New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22
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unquestonably great ferrnent in the public mind.
confusion Of caucuses in the Cores bewilderDg ysr
ETY. of counse In the pressbut II Ia hard to y we are
any nearer solution than we were q month ago.
This Government pursued in lite king hunting sors
Of eliminating process. For the purpose Of arriving
finally at a candidate whom everybody must accept
has gone on rendering prince after another mposs
be As long kept within the circle OF royal families
this method was not without certain ingenuity; fon
after sl the number Of prnceles is limited There were
only seven ladies In the world for the Prince 81 Wales 70
choose wife from: and the Madrid Government mign'
easily exhaust in year or two oil the youths IN Europe
who were born in the purple. Their names were tossed
one after another into the arena OF discussion ana inc
terriers Of the press made lively hours work Oft The
unfortunate princes proved to be nirm, idlouc
immoral of doubtful legitimacy, of unsound principles
their ancestors tainted by history and their descendants
by conjecture by they were, to use the gentle
Spanish phrase inutilized.
But the last candidacy comes from the most nnexpeet
ed quarter For year past old Senior MadoE has been
advocating, solitary and aone-a voice crying IN the Will
derness Of the Cortesthe election OF Gen. Espartero
Duke de la Victoria as the only choice that could savt
the State. The old gentleman has enjoyed all this time
the monopoly Of this candidature. But within few
weeks instance Of that singular force OF asgess
ton that controls conventions In critical um~ very
numerous and powerful group OF the Chambers has az
ISOLATED itself with Don Pascual Madoz in earnest advo
minent danger and Immediately conceived plan for N
utilizing Esparero. He would write letter asking the
veteran he would stand. 1t probable that being
thus Intercepted, he would answer In the negative IT,
ON the contrary, he said yes, he fen at once
into the hateful attitude OF aspirant
and became the mark for the poisoned arrows
OF ealumny Either way he would be disposed of and
the Government not compromised ~ It's SIMPLE inquiry.
Prm wrote the letter ana sem Tor fapa maaoh 70 1y
aaby into the trap and set OF In high feather iof the
hermitage OF cr Lne maj age he %Sd NOR he can
didate and would not accept the Crown Prim -tIat
ey seemed for the moment Taey held
caucus mildly snubbed Father Madoz for his Innocence
and resolved to continue the agitation for their leader
They said the offer OF the Government wss not eonrte
that the reply Of the Duke was dgnlned ana noble
try and that il he elected King he would IA he
always had said Let the national will be done"
in the Cortes and the cafes There is TO be grand pa
cific manifestation in Madrid, on Sunday next in hi.
this is unauthorized The Republicans have lees antipa
thy him than 70 other royal candidate gu, tsy
are opposed TO all kings Internationally ana all the en-
eouragement they may give to the Espartero movement
nothing more than protest against
of his month of exile He and his friends seem deter
mined TO force solution in one sense or the other Aef
ali the abuse that has been heaped upon MonPensler
his attitude has not been an nndgni1ed or Improper
one He is candidate for the throne He has strone
and compact body OF supporters He and they VIII neg
ect no means OF carrying the election But let us be
Just he not ths most Hs se
candidate that has vet been named He savagely
and rebel 70 his ssternlaw But this gentle sister
had arrested imprisoned and exiled bi, without cause
and it is hard to see what gratitude or loyalty he owen
He has certainly been gaining ground. Within few
weeks considerable number of prominent army men
have declared tor him. AamnOs has become his PARTISAN
COrdova for him. These were his two seconds IN
in choosing Them instead OF who were already at
tached TO him Gen hqnierdo has just ranged himself
Foreign Affairs formerly the dn.e ddnee OF Pr IL I'M
derstood be working for the Duke in his underground
way His newspaper, tho Iberia, openly advocates ai
immediate election. ,
Prim still retains his attitude OF mpeneraee reserve
King Therefore, he has candidate but the elect OF
the Cortes He has recently no an a.
the project OF investing Serrapo with the FOIL attributes
organize fhe Government regularly with the Duke De la
Tore Regent for indefinite time But ne 1onhd Tue
OF the GeP mos CURIOUS nent u this
experiment was that the Union Liberal party OF wnsn
Spposed to this measure They seemed to think If Pr
was of it they must be against IL ana scrrano
thoroughly the slave Of petty personal IN
this country that no vigorous nerai pohcy can NC ca
formal battle given to-day IN the C0ftes betWsen
the advocates Of an ede 6S eeon Of kim
ing the defeat OF the former committees composed
of many of the leading OF the Chamber-Ros Roaas
Gjlloa and the Marquis Of yegaAmo representing the
Union Liberals, Montesnos and Mata the Progresssta
and Rodriguez and Romero Gron the more advanced
Democratic faetionhave been for some time drawing
up law for the election of Monarch They reported,
few days ago. law which contained the provision that
majority Of quorum should be sufficient for choice
This taken universally TO Indicate that the repor
had been made in the interest Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
think rather gratuitous. For 1t seems as III TINS ~ the
only way in which King can ever be elected IA me
present state parties in Spain an absolute majority OF
the Cortes being virtually impossible. However, Mr..
Rojo Arias made minority report IN the form % an
amendment providing that TINS aDsoute mvor'J shouo
be necessary for an election. -.
The cry of alarm was sounded by tue party WHIPS OF
all shades, and unusually full session was the result
In favor of Rojo Ariass amendment were the kepnD-
cans who always admirably consistent In their line
of action, and who have shown more capacity Tor gen.
une parliamentary life than any new men who ever sal
in Legislature; the liberal Progressistas and the adj
vanced Democrats, who are IN favor OF proongng .ne
present situation until the work OF revolutionary organ
zation brought to successful close and the Carss
the halfdozen absolusts who oppose solution
which does Don Carlos and the Inqusltion
1herl marty and that knot OF uneasy souls who clanor
any II result which will change the present state
of things who have been neatly named the Aodrdos-
fer short debate the voting came off promptly and
resulted adoption of Rojo Arass amendment by
bare majority but the result is considered fatal tonight
% the green budding hopes Of MontPensler misegaay
votes in this Cortesi This the view taken by the
and by the Tnionists who said openly This assures the
Republcl There Is now no King possible In spain"
So1 Vii perSaps rsmember that the present Minister
Of the Colonies, Mr. Moret Prendergast, Is Vice Pres
When Mr. vzcarondo some ago, set ON foot this
and courageous movement he at once enlisted
CASTELAR, and Moret They formed the great attraction
Of the impressive aDtiSlayery meetings, ia which the
Of all vlaines denounced in golden periods,
aud freedom gori6ed in the passionate Verse OF
Carolina Coronado. In the process OF time Mr. Moret
has the head OF which controls the
lowed, was a most delicate one. He ardent Span
lard He thoroughly and loudly of the barbar
Gus carried in the interest OF Slavery
in Cuba But the record OF eredtable youth stared
him in the face He had talked too much and too well
about Slavery TO fold his hands when the accursed
thing lay within his reach His predecessor Becera
maturing plan of emancipation at the time when tho
proSlavery interest drove him from the Cabinet. Mr..
Moret could step his PROSTATE form and aban
don the cause in which he fell. He began at
draw up q bill which should, II possible, reconcile
the Just exigenccs Of the Aboonss with the camors
Of the slave-traders. You easily imagine the dif
Guilty Of the work. Mr. Moret got on slowly. lie was
hurried into action at last by vigorous and determined
attack from he new liberal DeDufy porfo Rieo