The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-01


Tor the elements would have successfully invaded
It; ana he was served by men who showed capacity
%e F ses What tSe eeect Of the nation could
achieve when we remember Murio and Velas9uez
In art and Cervantes IN letters IL would De tealous
in two centuries has fallen from the empire left by
Philip II. TO the nation which minimum OF the
court transferred to Napoleon by treaty Although
the Spanish tongue Is spoken, and the influence OF
Spanish custom is felt over the greater part OF
mains worth claiming but Cuba and Porto Rico. These
islands, held by Spain with intense pride and solic
as Of BY the Gnsed
eminent has done its worst. Public order exists
only in the cities Travel s as dangerous in many
Railways were built. There are sections where the
only activity shown is the activity OF the bandits
because Of their greatness in the time Of Cesar,
ana even Of the Moors the great Intellectual nn
made no Impression in Spain. The Inquisiton was
only suppressed In 1905 The Plaza Mayor where
acts Of @ saSs ~ Burning
burn; but the traveller has to draw lightly on his
the balconies that surround the square lined
eager for the sacrifice as. they are now
for the Sunday bull light, which Is regularly Ct
Of aSa m se S
dences Of activity, but ntful and slow. Some
Of the wealth earned In Cuba is spent here;
or orr surrounding advantaees tumoed here in the
centre Of wide, open,. treeless stony plain, built
and ia cursed a the dry keen, rared air rom the
mountains. AL that remains to Spain seems to be
G nss dre no pu as as IN
land. The public treasury Is almost bankrupt and
yet an sell Gns for fss epa hs @
iiors would allow to defend t.; In one province
the c ns are re- Vita the
THE EVENT OF THE DAY.
Nothing could be worse than the present condi-
tincton, like Poland Venice absolute national
bankruptcy. Is Spain really bent upon reformation
10 Snd hapy So to pce or
power-but to be what nature intended 1t, rich,
prosperous nation with citizens worthy Of those
amenities whose valOr, enterprise and genius DOM
mated Europe? This is the problem. This problem
makes Spanish politics so full of interest A great
what was seen in France during the revolution.
the most extraordinary event IN Its history thus
doors discussing it, when the thunder storm
suddenly came up and drove 1t to shelter.
Let II tsa ac9 Hes ng at al So
what the exact meaning OF these events Is. 1t Is
easy enough TO condense from the forty daily news
papers here printed narratives and rumors, and
speeches, and anecdotes, and to throw them pell-
met into a correspondence. know how appalling
such spectacle is-how embarrassing at best any
phase OF spanish politics be to the average
American mind, now concerned about Presidential
elections Yet If one looks at Spain as she is,
compared with what she was, and gives the marked
events now occurring their proper place and value,
n movement WIN be seen OF worldwide interest,
and OF especial interest to America, whose relations
with Spain arc really closer and more important
than those ofany foreign Power.
THE CHOICE or A KING.
When serrano Prim and their comrades resolved
to turn out Isabella 1t believed that bad had
Isabella Isabella was " hustled over the border; Ser
Ing pageant all Europe was scours S,., for v
| manuel was found-a young man OF twenty-five,
with an a,rastye we vastly rich in her own
matters, with abundant feminine superstitons and
fond Of the Pope The young King was the best Of
easy did not trouble himself much about politics,
and came here with two purposes-to remain IN
Spain only as long as he pleased the people Or the
is much quizzed for his broken Spanish by, the
anxious to be very constitutional monarch and Is
famous for his personal courage. This is all there
borne to throne, who h would make ilrst cap
tain OF dragons MS pay your unitarian readers
ing OF 1t, that Spain being unable to govern herself
1t was necessary to pay an Italian boy, who could
not talk Spanish. to do so at the cost of
! year.
when this marvellous result achieved, were d.
vided into hve groups, and this distinction should
be closely observed, for it Is the alphabet Of the
1.-The CIr2ists-Those who believed that Don
Carlos the male heir of the throne after Ferdinand
should succeed under the Sac law which , made made
for his daughter, going back to the old CASTLE and
Arragon custom and making women eligible. The
Carliss are mainly peasants In the wild Basque
Highlands, ana the priests, who think Don Carlos
would go back as near to the InquistiOn as posi-
| ble
! 1.-THE observation-disclosures who desire the son
! OF the exiled Isabella to be proclaimed King with
| the Duke Of ntpensier or SerranO as Regent
IH.-The Conservatives on. Observation-Disclosures
! who believed the revolution was necessary, but
that having been accomplished, and Amadeus hav-
| ing been really gained at great expense, the revo-
luton should go backward, and there should be
strong government and q strengthening of royal
the 6igh.soaring ..iberties,p such for" for in.
stance as the liberty OF the press and Of creed.
monarchy as perhaps all that is available for I'M
happy Spain, but anxious for reforms, and to limit
the Kings prerogatives and make the government
| v. The Repu5itcans-Tho who believe In fede.
raj republic and wish no dynasty whatever, but
tenders over the frontiers tomorrow, and do some
wild things, perhaps, unless restrained.
OLD EsPARTERO.
party, and a very important one, In the person Of
old Baldomero Espartero. Espartero has a position
in spain like that OF Theirs I'm France. He is now
eghty-two years of age, Is duke and prince,
belongs to no party, lives in retirement,
| against Bolivar and other immortal Spanish Wash
ingtons, and was badly whipped; fought the Carl
man in SPAIN and when matters 90 awkwardy il
always sent for. "Espartero," said Prm, sis the
only Spaniard of note who has not c0nspred against
! the throne at one time anothern
To make matters more complicated, of these five
parties no one controls the COrtes.
| THE INAUGURATION OF THE PRESENT CRISIS
| The advent OF Sagasta TO power was the begin
ming of the crisis You can form idea of Sagasta
and his political relations to Spain by carefully
studying the character OF William NJ. Tweed. I DO
not like TO accept extreme opinions about any one in
public life for the political necessities and respon-
sbites OF the governing station make 1t very diti-
cult to do public man Justice But /
! hear only opinion OF Sagasta. He rep.
resents all that is trucuent and insincere
and base In the Spanish character. He was
an accident In the revolution. AZ Minister he ap-
piled 10 politics the rules OF Walpoe and the pei
| hams Since Spain would not give him q majority
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