The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-07-17
"A Royal istbry-TelIcr-Que IsabhIln'a
stVnledictory.n

"A Royal Ssbry-1lellcr--Queen IsabbIla'1
"Valedictory."
Tho full text Of Queen Isabella,s fare
Wen to the Spanish people is published
this morning. It is as follows:
SrANIARDs: My long reign has seen
many sad and troubled periods -sad
above all for me, because the glory OF
certain facts and the progress realized
while I ruled the destiny of our dear
country cannot make me forget that,
loving peace and the increase of the
public good, ever saw my deepest and
most cherished feelings, my noblest
aspirations, and my most earnest wishes
for the prosperity of Spain thwarted bv
acts independent Of my will. Asa child.
thousands of heroes proclaimed nv
name, but the horrors of war surrounded
my cradle. AS girl, I had no Thought
but to second proposals which appeared
good and calculated to secure your hap
Piness, but the heated strife of parties
allowed no time for the law and for the
love OF prudent reforms to take root. At
an age W. en reason is fortified by expe-
rlence., the ungovernable passions of
men whom / would not oppose at the
cost OF your blood-more precious to me
than my own-have driven me to q
foreign country, far from the throne of
my ancestors, to this friendly, hospita-
pie and illustrious land, but which is
noI my own country, nor that of my
children. Such, in brief, is the the po-
itical history Of thirty.fiye wears. in
which I have exercised the supreme rep
resentative power of the people commit
ted TO my charge by Gods law, by per-
sonal right, and by national right.
Rejecting upon this period. T$annot
accuse myself of contributing with de-
hberate intention either to the evils laid
to my charge or to misfortunes which I
was poWerless to avert. A constitutional
queen, l have sincerely respected the
laws.
A Spanish woman before all, and q
loving mother, Spain's sons are all equal
~ dear to me. The misfortunes which I
could not prevent were mitigated by me
as Tar as possible. Nothing was more
grateful to my heart than to pardon and
reward, and I omitted nothing to pre-
vent my subjects teors from flowing in
my cause. With desires and feelings
that have nevertheless been vain to spare
me, IN my country or away from it. the
bitter trials affecting my life, resigned to
suffer them, and accepting the designs
of Divine Providence, I believe I can
yet freely and spontaneously perform this
last OF my acts, all of which, without ex-
ception, have sought to promote your
prosperity and to secure your tranquility.
twenty months have passed since set
loot upon foreign soil, apprehensive of
ills which, in their blindness, tenacious
supporters of illegitimate aspirations.
VINO nave been condemned by the laws
OF the kingdom, by the vote of many as
semblles, by the right of victory, and by
the declarations of the government Of
civilized Europe, do not hesitate to en-
deavor to reproduce. In these twenty
months my afflicted soul has never ceased
to hear the suffering cry which arises
from my never-forgotten Spain. Full of
1alth I'D Its future, soil ,itous for its great.
ness, integrity, and Independence, CRATE
1ul for the support of those who were
and are attached to me, forgetting the
atfronts OF those who do not know me or
insult me, for myself ask nothing, but
1 would obey the impulse of my heart.
and the loyal sentiment of the Spaniards.
by confiding to their honor and noble
feeling the destiny of traditional dynas
ty, and the heir of hundred kings.
Here follows the the act of abdication
transferring the crown to the Prince. un-
der the title OF Alfonso XII, Isabella pre-
serving all civil rights, and the custody
OF Alfonso while living abroad, and until
proclaimed King by the Government and
Cortes representing the legitimate vote
Of the nation.
VVO&1.Si ssNF1c.Yo,-,, ,