The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-08
From Mscaulay's History of England.
The MarlbOroughs.

The conduct of Compton and Herbert requires no ex-
PLANTATION: Having in all things secular, served the
Crown with zeal and fidelity they had incurred the royal
dspeasure by refusing to be employed tools for the
destruction OF their own religion Both OF them had
learned by experience how James forgot obligations
and how bitterly he remembered what it pleased him to
consider as wrongs The prelae had by illegal
tence been suspended from his episcopal functions The
Admiral had, in one hour been reduced from opuence
penuy. The situation of Churchill widely differ
emit He had been raised by the royal bounty from OBJ.
security TO emnence, and from poverty 10 wealth. Hav-
ing started IN life needy ensign, he was now, in his
thirty seventh year, major general. peer OF Scotland,
apeer OF England he commanded troop Of e-guards
he had been appointed to several honorable and lucrative
Offices; and, yet there sign that he had lost
any part OF the favor to which he owed much. He
was bound to James, not only by the common obliga-
IONS OF allegiance but by military honor, by personal
gratitude and, as appeared 10 superficial observers,
by the strongest ties Of interest But Churchill him
what his interest was II his master were once at
1u liberty TO employ Papists, not single Protest
v9red servants OF the crown might possibly be exempt
ca nom me general prescription, the hope that they
would be induced to change their religion But even
Rochester had already fallen Churchill night indeed "I
secure himself from this danger and might raise him sell
sui higher IN the royal favor by conforming the church
OF Rome and II might seem that who was not less
distinguished by avarce and baseness than by capacv
and vaor, was not likely TO be shocked at the Thought Of
that there are tender spots scared conscences
And thus this who had owed his rise in life 10 his
SISTERS shame, who had been kept by the mos, profuse
imperous, and shameless OF harots and whose public
fe those who can look steadily through the dazzling
haze of genius and glory, will appear prodigy OF turp
tude believed implicitly in the religion which he had
learned boy, and shnddeed at the thought of formal
ly aburng it. A terrible alternative was before him
fhe earthly evil which he most dreaded poverty
The one crime from which his heart recoied was aposta-
cy And. the designs OF the court succeeded be could
not doubt that between poverty and apostacy he must
soon make his choice He therefore deerm ned to cross
these designs and it appeared that there was no
guilt and disgrace which he was not ready TO incur
IN order to escape from the necessity OF parting either
with his places or with his religion.
II was not only as military commander high IN rank
and distinguished by skill and courage that Churchill
was able to render services to the opposition was, IT
not absolutely essential yet most important to the sue
cess of Williams plans that his sister ln.law, who, in
the order of succession to the English throne stood be-
with him. All his difficulties would have been greatly
augmented Anne had declared herself favorable the
indulgence Which side she might take depended on the