New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-18

MONTPENSIER FINALLY REJECTED-NO NEW
! CANDIDATURE-THE sTATU QUO TO BIZ CON
! TINUED-NoNrPENsIER DEFEATED IN THE
| ELECTIONS.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
! MADRID Jan. 29-The event OF the week Is another
great speech from Emilio CASTELAR, delivered in tho
COrtes last Monday. The Republican orator had
given notice of his intention to bring forward mo-
| ton for the exclusion of the BOurbOns from tho
! throne of Spain This ntmation set the majority IN
a Iuster, for there misunderstanding tho
tendency Of the proposition. Although the actual
Ministry is held together by truce ITS supporters
profess strong individual opinions certain ques-
tons upon which division is at any moment i'm
minent; hence every effort is made to AVOID their
beingrased. IL was well known that in consequence
of the defeat of Ministerial party in the of
the Duke of Genoas canddature-a direct result of
! the intrigues of the Unionists-Prim and his col
leagues determinedso great their irritation
to break with this party. lie sent for Castelar
Figueras and one or two Others, and proposed new
coalition, to be supported by the Republicans. The
! basis the proclamation Of a military dictature
Prim at the head; the suspension Of the COrtes for
eight months; the governing Of the country in the
! interval by succession Of DEGREES and the Bin Of
| Indemnity on the reassembling of the Cortes. OF
course the Republicans TO have their share Of
office. But these Overtures were rejected, and Prim
whom he made the compromise referred to IN my
last letter The basis of this arrangement being the
Withholding on the one side, of any candida
ture and the other Of that Of the Duke de Mont
peusier it followed that the Republicans had fine
| opportunity OF urging Ministers to define clearly
position which had become more equiyocal than
ever. HenceCastellar's motion. What was to be
done the majority being divided 4 general
meeting Of the Ministerial party was held
| on Sunday evening. under the guidance
Of Ruiz Gorilla, President of the Cham
! ber when all were exhorted 10 sink minor
differences and agree to reject the Republican prop
| osition. SenOr MartOs, hOweyer-Foregn Minister
| in the recent Cabinet, but now ont of ofnce-de-
clared that he saw nothing in the motion ncompatl
| BILE with the views of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
party and he should vote for it. Prim demonstrated.
Martos then stated he would abstain from supporting
CASTELAR, on condition that Ministers made explicit
declarations the general question of the candida
ture 70 the throne, and especially on that OF tho
! Duke de Montpcnsier. and with this pIjhy lntima-
ton he quilted the meeting With Martoss support
the success of Castellars motion was assured. and
Prim and his colleagues were obliged TO accept the
alternative The curiosity TO hear Castelar, was IRE
pressibe. The doors Of the CorteS were bc,leged
from an early hour in the morning-one of the bit
terest for cold this Winter has productivity crowds
!
awaiting admission. Many hundreds were
doomed to disappointment. Those who ultimately
effected an entrance had their work TO do. Even the
members of the COrtes found it no easy task to make
their way through the thrCng. The excitement was
intense CaStearS address was one OF ms best par
! Hamentary efforts. Even those who had come pre-
pared to reject his motion were carried away oy h7
eloquence He defended bis propose ton on The broad
grounds of the object OF the september TeFoiu-
| ton-namey, to expel tie BoUrt0n;S, ,roes- an.
branch forever from Spain. On no previous occa-
sion has CASTELAR, delivered statesmanke speech.
one so remarkable for its array OF facts It's pun
gency of logic its felicity Of illustration. Apart
wholly from it's merits an Grafton, the theme was
! taking one. Never were the Bourbons scathed;
never had the puerle position of the coalition been
so mercilessly exposed. When he at length termna-
ted saying IF this proposition be rejected everybody
will believe the restoration is imminent. thundcrs
of applause rang through the House and members
of all parties ran across TO shake hands with him.
| Echegarav. the new Minister of Public Works, at
| tempted a reply. Last April this gentleman distin-
| guished himself greatly by a speech IN favor Of
religious liberty which had success second only 20
Casellar's celebrated Grafton upon the same queS
| ton Upon the strength Of that speech-which
seemed TO indicate the possession Of exceptional and
oratoucal powers Echegaray made way. and ultl-
| matey was elected a member OF the Cabinet upon
the Monarchic- Democratic ticket. On the present
occasion he disappointed even his greatest admirers.
His reply was loose in style and argument, but no
| declared that neither the Government nor the ma
! orty had any new candidate to the throne in view;
that the programme of the Government was based
upon continuance Of the SatR quo, and that before
the BourbOns could be restored Spain would be in
| flames from one end TO the other. CASTELAR, again
rose to insist upon the acceptance of bis proposition
and an earnest that the Government did not contem
plate a restoration He reminded his opponents that
! To the intrlgues of the lnonlSts alone. in
| favor of MOntpensier, the defeat Of the Duke
of GenOa's candidature was ascrbable, and
that to reject the present proposition aud
continue the stdtu quo would leave the
way clear for the renewal of other Vaccinations.
At this point MartOs-dissatished with the equyocal
declarations OF EchegaTay permission TO speak.
on account OF personal allusiOn. Ii was a remark
of Castelars referring 10 the incident at the meeting
of the majority the previous evening, when Mar
tos demanded explicit definition OF the Ministerial
position Martos's request disturbed the occupants
| of the IL blue bench" and Prim hurricdly rose, to
| forestate Martos, who gave way. The President oil
the Council-unusually cold and incisiye-declared
the restoration impossible either OF mother or son.
I'm the majority were persons favorable TO
| the candidature of the Duke dc Montpen-
sier but their opinions did not commit the
! majority itself nor had it. nor any section
Of il in view candidate for the vacant throne. lie
considered the one object of Castellars proposition
WAS TO divide the majority, and in the event of IT'S
| acceptance the Ministry would resign Office. No
marty would be preiudiced, question falsihed, by
| the rejection of the motion aud he would only say
| that there were three opinions in the Cabinet-the
Presidents, which would be that of the majority If