Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-19

utmost what they please and there /
no lawful authority TO restrain them
the press laws, formerly so absolute
nave iatterly been SO relaxed that IL
doubtful whether the government On,
interfere In any way, even with sucl
abuse OF license AZ have mentioned
The police appear to be powerless. ever
with regard TO such indecences Ms III,
crying In the streets of catch-penn,
sheets, announcing the death OF roya
or other important personapes. wh,
may be in perfect health. 4 foytjori
they cannot put down newspa, o,
merely because its title Is offensive
and one of the class OF papers referred
toabove, ! understood, unblushinplv
pt airs a title which parades il.
| purpose to incuIcate botrad
OF Germans. The sale of foreigs
newspaper may be prohibited by The
order OF cabinet council hut n
french newspaper can be proceeded
against only Tor indecency, incteinent
20 crime, deliberate misstatements
disturbing the peace OF the public
ana insults against public function.
aries or foreign rulers or ambassadors
There is 40 provision against the viii
lication o! foreign nation. These
lucts gather from "A recent Paris let
ter, hut while j dy feel that il IL
wrong that respectable papers should
be held responsibly>fort the insane III
terances of an incendiary press. still +
do not share With the writer i'm his ex
pressed feelings of regret that The
French press is not in IA condition to
be muzzled at will by the French nov
eminent. That there are abuses on
the part of newspapers there as
elsewhere | doubt not. but
free press is the surest protection of
a free people and the French people
VIII do well to study its history of the
Older republic across the "big watersu
in its legislation on this subject before
they go into the muzzlng business
again. We have found IL best i'm
America to treat such disgracelul pub
LEGATIONS as the Georgia abortion with
the contempt they deserve aud / re-
specially suggest to our French breth-
rem in the cause of Republicanism that
Ii they want to see the republic over
thrown and the empire reestablished,
about the best way for them 10 stand
In on that line is To revive the old
press laws in France which placed
the press under the supervision Of
government.
OF course you have kept posted as
to the instructions \ Spain. For u few
days they causee no little excitement
here. 10 all appearances the whole
affair was ill-timed and very ridicu-
lous. Understand me: | have no
word of complaint against people who
ought to be free, rising in their might
and tearing down thrones and setting
up popular governments | am a Re
publican, am opposed to thrones, from
the crown of my head to the soles of
my feet, and if there is single drop
of blood in my veins that, under any
sort of circumstances, could sympa-
thize with the p0ssessor of a throne
against the people, it has been too
prudent to ever show itself, or other
wise assert itself. But when efforts
are made to upset thrones | DOM
want any mistakes made, and | don't
want any such word as "failedp
written of them. In spain, the king
is great deal better sort of
fellow than most of the crowned heads
of Europe, in spite of his mother and
father, If any one really knows who
| the latter IL or was, but he has no
more Just rightto rule over Spain be-
! cause he happens to be the son of u wo-
man who was queen than j have to
rule over America because | am not
the son of crowned heads. And when.
ever the crown he now wears il
taken from him, and his throne is cast
| into the sen, and the Spanish people
become their own rulers, ] shall say
"thank God, - from the deepest recess
of my heart. But every fiasco like
this last one only strengthens instead
Of weakens, the throne, Since one
frightens of from making efforts for
freedom others who might otherwise
have made such efforts with success.
Alphonso is not coward. even if ht
is not statesman. He wears about 6
No. hat should say, but he ha.
1 sand in his gizzard.n On the oc
casion Of his landing in Spain, said ;
writer for Spain recently, which was
one of the earliest proofs, followed by
many since, of the young kings cour
age and sang froid, General MARTINEZ
Campos, knowing well the nature o
the population, replied cautiously to g
dues ion as to whether promenade
through the city was likely to be al
agreeable one. The tone of his an
swer led to n closer inquiry. 1t became
evident that Barcelona was doubtful
point TO have selected. The king
showed such firmness as each poinl
of danger was named that the General
who had evidently been feeling his
way said frankly. / do not anticipate
that anything would happen. Bu'
now that know your majesty's views
i | think it right TO tell you that Orsinl
bombs are said to have been manuiac
tured here. shall ride close To your
majesty here King Alfonso, whose
colour rose. interrupted by saying
gentlemen, let US land
General Campos could not keep hi'
promise to ride close, for the GROVE
carried the king far in advance. Pres
entity the gold bit, too weak for thu
excited animal he rode, broke but eX
celent horseman as he -
the king rode quietly on, bowling ant
smiling right and left"
This was at Barcelona, and he hai
been there again during the past week
Glowing and smiling again, and ex
tended his personal acquaintance VIII
persons Of all classes and conditions
quite irrespective of political party
There is no organized dynamite part.
i'm Snain. believe, and never hear'
/, Of n nihilist organization over there
as vet, but il Alphonso wants to keel
keep his crown on his head, ana hi
head on his shoulders. he hat
, / - H.. e,In.srn and mo