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clericalism and reaction.
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clericalism and reaction.
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Criatina had no political convictions.
she was all her life frank oppnrtunisf
She saw that her Childs throne must
re-, on the support ~ the progressive
party This must be- cunciliatHd a. any
price The fret bombshell she discharged
into tho react ionary camp was II course
IN" pragmatic sanction Her second. a.
SION 49, the King had a relapse. five DAYS
later. and entrusted her with his sign
manual was general amnesty - politi-
cal offenders which she lssded without
waiting for the arrival Of the new Prime
Minister. whom the King had recalled
from the Embassy IN London. The
return " over twelve hundred exiles
evoked a chorus of blessings on her head
from homes IN every part of Spain IL
was NOT the good natured Young Queen,
however, who first LOST patience with the
plotting wife and si~tcr-in-llw II Don
Carlos. who himself committed no overt
act Il was Fernando. who resumed
charge Of tho Government on January !,
1883, and soon afterward got the Princess
IT Beira widow - an Infante of Spain.
90 one Of the Queens younger sisi erSl,
and Don Carlos and his family "ut Of IN"
country They went ~ Portugal. and the
cpursn - events there soon made Fer
nando doubt whe, her he had not made
a mistake in not keeping Carlos under his
own observai ion at Madrid He sent him
peremp;ory permission" to remove NJ
once 10 the Papal States. Carlos. with
a nimble evasiveness. a resourCefulness
and ingenuity which he never exhibited
at any other time. avoided going Fer
nando then ordered him To leave Portugal
To this final letter Carlos returned no
answer. and from that hour he was in
rebellion against the crown Of Spain
We King died on September 20. 1888
tenderly nursed To the end 10y his wife
The world went on its course more lightly
when he was dead He had not been an
admirable person. He conspired against
his father and DETAINED his mother He
grovalled at the feet Of Napoleon. his con
queror and captor. and craved from him
the honor Of an alliance at the moment
his deluded subjects were shedding their
hest blood to shake on that conqueror's
yoke and replace him on the throne on
his return to Spain almost his first act
was to imprison and TO exile those who had
, restored him Cristina was equally un-
grateful to her sister Luisa Carlots. who
had placed her on the throne and saved
her infant daughters inheritance. Her
husbands will left her th" sol" regent
and governess of the monarchy until her
child should have attained the age 81
Is years When the spanish Minister
20 the court of Portugal in accordance
with her commands presented himself
before Don Carlos and announced the
death ~ Fernando Carlos suavely eX-
tended his hand. ordering the Minister TO
kiss II and ac knowledge him King 81
Spain The Minister replied that he rec-
ogniHad lsahel II as his sovereign and
communicated the Queens order that
Carlos should proceed AZ once to Italy.
Carlos was reluctantly Obliged 60 admit
that the moment for action had arrived.
He regretted that he had not returned 10
Sp1in AZ his brothers command. for
Portugal was sinking ship which he
could not leave lie contrived Ia &c; him
self and hi family transported to Eng
land on a British war-hip heing AZ his
la-t ditch without troubling himself
over m" fate ~ his little hand IL followers.
/ whom he left as prisoners and in tho most
miserable plight. This untimed and
wholly unnecessary act az generosity on
tho part ~ our Representatives. COM
msn'- the author. plunged Spain into
Lhrcc bloody CIVIL wars and cost her m"
lives pf thousands ~ her citizens. Nor
did "" manifest on this occasion thos"
sportsmalik" qualities which w. consider
pr~uliar - ~ N"ith"r Miguel ,the
80, q II
Carlos could hav" been cnrn"r"i without
tho aS-l-tanC" - Cen Rodl. who
r.,mmandei tho troops on the frontier
TIL. Spanilrd'S gun brought down ~"
bird. and m" Englishinan hagE"d It.
Ru. m. hiri flow back "" cannot en- a.
into I'll N" details - m" moves and
,..uutermoyo-, - m" Pr"tonde- and Queen
'ri-tIna'- aih"r"ut- "" must turn 10
. rhnpi"- IN N" Qu",'u'> life which had
important consequences for spain.