New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-05


advent of the carbineers who are to restore
him to liberty.
Free as they feel themselves from any obi
cation to the laws of the usurper, they regard
these laws as most sacredly binding upon him
and his dynasty. They are precisely like our
own Rebels, who, while laboring to destroy our
Constitution, wearied our ears with clamor
against our asserted infringement of some OF
it's provisions. There is nothing to the honest
Carlist 80 weakly sentimental and so deleteri-
Gus to the State as the modern regard for
individual rights. 1t is the subjects right
and glory to obey bis King. 1t is the
Christians privilege to believe as no is told
by his ecclesiastical superiors. But this Is the
case only in the absolute theocratic monarchy
they are devoted to. They hold the present
democratic governments to the strictest ac-
count on the basis Of their own discredted
Constitutions. In Spain. whenever the Gov
ernment imagines itself forced to adopt meas
ures of canton or repression outside OF the
organic law, the Carlists are always found
illogically striking hands with the con-
sistent Republicans in defense of the
safeguards of personal liberty which they
would instantly destroy if they had the power
They continually assert that they are engaged
only in peaceful and legal propaganda. They
denounce the Government of King Amadeus
for it's Jealous and lliberal dstrust of them,
at the same time that they are plotting trea-
sons and instructions throughout Spain They
have no hesitation in rising in the COrtes and
LAYING their hands on their waistcoats to swear
they are guiltless of any designs against the
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under these chivalrous hands are stuffed with
plans of Carlist campaigns. These cOntradlc-
tons are an absolute necessity of the present
organ ization of the party. To live in Spain
the leaders must Outwardly conform to the
laws of the land, and as long as the
pretender, Don Carlos lives, they will
probably be called upon every year to JOIN IN
mad and fruitless rebellion. He is young
fellow of powerful physique and deficient
intellect, consumed by an intense vanity and
ambition, and a desire to assume the
crown of his ancestors, which amounts
to monomania. 1t is rather fortunate
for the cause of rational government in Spain
that these constantly recurring attempts are
made The power of the Civil Guard and the
Army easily brushes them and the cause loses
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strength it has had at the polls since the adop-
ton of universal suffrage.
The young King either regards this threat
ened rising with contempt, or hopes to avert
it by amusing the people of the provinces
with royal progress. There is still great
power in the personal presence and kind
words of prepossessing sovereign. The
people have not yet quite outgrown
the influences of their days of tutelage Vast
crowds still walk for weary miles over the
mountains to welcome Queen Victoria to Bal
moral. The sailing of a Tartar Prince for our
shores throws all our uneducated classes into
emotion. 1t is not surprising therefore, that the
face and the voice of young and plucky King
may do good deal to fix the wavering
loyalty of his people. We think the Spaniards
entitled to the charge of their own affairs. But
in a fight between Amadeus and Carlos, all the
forces of our modern civilization would be
ranged on the side Of the Italian sailor