New-York tribune., 1876-03-14
FRANCE AND SPAIN.
1rTRAMoYTANE REvERsEs.

TEE DUC De BBoGLIR On TIE FRENCH MINISTRY.
fx,oy , uEerIIR coRREspuSDnSr OF THB TRIBUSRl
Ioxnox. Feb. 2e.-It ha, been bad week for
che I1tramontanes. Their flag bss gone down in the
to countries on which they built the greatest hopes,
IN Spain with the defeat of Don Carlos, and IN
France with the triumph Of the Republic. l use the
vord Republic rs convenient expression, but the
victory is not so much political IS religious. lt is
the triumph Of Liberalism over Clerioahsm. Inc
lcvnote OF the campaign was struck by NJ. Gam
betia in bis speech at Lille In Spain, 1t would be
nonsense t. sey that Liberalism has triumphed; the
most we can affirm is that the champion of the worst
form of prieStiy intolerance mas been beaten. Inc
,oment the priests we're o. bis defeat they de-
serted their man, and We find the Vatican all Mt
once assuming Che role Of moderation, and advising
Don Carlos 90 desst from contest in which he has
no chance % success Rome has failed 10 subdue
spain By arms anl the very next thing we hear Is
mat she resorts TO intrigue with the cJnquerozs
.gust how much freedom will be saved 10 Spain by
the overthrow Of tho Pretender we cannot yet know
But We know that the men who surround Alfonso
are not the mere instruments OF ROmish policy THAI
they are likely 20 put the interests Of SPAN OF, at
least, the interests Of their own party IN spain'
above the interests Of the Papacy That Is not
much, hut IL s something.
The Spanish successes have been gained With little
military power of Carlos, like that Of the Confed-
eracy when sherman pierced il, proves only she'll
Ii is quite impossible for any human being 20 take
IN interest in the details Of the recent military cpe
rations For Americans their chief significance res
i, the liberation Of q considerable force which may
he dispatched t. Cuba. A telegram announces, cor
cnrreptiy with the Aight Of Don Carlos that 10000
troops will be sent across the Atlantic. Ca'teiars
warning that Cuba must be conquered by relorIns
not by crimes, falls unheedcd on Ministerial cars.
WHY should il be heedodf 4 SpaniarG, like other
people is soon intoxicated BY success and victory
over phantom battalions, with a royal progress
through what was lately CGrlst territory, may
provo quito enough to persuade the King that m
eoaal!y glorious triumph awaits h6 arms IN 'Uoa
twill be strange h the tone Of Spanish dispatches
70 Washington does not become less Apologize @hd
more arrogant than Mr Fish has lately been sccus-
toned 10 hear.
II vonlJ be hard 10 grudco tho SpanisTds any
thing chat offers that unhappy country chance OF
peace and OF paying part OF the interest cn hcs
debts But her condition is still deploTaGe, ana o5-
seusions al Madrid likely 10 rage wththe greater
violence now shat tie pressure Of bostiliteS ia tae
North IL lghtsnod. The first black shadow IS ea''
by the priests The same day that brought the news
o the retreat Of the Carsts from Toiosa witnessed
the petiton OF tho Arcbls 0p III Toledo aud "Jh1r
prpats To the C0rtes prohibit the exercise OF any
Worship In Spanish territory except that o. inc
pcpe. Next ca1ac word that cx-Queen Isabella has
been promised by the KING that sic shall return 20
Spain; an event full! Of evil omen. What has hap-
peued sincs SG7 to make Spain more tolerant %
that infamous crcature7 Her personal vices, which
were tho scandal cf Europe were the least OF her
f,,lt. ne rller aud she goes back 10 lead hep con
along the old paths to the cid end. Against either
coya or clerical oppression the Only means Of resist
spce ara conspiracy and the ouly hope Of Successful
resistance another revolution. How the CcTtes now
tittiuc we-e elected showed IN lO!mer letter. -
/. not T. bs forgotten that they ara 70 Ha!ue OF 70
rgtfy some sort OF Constitution Tor Spain; what
ever il pieasos Ministers % invent The CoTtes arc
Good deaf better drilled than Gn average Spanish
regiment though to the minority which IL was
honght desirable 10 have elected il is for the SANE
reason thought desirable to allow come freedom OF
speech Castelar, hes been proving that violence
and abuses wero praciced in tie elections Gt Bay
erlona. Senior Csnogas Del Castillo takes the trou-
ble to 70 through the form of replying, and then s
majority, having enjoyed the safe luxury oi GO elo-
ouent speech, yotes-tO Use the words ol Govern
ment partisar-as the Government dictated.
Altogether the most astonishing fact OF the period
i, the advice profeIcd by Ihe Standard to Marshal
EacMahor to invite NJ. Gambotta to form
ministry. This paper has been, down to ths week.
q violently BonapaItIst organ. y was ready, how
ever TO 40 for enything that was Ie2c.iondry, anu
.isht have been expected to accep Legitnnis' or
az Orleanist UsuTpationo MacAahonlsh ceaP gc"i'
or ANYTHING that should by force OF fraud, defeat
the viii OF the nation. It's Togyism 10 not open to
tho reproach Of narrowness; i is not inslar, but
European don't remember to have seen 1t yield
before now 70 mere success. Ii has not heeA Ike
The Time, ard Napoleon's God, on tie side OF the
heaviest battalions But the Republican FictOry in
France has converted even this stanchcst of anti
Rcpulicans-cOuycrted 1t, not TO belief IN
Repblicanisn Of course, but 10 q state OF mind in
which apeacefu submission 10 RcpubhC Can rule seems
wiser FOR the inonlcntl than violent end illegal
Efforts 10 nuhfy the vote of last Sunday. Were inc
Marshal T. adopt an opposite course, reasons his
English counselor it would sOrely tax aEyDodys
ingenuity to explain how the Executive and
Legislature could work together for any
leagth Of time. Could the MaTshai dissolve
the Assembly dissolution would only insure the
reelection of tie obnoxious majority with increased
Numbers and power. ITO cOnide IN them would 60
A long way toward dsaFming them, indeed ttey
yeqaire 10 be dioa7nti The increased Importance OF
B Gambctta's position cannot lie denied Dy any
person Of oandor II would only be recognition OF
what are called constitutional principles, If he were
ultimately invited by the Marshal TO form Minis
tryr The phrase have italicized shows you WhaI
strange gleap.s OF Light are finding ther way 10
Tory minds BY tho English press III general the
French elections have been discussed with lnteili-
ssuce and good sense and with good deal OF gem
uIno sympathy. Englishmcn have at last come 70
understaud Ganbetta--to perceive that he ls not
lunatic, nor a hyPOcrte. a socialist, nor revo-
htionis. of any kind. but man penetrated with
profound respect for law and for legal forms-a man
who has studied the France of to-day as nobody
,lso bas studied her and who knows better than