The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-03-31

never encourage any movement for the overfhrowS
her son. That eventuality not DO taken into
sderaion for moment Nevertheless II Is possible
that her partisans. u they into power may
make her prclext for measures that would render
the young King very unpopular, and this might help
the republican agitation and do Alfonso much harm"
as Isabella very unpopular in span1"
NO do not think she is as unpopular people
to think; because, after although have no
personal for saying so, having never received
any Kindness at her hands-lsabela very good
hearted She .sas very charitable generous and
a good woman at heart The people know this and
member II in her favor Besides il is natural that.
after having been the throne long as she was, she
should have strong party Of adhercnts in the country
that do not think sho is at all so unpopular as 10
generally believed Many unpopular things we're done
by her Ministers in her name for which she was not
in the least responsible She was woman, aud
was powercss for good surrounded as she was by
INSCRIPTIONS and ambitious who had only
their selfish to accomplish, without the
slightest regard the interests Of the country. She
was net as much to blame as people think"
PRErENpERs CHANCE.
'ln what way do you hope, sire, TO profit by the
revolution which you foresce coming?"
''Thus:-The tide of rcpublicanism will go grow.
ing stronger, rising higher and higher until the
throne OF Alfonso viii be submerged ana swept away
Then when they the current too strong for them
when they 1t is carrying them away, they will
appeal to me as their last hope, and the very who
have placed Alfonso upon the DEMONSTRATIONS Campos
Canovns dc Castillo and the rcst-will and
oncr the sceptrc from the fcebler hand OF my
little cousin
rErM's oFPER.
''But, sire, did you not refuse to accept the
sccptre the hands of the rovolutionissS Bid not
General Prm offer you the CROWN"
ayes; but that under very different circum
stances from what 1t will be offered to me next time
Then was asked TO go to the revolution, to compro-
mise with it, to become part of it, OF course
fused But the time will be asked to crush the
revolution instead of taking i by the hand No mat
ter whence such offer comes ready as
then accept. That the offer will be made to
later have not the shadow OF doubt. This
is why have refused all compromise. THIS is why
have neither surrendered my sword nor broken H.
have returned to its scabbsrd 10 be Hushenhcd again
when the time comes Tout est Perdu hOrs rhonReur
That have preserved intact We have been beaten
but we have at least fallen with glory with no stain on
our honor"
THE BASQUE PRIvILEGEs
II may be we'll 10 state here for the information OF
the reader that the Jeros OF the Basque provinces and
Navarro which are In question In the preceding
versaton a number OF old provincial rights
joyed by these people during thousand years. among
which were local taxation, local set.goyernment
we have II in America, and freedom from conscrpton
They acknowledged the King OF spain their senior
lord only, and not king, and accorded him kngly
rights nor TO tell the truth, did They accord hun
any right but that OF protecting them, In return for
which they paid him very slippery kind OF allegi-
that was allegiance only in tho name Ho WINS to
protect them in OF foreign INVASION but he could
not demand IN return either money troops. They
gave OF their own Tree will whatever thcy could
spare, as much money and as many men as
they thought no ought to have and no
These provinces, in short, governing
themselves apportoning their own taxes conducting
their ctvl administration ami permitting IN
reference the part of the King OF Spain, formed
little republic within The monarchy that was thorough
hlIeun m 40 IN m relg
looked to tho ncighborng monarchy for protection and
paid IT kind Of tribute. They were not only republic
cans but Communists In the fullest acceptation OF the
word.
l. OF course, use the word Commune IN the French
sense meaning local sclgovernmcnt With The alb
surd ldoa oil properly IN common, when has been
attributed 10 the French Communists by people whe
understand neither the French language nor French
ideas, we have nothing to do.
BY degrees however, these rights taken from
them partly by force, partly by corruption until Just
before Isabella assembled the throne there scarcely
any OF them left, and the civil administration OF the
provinces was conferred in Madrid. This caused great
( deal OF dscontent There smouderng fire that
was undoubtedly on the point Of breaking out into an
open fame.
Don Carlos the grandfather of the present prince,
brother OF Ferdinand VII, VINO I-abela's
father, was according to the Sale law, heir 10 the
throne OF Spain, and when through the intrgues OF
Christina the old KING gave his his daughter
Isabella and the CorLes ratified the Will Don Carlos
! determined to assert his rights by the sword.
Looking about HIM ln soon perceived that the
in revolt and he Immediately seized the lie
promised that If they w0ald help hun gam the throne
he would restore them all their old rights They
ccpted, and this is how Carlism became mixed up with
the question of the tper0s, and this is how
the Basques have come TO associate tho
name OF Don Carlos with their ancient free.
dom. To show how tenaciousy they cling 10 these
rights II is only necessary TO state that whenever,
during the present war; any attempt was made by the
generals OF DOE Carlos to take the control oil the army
Of the hands of the Juntas provincial assemblies
the latter rendered such attempts aborve by quietly
stopping the ratons OF every battalion that was thus
taken from their control The battalion OF tho King,
which General Dorregaray had formed as body guard
10 Don Carlos and placed under his direct command
had to be dissolved because the junaS would not sup
ply raons. They likewise refused TO furnish rationa
Tor the artillery aud cavalry because these branches
the army at rst centralized ana placed beyond
control OF the Juntas. The result was OF course
that the artillery and cavalry had TO be appOrtoned
the different provinces and put on the same footing
the Infantry Them and not till thcn were the ratons
forthcoming
IL is of course generally supposed by The world at
large That Don carlos was responsible Tor The war ihai
he began II, he on, and that hrs was
the spirit the lie ana soul OF the conflict This Is
idea Don Carlos had, in truth, very littls
10 do with the conduct OF the war He could not levy
taxes he could not order consumption he could not
appoint postmaster nor Custom House officer
justice OF the peace "A constable road superv-
And far IRON carrying on the war. he could
not rcquston even sheep nor single ration All Of
these things were done by the Juntds Don Caroa
nothing more Than hsurehcad, standard.
DviSE RIGHT
But this Is not all These people do not recognize
his claims divine right regards themselves, aud
they never did. They simply fought TO put hun on
the throne because ne promised TO secure them IN tho
enjoyment OF their ancient freedom II he could, AZ
the same time, induce the rest OF Spain TO acknowledge
his claims to divine night they were quite willing he
should do so. But Tor themselves they secuted the
idea
PARADOX.
This Carist war, Ia short, gave the world the curb
spectacle OF republicans lighting Tor the divine
right OF kings OF Communists lighting Tor the Catholic
Church,
They have been conquered Tho old rights tho M.
cient freedom that has been theirs Tor more than
thousand years VIII again be taken from them. They
,ktIi bo nj ham tla ~ nj
tralizcd government; the tide OF official Iobbcry and
corruption streaming out from Madrid Will how
and bring them beneath It's putrid current; the spirit
liberty Will be- crushed out; the purity OF political
lie, honesty and economy they mad established IN the
administration OF thor own affairs will dsappear the
little Republic viii become another Cuba IN short; and
ILa M.r.l WIN annI.uL and ..nl .ann