The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-03-25
A Christian Queen !.

William ~. expired about midnight, if we
remember right, At Windsor Palace. The
Archbishop Of Canterbury, with other Peers
and high functionaries Of the Kingdom were
in attendance. As soon as the "spectrc had
departed" with the last breath Of the King,
the Archbishop quilted Windsor, and made
his way with all possible speed to kennine-
sen palace, the residence at that tips Of the
Princess (already by the law Of succession,
Qneen-Vicsoria) He arrived long before
daylight, announced himself and requested an
immediate interview with the princess. She
hastily attired herself, and met the venerable
prelate in an ante-room. He informed her
OF the demise OF William, and formally an
nounced to her that she Was in law and right
successor to the deceased monarch. "The
sovereignty OF the most powerful nation Of
the earth, lay at the feet OF a girl Of eighteen
years." She was de jure, Queen Of the only
realm, in fact or in history, sson which the
sun never SETS" She was deeply agitated
with "the very formidable words, 80 fraught
with blessing or calamity" The first words
she was able to utter were these, 81 ask your
prayers in my behalf" They kneeled to-
gether, and Victoria inaugurated her reign,
like the young King Of Israel In olden time,
by asking from the Most High who ruleth in
the kingdoms of men, San understanding
heart to judge so great a people, who could
not be numbered or counted for multitude"
The sequel Of her reign has been worthy of
such beginning. Every throne in Europe
has tottered since that time. Most of them
have been for time overturned. That OF
England was never 80 firmly seated in the
loyalty and love of the people as At this
hour. Queen Victoria enjoys personal in
fuence, too--the heartfelt homage paid to
her as wife, a mother, a friend and bene-
factor to the poor, o Christian woman-in-
comparably wider and greater than that of
any monarch now reigning.
The Hon. Owen Lovejoy, Of Illinois,
made speech in Congress few days before
adjournment, in which be answered the ques-
ton whether he had ever assisted fugitive
slaves to make good their escape, in this
way:
IL the object is to ascertain whether as
sist fugitive slaves who come to my door and
atk it, the matter is easily disposed Of. |
march right up to the confessional, and say,
do. recollect the case Of young woman,
who came to my house, who bad not single
trace OF African descent either in feature or
complexion. According to her own story,
she was betrothed to q man OF her race,
though not Of her color, and was, before her
marriage sold to libertine from the South,
she being in st. Louis. She escaped, and in
her fight from life OF infamy and fate
worse than death, che came and mplored aid.
Was | to refuse itf Was to bewray the
wanderer? Was l to detain her, and give
her up prey to the incnrnate fend who had
selected her as victim to offer up on the all
tar Of sensualism?
Who would do it? would not, did not.
No human being, black or white, bond or
free, native or foreign, infdel or Christian,
ever came to my door, and asked for food and
shelter, in the name Of common humanity
or of plying Christ, who did not receive
it. This have done. This / mean to do.