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Show H ' Till IllllLltLCU H , Quean Victoria enloya a good many H prlvllegta which are dcultd to Iho 1 President of the United Htaten, H though In aime other respects he It H the moro powerful ruler of tbo two H lie can Veto a bill lined by Congress, B with nonchalance II not Irnpuult), and B can enact tho role of headsman with , ofllceholders while ixerclilng at the H aamo time tho appointment of iu(xe ' eora with but little restraint lu either H , case Hut when It comet to tho matter of salary, perquisites, rov. H alona for the family by the govern. H J ment and a fow other matters, the H i Urillih aoverelgn liu tho call on the H ! l'rtsldent by eeveral notches, albeit Hit the latter liaa greater reipontlbllltlte I retting upon blm and more personal work to I erforrc V Victoria It Juat now enjoying one of H the "other mattera" above spoken of, B It being a four weckt' outing among itho I'lorentlues In Italy If ahetaw , fit her Hie might be all hut n con- .I tlnuoui round of outlngi, but for Ir appearance aaku the mutt hold j' . forth at oertaln aeaaona at the teat of 41 I government. Thoio who ican tho j 1 landioape abroad durtug the next four I ' I weeka will not, we take It, be able to I dltllngulih the ellghtttt dlllereuce In tbeLngllthart of It byreatonot Iter j majiaty'a alnouce, nor would they If abe were to remain outtldo the nation mom than tho remained lu, alio oo cuplce the tame poiltlon relallvutolt that a figurehead doea to n elilp alio I la at the head of It 1 ut la alleul, gon I wherever It goea, la aupportnd by It ' I and la au ornament, but the aamo routea could be followed mid the name I i pace madu If It were not there How. 1 ! ever, her majesty la a womau of good J lmpuliea though notoverlyonarltabli, ( 'j her private Ufa la moat exemplary, f i aha hie Inculcated Integrity, virtue and the Uomettlo lunllllea In her household, no matter If a few of them ' have failed to roflt thereb , and alncu j 1 Oreat Drltaln mutt for the resent have such nheaJ, undoubtedly Victorii could not bo lmprovod upon Ho let ua ' all 1iomi that the enjoya her Italian aojourn and that litr dtyt may be long In the land Here It la vastly otherwise There ' la au unwritten law, to which our l 1 1 ouk'f ma,lttrato aa at much respect j j as hu dots to Buy that are wrltlin, 11.1 f '' requiring him not to cross Ihu boundary tl lino of Iho republlo during lils term of W ' onice Hucli an act, having received K the binding force of a cuntury'aob- B' ,' eervanco and aiproval, may ti3W lo 1 considered as something more than an I j act and to rank In puency along with r j tho j rovlslona of the great charter of j j' thecountt). Io 1 retlJont evnr thinks flli of violating It eveu for a few moments, ( J and that It may not I e violated even ; j lyaccl lent, none ot them, at lent ul I A latrytars, hat tone fully to the border , j n Ot courto there It n vu-t gc gra htcal iy M UlUereuci. It la quite likely thiro la no , ' j art of J nglaud tl atQuion Victoria la v not familiar wltb,whlle there are Iraola In the United HtiU-s larger In ' area than the llrltlih liles ciiullnel that no l'retldeuthas JetsitfootuOi , ' f a ud no President has ever beeu atle (withallofbUtourlnt,tto aay that ho his not left unvliltel more of his oountry In point of domain than Is contained lu any lurojeau lower with the tingle ixcetlon of Jlusila. Under such clrcurnttanceahodoes u t have to sigh for the green fields far awu), there are moro at home than he omldvlall If hu did llttlu but travel djrlng the whole of hh four years' term ol olllee Hut the difference sugitetlril does n t end here, for our executive Is int an ornanent Iron aoy pjlutot vltw.ou the oatrary ha Is most of the time an article of oon ttant utility and ue He must be at lilt post well nigh constantly, because hla duties cannot he delegated anl there Is Inevltibly null liln In Situs tt of the land or In soma other Unl re quiring his atlenllo i When no mikes a trlpof aoy len(th or d iratlon from Wathloiton II mint be arrange 1 for weeks' If not months ahead, and even then he Is liable to I e called back ntsnytlme If all tho rcrpontlhlllllct, cares, stujyand actual wor which the 1'retlJrnt his ti perform were fully understood by all, there are few Indeed Who would think lili f 50,0 J) n yearnnd slhwnnoet a plnuoly ora-Ientatlon ora-Ientatlon Imteil ol what It really la about as small an amount as can lu given nnd allow him to emerge from theoRlce with anything at all It he has eupporteJ the dignity ot hit poll Hon There Isaometblnt to think of In all till' At a glanco we comprehend somewhat tha vaitne of fur own country In point ol a uare miles aicom tared with others, anl the ltilgiiin canceof the unnuot require to keep It running compared with other, Home of tho forelgu rulers are paid more for their services than rreour PrcilJcnt and hit entire retinue, and nono o' tbem does half ns much work, while enjoying rlvlloot that he cannot allord tuoventnlnkof It Is consider able of a ouulry that we have Inherited |
