The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-09-06

side to side; and little way above, stood
part of the walls of noble building,
partly black with smoke, partly white
with the polish and beauty of stones new
ly built together.
These are the Houses Of Parlia-
ment," said Paulett, the work of ma
ny yea-s. which were to replace those
burned in '34 See how beautiful they
were, what exeellent design. what ex-
quisite finish, how strong and siaAle, to
last for thousand ages, and to crown
the river which then flowed in the dusty
channel When matters were come al
most to the worst and there were con-
vulsions all over the country in conse-
quence af the famine, the queen, for the
first time, came to these houses to open
the last Parliament that ever assembled.
There were no beast of burthen left alive
in the country it was impossible to ap-
propriate water enough to those which
had been reserved in the royal stable !:
and the queen surrounded by certain
number of the court, walked along yon-
der street to the House. The sight of
so young woman, and SO great sover-
eign, thus levelled by physical necessity
with the meanest, excited some of the
old enthusiasm with which she used to
be greeted ! the populace themselves,
with their squallid faces and in their ex-
treme misery, greeted her; but the
greatest feeling was aroused among the
mobiles and gentry who surrounded her,
and who seemed to make point of Of
fering more homage, the less outer cir
eumstances commanded it. There was
assembled in the House all that remain
ed alive of the mobiles of England, and
the sovereign and they proposed to de-
liberate upon the possibility of any
means remaining to provide water But
demagogue of the people, Matthison
by name, reused their fury and their
madness, and they burst in accusing their
superiors of their calamities. The
queens life was in danger, and then oc-
CURED a gallant action which is worthy
to live if man lives. A Churchill, a
descendant of that Marlborough who
fought at Blenheim, came to the hall
whittier they had broken in, and re-
quired in the queens name to know what
they wanted. He meant to gain time,
for other mobiles had effected an exit at
private door for her, and were hurry
ing her away to place of security, till
she could escape from England. They
answered Churchill, that water was mo-
nopolized; that Matthison must be Min
ister; that they must speak to the
queen, face to face, and have her hostage
for the accomplishment of what they
wished Churchill pretended to delib-
crate for an instant with some one in
the adjoining chamber, and then return
ing said, off the queen does not speak
with you in ten minutes, you may tear
me in pieces" Some of the mob cried
out that he was saying this to give her
time to escape. Others said, if it were
SO, he-should assuredly suffer the penal
ty; Churchill answered nothing, only
smiled, and then the majority said he
could not be so foolhardy and they
would grant the queen ten minutes.
The time passed, and Matthison
eagerly cried The time is gone, yet
we don t see the queen. ID H1
"Then tear me in pieces" said
Churchill and the mob finding their
prey had escaped, did so indeed; the
gallant man falling where he stood, and
not another word came from his lipsn
The brave man! !' cried Charles; ;
q the good mani Were there many
such brave, good men in the old world,
father ?''+!s2 5.5i ii= a75i'=si &-71s1ii x.
"Ay, that there were" said Paulett;
many glorious enc some known and
some unknown, who did things which
made one know ones self glorious, an
immortal creature See there that
ruined abbey-there lie the ashes of
brave and good; these are their crum-'
bled monuments-that fame were fame
is spectral resident Alas, there is
no fame, no name left P'
Paulett and Charles went dewn among
the ruins of the abby, and their amidst
the fallen stones and broken allies, saw
monumental marbles, old known names,
and funeral inscriptions, contrasting
strongly by their quiet character with
the confusion around 80
Never forget them Charles" said
Paulett-" these are names which the
world has trembled at, and which are
now like to be such as those before the
Flood, barbarous to those who are build
ing up new order of things, and known
1ASI ca -dS d DdA1 C1 Va AoAACo-
Yet, if you live, remember Edward the
king here; remember the Black Prince;
remember the days and heroes of Eliza
beth remember the poetry and ro-
nance of the old world.n ~
cay, father, and I'll remember the
great name of him who taught you to.
print, and of Wickliffe the reformer,
and the man who gave you the steam
engine" 5a
Paulett smiled and sighed; he felt
that his own ideas of things heroic were
as much contrasted with those of Charles,
as their notion of the beautiful But
he thought not to stem the stream.
{" See here, !" he said pointing to some
new monuments, which, like the old,
were cracked by fire. There were ma
ny brave and good actions done, and
one of those who did best was laid here
He was clergyman, his name Host,
and during the pestilence which came
on in the fourth year, he was more like
an inspired messenger of good than any
mortal creature. You must know,
Charles, that the teachers of religion at
this time were greatly divided among
themselves, and they had led a great
portion of the lay world into their dis
putes. One party, in an age of reason
ing and when nothing in science was
taken upon trust, gave up their reason
ing altogether and followed authority
as blindly as they could-still, however,
feeling the influence of the age; for
they would argue upon the existence or
n0n-existence of authority, and would