The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-21
EMILIO CASTELAR,.
His Views OH the Late Brazilian
Revolution, and
FUTURE OF EUROPEAN NATIONS.
The News in Nadrid-Tne Coup d. Etat in
Lisbon-VictOria and Dom Pedro
DR.. Valente's Politics.
Especial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
New YORK, Nov. ga Herald cable
says: 81 am not in the least surprised to
know that Brazil has at last decided for a
republic" said Emilio CASTELAR,, the
Spanish statesman to me yesterday. SIN
= fact my only wonder is that she did not
do so sooner. It is only few weeks since
that assured prominent French states
man that the tendency in Brazil was ir-
resistibly in that direction. To one who
has. as / have studied the condition Of
things in South America it has long been
apparent that the thinking classes there
were too deeply imbued with the spirit OF
republicanism to make any other form Of
government more than temporary. Dom
Pedro has always tried to conceal this fact
from Europe, and he has more or less sue
ceeded 1t is simply ridiculous to claim
that the revolution in Brazil was due to the
recent abolition of slavery for the men who
have had most to do with the overthrow OF
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.
LAS to the effect this revolution may
have upon Portugal, while l do not feel en-
titled TO prophecy that 1t Will lead to the
establishment of republic in that country,
/ am convinced that 1t will have
direct and marked effect in liberalizing the
policy of the Portuguese monarchy. The
two nations are really but one, with the
same language, customs, and the action of
Brazil cannot but react powerfully upon
Portugal Besides, l have reason to know
rg,Fr 10 rroos inf ial an
y Portuguese writers aud orators, such men
as Latino COelho and Belossio Braza, are
heart and soul in favor of republic.
"Iu Spain | think the immediate effect of
this South American upheaval Will be less
marked. Were we under conservative
monarchy. unpopular with the masses,
should think differently, but the govern
ment OF Spain is very liberal and is, of its
own accord, approaching point where
republicanism will assert itself; as mat
ter of course, by universal consent OF the
people.
"rhere is no need of prccipitating that
movement, but all the countries of Europe
may well ind food for reflection in this al
most unprecedented event. Think Of 1t.
They awake one morning among these tot
tering relics of worn out absOlutlsm and
find that a nation almost as large as all of
theirs put together has, in the twinkling
Of an eye and without violence, changed
from an empire 10 d EepuOlIC. Inc ISfOIu
ton is over and new order of things will
be established before they are aware that
the old order was compromised or that
revolution was threatened.
Curious. is it not! And they may at
last open their eyes to the fact that man
kind have entered upon an era Of reason
and are no longer TO be driven against
their fellows in murderous herds and
slaughtered by thousands like UnreasOn-
able brutes TO suit the caprice of some vain
autocrat who boasts that God made him
their master. No, the sway of autocracy
on this Old continent is nearly over. If
there is any one thing | believe with all
nv heart it is that before fifty years Eu-
rope will be republican from end to end,
and believe the change viii be brought
about without the horrors OF war as easily
as it has just been brought about in Brazil,
as naturally as man lays aside one coat and
Outs on another because he likes the other
better.
1.-The peoples of Europe are growing
wiser every year and seeing better what
are to their real interests. They would one
day say to their kings, queens emperors
and princes. we are masters here. After
all, this country is ours, not yours. There
is the door, go! go! gOn and then the
kings, emperors and princes will go, and 1t
would be "a beautiful sight. You look in
credulous and think me an utopist, but
would you have thought had l told you a
week ago that to-day Brazil would be a
republic! AS said, | believe these great
changes will be accomplished without war,
nor do / be.4eve Europe is now threatened
with war"