Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-06-19
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Don Carlos.
THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND VIEWS
OF THE PRETENDER.

THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND VIEWS
OF THE PRETENDER.
The special correspondent of the CO.
loene Gazette with the Carlists in Spain
piyes an account of an interview which
he had at Bayone, month ago with
Don Carlos. ale met me in the gard
en-, says the correspondent, ssaccompa-
MED by Gen. Elio, and smoking the in
evitable cigarette. Don Carlos Is tall,
slim man. nearly six feet high. he
wears thick beard, and his first appear
ance makes very agreeable impression,
which is increased by bis lively manner
and almost feminine smile After ask
ing the correspondent his opinion about
the Carlsts, (Which was of course .fa-
yorahle, Don Carlos gave him some in
formation about the political feeling in
Spain. Sin all the Basque provinces,
he said - that is, Navarro,
Alavana, Guipuzcoa,. Biscay, and
Logrono - you 3 will z find that
the population is thoroughly Car
list. TO explain this fact you must re-
collect that in the. thirteenth century
these provinces, which had previously
possessed complete self-goyernment,
united themselves with the Castillian
crown, on being secured all their form
er privileges, including the right of
electing their local administration. The
people adhere firmly to those stipulations
and traditions, aud they cannot therefore
accustom themselves to republic which
settles everything by the same rules. 1t
is only monarchy, which can and must
maintain theseprivileges. AS
to the rest of Spain, the inhabitants of
the larger towns are undoubtedly repub-
lican in feeling, but this republicanism
is for the most part not spontaneous,
but an artificial Importation, introduced
and maintained by the communists, in
ternationalists and socialists, who have
immigrated into the country from
France.
1t is'only thanks to the efforts of such
men as Figueras and CASTELAR,, who are
respected by all parties, and whom /
also highly esteem, that the Republic
has not already degenerated into anar-
chy. The country population is either
ndifferent-though even then 1t inclines
to Carlism--or decidedly Carlist. 1t is
only in Galicia that you will find any
considerable number of AlphonsOists
who are chiefly represented by officers
of the higher ranks in the army
The chief object of the Alphonsists just
now is to prolong the civil war, in order
that when the son Of the Queen is old
enough and the country is exhausted
with fighting and disorder, they might
have as little difficulty as possible in
placing him on the throne. Nor should
it be forgotten that the Republicans
are divided into two hostile. parties
the Federalists and the Union
lists. 1t is my opinion-and for
the Basque provinces | can youch-
that united republic is an absolute i'm
possibility in Spain; for the various pro-
vinces differ so much in local peculiari-
ties that it would be impossible to gov
ern them all'in the same manner. 1t a
republic had to be. established in Spain,
it could only be a federal one; and |
belive that al the Powers of Europe
would do their utmost to prevent such a
republic from being formed. " Here is
a Dispatch continued Don Carlos,
(which M. Theirs sent the other day to
his envoy at Madrid. You see that he
instructs him to do all he can against
the Carlists that he says he on. hiers)
cannot do all he would wish to do, for
England and Russia are favorable to the
Carlists, although he believes that Ger
mrny is rather in favor ofthe republic
yet / feel sure we shall succeed at last. ,"
The correspondent then asked Don
Carlos why he did not march
into Spain at the head of his
troops, since he felt so confident
of victory. because l am not allowed
to do so,' was the reply. ''All my min
listers and generals declare that the time
has not yet arrived. have 10000 men
with the necessary artillery, at my dis
posal." Toward the end of the inter
view the correspondent referred to the
notion which, he said, had spread in
England and Germany that the cause of
Carlism was Unidentified with that of VI
tramontaRism. Eyes, know it," said
Don Carlis ''people think that / am
going to introduce the inquisition,, and
God knows what beside. But will
never permit the clergy to go beyond
their province neither can nor will
resist the legitimate Influence of the
Church, but will not allow anything
more. And the Catholic Church will al,
ways exercise this legitimate. influence.
over its members, whether the govern
ment is monarcial or republican"