The weekly Louisianian., 1874-08-22

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"What light can I giye2 I am my
self in the dark. During the twt
years that I had the honor-not th,
happiness of governing Spain, !
understood perfectly that the veal
majority in the Cortes which haf
elected me to the throne was inca
pable Of resisting the pressure O
the others parties. must: here e1
plain that parties in Spain are diff
ferent from those in the other coun'
tries! There are also parties il
Italy, but these have all q common
object-the unity Of the country
and, il I may be permitted t
say 80, the consciousness of being
the subjects Of the King, my father,
This prevents our disputes sboa'
private interests from becoming
fratricidai conflicts. It is quite of:
ferent with the factions, in, Spain
fheir representative was zorrilla, q
man who cared only for his own in.
~terests and those under his special
charge. I knew Primls ambition
but also his maggranimity'; the ball
which struck him wounded me in
the heart. What other men had ]
on my side? Serrano envious Of
the dictatorship which he had lost,
and Sagasta in constant fear lest bis
proposals should not be accepted.
This soon led me into difficulties.
Idid not for q moment entertain
any illusions as to the festivals
which were got up in my journey to
the North. I saw the North were
dissatisfied, and France was NOT en-
tireley innocent Of encouraging this
dissatisfaction. I thankfully ac-
knowledge that Broglie put on end
to the French coquettings with the
Carlists ; but this came too late to
be of any service to me. x
I did all I could to prevent the Car
lists from taking part in the strug-
gle of parties if parties were to
exist at all, they could only be adj
mitted on the basis of the law. But
the recklessness Of the party leaders
brought matters to such a pass that
if I myself had been at the head Of
the Carlists I would have abandoned
lawful fighting and carried on the
conflict in the woois. That this actu-
ally happened did not brighten me;
what did brighten me was the
criminal isnnion among the famous
saviors Of Spain, and the system
adopted by the Generals who ac-
companied every decree and every
discussion of their demands by the
threat of q pronuciananento. I did
what I could !; I dismissed and
the Cortes and the Minis
Try, and deposed the Generals.
One thing I refused to do, and that
vas to suspend the Constitution
I had sworn to maintain.
But it was impossible for me to
stop. One of my friends in Pied
mont sent me a Catholic paper OF
Milan, (the Osseruato,e, I think,) in
which a very able article FORE
the end of my career as
to that of Macmillan in
It was not this article,
'ut the increasing strife Of parties,
which made me decide to leave
loved the country-I say
his sincerely because it is inhabi-
ed by a nation which has once
'een great, and may become great
gain !; but I was forced to yield to
he inevitable. went. And what
8 to become of the country now9
lou know how the various parties
nd their leaders have successfully
isen to power. Serrano is incapa-
lie Of leading either the army or the
administration; Sagasta is quite
npossible Gorilla, if he returned
'ould find deadly enemies Espar- I
sro has become q mummy: Pavia
as no traditions to support him.;
is dead-perhaps the victim
T Anti-Alphonsis jealousy rather A
IAN the balls OF the Royalists; Mo-.
ones, Campos, Blancos, Lama are