New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-21

y or srAGNArIoN- PRINCIPLES or THE SPAN
ISL REPUBLICANS.
Mr.. John Hay is TO be heartily congratulated
on tho double which greeted his first lecture
New-York, given at Association Hail. last night Tho
lecture itself was bo mt NOBLE and compact with In
formation the audience was above tho average New
York audience in point Of intelligence and OF ap-
precaiicn. Mr Hays delivery Is admirably easy and
graceful; and his clear resonant voice filed the largo
hall In every part and without any appearance OF effort
In some OF The spirited passages bis tones rang
ike a trumpet, and 10 the descriptive portions 1t was
smooth and werLm0dulatcd. The lecture was prose-
epic Il was more for II illuminated by such vivid
lights and deepened by such broad shadows only q
true artist can use in masterpiece OF wOrdpsinng.
1t was where the frequent applause indi-
Gated the intelligent sympathy which those wbo
heard had with tho speaker ard bis theme. Inc
good points," the liberal sentiments. and tho names OF
such patriots CASTELAR, scyerally greeted WIN
impartial cheers. when fairly over and
the speaker had vanished from the platform, the aui-
epce fingered with their applause and repeated H. az III
they thought the graceful orator wonld come again anu
paint for them "a skifully before. the spectacle
which ne had with bis own eyes seen-D'yoreak IN
Spain.
TIE LECTURE.
Mr.. Hay began with a reference TO tho myth Of Tho
death Of the Cod Pam at tho time OF the Crucihxon and
said that Monarchy and EcclesascisIn were dying IN
tho Spanish Peninsula. He said;
think there are signs of Daybreak 10 SPAIN You
will not contradict IL you reply that 1t Is not hgi
noon there 1 assert that tho people OF Spain src
making rapid progress toward true and orderly democ-
raey do not consider that answered N
Won say they have not arrived there. / Insist
that the spirit and temper OF the people nave
greatly improved In recent years. refuse 10
reract this when you point me 10 the maSacreS Oh
Malaga and Tarragona, the heathemsh Do.oat Oh mo
Cortes or the carnival Of mons which has made
tha gn.l iarlX I'm
ton for four years There faint hearts who speak
OF their Instructions as sign Of retrogression Ihey
arc precisely sign Of returning Life aftoT paralysis OK
ages 1t would have been far better Tor Spain II theJ
had begun earlier When man is freezing To death'
anything ia better than sleep. The old mythologyb
wounded fatally The OF spain was woven Oh Two
qualities which the spaulard OF history and tradition
considered his chief virtues loyalty to his king and de-
yotion tois church. Tho hope OF Spain Is eonheo III
the fact that these serve virtues are losing their hoio
The gods Of antiquity, which typhed material orce''
fell at the coming of the religion which Appealed W
tho spirits and the minds of men, The old superstition
OF loyalty and bigOtry will vanish In spain IN proportion
"a they naca the law above the King and God above tho
Church.
Mr Hay then gave rapid sketch Of the series OF his
torcal events by which tho Church and the Crown
gained such absolute control OF The spanish people Inc
religious wars the Punishment OF the Jews ana OF ina
Moors tho accumulation Of wealth and power by tho
and among the people were toucned
upon In the stricken land nothing nOurishcd but q
rabble OF monks and the royal authority Here Is tne
marvel. Tue Church and the Crown had brought them
TO this misery yet better than their lives the spanlris
loved tha Church and the Crown When tho ae OF ths
great house Austria out in the deyhsunted idiot
Charles H., this tho lamentabls state OF Spain;
mbecity and rapacy the throne and Ia tho Church
among the people dumb reverence for the King which
exngshed the idea OF rishtwhich Is civil death, and
An unauestoning submission TO the Church which ami
hiated individual thought, which IA moral death
The accession Of tho Bourbon kings was next DO.
5crbed and the efforts made by OF them 10 ra'ss
the country from its ignorance and degradation.
Charles Ill said. one day: "My people are liAo bod
children who kick their nurses Sims every time their
faces are washed" The masses too Ignorant and
stod to receive and carry the plans OF improve
ment devised for them. The better classes be-
uumbed and brutazcd by loyalty and faith that thero
we're no instruments in Madrid to tho Kings hands.
From the accession of Philip V. all i'm ortln offices
passed the hands OF foreigners But the work was
too be accomplished at The great kings or
the line had shown that absolute monarchs ara
almost omnipoent for evil But it TO be the will
Of Providence that they shall be omnipOtent for good
They eau do much TO depTaye people; they can do
very little elevate them. Through labor and fear and
trembling must people work out its salvation. 50
that transient CLEAN of liberalism upon thrones faded
away. The philosophy Of Frederick hardened into n
ruo of blood aud iron; Catlarnes passed away IN in'
trges and assasslnations joseph H. took alarm the
honors paid to Franklin In Paris and said TO Mario An
toinete his sister Madame, don't forget that iroyaly
the trade live by" Philosophy in France fed from
Versailles and the Parc-auCerf and toox refuge in
winc-shops and garrets among uuconibod and savage
thinkers. and the OF the people. unTighted by
wei-noaniug and feeble kings, bred that wild demOcra.
cy which mixed IN its wrath and despair the cup OF
blood and which given to tho monarchios OF
the world 10 drink
than half a century the court and the closter
struggled against the spirit OF the time. Tho OF
olutlons and instructions opened which has not yet
closed In spite OF all they could accomplish the Kina
and the priesthood steadily lost ground from the begin
ming OF the century Every rey0luton, whether success
tu not cost something To the principle OF authority
eS ~ OF destiny notbp IL manifested nI IL IL
throne the Strength OF public opinion, until the Rev
olutiOn OF September, 1868
Tho reign OF Queen Isabel was reviewed and tho hslu
OF her personal character the loyalty of tho
people discussed. The immediate occasion of the Reyo
luton the Punishment OF the Unlnnist Generals,
which used by Marshal PTim Ia bring the ieei
and the army. The pr0nupc anenJ0 the Bay OF Cad,
described, and the tait or tge monarchy. There
in its rapidity and completeness. Prm flew from city
20 city on the coast as II elch with uniquy. They fell
into his hands like ripe fruit SerranO marched up from
cadiZ the capital with skiTmsh ut the Bridge OF
Aleoles. which ended the heuting Madrid made no
resistance Even the ocehOlder forgot that tho ilies
Of Bourbon guided tee public cub. The soldiers
ILade cause vita the citizens. Marshal Coneha.
the CaptanGenera could hot eaforce respect senOugb
at the railway station to obtain special Train 90 JON
the Queen she-poor iady--took flight across the "a.
reDees with Marfori aud Gonzales Bravo. and people
laughed at her scanty attendance. But they were
wrong She went worthiIy attended For with her tied
two august and venerable powers, Divine Right and
Ecclesiastical Rule let hope forever, cut Of SPAIN
Tue liberal Constitution OF tue now monarchy wn
reviewed. its provisions for individual rights, for re-
gous liberty and tor democratic institutions generally
Tue lecturer continued:
Il do not pretend to say that the traditions OF ten
centuries are put to flight by tame from brass band
Human nature Is not changed IN day, ana there J.