The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-18
Mother of the New King OF Spain, After Her
Flight From the Vengeance or the Angry
POpuiace.

| lsabelia's DethrOneMent - The Protest or the
Mother Of the New King OF Spain, After Her
Flight From the Vengeance OF the Angry
Popuiace.
| Now that Alfonso XII. has been pro-
claimed King of Spain, the following
protest against the act of her dethrone-
ment is interesting, as emanating from
mis- mother alter her flight to Paris, six
years ago:
10 the Spaniards-A conspiracy, for
which the history of no European power
offers parallel, has just flung Spain
into all the horrors OF anarchy. The
army and navy, which the nation so gen.
erously kept up, and whose services l
have always been SO happy to reward,
torg citing glorious traditions, and tramp
! ling upon the most sacred oaths, turn
against their country, and involve her in
mourning and desolation. Theory of the
rebels raised in Cadiz Bay, and repeated
in few provinces by part of the army,
must ecno in the hearts OF the immense
majority of 'Spaniards as the forerunncr
of storm which perils the interests of
religion, the principles of legitimacy and
fright, and the independence and honor
of Spain. The lamentable series of de-
fections, the acts Of incredible disloyalty
which have occurred in SO short q space
| of time, offend my dignity as Spaniard
even more than they affect my dignity as
Queen.
Let not the greatest enemies of author
| ity themselves, in their insane dreams,
| imagine that a power which emanates
from SO high an authority can be con-
ferred, modified OF suppressed by the in
tervention Of brute force, under the i'm
pulse of deluded soldiers. If the to y ms
and the provinces, yielding to the first
pressure Of violence, submit Tor time
10 the yoke OF the insurgents, soon pub
| lie feeling, hurt in its inmost and noblest
parts, will shake OIL its torpor, and show
the world that the eclipse of reason and
of honor in Spain can not last long. Un-
til that time arrives l have thought
proper, as Queen Of Spain, and after due
deliberation and sound advice, to seek
in the State Of an august ally the secur-
| ity requisite to enable me to act, under
these difficult circumstances, in conform
ity with my position as a Queen. and
with the duty that devolves on me to
| transmit unimpaired to my son my
rights, sanctioned by law, acknowledged
and sworn to by the nation, and also forti-
1 fed by thirty-fve years OF sacrifice, vi
cissitudes, and tender affection.
| While setting foot on foreign soil,
my heart and eyes turned toward that
| which is the land of my birth and that of
my children. l hasten to frame my eX-
plicit and formal protest before God and
before mankind, declaring that the force
! to which yield in leaving my kingdom
can not invalidate my rights nor lessen
nor compromise them in any way.
Neither can those rights be affected in
any way by the acts of the revolutionary
| government, and still less by the reguia-
lions of its assemblies, which must needs
be formed under the pressure of dema-
goeic fury, and under obvious conditions
of violence as regards the conscience
and will of the e'people. Our fathers main-
tanned a protracted but successful strug-
gle for the religious faith and the inde-
pendence of Spain. The present genera
ton has increasingly toiled to connectall
with what modern times contain that is
sound and fruitful. Revolution, that
moral foe to traditions and legitimate
progress, wars against all those princi-
ples which constitute the vital strength,
the soul and the manhood of the Spanish
nation.
Liberty in it's unlimited expansion and
in all its manifestations attacking Cath
olic unity, the monarchy and the legal
exercise of power, dlsturbs family ties,
destroys the sanctity of the domestic
hearth, and kills virtue and patriotism.
If YOU think that the crown OF Spain,
worn by Queen whose fortune it has
been to connect her name with the social
and political regeneration OF the State,
be the symbol of those sound principles,
, you will, as hope, remain faithful to
your oaths and to your creed; you will
j allow to pass away, as. .scourge, the
; revolutionary vortex in which ingrati.
tude, felony and ambition jostle eacl
! other. You will live in the assurance
D that even in the hour Of misfortune
} shall omit nothing to uphold that sym
Dol, apart from which Spain has not o
/ single endearingrecollecti not single
sustaining hope. The insane pride OF 6
few Is for time. upsettlng and distract
D ing the whole nation, throws mems souls
r into a state of confusion and society intt
a state of anarchy. There is no room il
8 nv heart for hatred, even against tha
I small number. l should fear lest any
1 feeling of petty resentment should weak
4 en- the feeling of deep tenderness en-
r ltertain toward those loyal men who have
risked their lives and shed theirr blood
' in defense of the throne and public or
i der, and toward all those Spaniards wh'
+ witness with grief and terror triumph
q ant insurrection-a shameful page Ill tn
8 history of our civilization.
e In the noble land whence how address
S you, and everywhere, will deplore
without allowing myself to be overcome
al the misfortunes OF my beloved Spain
I which are my own. Had not to sup
il port Inc, among many others, the exam
Il pie of the most venerable OF soverejgns
;. q model of resignationand courage, ais
e | a prey to bitter tribulations, l should de
e rive strength TO do so from the confidence
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