The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-12-29

very few persons among the throng that
lined the route seemed TO take any interest
In the passing cortege. Not one man out Of
fifty raised his hat, and there was no symp-
tom of the homage which Is manifested In
London whenever any member OF the royal
family appears In the streets. This in
difference indicates something, and the
advisers of the king ought to be able to OBJ
serve 1t. "Confound the harper who always
blunders on the same string" wrote Horace,
years ago, for the direction of others than
those given to composing verses. Yet In
the nineteenth century away goes this new
monarch from "allegro to sndsnte to ada
gio," In the same old measure, which must
soon bring him to the end OF the ball. Mon
archs appear to belong to that peculiar class
OF people to whom neither experience nor
history teaches anything. Some fine morn
Ing the present government may find out
its mistake on waking up to find revolu.
ton on its hands in the city of Madrid, very
much like the Paris commune. Already
Alfonsists, Carlist sympsthizers, liberals,
republicans, conservatives, Serranoists, are
shaking their heads and asking themselves
the question, How long do you think these
things can last, my man?"
DEMOCRACY, PURE AND SIMPLE.
Notwithstanding all these facts there are
In Spain the germs of pure democracy
'Liberte, egalite, fraternite," could be writ
utmost truth. Counts, msrguises and dons
there sit and chat with OF Polio. The best
| illustration Of what / mean would be an
occurrence which came under my observa-
ton few evenings since. l had strolled
into one OF the largest cafes on the Gale del
Alcala, when saw the principal bull fighter
of Madrid approach marquis, and, slspping
| him on the back, address him In a phrase
which can only be translated into American
as snow are you, old top?" So lar from
resenting this or showing any annoyance,
| the hidslgo replied cheerfully, "Hsppy as a
clsm." OF course have put these express
sions In American" so that they may con-
vey exactly the same impression to the
reader that they Gid to the
| Spanish ear. But for contrasts sake,
imagine a bull fighter shaping Prince
Fred Grant on the shoulder snd saying,
"How are you, my duffer?" Why, the
scene at the Poit Palmer House would
not be comparison. 1 tell you there would
be murder done. Still, such is life in poor
| old Spain, and Spanish noblemen mature
| under different air than that which blows
| over the region between Capitol Hill and
Georgetown Heights. The Cuban question
| is as fruitful a theme as ever. That the i'm
| mediate danger IS over-unless some new
outrsges shall have been perpetrated in
Cubs-I am assured on the very highest
authority. The reply of General Joyellsr
may not meet with approval at Washing
ton, but, tor the present, war Is avoided.
Inc letter OF Don Carlos, silly and imprac-
ticable as 1t was, strikes the key note of the
refrain which has had frsgmentary existence
In every Spanish heart for the past two
years.
THE DELUsIoN OF THIS DECADE IN SPAIN
has been the belief by every one of her citi-
zens that the United States thirsts for Cuba
and will drink tho blood of tho I,ase a,L.1
leros ofthe peninsula, If need be-, to satisfy
the longing. 1t is folly-shear waste OF
brain tissue and nerve force to attempt to
convince the nomsdic signor whom you
everywhere encounter that the United
States wishes to avoid the annexation of
Cuba. 1t is thankless work to assure the
signor that Cuba is worth twice to us in
commerce what she would be did we possess
her; that of all the miserable, depopulated,
devastated, worthless regions on
earth, the interior of that island is the
worst. He smiles a satanic leer of doubt,
slaps the end of his capa in your face and
walks off. "What is the chief cause of this
state of things?" L answer, that aside from
the besitating and temporizing policy which
the United States has maintained toward
Spain, there is only one cause, and that is to
be found In New York. and not In Madrid.
1 have always admitted the absolute liberty
~.
have to regret more than ever now that the
rest of the world does not understand it
equally well. There exists in the city of
New York, although known to onlv a
limited circle of readers, journal whose
editor enjoys pension from the Spanish
government of about $4,000 per year.
This journal is filled with the most
atrocious misrepresentation regard
ing the American feelings about Spain
and CUBA. OF course no harm results in
New York, both from the limited audience
addressed and from the understanding that
the paper Is a Spanish organ. But in Mad
rid the case is entirely reversed. This Jour
nal is found on file at every club house, in
many of the larger cafes on the tables of
every minister and on the exchange list of
every newspaper in Madrid. 1t is more than
probable that this circulation is gratuitous,
but it is not surprising that the paper is re-
gsrded as one Of the chief organs of Spanish
opinion in New York. Every Madrid news
paper on the table before me as 1 write con-
tains some reference to or extract from
this insignificant New York journal, all
ABUSIVE AND MALICIOUS
The papers of Madrid are small and cheap
and their calculations are large. Thepeople
read, and reading, believe. Is it strange,
then, that after few months instruction in
such a school the Spanisrds think the
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bent on wrestling from them the sacred islef
Spain's worst enemy is a Spaniard who, off
In New York, she pays to kindle fires which
require all the diplomatic cold water of the
Madrid ministry to quench. Yet within
the past week she has heaped new honors
upon this man in the shape of titles, decor
atoms and double pension. So she goes |
blindly on until the inevitable end will
meet her face to face. Irrepressible as the |
great American question of slavery viii
the Spanisrds soon render this Cuban ques- |
ton. The unexpiated outrages, the MUIR |
ders of women and children and the sane |
tioning of slavery will eventually call down |
the wrath of God and man. write this |
paragraph not to Americans, but to Span |
isrds, who, living in the nineteenth century, |
forget that the world moves on and leaves |
them behind.
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