The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-22
SPAIN.
Ex-Qaecn Isabeiia's Protest Against tho Cake


Ex-Qacen Isaseiia's Protest Against tho Cake
OF Aosta.
The following Is translation OF tho protest OF lhc
ex-Qleen of spain against tao Duke d'Aosta's &C
cep!ance of The Spanish crown. re'crrei 10 IN the
tccgram5 from Madrid published some time since:--
TO THE srANIARDs.
to rsen m ani by eaaat m n9 and raent
desne 10 constitute your happiness even at the
price OF the greatest saci ilces made mo decide III
1868 upon abandoning my native land. since nen
have not ceased 10 address to Heaven my most
iervens supp,ica'lons tnas you misnt enjoy tho
uni o. which minority greedy OF power Lad Tor
tilie deprived you.
and so painful 10 NE. as well as TO avoid It's being
attributed 10 Violence ana It's forming reasonable
for new disturbances, drew up on the 9th OF juno
Of the present year free and spontaneous abdica-
w won 81 s my hGey poGa E WIN an ahEss
them to my beloved son, Don Alfonso DC Bourpon.
Prince OF Astutias, and ieseryng 20 myself such
rights as hQd not tho aforesaid pcitlcal character.
BATTERED nyself that this act OF abnegation as
Spontaneous rs Z was sincere, would have Gained
oyerexcited passions; would have inspired coma.
dence IN those WHO, refusing TO do me justice, might
have considered my person an obstacle TO the con.
solicitation Of public liberty and would have restored
disturbed by revolution which OF necessity has
But it has nos pleased Cod to grant as yet my
i n prayers. me revolution continues lss
son--who IS to-day Jour legitimate kAg according
to all the spsnisn constlt9tons-by calling to the
throne or St. ferdinand ana OF Charles Y. .
foreigner, whose merits, however great, cannot en-
title him TO he yonr Sovereign, IN despite Cf the
rights OF whole dynasty, the Only winch has IN
It's favor that legitimacy. consecrhted by the lapse
OF ages ana by constitutions, which 1t has been
signal folly TO disavow.
should be wan.iag to my crcd duties rs
mother, and aa bead OF my family. aid not publish
solemn protest against such an act OF spolaiion;
and address /, 10 yoG before any one else because
IL Is you who arc called upon 10 repair this great
violation OF ght OF which an innocent boy, who
cannot be and ought not to DO, held
responsible for the errors unjusty attflb-
bued TO MS ancestors II now the victim:
There Is nothing more distant from my mind and
purpose than an appeal 10 violence: enough blood
hes been shed by Tie Spanish people Ia sustaining
me upon the throne OF my ancestors. lwouid not
have iaore TO low IN orGer 10 rccstablish my dear
son upon l.. My aoe desire is thar pubic opinion.
being. Tect!dsd, may be convinced that
only by the Establishment OF the fu.
tnrc upon the old and tlme-honored
basis or monarchy Spain recover tho
elevated and respected position winch sue for long
time held in the world; and that when the rcvolu-
tonary iorreat, winch you surely look upon with
homer, shan have spent ITSELF tho restoration may
be brought about pacicaly, which, while filing
with Joy my maternal heart win console the griei
which feel, not Tor my own. but Tor yorr misfor-
tuie2. ISABEL.
GENEVA, Nov. 81, 1870.