| Show HAS IT REALLY COME the wear of time does not ecca to to any notable extent the threatening visage of En glands royal scandal on the contrary the developments of crime too to bo named and the connection therewith of the heir presumptive to alie throne are coming along quite as rapidly as the most radical democrat in the realm could desire that dispatch in yesterdays yester daya stating that the whole order of nobility and with attlia royal family was threatened with a sudden collapse on account of it whether authentic in every particular or not bears the indications of a troubled atmosphere we have ventured upon a number of predictions as to the progress of democracy in englan but hardly ted it was coming so soon and eo unheralded as recent developments develop menta indicate england can no longer avoid the facts connected with authority BO recently and clearly set forth by mr Bage hot that heredity rather than being consistent system ot government overn ment was the opposite in every w ay it feht be instead ot the and ambitions ao to a perfect government its every tendency was to corrupt and degenerate instead of being a pillar of strength and human excellence a preemption which alone fies its perpetuity it 13 in theory and lias proven BO in fact a source of political and moral infection whore bidden and public rottenness advances apace with its exin england is now confronted aith the sequence which ehe has been defending mid fortifying with enca persistent ity through the centuries france v as confronted ith the problem ot royalty at the celoso of the last century after takee of a century of experiment in various of government ern ment she haa a democracy has today to day a belter prospect of endurance than ever before in its history bhe began her republican innovations with a nation ag ignorant aa barbarians of the responsibilities of freemen yet ebe lias pulled through in her own dav is now fully abreast with the great powers of europe england on the other hadj has had two centuries of political aduca lion la representative government her sovereignty is for all practical purposes aa thoroughly republican as that of the united states her queen ia an ornament simply a sentimental tradition which hag really no part in the politics of alie nation if this nn savory business which ia just now creating such a tremendous convulsion in public feeling turns out as predicted the only change that would bo observed in alie law dauns would be the perpetual uil absence of the formal signature of victoria aegina queen of great britain and ireland and empress of india etc etc from certain highly official documents all things considered the expose of alie bestial conduct of albert victor ia in good time and a natural event in the nations progress his uco has not only knocked him out of a cro an but hai BO emphasized the corruption of his sire the heir apparent as to bring before the public fr f r a renewed inspection a cat agory of royal incompetency pe tency which with the influence of the eastern nobility in its service lias for years been ft nausea in alie imaginations of the artish commoner En glands long train of majestic personages could not end up with a more respectable representative senta tive than the present occupant of the throne queen victoria lias done absolutely nothing in lier long reign but to contemplate lier growing wealth enjoy the affectionate regard of her people and rear a lot of splendid women and pr sois for ornaments to the order of kings and as the world good it would be difficult to decide which side of the household was the most important social garnishment she ins been beloved not for what makes a comps tant monar cli great but for the elal aties of heart and mind that make perfect men and women her good sense told her that alie day of men anle in england was over and she valued too much her nominal honors to risk the them through tampering with alie state slie enjoyed her family and has made lier belt happy with them |
