New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
TIE FUTURE or SPAIN.
.,,,,..,r SPHERE OF MINOR STATE"

From The Saturday Review
r,o ola yyvkehamist adage Is as pertinent III
tho school of statecraft as 1t ever was III '
rnicrocosm of school. Senior Sagas,a sun .,ia
ing to learn. even after suffering ,le 30, ,uath
10 fall upon a vicariouS people, nd9 Of 80
roon driven reluctant to the remaining alteina
tive and the speculation al Uses, What sha'I ~
nroft Spain to his replaced Dy aho.nel Up
poJtunist faction? Setting out WIN ui,O ,i,t 10
tional advice TO a sovereign whose soie ti'e 10
CONGREGATIONAL Senior Silvela precipitates MS pap
tism Of fire so that there need be small tarty ns
orc his nettle shall come to the PROOF. ohouiu
no emerge an administrative ana hhdhcid
stumbling block will alone obstruct mis- avenue
IN fat PASTURES He must first treat win uII1
tic surgery the gangrene or corruptioit VIII
has attacked every department. "hich pa
Ivzed the army and navy during the war; which
nov underr1nos the health Of the Latin NAME
in almost every land Lest ne forget, 'he re
turned and disbanded sodery. grim Skeletons
will haunt his every feast ShlVerihs titousn
midwinter in the rags or thin cotton uiliioi hi3
selected for a Cuban summer. yellow ana WdSteu
with fevers cruelty defrauded of long arrears Oh
paw often only restrained from the very DRINK
of starvation by an ill-Spared charitable crust
prowling the streets Of every seaport WIN
resignation no less heroic than martial EXPLOITS
these piteous victims have sent throb Oh horror
through TIE hearts of all but the most callous.
Their is scarcely a peasant in any village III
Spain but has had "A friend or kinsman among
the sufferers Your Spaniard is slow TO anger
but once his resentment is kindled-yea' put
itte-it grows terrible. and unless remedy W
soon forthcoming will assuredly breed thirst
for retributiOn AS il is, the men themselves
after incredible submission reflected from reini-
rscenCcs OF discipline are at last recoHectlhs
that. if machines. they are yet human that'
besides duties. they also possess rights. "A snort
reversjon TO principles of common honesty VIII
probably shelve immediate danger. but that IS
not enough. Yet. once compromise snail nave
been made with those who have already forgiven
so much. the Ministerial path should be clear
no financial DrObem
OF time Just without ashes there had been
no phoenix. without a colonial emasculatlon
Spain might not have sighted solvency within
her present paths. Like residuary legatee
whose expectations are all smothered by annui-
tants The unfortunate kingdom has only piled
up difficulties by clinging to her encountered
and ill-admnistcred estates. However painful
to her honor the sacrifice of traditional respon-
sibilites may have been. the result is great
boon to her pocket and she may look forward to
length of days in the humble sphere Of minor
State
Is this. then the epilogue Of all the pride OF
Aragon. OF all the glories of CASTLE? Shall the
lords OF two worlds stand satisfied in the perjury
of respectable suburbanism? The only alterna-
tive is the appartiOn Of the strong man for
whom many countries now sigh in vain. Is
he Don Carlos. or must Spain look for another?
He alone has been cast by public opinion for the
part. but neither his friends his foes under
stand his recent inaction. He better than any
other must know that it is now OF never. that
the chief chance Of his life has come and nearly
gone. perhaps never to return. The years OF
waiting have seemed harder and harder to his
partisans as scandals multiplied and still there
was no sign. Now their patience is wellnigh
exhausted. and a few more months of rosewater
conspiracy will the chief Carlists either raj
lied to the strugglers for office or sullenly ac-
quiescing in the lethargy Of exile. The Carlists
are the Jlcobites Of Spain. and ii is now for
them to decide whether they will look back
upon their last campaign as a final effort like
the Forty-five. and content themselves with
throwing up bonnets and pouring out bumpers
in honor OF vague transporting cause.