from each other.
For a brief time af er her marriage lsabell'
leaned towards the Liberal partyi but, through
the influence of the Queen Mother, the conser
yatives soon succeeded 10 making her their own
and a reactIonary policy came to characteriz
) the Government with respect 10 both foreig
relations and domestic affairs. At home tn
moet severe measures Of repression wer
= adopted towards the Liberal party, resulting i
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lCo.. iau-d "a IA S.soad Isge.l