The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-02

svept before her gorgeous array Costly 10 blad
hews Of marble and shed spendor necks M estic "a
their naughty curvature Contempt of all things Low or
kke daIted from the eyes Of this moving mass Their
every gesture betrayed innate OF power and ex
utation the the tradition Of ancestry unsuhed
p poverty They we're of the race
n. OF p. is Gf II sG ss .sds % sH
ne scene cnaneed to one Of gold. 10 was an goia
The geld here, the gold there the gold was every
where. The splashing, rolling, tumoing juggling, and
Ibgi.g of gold we're terrible Whichever way the eye
geld One ovegorged parted in twain, and behold his
hart was erusted over with gold.
Rows of Ups and piles of warehouses next crowded
upon her They the hives Of the riches Of
world The produce Of cline ennobled into useful
b had Tor money The great globe Itself had been ran
sasksa 10 furnish them And their ell plump
and comfortable And well they might for they were
gaways and mines aad at evsntide we're ~hrled down
- pretty Gothic cottages, overlooking
Meadows trim, with daisies pied,
Shallow brooks and rivers wide.
these the middle classes, who claim TO hold the
lAhncs of power between the higher and the lower T.
whispered he voice in her majesty ear They are the
glory Of your nation for they are the most
ndultrious the most moral the most intellectual of the
H. monareh felt pleased smile lit up her expressive
ssuntenaDce- but only for an instant for, ~
Coming events elst their shadows before,
- radiance hed and in the darkness she tindly asked
Where are the people Where are the masses, from
whose bosom draw my soldiers, my asamen, my arti.
Rsers, my abcrersr'
QaisAsr than flash of lightning they crowded upon
her regal vision Scores ribbons lay scattered
IN railway tunnels, where they had fallen victims to
human eapidy. hundred, suddenly borne from their
quiet beds by avalanche Of water hurried into
essrnity by human negligence. Sixties in one phase,
another and dozens all the country the
hetplsss victim. Of remorseiess element lay in charred
and heaps sacrifices 10 human comfort,
ysnience, and glory They had persisted, deep IN the
bowels OF the earth, while hawing riches out of grim
chambers for the advancement OF mankind at large.
hey had The hearha Of millions, fed the engine
tAas works the factory pouKhs the main and heaps up
magnhceIse which
Nor great Alcairo, eaualed IN all
And they died unmouned-scarcely remembercd-by their
accident hardened kth and kin While their requiem is
hter and appalling catastrophe and 80 they are for
Ardennss wave, above them her green leave'
although they died in nobler than any that ever
DArshaned armies IN
Battles magnidoentiy stern array
In one black burial blent
consigned to oblivion and the only harps that hymn
er praise steam ppcs, kissing and shrieking
kId and tea.
Ire vision as deepened horror exposed the bottom
81 the iea btrewed with thousaRds upon thousands OF
snrpses of true hearted sailors There they lay, their
fashomlsss grave pale mute evidence of the peru to be
encountered in the pursuit OF that oomnerce which
the with ships and brings the nations OF the
earth together The ocean beaves hugely around tnem
exaitDg in its prey while the millions who clustered
the land little Thus that he cotton aud silk they
Has cost he lie Of many gallant seaman.
Majesty Queen the Main shed bitter tears
at Mia spectacle turning her eyes the broad
expanie of spread out before her gaze, IL
assted with vessels whose white sails glistened in the
nconday sun
fhe aecks we're crowded with human beings-n,su,
women, and chldrenxhe had dared tho perils OF the
Storm the sharp edges Of rocks the lghtnDgs
hAat and the tain chances Of fortune in distant
slme n ch OF the daily bead they could not obtain
In their "dear native land.
'Those emgrants from YOU dcminions, whispered
tie in her three hundred Thousand OF the
annu,lly leave your shores TO eorch that great CONT
- aarE nv that laNpFu al apAtU
Srevously ments, tut which at distant day will
sonzol the destnies OF the world. What freeland dis
setenn
'Ihe spectacle saddens me- said the Queen 'forI
read sorrow, deeply blended with hope ns counte
Of that bound multitude. The sacrifice of
sssntry, home, and friends rot half redeemed By the
he ties they have left behind them perhaps for ever.
There the hu band thinking of his wife little
the lover Of his Sweetheart the maiden Of her
ivy shadow creeping into every cell Of mis- heart,
Y eevertly wiping away the tear shed over
his country. Sai-oh, fdghtfully sad-mIst be the
neesssty that drives many true hearts away from my
empire iiaTk the strains Of music are waited 20 soy
sAssl They come the sigh laden air like requiem
for the baSished living. II is
ana see the decks with tears, and that hearts
throbong shat wished 10 throb again -
One vessel IN that mournul aee dlel her majesty with
vague but sbudderug apprehension She the clouds
track in the distance h1d silver lining Aad
tny
The moon hath twelve times changed her form,
From glowing orb 10 crescent wan,
Mid skies Of calm and scowl of storm,
Bat ocean Keeps Is secret veil;
Ana though we know that sill iso,er
Her fate tho ne'er was heard Of more
Oh her tale OF sorrow known,
The psngs Of doubt would then te gone
may not be:-there Il ray
BY which her doom may explore,
W. only know she SAL away -.
Ahd Ee'er . ~ seen ne hegfa " more.
TIE queesiy gaze the vel Of darkness uphfted Her
majesty the doomed emgrant ship, two months out
Of psh of lard and her hold as hot and vapoury The
sbeh like touches occupied by the raving Sick and
In the waist and middle of the night
shrek fair young girl tells all she ship that her
shame viii smile in her face again, 1t gone,
the sharks Another week out, ard the mother is
tossed over food for the sharks ami
NE ship Is spathed up in red, and from her depths
ascend the walls 81 pain and the maddenirg cries of
cebrium-more food for the sharks. No water
beef and mutton purd-more food for the sharss-and
Abe with reading The burial service black
cloud gathers in the horizon the vessel plunges sheer
Svsr gigantic wave.
snake all snug aloftl On with the matches Let her
s1ive before itr' shouts the captain.
And the wind bowls and the lightning gares--
"Fise feet Of in the hold ~ whispers the car
AN bands to the pumps ~ and the passengers
labor for beings esrer 10 them than life until
the fesh drops from their hands and thor hair wnsn
ike The house tops moonless winters night The
long drawn cry the agony Of helpless and chu
deD suocatng below rises above the storm and as the
whirng clouds and rolling blend their wrath, the
wind and become wilder and wilder, madden and
ma oder. One sbout-one tremendous explosion Of nor
ror-sboots up TO the ssrless armament and the eni
giant ship plunged, bows foremost into the dark,
deep. raging sea.
~where are my peoplef" shreked the Queen, horror.
struck and appalled,
.Qusen p whispered the genius at her side, "you
shan them, and in guise in which subjects we're
psver yet presented 20 a monarch bat TO your
courage for the presentation let me tell you That
although the world live in has its bright and glorious
aspects-although kindly feelings pure DESIRES and holy
passions march with destiny, and heavens gra
eoas sunshine fails all al1e-there those among
with bruised hearts, blshtei hopes and perverted
instincts whose way Of life is either a crime
The stately buildings the pomp and insignia Of wealth
me regal magnhcence Of power, the landscapes gtterng
th<ir almost garden beauty, and the waving fields OF
Ged's food that surround every side contrast
hdeonsy with this awful condition. that you must be
hfcrmed that there is world within that which
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