New-York tribune., 1873-02-01

him TO govern himself by means his caeiques aud TO
mnglo with his haliearned ORTHODOXY the neresgs r IN
hat ourselves possessed carried tntner our Rret
captains our heroes and our tne
CAL and mOnarchical orgaDiZaton the Eghteenth Cent
ury carried modern ideas tnithor; the Constituent
Assembly of Cadiz them the spirit or democracy;
the latter half OF tho Nineteenth Century with incom
prehensibe injustice has not extended our own modern
and democratic spirit TO possessions but the present
is solemn hour; today "a the last day OF Old spain
crushing in her fall the fetters Of the slave and tho
birthday of that other Spain that by means OF her IDEAS
unes herself ndissouby with the America OF ireeuon
OF democracy, and OF right. - -. .u,,,.,
Nothing save The interests OF few slayehoders ana
how the modern world permit these sayen9derS 70
oppose rs with more strength anu greater ribH H' "
our ciyizatiOnf
FOREIGN INFLUENCES MERELY THE MARCH OP Events
Much has been said about foreign influences. How IL
this! Does happen in this present century that the
constrant OF foreign powers needed before Justice can
be donei Why. il when the telegraph. stean' and tine
press we're unknown the nations all obeyed one common
iiea do you now wish that common impulse should
not control the present generations
There are gentlemen two nations which form the TWO
exremes the two poles OF human society; the one Is
Russia with former 5erfS the other "a saxon America
with her oncecaled slaves Russia believes her mission
is to cvillze the Orient, TO eivze the primitive WOI0
Saxon America holds that she Is the cvillng agent III
the Occdent the regenerator OF ohe Sew NPla rs
dom in 1861 and America at the same time abolished
Slavery against the armed protest OF her ruian slave
drivers On the 4th of March. 1861, Lincoln went up to
the Capitol and the 5th OF March, 1861, Ale1auder
read the decree procaimlng the euahclpaeon Gl tte
Serfs. When Russia renounced her performance IN III
rope when she renounced all the complicatio- OF tho
Eastern Question; when she renounceH all her Influence
in the West all the while she rs r6alizng the abolition
OF seryrndc and when the genius of Democratic America
put two millions OF men under arms, ana raised hali
million OF cavalry laid waste her own neius uestoyeu
without number, do you perchance lmaglne Depuues'
that all these deeds were not 10 nave an upon
Our social system and upon country like that OF the
moon upon the EARTH aud OF the earth upon the moon
Here there not there cannot be- and there shall never
,ahnn Dn
means and II could be otherwise Is the influence Ol
the universal spirit of mankind
must at all cost and with all speed, fulfill your promise
for the words immediate abolition can i'll no wise be
abolition as a fixed fact. What could you, could thi;
Chamber, this Government repent OF its pghted
midating yo are an incentve TO sPur yVI Oh 10 its
more speedy fudllment. lApPause The military aris-
s no Minister Of War to them from his seat. But
do these ustTOus soldiers think that they can counter
vail democracy much as they have aided II DO they
think they can oppose the right successfully they
supported it Are they about to say again 20 the rey0
luton of September: Back for beyond my swords
edge thou canst not go Z" would answer them No
your swords humble soryltOrs-yOur swords
the provdentia instrument wherewith to work out
ideas. lAppause We respect your military posi-
ton for IL glorious but on condition that you respect
our political power, fOrit Is legitimate lAppause We
do not legsate III the barracks we leglsate IN s hals
of Congress Applause. What we decree shall be law
for the Spanish and American provinces aihe ior u n
proportion authority is the more legitimate, Iorce Is
the more unnecessary.
society is governed by ideas, ana the most
living idea OF the modern world IS the fundamental idea
OF our doctrines. Even the distinguishing feature
which are superior to him IN strength ~ longevity and
I'm agility, is the sovereignty OF intelligence so the
feature that distinguishes the progressive ana Yire
nations from the nations that slumber III
the fatal sleep OF materiasm that Which distinguishes
Switzerland from Turkey, and America from CHINA Is I'D
erty which n5uates each man within the undylng Sc
CURLY Of his right and which untes all men by the au
thory of the law under the stern discipline OF duty
and of social rule. on. liberty beloved liberty IN these
days when thou unknown reviled OF so many men,
these days when many OF thy sons abandon thee
III these days when so many OF then VINO were thy
heroes and almost martyrs III thy cause prOfane tse
because, patient and immortal as nature, thou lendest
not thysef for the realization OF their dreams OF tAe
frutio of their ambitions behold thee. serene above
all tumults, immaculate above all our faults and
Woman OF the great painter OF Seville thy brows lost in
uacreated light and thy feet upon the old serpent OF ey
thou most pure Vrn c0nceiVng the IDEAS hat are yer
To be consolation and our glory; thou feeund
Mother big with the generations destined TO continue
the marvellous march OF hunan progress upon he lace
of the earth stormy and prolonged appause.l
All, gentlemen. ilustrou5 orator OF the Conserya
sent tonight reminded me that had said that to
seek the genius that had created modern democracy
like seeking the sculptor VINO shaped the mouhtins
or the architect who followed out tho valleys. IL Is
true, when man. however great he may appear boasts
like those homunculi of VOltares Mcromegas who ar
rogany boaied before the , giant eeazeh' Oi O'hor
MODERN DEMOCRACY THE CHILD OF THE AGE.
Yes, modern democracy is the offspring OF many for
ees: the evangelical spirit: the inpouring of tue
German tribes. who set upon our hearts the indel6e
stamp Of individual selfrespect the irruDton of other
aud still terrible tribes VINO arrested the Carioyin-
Riln reaction tho mysterious hand that uproused the
utituic5 ami led them forth TO the Crusades ana me
hand, likewise mysterious, that prOVldentlay stayed
thor course; the c!Oud OF cOIpoIauVVns aha
guilds and communities and town councils when
usher in the epoch OF labor the schsms that shattered
the power Of the theOcraCy tue councils OF the four
eenh and fifteenth centuries that revived the replb
can spirit OF the Gospel the Reformation that emanci
the human cOnCience the renaissance that rec
oncied with nature; the discovery OF printing, which
cave ma the ta5man OF Immortality; powder, which
placed in hands the PRONE thcan fire the mariners
compass. that the ocean the telescope that
erced the secrets OF the heavens modern philosophy,
bringing the law OF nature with H. Ike as the philosophy
OF ancient Greece gave birth 10 Roman law the rey0-
ton sweeping away all the barriers that hindered the
march OF hosts toward their ideal even as all the
Igansn so do ali the evotons of history converge
create demOcracy-cO or society ana Oi ts I'M
perishabe spirit. [Great applause.l
Democracy Is created by none, neither can 1t be
destroyed by In attempting reforms IN the colo,
how to reaction there not refuge In the whole
world Where is its refuge Where that traditional
ia that Holy Alliance on which AbsOlutists Tep0sed
their trust An gentlemen, none OF these things now
modern theOcracy-to-day the capital OF Italy. Upon
the Avenne HILL where humbled penitens but lately
crept, today the tribunes awaken 20 renewed life.
Look at Austria the keystone OF the Holy Aance-the
lever Of Metternch. Where does she stand nowi All
has brought peoples forth from the dungeon OF the
past and made them auonomic nations OF old she cited
kings 10 COnCIdNcS purpose map
of Europe among themselves-to-daY she summons tie
nations to a universal exhibition that they may behold
the maryels OF Industry aud Of labor Applause And
Esat is ancient Prussia now. gentemenf Who IA there
blind enough 10 fancy that Prussia is going to be favor
able element for tbs reacti0nists OF tho worldt Her
Emperor-King is the batle-mace welded by
higher power to sme down the kings OF divine right,
and 70 destroy the empires OF old The Florentine
genius of the Chancellor of Germany is to-day shaking to
its base q structure more formidable tnan all our
arstocraces-the House OF Peers is to-day plucking
away ancient hereditary influences in administrative
circles to-day calling the German peoples 10 universal
suffrage aud s to-day accomplishing the idea OF German
unity-which is a revolutionary idea because Germany,
which stands forth to-day imperial federation,
shall in the future now very close at hand become
democratic federation. And France France oppressed
the Empire ana Slavery In America France dem
ocratic as well cOnservayeFrance Is to-day wholly
aud definitely great republic Permit me 10 oner my
CONGRATULATIONS 10 our neighbOring nation-and salute
her because in spite OF the great caames she has suf
fered she has never lost confidence IN herself and be-