The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-26
HfscnLLANxous FOREIGN NEWS.
To October 4th.i
THE PRESS DEGREES ANp THE cARL1sr CAM
PAIGN,

PAIGN,
Senior CASTELAR, has been utilizing the
nret moments OF directorship untram-
melled by the Cortes to Issue several stTin-
gent DEGREES. One restores the military
code, another suspends the Constitutional
guarantees, third cancels oil licenses to
bear arms, q fourth requires permits for
travelling within the country, another re-
stores tho artillery officers dismissed from
the service just before the departure of
Don Amadeo, and one, the effects of which
are already visible, concerning the press.
Inc civil governors are ordered to take
very special care " that the newspapers
within their Jurisdiction do not either =" /.
Faohsh excitattons to rebellion OF sedition
against the constitutional Government or
the lawful authorities 2. Defend acts of
ssoltion or rebellion, or the conduct of
those who are In arms against the Govern
ment: 3. Publish other information of the
lnsurrectiOn than that communicated by
omcials or such as have an official organ 4.
publish news giving accounts Of the move
ments being made, OF to be made, by the
armies of the Republic" The frat offence
entails warning the second q fine rang
Ing from 500 to 5000 pesetas and the
third suspension. The consequence is that
we have already q record of successes over
the Cariists similar to that which we used
to read under the Government of Don
Amadeo. Saballs is said to be dismissed,
and Tristany and Mirat to have abandoned
the cause, and Merendon ia killed. This
may or it may not be true; but telegram
from Bayonne represents the Carlists as
dispirted at the nom rival of money and
ammunition, at the raising Of the siege of
Toiosa-which seems to be the doing of
Elio, their War Minister, who is O cautious
strategist-and at the restoration to the
ranks of the Republican army Of the 700
good artillery officers of which it had been
deprived. The 1000 Carlists under LIAR
raga, who had taken up commanding po-
sision outside Tolosa and were just going
to begin bombardment, were withdrawn
at the approach of Moriones, and according
to the Times correspondent retreated in
small detachments In the direction of Yer
CARA. Generals Rada, Dorregaray, and
Lizarraga are said to be at Bayonne, and
to have Withdrawn from the service in con-
sequence of " dissepsions,n and the Carlists
are reported from Barcelona to have suf-
fered heavy defeat at Caseras, and from
Lerida to be surreudering in considerable
numbers. Moriones effected a junction
with Iona. and is in possession of Tolosa.
The old Unconstitutional Revolutionists "
have been holding a meeting at Admiral
Topete's under the presidency of Serrano,
and have resolved to support the existing
Government.
- THE RESTORATION AND THE RIGHT.
The adversaries Of the French Restora-
ton have not lost their ingenuity if they
have their confidence. The Comte de
Chambord, according to these writer's, is
nothing IL not an absolute monarch, and
his return Is therefore impossible, or to be
Effected only by q sacrifice of principle.
They either cannot or will not see that a
monarchy resting on the ancient principles
Of hereditary succession may still be Con-
stitutional in character, and that it is not
necessary, in order that . king may govern
with Legislature and responsible Minis
tiers, that he should himself be the off
spring of o Revelation. Yet this is what's
involved in the accusation which the
Royalists, that they treat principles as
nothing and names as everything" and in
its prognostic that the revival among the
OrIeaniste of o "disIike to absolute gov
eminent" is likely to break up the mon
archicai party. 1t 10 generally conceded
that the Comte de Chambord is an honest
man, whatever else may be thought of him,
most people admit him to be the soul of
honor-and he has surely said often enough
that he has no intention of being an abso-
Int monarch for. him to be believed.
Whether the account of the recent inter-
view which has appeared in the papers
be absolutely correct OF Dot-the Stepka-
! nous, NJ. de.Sugyn's organ, says it is not
and whether the summary published in
the Hour in which the Prince is made to
say that he did not mean to be " le rci des
marquis" does or does not reproduce the
SAphCSSAOue Which, no really uSSu, Tue ulSe
ferent reports an fhciently agree in sp5-
| stance with the previous utterances of the
COME de Chambord to render it a moral
certainty that the report of the interview
is so Tar correct that it was satisfactory to
the different sections of the Royalist party,
and that the plans Of that party have en-
coRntered no insurmountabie obstacle. If
the question of the Flag has been but
lightly touched upon by the Prince, the
reason may very possibly be that he recog-
nizes the desirability Of its being settled By
the dehnitive powers of the nation. And
We cannot too strongly express our opinion
that this would be the prudent and polite
course to adopt. If there is any dissension
90 the Point-and we may assume that
there is, if it be true that I" the present As
sembly will not make the Monarchy with
out the tricolor the leaving it for settle
ment to the Crown and the future Cham
bers acting together would prevent an ex
aggerated Importance being given to it as
an essential condition of the Restoration.
Matters might remain az they are, the