New-York tribune., 1873-02-01

wider field than that assigned 10 by Providence and
by nature The Spanish race knows tSa 20 oppose eH t9
cline wherever democracies rule. The spanish race
lem of their domestic and the problem of their foreign
policy. The problem OF domestic policy Is TO be solved
by ceasing TO assume that democracy Ia simple, an
unique principle The same thing happens with the
social elements in political economy as with the Arsto-
telan clements in science,they were believed TO be
simple, they have turned out to be compound In the
social system, as IN nature, we need complex ere
and pure carbOnic acid. is liberty, but i IA
also authority il is movement. but it is also stability;
means the rights of man. but il also means discipline
aud social authority (Appausel
THE AMERICAN EXAMPLE.
The American democracy comprehend this, and thus
they employ their strength in aying right with author
ity and the mobility. the initiative of the with
the tranquility, the sody of the peoples and with the
firm establishment of popular government. And when
their internal problems shall have been resoyedGand
almost everywhere they have been resOlved-the span
sh democracies of America VIII then CONSIDER tas .S
cannot live III isolation that each one OF those states
must TO understanding with the rest Ana tans
VIII forth again the grand idea Oi BOhVar n tne
Isthmu Panama, having Europe ON one slde ana ASH
on the other and at either hand the two hemsheres OF
the New World, the Spanish race VIII unite 10 loIu On
that spot the grand league OF Spanish American democ
racy TO found free eonfederatlon Ana our en,Vn VI
America will call mind that though the iact that some
Colombians se,s mn a dividing line between them, yet
the fact that au Spanish fuses thein tosener as
And over the Congress OF the lsthmus OF Panama WIZ
hover in visible forms. The genius OF our country wth
mlghtier authority than that which our ancient cap
with brighter glory than that OF our fragile cOnqueSts
the glory Of democracy aud Of progress. Stormy and
But 10 this end Deputies We must preserve at any
cost-wh8ti-the Continent No, the American con
We must preserve the islands now in cur possession
We aQ p9 Ysh-let 1t be understood the w9I!9 oyer
% do not wish TO inch more OF lana, unless
It be the inch of Gibraltar wish no more, repeat
than what belongs TO u.s. the inch OF Gibraltar we 90
we will have inch less, not one! we will not even
abandon so much as the Rock OF la Gomera' lG0oPo,
nance of all these territories. This spirit is not only
individual. it is also national Nor is 1t national ony
OF race it is the spirit OF Continent. of world Ana
not only is IL wordsprit t Is human, an spsos 80 s
spirit This land, so solid yields TO IDEAS as tne solt
wax to the seal Aud in the geography OF n1may, IA
fitting that there should be spots of ground to stand out
Ike mqge $ Terms aIon Ses%eeh o tb s eXsed in
history. Rosillon, Sardinia; Languedoc, PROVENCE
were in the middle age medating territories between
France Italy and Spain and from that mixture OF
races. that blending together OF spirits arose modern
culture, which in many respects il better on the shores
OF the Mediterranean at least, than ancient creek cu
Til within short time Alsatia fulfilled her destiny be-
tween the Latin and the German races. What step
backward for the world II should have 10 renounce
the nope that Asata VIII VOC form part OF the fIench
nation once more! Thei AlSatians were born German
and French at one aud the same tune; Germans by
their race Frenchmen by their nationality. They knew
the two LANGUAGES as anglages only can De G learned
genius INTO German, ana COMMUNICATED theh 10 tne
north and they translated works OF the German genius
| IN,
great loss in The chemistry OF IDEAS Asata should
nave to be perpetuay Germanic! That very thing has
| French nor Italian-they both For that reason
CayOur enabled to transport to Italy the genius OF
France because he felt the soul OF Ita ana the soul OF
| the French nation unite III himself.
Gentlemen, that which happens TO peoples and races
morning looked with pride so TO speak, our beau
tfu possessions in the Antilles and there nvountariy
came TO my mind that iOyeieSJ of Grecan archpeagOs
where the genius of Asia was espOused with tue sOn OF
| Greece, and became middle term between the most
Inst riOus
the Antilles said TO myself. How these Islands are
drawing nearer to the EuropoanI why sos Because
these islands indispensable mediatorS between the
genius Europe aud the genius of America" This idea
mine, although its basis belongs to of greatest
statesmen. have noted that just as We Andalusians
represent the artistic genius OF the country te AragO
represent its political genius. On that account they
have preserved their liberty long, on that account
| when you go 10 Aragon ana behold the deien1ors oi
SaragOssa you discover hat those marvels have been
wrought because two centuries OF despOtism could not
extngulsh the personal dignity that gave them thelr
great Pariaments. Hence the most iiustrious men OF
nation Pedro the Third, the greatest OF his
me the greatest politician OF the thirteenth century,
Peter the Cruel the greatest politician OF the fourteenth
genius Of the Renaissance, according Machiayei and
confirmed subsequently by all history. Wen. the Count
of Arauda. Aragonese likewise desired to bring Spain
IN the circuit of modem IDEAS and for time succeeded
in has desire He was, like his age, encyclopaedia and
he said Charles the Third It possible to
the American Continents let your Majesty convert
those great empires into so many States and reserve
Here gentlemen, is the foresight OF genius inspired IN
the ideas OF Its time and confirmed by succession OF
facts The Continent cannot ought not TO belong 10 us;
we must renounce absolutely ali idea OF European
quest on the American Continent and must keep the
Islands because they the hidden reefs which are
reared the ghtgvmg DeacOns OF our IDEAS because tey
are the golden chain which unes continents; because
they destined when ederati0ns between peoples ana
races shall be more to serve as landmarks 10 map
out the federation OF continents the pOhIlel a Oi le
human All the nations that have chiefly contrib
uted to the transformation OF America have Islands IN
the of the Antilles witnesses of past struggles bases
OF future Celebrations III the work OF CIVILIZATION Some
belong those nations o the North who claim to have
been the hrst TO divine he existence OF tne new eon
ana TO have landed tempestdriyen, upon It's un
known strands Others TO those who' passing the sea IN
order to extend themselves further and attaining their
liberty in order to enghten themselves contributed to
world and some belong also that vast Empire whose
sons founded the colonies that tne rst TO become
large portions Of the territories OF the North and en-
graved on the map the Bay and River OF ST LlwTsnee'
Italy in chastlsemen pefcbance OF her bind
ness to the geniushame on the brow OF her most Nus
rious And have the most beautiful, the richest
and best located portion Kew Of the Gulf of Mexico
the grand station Tor the traveller from North to Central
America We have labOred 80 much in the New World
that as great orator has said If the Pacific and Allan
tic should join their tides and swallow up America
leaving only the highest crest Of the Andes above the
waters there the crest would abide In giant petac-
ton the genius of our country. lGreat applause
adjo1rnment having arrived, the House must be
suited as to whether the session shall be prolonged .
the continuance of the sitting lles yes
The President-The sitting is continued Go on, Mr.
CASTELAR,. ,
Mr. Castelar--NO our relations with America can
never come end. Spain needs to ampfy them and
stretch them still further in order that she may not only
be the extreme of the old continent but the beginning
of the new Thus her spirit will broaden in the eartn
and her genius will have incentives worthy OF its
vigor. But gentlemen, to this end thing IL
not reaction liberty and not arbitrarness; jus
tce and not principles abolition of Slavery and
not the eternal rule the ayedtyer in the most beau
tful part of the planet. That we may speak the truth
let US possess that frankness that energy, that man
ness possessed by the wise the good the immortal Lin
coln-by the bloodreddened Potomac when men fell at
his feet like when the Northern cavalry
pursued while the artillery drew near 10 Richmond,
that Babylon OF slavery, and he, second time the
elected of the people, ascended the CAPITOL and gazing
on those ruins seeing the smoke Of those burning and
hearing tine wall OF the mothers mingled with the groans
OF the victims said: Yet If God wills that the
continue until all the wealth piled by the bOndmans two