The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-26

benefit from the doctrine as wen as the
BasQues. II the latter subscribed to 1t
| n order to defend their fueros, the for
mer preached it to save their property.
Those constitutional assemblies which
did away With the special privileges Of
the northern villages ami peasants,
closed the converts and laid hands up
on the great estates OF the church. IN
Ferdinsnd's loeral moods, which were
inspired by fear OF his immediate sur
roundings. ne assented 10 these acts; in
his absolute moods. which were the true
expression OF his nature. he dacteed their
and had the property that had been ia
ken from the churcn given back TO it's
original owner. So the priests looked up
or Carries, the ever absolute, as the qua
rantor OF their estates just as the Bss-
cues looked upon him as the guarantor
OF their liberties. The alliance Of the
three was inevitable and it was powerful
II is computed that by 1898 the Carlist or
ganization numbered 100000 men.
No wonder, then, that intelligent lib
erals awaited the birth OF Ferdinand's
sniid with great anxiety. There is a
story that a certain Count O'Neil was
driving in the streets OF Madrid when
the cannons doomed to announce the
event. and when the signal announced
the birth OF a daughter ne flung him
self back in his carriage, exclaiming:
luto Y duelo." Onhayy Spain. you will
De overwhelmed with grief and mourn
ing) This man lost two sons who
fought on different sides in the war that
death.
Carlos and his family mad been ban
ished the kingdom just before this. He
had refused to act as co-regent with the
queen and insisted on his rights and the
validity OF the Salic law with all Bout
bon's stub5ornness. There is parallel
between mis- case and that Of James II.
O. England, and indeed, the subsequent
history Of the Ca-lists is strikingly Ike
that OF the British Jacobins. They stuck
TO the doctrine of the divine right u
kings with wonderful pertinacity, and
they made incursiops into the country
with their Basques, as the Stuarts
made incuIsions into Great Britain with
Scotch Highlanders
The first Carlos had many exciting ad-
ventures in that opening war. They
began in the Portuguese mountains.
where he was chased like a hunted hare,
and from which he escaped only by
means of the money that was raised
through the devotion Of his wife, who
sold her jewels a a tremendous sacri-
flee in order to get the necessary funds.
He went to England, and then returned
to Spain through France. Upon reach
ing the kingdom he found his troops in
command of redoLbtable peasant gen.
eral named Zumalacarreguy, vino had
enlisted with goat skin coat and Bas-
que hat and breeches for his uniform
There was more jumping about. with al
ternate victories and defeats. Zumal-
acarreguy was killed and his place was
taken by Cabrera. It may seem strange
that the warfare could be dragged on
at such length, bus the BaSques knew
the mountains so well that they gen.
orally had the advantage of position.
They would assemble at points where
different ranges converged. whence they
could disperse by half a dozen different
v
hours, from their knowledge OF short
cuts they could make march that
could not be covered by the enemy IN
a day. But after six or seven years OF
fighting the constitutionalist general,
partero, put an end to the war. 1t had
been a dreadful struggle, in which many
frightful atrocities had been committed.
Spain needed decades Of rest.
Unfortunately, however, Carlos was
not killed. and if he had been there was
his progeny and the Silac law. He him
self fed to France and remained there
for several years In 1874 re resigned
Carlos, styled the Duke of Montemolin. /
and in 1855 he died at Trieste. The sec
ond Carlos was a weak vessel Ca
orera started an uprising in his favor
n 1S4S, but il came to naught, because !
this so-called Charles VI was the play !
hing OF intriguing advisers and failed |
% put in an appearance. Later in 1859 l
le landed on the east coast to head I
In insurrectioR, but he and his brother |
Fernando, were captured ny the Consti- /
utionalists and both Of them renounced I
III right 10 the throne and apologized to
he queen for their indiscretion.
But. sad TO say, there was another |
,rother, Juan, who would not renOunce
lnything. though he held Carlos and
ferdinand to their renunciatiOn. To
his Juan was born a son in 1913, and ne
g the Carlos OF the war OF 1876 and
he present pretender. He has fire and
moition in superabundance and other
aking attributes which go to make
rince popular. The fact thas there have
zen sixty-four years in which a major
ty OF the people of Spain and its gov
have repudiated the divine au-
nority OF kings and the Salic law makes