Huntsville gazette., 1889-11-23
MORE REVOLUTION
The Downfall of Monarchies
Predicted.
Kings, Queens and Emperors
Must Go.

NuiSoS &AOOiio otIO EInD6fOfS
Must Go.
Interview With Spanish Statesman who
Thinks the Brazil Revolution q Prelude
to Others-Emilio CASTELAR, Talks Freely
About the Change and Predicts That
the Sway of the Autocrat in Europe is
Nearly Overflow the Revolution in
Brazil First Started.
New YORK. Nov. %. A copyright
dispatch from Paris to The Herald CON
tains the following: II am not in the
least surprised to- know that Brazil has
at last decided for a republic, 4" said
Emilio CASTELAR,, the Spanish statesman.
to me- In fact my only wonder is
that she did not do SO sooner. It is only
q few weeks since l assured prominent
French statesman that the tendency in
Brazil was irresistibly in that direc-
ton.
ITO one who has, as I have, studied
the condition of things in South America
it has long been apparent that the
thinking classes there wero too deeply
imbued with the spirit of republi-
canism to make any other form of gov
ernment more than temporary. Dom
Pedro has always tried to conceal this
fact from Europe, and he had more or
less succeeded. It is simply ridiculous
to claim that the revolution in Brazil
was due to the recent abolition of
slavery, for the men who have had the
most to do with overthrowing the
empire are precisely the ones who
brought about the liberation OF the
slaves. and in both cases they were
simply acting in accordance with the
enlightened ideas of the century.
''As to the effect this revolution may
have upon Portugal, while do not feel
like prophesying that it will lead to the
establishment of q republic in that
direct and marked effect in iberalizing
The two nations are really but one,
tendencies and the action of Brazil can
have reason to know that many of the
most influential and able Portuguese
writer's and orators, such men as Latino
soul in favor Of Q republic.
I'm Spain, / think, the immediate
effect of this South American upheavA
will be less marked. We're We under q
conservative monarchy, unpopular with
the masses, / should think differently,
but the government of Spain is very
liberal, and is of its own accord ap-
proaching point where republicanism
will assert itself as . matter Of course
by the universal consent of the people,
There is no need of precipitating that
movement, but all the countries of Eu-
rope may we'll find food for reflection
in this almost unprecedented event
Think of it. They awake in the morn
ing and find that nation almost as
large as all Of them put together has in
the twinkling of an eye, and without
violence, changed from empire to re-
public
"The revolution is over, and the new
| order of things is well established be-
fore they were aware the older order
was compromised or that revolution
was threatened. Curious is it not? And
they may at last open their eyes to the
fact that mankind has entered upon an
era of reason, and are no longer to be
driven against their fellows in murder
Gus herbs and slaughtered by thousands
like unreasoning brutes to suit the
caprice of some vain autocrat who
boasts that God made him their master.
"The sway of the autocrat on this old
continent is nearly over. If there is
any one thing | believe with all nv
heart it is that before fifty years Europe
will be republican from end to end I
believe the change will be brought
about without the horrors of war as cas-
lily as it has just been brought about in
Brazil As naturally as a man lays
| aside one coat and puts on another, be-
cause he likes the other better. The
peoples of Europe are growing wiser
every year, and seeing better what are
their real interests.
They will one day say to their kings.
queens, emperors and princes: We
are masters here after all; this country
is ours; there is the door-go;' and then
kings, queens, emperols and princes
will go. and it will be beautiful sight.
You look incredulous and think me a
utopist, but what would you have
thought had told you q week ago that
| to-day Brazil would be republic. As
/ said, 1 believe these great changes
will be accomplished without war. Nor
do believe Europe is now threatened
| with war.
How 1t Started.
New YORK. Nov. 22-The Herald's
special correspondent in Brazil cables
as follows from Rio Janeiro:
were ordered ON Rio to distant pro-
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