The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-21

did Tone and, above all. by his good sense
and cogent reasons in exposition of his
position.
Some preliminary conversation, of general
character ensued Immediately subsequent to
his entrance, but when the Prince lighted q
cigarette and offered one to your correspond
ent all the other psrsonages present, including
General Ollo. Commander-in- Chief Of the
Carlist army. retired from the room.
FIRST INQUIRY AND THE REPLY.
Don Carlos inquired-"What impressions
have been made on the mind of the HERALD
correspondent by his journey through the
Carlist camps?"
answered that my impressions were on the
whole favorable. referred to the imperfect
armament Of His Highness' adherents, and
the conversation at once assumed prac-
tical relation to the Carlist prospect in general.
DETAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN AND THE PROGRESS
The Prince said-''You must keep in view
the almost insuperable difficulties which we
have had to contend with. In the Basque
provinces at Navarro the movement began in
the month of December General Ollo
crossed the frontier to Spain with twenty-seven
unarmed men, He disinterred three hundred
old guns, which had been buried in the neigh
borhood since 1889, and, with these, armed
his first command and others who joined him.
Catalonia began earlier, and there the pro-
gress was more rapid. You have no concep-
ton Of the obstacles which present to the
transport of arms across the frontier. The
course Of conveyance causes great increase
of expense, and but for the hearty assistance
which was given to US by the nobility Of the
South Of France we could not have achieved
what we have DONE Criticism is easy, but art
difficult. And then, what has not been said
of us? We have been called fbrigands,'
sassassins' 'plunderers Of the peasantry,'
skidnappers' and the rest, but you have
yourself seen how false such reports are. You
have seen how thoroughly the population of
the villages is with us. If had hundred
thousand muskets could have one hundred
thousand men. 1t is bitter to me personally
to be restrained as I am; compelled to sit
down while my followers are enduring SO
many hardships and risking their lives for my
cause. My advisers keep me like prisoner of
State. They say my entering Spain would
do harm only, if enter before my friends
are ready for active operations in my behalf"
THE POLITICAL, DYNAsT1c AND DIPLOMATIC
ASPECT.
The HERALD correspondent turned the SUBJ
ject from this point to politics.
Don Carlos said in reply:-s'The political
feature of the case is as little known in Europe
and America as is the other, the military, point
of the Carlist cause. No lawyer, Spanish or
foreign, has ever disproved my right to the
throne of Spain. The act by which the throne
was given to Isabella was simply violation of
the organic laws of the kingdom. Therefore
it was not legal. My grandfather defended his
right sword in hand. He was not vanquished,
but was betrayed by the infamous Murroto.
When the throne rights devolved on me did
all in my power to confne the contest within
the walls of the parliament house. succeeded
finally in obtaining eighty-three votes, but
during the last elections Carlist voters and
Carlst deputies were shot at and stabbed, and
nothing remained for us but resort to arms.
EXAMPLE FOR JUSTIFICATION.
Any American party placed in the same
position would have acted the same way.
know that the Anglo-Saxon race, in the New
World as we'll as in the Old, is 80 great be-
cause it never hesitates to take up the sword
when right is invaded, and never ceases from
battle till right is secured. Your people do
not fear civil war when they believe they are
in the right Why shall we fear it,"
THE QUESTION OF CHURCH AND DIVINE RIGHT,
The HERALD correspondent observed that
the cause of the hostile criticism Of the world
on Carlism was not because Carlism fought
but because it believed that its victory would
re-establish fading absolutist theories of
government and ultramontanism in religion.
The Prince Don Carlos said:-"I have
never given any one reason to believe that
after my accession to the throne religion
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would be permitted to interfere In politics or