The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
SPANISH EU1oor OF oAxor.,
More RnEiish ns She 10 Spoke In Ha,ap, \,
the Marquis OF Ccrvcrn ana VIl.I,rc.

From La Cdrtd del Sdbddo.
II will not cause surprise. therefore. to who .ho,,,
real, Notwithstanding little notices that ho ,..
have OF our matters. my explicit declaration ,.,
considered ALWAYS MIR. Canovas rs one o. the Or.,,..,
estadists OF the epoch, notinferior to any other ma,
could be mentioned to me in any country, hnd =,
the same time one OF the nrst orators OF the times.
He was besides. historian and publlci.t o, va,
gifts, whose Influence in the developing OF the mo,,,
and political ideas in the different ~countrie. o, o,
race, has been 80 profound, that will traucend to rcrv
distant times. without being adverted even ~ nan,
should try to.
i; is undoubtable that without the decided Nj
course that hc constantly lent to the King D. Alf,b.,
and which he never ceased loaniug, while the Rev,n,
Queen, saw It well to dispense her confidence Of N.
Government. or without the cooperation that Al,
sagasta always periodically loaned. as chief OF n.
constitutional. that the English call opposition ot
II. NJ to Indicate that II forms part intregrant o,d
necessary Of the political organism. in all nation, p,n
lamcntarily reisned, his high and dinicult empf.,.
would have many times been wrecked.
All great political work, Is before all a ra,Ion,,
work; never has a IN An alone boon able to accomtli,A
It, and only does the exit crown his desires, when tho
Governor is Legitimate exponent Of the historic nc,e.
sity, ana to his work the social strength come, tha,
demands Its discharge.
Mr.. Antonio Canovas, having with flexible, bu,
strong hands the relns OF the Government, when am
the provinces OF the NOrth ana center OF tho PENN,
sula were devasted BY the Carlists. and part OF tn ,
island. by the scparatist order. and when the com.
mon sense of the Restdurdcton, favored 80 energetic
ally like tho exceptional state OF the MONARCHY. IN.
predominion Of the arms. he new how TO strongly
institute the supremacy OF the civil power. and a,
natural consequences. OF the came, the predonion
OF the statesman. In the direction Of the public arairu
and the regeneration OF the military costums; by thu
removing Of the politics from the principal heroes %
tha arpnp that I,ff - dtaYutfn 49,.
before.
In this manner. the tormentiuR era OF pronounci..
lions closed itself. which hal its reason Of heins. hq,
which could not prolong itself. without completely
dissoiving tho National State.
He p~roIesSod deep fears against the denocrv,.
not because he should believe IL fatally condemned
to avoid the superior ends Of the State. but h4cau,s
no estimated its arrival premature. and badly 10.
terpretcd is organization. specially in countries %
little prepared for Il. a. those OF Europe. monarchlo
and more or less traditionaliSt.
But he never raised himself. as an irreconr,l'ahls
enemy. or irreductibne adversary. of such pros-et4s
maxim himself very different from Qui,o, To whom
he is often compared without this sgecIAl Difference
being noticed.
He ard.ntly loved his mother country. and h.
loaned It eminent services. making 1t Dis over and
ostentate In crisis like the actual one. all it, meant
and is energies, to the surprise Of the other ua,iou..
Ard he has died, In the plentiful Of his faculties,
aud Of the power. as he sometimes might hsvs
dreamed 90 die in noble and heroic nAgtr stion..
proper OF his manly spirit; defending without: tarr,.
ing nor attdbulating himself, In the midst u a storm
IN which were the honor and integrity Of spain -
gether with the foundations OF the social o-cer
against the anarchy. and st the han1s Of one o, tn -
fanatics and aboninable Seciaries Of tie lu;t.
social crime that the hatred OF class and tae denny
goric predication, do not cease 10 multiply IN E.roIe
and the United States, TO confirm the sonher vatai.
nation that more than once and with no suier-t rio
Quence Mr.. Canoyas made from the Par'am, Z, ard
from the Casino declaring to them 8 Iner i,.s VA
in the name OF civilization and Of the rea! liberty.