, 1877-12-29

The selfish ambition and tricxcry Of that Duke
OF Orleans who bofa the title Of "Cittzen-
Ktng"' BY tho tolerance Of Franco In 153o-'4s,
causeti his overthrow, the banlshmcnt Of htm.
self and familY, and the conliscation Of their i'm
mcnsc wealth. Early In tho last century {and
cven before, for 1t VAS fav0rtte dream Of
I.ouls X1V.) there wcrc plots and devices for
making Spain sort Of territorial appendage to
France. The Hapsburg dynasty. which had
Rovcrnol Spain frnm tho year 1915, came to m
end In 11D0, and Philippe H., Prince Of the
ot the Succession. Alfonso Kill, the present
bourbon dynasty, as only suu Of Is.
at'ciIn II. Contrary to expectation and
des1en, she bourbon y sn!srs w. ,t q sp"!n y wete
Mt including youn1 Alfonso, sx xoYereIgns Of
tho Hourbon raco haye been either weak ur
tyfanntcal, Or q nlxtuIe of both, with the single
ssS:e St s.'sd Sf o Goa''f: s IT. t. Tsu'a' man. "ho''
Louis Philippe, Of Fraucc, having several
tious hope Of future gra1dsun Gf his own be-
sG1ps s easS kpS % q & sgS ..s Aist IT, css e..
knowledgcd Queen Regent Ut Spain, and her
only sister. the Infanta Louisa, was hetrcss-ap-
pareut. Louis Philippe th,uHht "tt would pay :"
| to marry ono Of bis Sons into thlA Spanish fam
i'y. Hi was fully aware that the European
| tt,vcretgns. usually anxious to preserve what Is
called s'the &alance Of power" would nut per-
init q son ot sho FRENCH mouarcl to marry
the Queen Of spain. ENGLAND demonstrated
personally pledged i,is honor to Queen Vtstorffa
lint 1t lad never even been thought 0f. Never
thclcss, diplomatic intrigue was conducted by
n. untzot, then head Of the FFcnc!, Ministry.
The end was, that 1sabclla ot Spain was married
| to her cou.En,, Don Francis d'Asslse, aud her
| sister was wrttllcd to tho Due 10 Montpenster,
| youngest sou Ut Louis Philippe. Thesa mar
raxcs simultaneously took place Oh the 10Th Of
October, 1910, on which day Queen Isabella was
| Of betng Is,
1t may bo asked, How could these marriages
serve the purposes of the ovorrcachlnYand cut-
| ming King OF the Frenchf The answer il, That
| medically reported that he was 30 Impotcnt In
body and mind that there could bo no issua Of
such an union. Louis Philippe calculated. tcrc-
fore: TINT otto Of the probable tuturo offspring
OF Ills spn's marriage must succeed to tho throne
OF Spain In the fullnc<s Of time. Queen Isabella,
however, disappointed these poltleo physlofo1i-
cal calculations by having oslo son and acvsEal
daughttrs. 4 woman Of strong passions, batlly
torious immortality Of her own mother. she soon
east aside tho dccorum Of her sc1 and station,
participated !n succession Of scailialous In.
lsl9ues, and had five children. ln September.
1878, she was leposcd and literally turned out
IT Spain. In june, 1870 sho went through tho
lnrln oG ab1lcatng Ia favor Of Alfonso, her only
son, tAcn not 10 years old; and on tbs laat day
ct December, 1874. to the general surprise ot
was proclaimed Kiar Of Spain at Madrid, aud
| nine t1aTs later landed at barcelona and COM
inenccd bis reign.
King Alfonso, 10 fas, has conducted himself
eonlinE to tbs Constitution adoptcd in June,
151t, The toverctgn Of Spain, like the Queen oG
England, has to ftgn, but not go.xF,, within cotl+
stttnsional limits, BY means II = re,ponslbio
he shall marry without much, further dc!ay; and
his frat cousin, tho Princess Maria da Jus Mcr.
ccdcs, youngest daughter Of tho Duc do Mont.
pensieF and lnfanta Loufaa Of Spain, Ii tho NJ
proved and selected lady. Bhe was "swect II II
the Vatican rtayiax ,he rope to permit ths
marriage within the prohibited ,lcgrccs Of scia
ttonshlp. Tliis PRAYER will doubtless bo acccded
TO-, and preparaiaop for tbc, marriage
n.axn'nee!'ce, hays been ,askos for - sons nj
tif,,e. II there DO any Issue OF this union
l.ouis Pt1l!ppe's hica may be realized
Though not, % fle anticipated, BY greasgrand
may Be- Observed that ,a al sho.o srrsnssment'
tho Spanish iaaops sto not allowed voIee; sIl Il
by sl,s nobility. An that Tie people of spaIl
1 s :,s.c :rs t. % Il 'kn' kss AR Il Ras 1s l.. eS: s Ss
tho succession OF slo crown will pass, arst 4
hta four si4tcss, ono by ono, anil next su hi
aunt, Duchess tis Aontpcnacr, and her sLx o
eight matcdcscen1ants There are l0,0 ,000,
000 Of resident Spauiards, who arc not TO bayt
yolce In chooslh1 their ruler, except In tn
event of the prcsent Hoyal family diving out
and, should the dynasty become exttnet, tin
natlun will notainal!y tlase = right 10 elect Il
monarrh. Considering how tho nation wa
cheated out OF this electlye right ln Deecmbtl
1874. by clique ot politiclBpl In Madrid, wh
offered tho crown to Alfonso, the lookout to
tho future Il lndnltesimally small.