The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-26

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whose trust in him is still unshaken.
The Trouble in spain-Amadeus and
the CarlIsts.
The Carlist rising in Spain has assumed
more alarming proportions than at one time
was deemed possible. 1t Is quite manifest
that Don Carlos and his friends are determined
to make one more vigorous effort II 1t should
be the last Evidently preparations for the
struggle have been made ON scale of consid-
cradle magnitude. Large bodies OF men are
in the field and we'll armed, and already three
provinces are declared in q state Of siege.
French reports state that Don Carlos is on tho
soil of Spain at the head of ton thousand men.
1t is alleged that his supporters have arranged
on understanding of perfect accord with the
republicans, insuring plan Of field and
municipal strategy which is to be directed
against the forces of the King. The minis
terial party in Madrid Is quite animated
in it's defence of the Crown. 1t is not
our opinion that the Carlists can win. Don
Carlos, like the Count do Chambord, rep
resents legitimacy and divine right-the dead
and the buried past Revolutions never go
backward. The cause of the elder branches of
the royal houses in Spain and in France is rs
hopeless as was that of the Stuarts after the
flight and dethronement of James the Second
of England. Pretenders may appear, genera
ton after generation, but the claims of legiti-
macy and divine right are but little likely to
command much attention.
Amadeus shows so much of willingness to
do what is right that he ought to have fair
trial. His speech, delivered at the opening Of
the Cortes, is full of good sense and manly
sentiment. He sought not the position which
he now fills; he has no desire to remain against
the will of the Spanish people; but so long as
he does remain it is his determination to rule
vigorously within the limits of the constitu-
ton. If the factions bury their differences
and fight as one man in the interest of law and
order the Carlist instruction will have but a
short existence. Here, however, lies the diff
Guilty. 1t is not at all impossible that the fac
tons may seek to make the Carlist rising sub
serve their own private ends. In such case
the wisest thing for Amadeus to do would be
to retire, shake the dust of Spain from off his
feet, and leave his friends and his foes alike to
make the best of what begins to seem already
hopeless situation. A Hohenzollern would,
perhaps, be the next choice; and Hohen-
the best thing possible for Spain and the
Spaniards.
BRIGHAM YOUNG DIscHARGED.-The Nor
mon leaders have certainly fulfilled their vows
to the Prophet Of Utah, and in such a man.
ner that it might almost be surmised they had
long since received authoritative assur-
ance Of victory over their alleged
oppressors. The means employed to
effect the release of the prisoner, as
stated in our special despatch to-day,
show clearly enough the respect in which
the law is held in the Territory. The case of
Brigham Young was taken before the Probate
Court, an inferior tribunal, on habeas corpus,
and the Judge, o representative Mormon,
plainly told the counsel for the United States
Marshal that Utah must govern herself; that
the higher Courts, presided over by Chief
Justice Mexican and his associates, were
fraudulent and illegal their decisions were
worthless and in no wise binding on the
people there, and that neither protest nor
threat would induce him to hold the prisoner.
THE QUESTION OF RELIGION IN ENGLAND
The British House Of Lords during the ses-
sion last night debated measure having for
its object the payment of Roman Catholic
chaplains for their services in the prisons of
Great Britain. Lord Oranmore opposed the
measure strenuously, CHASING its intention as
an evidence Of the 'pretensions Of the Church
of Rome" The bill was passed by vote of
fifty-eight to twenty-five members. One can
scarcely understand the point of ground Of the
directors. 1t is certainly fair that Roman
Catholic clergymen should be paid for their
services in the government jails and hospitals
of England, as are the priests of other persua-
sions None should suffer want of religious
consolation, even when under condemnation
for crime. England violates no principle or
tenet of the Established Church in the matter,
as Her Majesty the Queen has already COM
missioned Roman Catholic chaplains to serve
with the army in India and the colonies, and
spasmodic efforts made with the view Of roll
ing back the influences and legitimate conse-
quences Of the Emancipation act Of 1929 are
not at all creditable to the Christian genius
and manly spirit of Lord Oranmore and the
twenty-one s'other men" who voted with him.
THE GoAr ISLAND Jon, which was passed by
the House on Wednesday last, does not look
rs if its chances in the Senate are improved
The two California Senators-Cole and Cas-
serly-have rods in pickle for the members of
the House from that State who championed
the grant, and in doing so managed to impugn
the conduct Of the Senators in opposing the
steal. There will be lively time when it
comes up in the Senate, and 1t is safe to pre-
sumo the Central Pacific lobby viii be very