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weakness of a throne which dreads discussion , and with special qaro prevents the circulation of . the manifestoes of a pretender . In the position I find myself p laced at present , no other alternative remains forme than 1 o " appeal to the Spanish people , being desirous that they may know my sentiments , and that they may form an exact opinion regarding my intentions . ¦¦ . I will . not insist blithe question of right , because it . is painful to speak of a beloved brother , perceiving him to be subjected to a party which , strives to disavow the progressive spirit of the age- N " or will I expatiate upoa his la « t act ; based , it is said , upon the dictation of clever counsellors , who unfortunately consulted their own interests than the honour of my brother . The question of my rights is to me inseparable from the sanction of the people to whom I desire to appeal . d
I deplore the terrible struggle which during many years , aneven since the termination of the civil war , the men of liberal ideas have had to encounter in order to effect the consolidation of a constitutional svsteni that had in reality no other origin than that derived from the crown , which has not accepted freely and loyally representative institutions . Hence'the sad spectacle of those administrations which succeeded one another in Spain at such short intervals , not chosen after ascertaining the public opinion , but named ' . in order to secure the election of parties of a determined character , and thus to create a majority which would tamely follow them : hence the general disgust , and as a natural consequence , the slavery of the press , and the little respect to personal liberty , being the Wt result of an uninterrupted series of tumults and pronuiiciamentos , sometimes suffocated after precious blood had been spilled , and occasionally triumphant after gathering but little fruit to return again to the reactionary system .
Tin these vain and miserable contentions the Spanish people lavish their strength , for it is not a tranquil and pacific straggle of ideas , but a continual " warfare in order to destroy every obstacle continually created by the same hand , which ought only " to-act as judge in tho field , leavi-iio : the palisade open , and procuring , by all possible means that the will of the people be known and manifested . This system is . followed at present by all trilly constitutional monarchs , arid where it is carried out no mutinies ocuuuv no risings take place , no shedding of blood exists ; on the contrary , the monarch and the people are bound together in close union . ¦ , ¦ . . .
It is natural for him who thus recognises the advantages of an entirely liberal system to desire for his country . a sacred respect of individual liberty—the broadest liberty of the press ,, which is the strongest corrective of every kind of abuse true equality before the law , and equal privileges to all parties ; entire freedom in elections , the only method of rendering the representative systciu a reality ; and , in the economical branch , the total abolition - -of " such duties as are most grievous to the public , such as those on articles of consumption and the gate duty ; the abolition of the monopoly on tobacco and salt , by which so many industrial pursuits aro protected ; tho most ample system of amortisation not , exciting the property wiiieh is called the royal patrimony , because I consider that the provision accorded by the public is sufficient for a king , because the prestige and tlie power of a monarch ought not to bo based upon the ostentation in which he lives , but rather upon the affection and the respect of his subject .
And if all ' this which I desired for my country be not sufficient to satisfy t . ho wishes of tlie people , it would " not be I who Avill put a veto on tjie national sovereignty , from which I expect overything . For this reason I have not hesitated a moment to make known to you my wishes , entering into details and reflections ; but ot aperiod when universal suffrage decides the fate of monarchs , ho who aspires to be one , he who well knows the . evils which oppress tho Spanish people , ho who ardently desires to contribute to their happiness , ought to proceed with noble frankness , and to make manifest in the face of the nation his sentiments and his profound convictions .
I perfectly comprehend that my frankly liberal tendencies have occasioned surprise to many , and profound disgust to some of my . father ' s Borvunts , who neverdesire to see mo separate myself from his principles , and create doubt at least in those who , taking into consideration the narae which I bear , believe it difficult £ hat I could openly break from the traditions of my family . I respect the memory of my father , -who was entirely united to the ideas of his time , and , whioh he upheld honourably and with perfect faith , derived from profound conviction , until he breathed his last ; but it is unjust in any grade of society to make u eon responsible for tho errors of his father 5 it would bo a in
greator injustice to make mo participate in such responsibility treating of political opinions whioli hitherto I have had no occasion to manifest ; and until experience , the reading pi history , and the practical example of that , whioli I obacrve ovory moment in this classical country of liberty , produced the conviction in mo'that it is nmdnoss to oppose the progressive spirit of the age , and that thel ) ivino right has no aignifloation without tho assent nnd lovo of tho people . It would bo unjust to deny the faculty 1 possess to appreciate at its tmo value tho Bpirit of the ago in which wo live , when , from my position of an emigrant , sinoo my infancy . 1 have had frequont opportunities of coming into oIobo ooritaot with the sad consequonoos of absolutism and deceit .
. la the year 1848 I witnessed tho expulsion , in consequence of tho hurricane of revolutionary impulses , of monnroha who adhered to antiquated ideas , and who turned n , dual : ' ear to ovory idea which might oblige them to accommodate themselves to the just ) nspirutions of then subjects 5 I huvo soon them aftonvju'ds return to their- thronos , protooted by foreign bayonets and ahoelding torrents of blood 5 but in 18-A 8 I witnossod also the rising of a nation proclaiming a republic , and Bonding ita most ardent defenders to carry an armed propaganda to n neighbouring country , at tho hoad of whicih they found ft bylovod and rospeotod king . In . Belgium the propagandists wore ropulsocl , and Iioopold thoi-oby . roooivud a udloura pvOOt of tho uil ' ootion ofliis
BllbjOOtH . Ihave since seen Iho downfall , ono by ono , of thrpnea in Italy , wliioh had been uphold and supported , by ontiquuted ideas , tho last of which , that of Naples , the king of which would not ovado his own ruin when bo ninny opportunity worp afl'ordod him to do bo , when so many ueofui and disinterostod oounsola wore given him . On the other hand , I huvo eoon 0 kingdom—U ' 8 » iuU ono yoSloi'dny , but grout to-tfuy—goYcrnod by
a truly constitutional king , whose high attributes I know , having been his companion in arras , and served under his orders in the distinguished brigade of Sav _ oy—a king who is not only the idol of Kedmont , but of the entire population of Italy , who recognise in' him the champion of its liberty and its independence . Finally , I see in this great and hospitable country a virtuous Queen , a model of a mother of a family , who commits no offence against established institutions , nor consinres against her ministers , divesting herself of every influence which does not appertain to her legitimate and responsible advisers , who are ( Jailed to this position by tlio national will a Queen who finds its strongest support in this liberal system , which is so much dreaded by the adherents of antiquated ideas . It is natural that he who has received so many lessons in tho school of
misfortune—he who has been a close observer of so many and such grave events—he who has been able to compare the results of the two conflicting systems for the dominion of the world—should have formed a firm conviction , and that he aspires to realisej in the country of his birth , those principles which constitute the prosperity and grandeur of other more fortunate nations . . London , Sept . 20 . JvaS j > e BoxiBoy .
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Record Of The Week. Iio.1ieaxd Colqmil. ...
RECORD OF THE WEEK . IIO . 1 IEAXD COLQMiL . The great social barometer , the fluctuations of which , at this seaso deoendina great measure oii the meterjlogical one—we jneaii t . Ii funds—stood firm and well as last week drew to a close ,: ranging at y . f to i , while other stocks were equally " salubrious , " railway shares experiencing a mo of one per . cont ., and money was abundant at easy rates , and ¦¦ t-lie demand healthy ; but this satisfactory state of things was not .. maintained through Saturdny , when the tiding : ; of \ per cent , fall in tho French rentes brought down : the funds a | , and caused a
similar depreciation in railway stock ; During the . week the pruvs of the public securities have fluctuated abbub tlie rates specified . Mr . Cdbdeh writes from Paris to Mr . A . Stewart , of Rochdale , stating that "he sees ho prospect of completing his task . nt Paris until the end of next month ( October ) . He has undertaken " he says "to present himself at Guildhall to acknowledge the presentation of tire freedom of the'City of London , but beyond that he will enter into no public engagement until he has . had the opportunity of attending a meeting at Rochdale , " The letter quoted was in answer , to an invitation . atfend a meeting Of the Rochdale Reform Association- . ¦ .
The annual " orations " were delivered at Christ ' s Hospital on . <( . Matthew ' s day ( 22 nd inst . ) , according to established custom . Mr . John Webb Hickson , first Grecian , being incapacitated , from aU en dance by illness , the English oration he had prepared for delivery was assigned to Mr . Charles Victor Merriinan , third . Grecian , who delivered it instead , and who also delivered the Latin oration allotted to himself The Greek oration was delivered by Mr . Ebenezer Morris , fourth Grecian , and the French Oration fell to the share of Mr . A . F . Millet ) , second Grecian . - Tlie Queen , Prince Albert , Princess Alice and their suite , embarked .-it Gravcsend on Saturday . The Gravescnd Volunteer Artillery Avero desirous of taking part in the proceedings , and firing a salute from tho battery of the New "Tavern . Fort , but their application was refused , the Queen desiring the proceedings to be as private , ais possiblci and to that end declining to receive an address from the corporation . Her first destination is Oobur ^ where she purposes ' remaining ten dnvs with Prince Frederick William and his wife . Lord John Russell is ono
of the royal party . Tho result of the proceedings before Mr . Baron " Wilde . at chambers , on Mrs . Price ' s application against her husband to show cause why lie removed her from tho Agapemone . was that the judge decided in favour of Mr . Price haying a legul right to'her custody bo long as the conjugal tie remained imdissolvod , unless guilty of cruelty to wards In tho criminal record of the past woek , wo find-the case of Frederick Daviss , merchant , of London , who has been sentonood to six ycuin penal servitude , having ] iloaded guilty to a charge of forgery on tlio Bank ofljngl . and . . Ar aong recpnt fatal aooidents we seo that a little boy , the fluid of polico constable Watson who was plucod in the honso where the Stepney murder was perpetrated to take Chargo of it , fell from a window nnd was killed on the spot . nnd
Wo regret to state that Mr . Herbert Ingram , M . P . for Boston , proprietor of the 111 tint ruled London Xoivs , was one of tho 80 JJ nns < songors drowned on tlipbtoamor Iiady Elgin , tho subject of tho iVnd ' nocident on Lake Superior ; tho body of tho lamented gentleman has subsequently been rc-ovorod . The loss of tho Lady Elgin , run into by tho schooner Augustn , is no \ v before us in all its frightful details . Three hundred persons , most of them in a highly oonvivinl state , enjoying themselves with music and dancing , woro suddonly swopb out of ojcistenoe without llio usunl wuruing on such oe « nflion 9 , " it bciiif ? afc ili'sfc supposod t ) n » t the damage to tho vossol wus but ' slight , nnd thut tho solioonor had sullt'ivd most by tho fliook . Tlio " Orangemen" of Toronto attempted another demonstrulion iur tho dolcotntion of tho Pj-inuo of Wales , « nd prepared for his reivption by strai g ht way oreoting nrolica , planning prooeaeions , nnd resorting to nil the peculiar forms in which Ocnngo ideas avo pufcirnrdly pxprcssod and oinbodiod , Horeupon tho Duko of Nowcnatlo wroto to objiiffnM 1 the mayor , and the mayor wroto to tlio JDuko to apologise , and « p iho " dinnoiiBti'tltioiia " ended .
A churoh-r « lo contest has taken pluoo at Croydon , whoro 0 euimuond a ^ ninet ft Mr . Skonta , who hud rofusod to pay tlio rflto on the ground thai- it was illegally mado , has boon diamtesod by tlio inngietrati's ; fho harvest ,, un to tho oi > mmonoomont of tho wot wontliov which line l « tolv pi-oyoiled , Jmd progroseod so favourably tlint tho flnol nvortigo roBultenood not bo dreaded , lVovious to tho oommonoomont oi' tlio last happy intQrvnl of fair woiitjier , wo woro Jltornlly on tho brink ol imuino , $ 0 fixv nu tho prcflont htvrvo « t is ovneornod . Had lho . roJu lustod without
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 29, 1860, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29091860/page/12/
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