The New York herald., 1874-08-26
His Manifesto to tho
Christian Powers.
He Demands To Pe Judged by His Ac.
tions and Not According to the
Calumnies of His Enemies.
MY BANNER Is THAT OF ORDER"
"My Advance Guard is at the
Gates of Madrid"
LONG LIVE SPAIN !"

LONG LIVE SPAIN I"
LONDON August Is, 1874.
The following telegram has been received at the
London Bureau OF the NEW YORK HERALD from
the correspondent ut the encampment OF Don Car
los and forwarded by him as dated below
BIARRITz, August IA, 1874
'The following notice has been addressed to the
Foreign Powers by Don Carlos:--
.To THE CHRISTIAN POwERs:-
"'Kng OF Spain de juye, and reigning de ,uCto in
all the vast extent OF the monarchy, address my
self to the Christian Powers, which cannot remain
Indifferent to the fate OF great nation whose dcs-
times must certainly lave powerful influence
upon those Of the world. Idesire to be known. /
desire that should be judged by my acts and not
by calumnies which are spread abroad concerning
me- desire that Christendom, II is to pronounce
between the namecss government OF Madrid and
myself, should know well the abyss which sepa-
rates the legitimate King from the inlquity Of
few adventurers transformed into dictators. 1
have obeyed the voice OF duty and Of patriotism
in trusting the fortune of for the recovery
OF my crown, alter having exhausted all pacific
means TO preserve my beloved country from the
imminent horrors OF Spanish 1893 Heaven
has favored me. l have obtained the true p,ebt-
scite-that which thousands OF Spanards are
daily sealing with the purest of their blood.
without arms, without money, Europe knows that
] have formed an army with the elements which
the abnegariOn and enthusiasm of great nation
have furnished me. have vanquished the enemy
wherever he has offered COMBAT when have not
offered 1t myself. and have never fallen back but
once, before artillery ten times more numerous
than mine and mcomparably superior in range:
and the strategcal retreat from Bilbao, in which
did not lose man or cannon, was amply
avenged by the victory of Abarsuza.
"sMy vanguard Is at the gates OF Ma drid, and
the hour Is at hand when shall have completely
annihiated that army Of the Repuolic with which
1t Is vainly attempted to oppose the progress OF
our victories. My enemies signalize their I'M
potence by robbery, assassination and incen-
diarism, which they openly decree, and which they
the country by their baleful ambition, they dis
honor 1t by their crimes, and are destroying it by
| their mad barbarsm. Spain knows how / have
behaved toward them. appeal to those who were
my prisoners before the battle OF Abarsuza; they
who are Spaniards Will say how treated them
always doing justice to the courage even of those
who fought against me. receiving at my
table simple CHEFS de battalion, seeking TO
diminish the rigor Of their position,
and always concluding BY releasing or ex-
changing them upon simple verbal promise that
an equal number OF prisoners should be returned
to me. And this 1 have done, Notwithstanding
the incessant failures OF the Madrid government
to iull its promises, made to me through the gen.
erals commanding the republican troops; not
withsanding the transportation OF prisoners taken
from us, and hostages seized from amid peaceable
populations 10 deadly climates
"But day came when, our enemies having
ravaged our fields, burnt our villages, assassnated
our wounded and committed ali kinds OF horrors,
i could not tolerate them any longer, and 1 sub.
mitted the culprits to the rigors OF justice. But
although all assassns and incendaries were con-
demned to death, l would only execute the
sentence upon one out OF ten, declaring
that, protector OF the interests and lives
of my people, was anxious even then
to spare them. Unable to do aught else,
being as cowardly as they are base, they have had
recourse to calumnv, accusing me before Europe
and the world OF acts OF vandalism such as they
alone are capable OF committing. Iprotest against
these falsehoods. If the governments and Cabl-
nets desire to know the truth let them send rep-
resentatves 30 the scene OF our operations. The
ruins OF Abarsuza, OF Sabas of villatuerta are so
many proofs Of what have affirmed They will
those ruins, they will judge OF them. and they
will learn the discipline which exists in my army,
the paterna government which have conferred
upon the PROVINCES the accamatons which are
there poured upon me, the anection displayed
toward me even under the weight Of the enemys
oppression, which weighs pitilessly upon persons,
property and families.
"I have hesitated, I stNl hesitate, to resort to
rcprisals by adopting like measures toward those
who are not actually in arms against me, bat If L
am compelled to do so shall obtain from tue sem
timents OF justice the strength requisite to over
come the promptings OF my generous heart, and |
shall be the more severe have for so long exer-
csed clemency. The authentic Information which
the representatives woud be able to obtain on
the spot, and 10 enable them to procure which
l win grant them all facilities, Will be OF far
greater value than the. false statements which are
propagated by those who have tnaogurated IN