Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10

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LxxrMaToN, NO.
wEpSEsDAYa.. SEPTEMBER 10. 1873
TwosUndesirablo Monarchs.
whatever view one may have Of the
yalns Of the monarchial principle IN
government, It is obvious enough
il.a, the successful application of the
principle must depend greatly on the
character of the royal parsonage who
cIabodies il, as well as on the wants
and condition Of the people over
whom he il called to rule. Admit
ting that the ultimate end ofail forms
of government is to render a nation
peaceful, contented, aud prosperous.
and that there is no mystical power
in a monarchy, as such, to bring this
result, We cat hardly feel disposed
to look with anything but distavor on
the claims Of the two members of the
bourbon family who style them
selves by divine right Henry
V. OF France, ami Charles VII.
of Spain. There is this point of SINH
larity between the two, that their
partisans lave never been more con-
fident of success than at present.
When VIC have said that both are de-
vout Catholics aud that the Church
of Rome has a vital interest in the
restoration ofthe first, aud looks with
only partially disscmblcd approval
oa tho progress Of the second. w"
have exhaused nearly all the points o,
similarity between the cause of the
Comic de Cha,nbord and that of Don
Carlos.
All that portion Of France which
comes within the influence Of news
paper discussion has been agi,atcd
during the last few weeks by the
conflicting statements and specuia-
ton attending the visit of the Conte
de Paris to the Austrian retreat OF
the representative of the elder branch
of the family. "Fusion" between
l.cgitiinist and Orlcanist has been
talked about ever since the revolG-
lion Of 1S4S placed the two sections
of the Royal House of France i'll the
same position ofdisin,eres,cd princes.
But it has always been found that
the Orleanist theory. of monarchy as
existing simply III obedience to the
will OF the governed, and the Legiti-
mist theory of arule which no mis-
government could invalidatc, and nc
popular opposition could destroy,
were principles which Ito amount OF
personal concession could merge into
each other. 1t Is difficult. to see that
the late interyiews,,betwcen the heirs
of Louis Philippe and the heirs Of
Charles y. have at all altered this cs-
sensially divergent character of the
first principles of their respective
parties. In fact, neither side preterds
that any surrender Of principle has
been made, and the adherents of con-
stitutional and absolutlst k~insships
stand just where they did. All that
is cIsimed to have happened is au ac-
acknowledgement OH the part of the
Ccmte de Paris that the royal rcclusc
of Frohsdorf is really the head of his
house, and that in the event of &
ro!ll:st restoration iu France the
claims of the younger branch snoulG
rot stand in the way. OF course,
this is a tolerably cheap concession.
because the Orleanists have no chance
OF accomplishing srestoration by their
OWL unaided strength, because the
Comtc de Paris is the legitimate heir
of the Comte de .Chambord and
must naturally reunitc.:in his own
person, in a few years the aspirations
and the claims of both parties.
Throughout this negotiation, if nego-
tiation it may be called, Franco has
not been considered az having any
Thing but one inclination in this mat
ter. From tho point of view OF the
,'omte de Chambord this was per-
fcctly consistent, because, according
10 his theory, no amount of popular
dissent can make him other than the
riehtful ruler of France. lie is Hen
r. V. already; his people cannot
present him TO a throne, they can
simply remove the obstacles which
have justly kept him out of it. In
tho personal character of the Comte
tie Chainbord there is nothing which
IS ignoble, but there is much which is
narrow, uncompromising and out of
sympathy with the wants OF modern
France. His acccssionI.would be the
signal for the tyranuous exercise of
success by IL party, and the begin
ming of u new revolutionary move
ment either openly or covertly..amcns
all the fractions Of the other. 1t
would, indeed, be the completion OF
another of the circles of French poll
tics, but it would. tbc the.:bcginnins
rs surely as was the restoration of
Louis XVIlI. of new circle ending
in revolution again.
If this be true of the prospects of a
l. ,yalist restoration in France, it is
more emphatically true Of a Carlist
triumph in Spain. Little is known
of the present bearer of the name CT
Don Carlos, but lie bellies the consis-
tent character Of his family for three
generations, if he is not a bigot, an
%inbecile, and a coward. Any form
OF government in Spain seems to rest
"n a quicksand, but of all the preIim-
imaries of anarchy-sanguinary and
rUmplcte-thc most effective would
80 the accession of Charles VII. TO
She Spanish throne. According to
the cable dispatches .sthe Spanish
Communists have formed n kind OF
u .rmsivc and defensive alliance with
1'rr Carlists. This is not a new ple.
%s.vnAeuon in poli,ics,Sbut imthe hour
IT success Oil and water could mix as
readily as absolute submission in
and religion and absolute