Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-11
Is PRINCE ALBEar rLAYING Traitor,

Many people may be aware-and many peonJe - TINA,
no. aSare~that Tor some time past have been
70 the effect that the Prince Consori meddled In
ne most Outrageous manner with affairs State IL has
been said that Prince Albert has cancelled nstrucons
prepared by the Ministers home for Lord Str,,fo,d
Ut has been said that, when Ministers
reused 10 admit OF these alterations the Prince
ed messenger his account 10 the East cancnr
reny with the emssary Of the Foreign Office and in con-
"ta.9h OF the dispatches Of which he the bearer;
1t mas been said that Prince Albert warmed the Rus
san Ambassador Of the contemplated movement Of tha
combined fleets in the Black Sea- and thus enabled the
Gar to save his ships by whdra in them To
po-ii has been said that the reening Prince of
Coburg not the Autocra of all the Russians ia the
OF whom united Europe should stand in dread SAKE CO.
burg will invade ALL Prince Albert preparing the
FOR the triumph Of that great military Power by bis
most base, bloody brutal" and per6dious mac6iua-
tions.
For few weeks the town has been entertained with
such skimble skambe stuff this. portion of ia
press has not been ashamed though are almost asba
med to record the fact-to give publicity as silly and
unsupported csiumny as any which can remember
duriug long course of years. What arc the proofS
There he proofs of these charges as thew snd "a
present: Has the Queen turned Queens evdsnce.-or
LORD Aberdeen s-or Lord Clarendob!-or Lord Palmer.
stohy--or Lord StrafordY Who heard the order eiven
TO birmingham TO bring the gartersg No man of candid
m,nd could originate or for moment entertain against his
fellow any accusation susceptible of proof In tho
present case Il Is absolutely impossible that there should
DC anything like direct testimony. What there of cir
cumstanaa eTIdence Is there much Of proof in either
shape a. woud induce jury eonvict little boy of
stealing pewter mug.
but everyb body believes IT," says Tom Yoo,e of thu
raSeues TO Sir Aarmaduke Clodpos, of the Carlton-
We SIMPLY reply, that few months ago everybody b
eyed that tables eudued prophetic power and
were in the cCnhden6e ofthe Prince of Dark
90 'ney were made oil rosewood mahogany wal
nu tnatered not is there any 10 the three king
doms who could put down upon a sheet OF paper sueh
grounds Tor believing in the guilt of the Prince Consort
would induce any other person of sane mind 10 admit the
fact rue Raised eyebrows shrugged shouI,i.T, o1s
sumptops by the CARLOAD, not arguments st less
PROOFS Ii they were, there is not in all England
i ~ uRN ha ID ,t.-
patton in the Acton murder ere six weeks were out
The accusation, as II sands far more Injurious TO
the queen and TO her Ministers than the Prince Con-
SORT What IL he after all but the subject In the
realm IL the Queen have betrayed her coronation oath
1T Lord Aberdeen and his fellows traitors 10 their
couny-Engish history is not devoid Of eedents which
may guide conduct under such eirr "A
these These however are very grave matters indeed
the people Of England happily endowed with too ges
sooney OF temper, as well with eesra judEnsot
70 proceed 70 SUCH eXtremies without due cause and
Without very suEeient proof No Que presumss lha, In
the oonhaeneo Of married life the Queen and her husband
may not converse upon public affairs.
When the English nation deliberately accept foreign
fTinee a. the eonsor Of their Queen they needs
eept this consequence Inconvenience II they will
Its lesser Inconvenience than would ariso from tho
adoption Of any other But, because il il nos TO
be expected from human nature that psrons In 40
intimate alliance should open their lips 70 each
other upon subjects Of the greatest interest 10 them
BOTH does IL therefore follow, that the Prince CousoTt
must necessarily be mad enough 10 propose and the
Qneep DO mad enough TO acquiesce, 10 suggestions
Bceidc1.
what becomes OF the Ministers Of State and Of lee
10 the House Of Psrliameutf The wicked and sy pso
pie who set these aaoat IN instructed In
their trade Of caumny, and ignorant OF the matter Ia
hand hAtatthe outset they literally founded together
a. the same thing the Cabinet Council and tho PrivJ
Council. Because Prince Albert q member Of the
"PrTy Council therefore he supposed TO exercises
great aud decisive influence upon the council, sf the
Cabinet
Such is the state Of thb ridiculous eoutsoversy which
vas hNtched the despair OF extreme political parry
and greedly caught up By another. The same ramnr
which accused the Prince the province of
upon Mr. Roebuok. "Roebuck get up IN the HOUSE
Of Commons, aud then should shat shosla
see" We had just the for belisfing that
NJ. Roebuck bad undertaken the functions of
We had for believing in the guilt Of Prince Albert The
real Of the case, ar NJ Roebuck h
ed may DO In another portion Of our columns this
day In tho form Of manly and sensible letter which
he has just addressed TO that Of contemporaries
from which he had received HE brof. "Rumor" says
Mr.. Rosbuck hsa taken 'uDwaTrantabs liberty with
my name bis ia Ia brief The only with which
has Of late occupied sell and much In the
way We have no Doubt that few days win sepos thS
most obsirePor~oa and determined grumblers among
a those Who have stood forward biug soeusatlcns
without proof against an Innocent The Prince Con
sort surely well enough By ths time that be has
nothing. 70 do With e duties Of the government He veil