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lament House. might be congenlai TO the principles
of royal family resting its claim to the throne on The
SO called principle Of legitimacy
BY tracing the progress of sentiment on the sub
jec Of legitimacy in the present royal family, anu
recurring TO the circumstances under when IL ae
qured the throne, shall better understand inc
opinions under hich il now acts in The case
la this instance il cannot decide from any consi
deration properly connected with the glory oil the
country. Cromwell did more TO exait the cha
racter aud 10 augment the resources Of Great
Britain, during the ten years Of his administration,
than any of the sovereigns thereof, with one exceP'
ton, have done in an equal period Of time for The
last two hundred and forty years. II may, indeed,
starile the English bench of Bishops TO affirm that
his religious tolerance was better than the policy
which, in The main, they have pursued during the
last one hundred and fifty years Greatly as res
pect number of that Bench Of Bishops, think the
conduct OF Cromwell in this very important matter,
preferable 10 theirs | should certainly also come
in collision with the Tory party Of England IN
the expression of any opinions favorable to The
honor and honesty Of Cromwells Government
party which has ruled in that country, with the ex-
cepton of about fourteen years from the year lI62
down 10 the present moment; period OF eighty one
years.
They commenced possessing this ascendency from
the at which by the lapse of time and course OF
events the eldest line II the Silarfs ceased to excite
fear; from the moment at which series OF conflicts
and victories fought and gained principles utterly
hostile TO those Of legitimacy had given stability TO
tie Legitimate house of Hanover. use the words
legitimacy aud Legitimate here in the sense affixed TO
them by the adherens Of tue divine right OF
succession As the house of Hanover app
pears disposed TO forget that it had or
claimed any other title to the crown than that
of legitimacy in the modern meaning of the word,
1t may be excusabe in US Republicans of North
America to recoect the facts of the When
any Transatlantic prlncpalilies and powers under
take to intermeddle, by newly assumed principles,
in concerns, shall exercise the liberty guaran
eed by the doctrines, vaor ard skill Of our fore.
fathers, and by mercifpl Providence sustaining
them, to interrogate them closely with respect to
their own
From the accession of George the First to the end Of
the ign of his son. George the ID the Wing party had
the ascendency in Great Britain; and the principles
Of the Revolution were often celebrated and euio-
gissd. When the arms of France laundering
through Europe in behalf of the legitimate hiring line
of the Stuarts there was alternative for the safety
of the reigning house but TO base itself on the right
of the people to change the succession in extreme
emergencies On any other principle, the strength
Of the argument in favor Of the Oldest Stuart
line, and indeed of other princes of Europe who had
relationship to the deposed sovereign than the
Hanover branch
The rebellion Of IT'S was crushed that of has
was overthrown in the decisive field of Culloden ];
George the 80 accedcd to the crown in 1850 the
Earl of Butte, Tory, had been his preceptor The
Earl OF WaldegraYe Informs US in his memoirs that
George gave early indications OF an extraordinary
obstnacy of temper and the Earl Of Butte, we know,
gave this obstinacy of temper direction favorable
to Toryism. These principles and this temper soon
began their Developments the great WINS leader /,
Chatham was speedily dismissed or, to speak with
more precision, was compelled by artfu intrigue TO
resign, and the Earl of Butte and his Tory friends
grasped the reins Of power.
Ilenceiorward there was an end OF al royal favor
to the principles of the Revolution, except that en-
tailed by force Of adverse circumstances and tempo
rary power Of popular opinion. Even some of the
Wings modified them that they might leave the way
open to promotion and many Of them wholly aPosta-
tzed from them, frightened at the energies arising
as the natural fruits of Legitimacy and Church ALI
ance herewith at the cpocha Of the French RcYolu-
ton.
! The general grounds and manner OF supporting
those principles anterior to the era of the accession
Of George the Sd, may be seen by reference TO nu-
merous publications from loss to 1860 An extract
! from one which appeared in 1862, tho work Of Sir
/ Michael Foster, learned English Judge of high re-
putation will show the doctrine tins subject Of the
true Wings Of that period The title Of the work is
"a report Of some proceedings on the Commission
Of Oyer and Terminer and gao delivery for the trial
Of the rebels IN tie year l7IG in the County Of Surry
aud Of other Crown cases. To which added dis
courses upon a few branches Of the Crown Law =,
lie observes hIt the radical mistake Of the adro-
Gates Of hereditary right q. c. jure diyine) arises
from this :-"Ihcy seem MOTTO have Sufficiently at
tended TO the nature and ends Of civil power whereof
the regal dignity is principal branch. They seem
to have considered the Crown and royal dignity
merely as a descendble PROPERTY; as an estate
or interest vested in the posses,or for the emoumcnt
and grandeur Of himself aud heirs, in regular inva.
riabc course Of descent. And, therefore, in que,-
tions touching the succession they constantly resort
TO the same narrow rules and maxms of law and us.
iice by which questions Of mere property the title
to Fiy>tye or lay stall, governed And thence
conclude that thc legislature itself cannot without
manifest injustice, interrupt the ancient, legal, es.
lablished order Of succession 1t cannot, say they
give to one branch Of the Royal Family, what by
right Of blood belongs TO another"
Thus they argue And f could conceive Of the
crown, as inheritance Of property should be
tempted to argue in the same manner. But had they
considered the crown and royal dignity as a descend.
ible OFFICE, AS A TRUST for millions, and ex-
tending its influence to generations yet unborn had
tbey considered it in hat light they would soon have