The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-12-22
W ilO iN Don Carlos?

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Don Carlos. tho Spanish insurgenti
chief, belongs TO rebellious family. -
The rebellion Of which he has been the
leader for several yeals, in Northern
Spain, Is only the last Of series of in
surrections which that country has suf.
fered at the hands of its members
Don Carlos, like his uncle and grandfa:
ther before him, is fighting for the
Spanish throne, which he regards as his
right. In order fully 10 understand the
reason Of this claim, it IS necessary to-
GO back more than forty years.
In the year 1850 Ferdinand VII. al
weak, indolent man, was King of Spain
His Queen, princess of Naples, was,
on the other hand, strong willed and
ambitious woman; she was the fifth
wife that Ferdinand ha6 led to the altar.
They had one child-the Infanta lsa
bella Feldinaud's second, brother was
Don Carlos, the. grandfather of the
present Don Carlos BY law, or Gus
tom which had acquired the force Of
law, females were not eligible to the
Spanish throne. Isabella was therefore
excluded, and Don Carlos was heir, who
should succeed when Ferdinand died.
But Qaeen Christina. Ferdinand's
wife, was not satisfied with this She
cajoled and threatened Ferdinand until
he at las: consented, with the approval
of his Parliament, to set aside Don
Carlos, and to declare the little Isabella
his heiress,. entitled to the throne at his
death. He died in 1888, and Isabella
became Queen of Spain when she was
three years old, with her mother, Chris!
tina, as regent of the kingdom. Then
hAean the first 9GA~@lob, ret,cifiou.- Bon
Carlos, declaring that he had been de-
frauded Of his right, was to mount the
throne when his brother Ferdinand died,
lost no time in waging war against his
infant niece and her strong minded
mother; and this war he kept up, in the
same vicinity where his grandson is
now established, for several years. The
Queen Regents vigor, however, render
ed his every effort vain; and at last,
weary of fruiuess fighting, deserted by
multtudes Of his soldiers, and exhaus-
ted in money and arms, Don Carlos re-.
tired to France, where be lived in sui
len retirement for the rest of his days
The second Don Carlos was his OIL
dest son. He made several attempts,
between 1915 and 1S62,to invade Spain,
but Spain was then governed hy vigor-
Gus statesmen like Espartero and
| q Donuel, aud his invasions were easily
repelled This Don Carlos died sud-
denly iE 1851
The burden of the Carlist cause now
devolved on Don Juan, his younger
brother; but Don Juan, unlike the rest
of his family, was not fond of fighting,
and preferred the luxuries and indo-
lence of quiet residence in France to
the chiefship Of bands OF rebels in the
Pyrenees He had married Maria
Beatrice, archduchess of Este, daugh-
ter of the duke of Modena, and he
gave his eldest son, who was born in
lS49, the traditional family name OF
Don Carlos. bss..,.
When this boy was old enough to en-
ter actively upon the scene, Don Juan
sbdicated his claimed III gsht to the Span
ish throne In his favor. 1t was six
! years ago that this third Don Carlos
the same who is now at the head of the
Carlist forces, took command of them
he being then but nineteen years Of age
Don Carlos was brought up to believe
that his right to govern Spain, whether
Spain wishes it or not, rests upon di
vine authority. His early years wer,
spent in the sombre seclusion of mon
astery in Styria, an Austrian province
There the monks treated him as if ht
were king, and at the same time in
stilled the most autocratic ideas intc
his mind. He was taught military ex
ercises, and soon acquired taste TO
military life, such as his father had not
, but such as distinguished his grand
, father and uncle of the same NAME
. He is described by those who have seer
him as of medium height, full ant
strong in body, very dark in complex
, ion, with large dark eyes and thick
= stubby, jet black hair and beard. H
is sober and taciturn: stern in manne
, and fitful in bis moods. Sometimes h
2 is buoyed up with enthusiastic hopes O
his final success; then, as the wee
passes by and he finds himself no neare
: Madrid, the bright city which is tn
+ goal of his ambition, he reiapses int
the gloom of despair. His very actiol
. betrays the fanatical sincerity of ti
: conviction that he is being kept fror
= that which is due to him and this yer
sincerity would make his rule dange
% ous and deplorable one, shoufd he eve
- really reach the throne which he an
h his predecessors have struggled fc
4 nearly half a century to attain. b
q frankly declares that he would do b
= utmost to restore Spain to its old sui
:. lection to Bourbon tyranny and priestl
a power. He would be devoted ally
i the Pope, and might even attempt
: restore the Pope's lost temporal powe
v After six years Of effort his cause seen
! more hopeless than ever. He is Il
. . nearer the goal of his hopes than whe
r at the age of nineteen, he passed chez
q lily over the Pyrenees. and was greete
/, as "King" by the rebel bands who hs
= gathered to meet him; and probably
# is fated to retire sooner or later, as d
# his grandfather, the first Don Carlo
" heart broken and wearied of the hop
% less strife.-Erangelical Messenger.
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