New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-08
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
,sYIsTrR BUFrE17s ARBITRARY SWAY.

iYRon A REGuLAR CORRESPONDENT op THS TRIbUss'i
LONDON Jan. 22.-"Only in this country" ex-
claimed A. Gambetta speaking at AK this week IN
bis ferycnt way arc such official outra@eS possible
Twice within q few days had M Gahoctta poem
prohbtci from delivering al electoral addross' ana
his in6ig alton is natural. Even the certain ana
proximate fs. of the Government IL not on"ugh nc
declares TO console him. u Freedman, for tine hu-
initiation he feels The feeling is right ono, but
Nj. Gambetta has only to look across the nearest
frontier TO find companions in his distress FOR tho
shame lies not in the facs that this man OF
that has been refused leave to speak. IL lies
in the fact that tho Government claurs the
right TO Grant or refuse mt It's viii tho liberty OF te
speech II is just disgraccIul That NJ GaubettaS
friend. hardly less eloquent than himself. Senor
CASTELAR, should be indebted TO tire GoN ernmeut Tor
permission to speak at Valencia, as that the permits
sion should be refused 10 Ganlctta az NarSril'oS
and az AK. 1t is tho system. not the indlFlora''
which is at fault and there never co>cruucr,
in France under which tho system did pot prevail.
don't taunt NJ. Gambotta with hav'nE himself
claimed and used the right 10 prohibit meetings and
suppress journals When N. CANINE Ia WaS IN
power there was war, and tie nccossltie~ oi MAJ
Justify many things which III peace c0Ui n'i *
defended for an instant. Nor Is il quite iS'T ~
Judge Franco 10y an English or Amor.,.n standard.
The struggle Of French l,iCics gees a. tho go"t ~
Of the state from the Church, the corStt~tion II
society its,lf-if you believe NJ. Nuie;'S ,c.rc.s g
he siucer,.-are at issue Whether France Is TO be
Monarrheai or Rem Jrbcau. Clor.Cat or ll@Tal,
Conserve i've OF ClmaijI. Ist-thcsc arc dCtSu9rS
which rouse passions IucomPl0hly he'oer than
questions of county franchise or tariffs. And even
were there such questions. II is tn he rcuiom-
bered how different the idea Of government l. III
France from the idea of government III England
.faqX
almos. say is gagged by the violence with which 1t
treats opponents A ministry which tolerated such
attacks 4 are common in the papers of Loudon and
New-York would be dcspised for its weakness and
DO already near its fall II VI. Gmbclta, when he
comes iu:o power, shall prove himself able to be
generous, or even TO treat advcrsari,s with cont
tempt il will be tho stToi gest possible proof th&t
he believes tho Republic at last sodly established
II il certain no will not think 80 for years. Tree
speech Is not a cornerstone If the R'pahc, either
nor even Of tho Commune, which was perhaps the
most despotic rule Paris saw.
In Spain still less Of freedom can he hoped for.
We have a telegram from Madrid this week which
would 10 luaicrous if it not sad. 1t lisa tsle-
gram meant TO show Europe how liberal the Govern
Inent of King Alfonso is. The Kings Ministers nave
sanctioned meeting and other electoral proceed
nrs mt Valencia OF behalf of Senior CASTELAR,, and II
MALAGA O., behalf of Sen0T Carvajai "0ne President,
the other Minister of the dead Republic. Ii has
sanctioned meetings for the election Of other
"promircut" republicans. Then We have this
"The Government leaves clear field to all candi-
dates protesting monarchical views or other
solid political o)inions;" an instance Of political
magnarinity probably without parallel II
actually allows candidates Tor tho CGt's 70 come
forward provided they supporters CT ~ OWL. o.
hold views which it approves. The patriot who in
vented the phrase "s1li" political opinions would
have been 3 worthy member of the Senate when cX-
cludcd My sumner and his three or fouT political as
SOCRATES from all committees because thoJ were out
side of I'll healthy" political organizations.
Tho elections thong, held to elect Corte' which
must remodel the Constitution, are only fare.
The Government will tolcrnte no genuine opposition,
and the opposition takes refuge in policy OF sh-
stelition. invgorated by conspiracy. The Rcpr5i-
can Commit e issue manifesto advising Tie party
TO rem INCA the exerci 10 Of thcir Tighfs The G0Y-
ernmcn they say, eject Us "A party from tho cleo
toral colleges; they impose silence OF us both N IRE
colleges and the press. And the only counsel the
Republican leaders offer TO their followers is
to serr,.lv noursh in their souls tie fire Of
their filth. and not to take mp arls-yct.
But since t.e appearance Of this document CASTELAR,
has awaited himself of tho permission Of the Govern
,nent and hi, manifesto has leen made public III
Madrid lie opposes the policy Of r'irac;at'cn. llc
is convinced that the only hope OF SPAN - ~ fa-
liamcutary rule. lie Ge00Uucc3 me pO'ty OF tc
Committee policy Of suicide. Yet how any other
policy IS possible under e Government which permits
only candidates Of ITS TO he pat for"aId, Cas-
telar docs not attic npt to explain. He admits that
suecpss :; not 20 be cped for; he only gd';-cs the
people to go 90 the polls "a pTecaTioH Tor the fn-
ture. T;ero 10 reans 81 knowing now lar
CastelaTs influence reaches, but 1t Is difficult 10
perceive how a precaution for the tut1rc can be
taken by voting for enemy in the present. The
Irgeconcalles, of course, the Fcderais,s, the So
ciaIsts and other factions which, come part Of
which. once plorted Castelar, have lorg since
broken with him; to his honor he it said spite OF
his incxliHeisiatle love for rlittcFng gereTaIt;es
"A love :'o1, which no spaniard seams fee-Cas-
telar, taurLtby experience in Government and by
voluntary exile, IL to-day perhaps The wIse5t OF
Spaniard,, as wc az the mot eloquent. lie can
even Lift himself to say that Cuba is not
10 be CONQUERED by arlns, but by reforms, and
that the reforms must BE attempted speedily unless
Spain is 10 find heicef confronted by irT parable
catastrophe. One - anc-t ten pied 10 believe tbn
il is prec >ly because CASTELAR, commits hHIaeif to
advice 20 hateful u q spa.I4rd tbs about Cuba
that the Government t0icTa'cs tho is~ue Of biz ad
dress There j. another scarcely i5 'n:Ge II
tial TIE Government desires something I10fe . al
an obedent majority Of its own l%kcys IN tie
COrtes. Ii desires pfctezt for gaying tiat other
parties have taken part in the election, aud tns pre-
text Castolars manifesto supplies
Yet the same excuse may be urged for Spain that
urged for Gambetta's dictatorship; IL lies under
stress Of war, unless be too dgnibed Iafge tn
the armed squsbbie anguidly kept up IN the North.
1t is, at any rate. grave enough difficulty 10 involve
Spain in continual difficulties with the outer world.
Only few dave ago the English Government pub