Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-02-05
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Scibner's has q timely and in

Sci6'aer's has timely and interest
ing paper on 'Carlism in Spain" which
at this juncture ofaffairs in that unhap
Ply county will cot1merd itself to many
readers, The fact is that what are now
painfully notorious as the Carlist trou-
bles had their birth no longer ago than
March 20, 1880, when Ferdinand VII
caused to be republished, with addition
al sanctions, the Pragmatica of his
father. Carlos ", in order TO remove
every obstacle which might be in the
way of the succession to the throne of
then expected child whatever its sex
might be. AS the child proved to be
a daughter, since wellsknown as Isabella
H., her birth became the signal for a
civil commotion in the interest of Don
Carlos, Ferdinands brother. aiming to
revive the French Salic law which
Philip V. had introduced, and which
the the Pragmatica had nullifed. We
have not spase to give the writer's Ia
pid but graphic summary Of historical
events occurring during Ferdinand
lifetime, nor the lucid and interesting
record he reproduces, touching the
celebrated Salic law itself. But our
readers will be glad to look over the
following clear statement Of the Car
list question proper, and its present
position as an element of discord in
Spain.
sin little less than a year thereat-
ter (the reaffirmation of the Pragmatic
Sanction), September 20, 1888, Ferd
inand died.
Ills daughter, Tsbella II, was pro-
claimed Queen of Spain, under the re
gency Of her mother, Maria Christina,
and Immediately thereupon commenced
the war IF revildicatioi, or OF the rival
claims to the throne of Spain Such
was the origin Of the Carlist party.
''The Don Carlos of that day styled
himself Carlos v, as though he we're
in reality king, llnjustly deprived of
his throne, His sou, Carlos VI, Count
of Modtmolin, perpetuatef the claim,
but died in 1871, without issue, when
his brother, Don Juan de Bourbon, in
herited his brothers rights, but instead
Of pursuing them signed an act OF alb
dicat:on at Paris, October 3, 1868, in
favor of his son; the Duke of Madrid.
who now represents the Carlos inter
ests under the name of Carlos VII
Gas between the opposing claims of
the Duke Of Madrid and Alph ms. the
Prince OF Asturias, it seems to us that
there can be no question. The right
OF Aiphonso rests upon the ancient
and undeniable law of the Spanish
monarchy. IF it be asserted, in op
position to his, that Philip V. changed
the old Spanish law, and substituted
the Salic law, which prevailed in France
with the consent Of the Cortes, it may
be answered that Carlos ". and Fer
dlnand VII. changed The law back
again, with the consent Of the Cortes,
and restored the ancient law OF the
realIn--and their act was surely rs val
id and effective as that of Philip V.
Alphonso is the son of ISABELLA II, and
Francisco dAssise, Duke Of Cadiz,
who were married October ID, 1916.
The Duke Of Cadiz is son of the Infant
Francisco de Paula, brother VII
'The Duke Of Madrid, Carlos VII,
the Pretender, Prince Of Bourbon and
Este, was born at Venice, March 27,
1913, Of Don Juan de Bourbon and
Donna Beatrix d Este, Archduchess of
Astriau He was educated in the
Military Academy Of Vienna. lii 1867
he married, at Gratz, Syria, the Prin-
cess Margarita de Bourbon, daughter
OF the Duchess of Parma, and niece of
Comte de Chambnrd, the claiment of
the French crown, as heir OF the elder
branch of the house of Bourbon"