Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-03-19


] sat the mir on fire with signs.
And WIS the fool sho chose to make me.
St: Francis might hav. boon deceived
With such an eye and such hand;
1ct one week mo e and believed
AS much the woman As the sand.
BIRTH OF \ PRUSSl4AN PRINCE.
This event has given great satisfaction in
England and Prussia, AZ = tie binding the
two most powerful Pro estant nations of Eu-
rope together by a new cord, ut time when
old ties and the alliances Of convenience, like
those between England and France, are daily
becoming weaker and more precarious -
Prussia alone, Of all Europe. &C cd wisely in
in regard t. the late war between the allies
and Russia; and she saved millions Of mon
ey and herself from quarrels never to b. for
given, by her frmneSs. Allied as she was
to Russia and about to become to England,
her course was natural as we'll as Just what
IL ought to have been, and now she has
gained all the benefits possible from any
course, ard much that could have been OBJ
tanned by no other. England is now glad OF
her alliance, and is at last initiating the
course she pursued at the breaking out Of tie
war with Russia-that is, England is now
doing all she can to maintain peaceful rela-
tions with the rest Of the world. France,
on the other hand is trying to embroil all
nations, hoping that in the stirring up OF the
turbid sea Of politics she may catch some Of
the fish. The same great line Of policy which
now belongs both to England and Prussia is
additionally strengthened by this new tie
The simple virtues Of domestic life which
have fora generation so adorned and strength
ened the throne Of England, by creating a
wholesome purity in court life, have now, it
may be hoped, become transplanted to the
circle OF her daughter and of the Prussian
court. The princcsses oc the rest of Europe
have been the mere tools Of court intrigueS
and those courts the corrupting centres of ma.
tons The count Of Queen Victoria has al
ways stood in marked contrast to this A,
no period in the history Of the world has do.
mcst'c virtue been more conspicuous fea
ture Of court life than in England for the last
quarter Of a century. During the long regr
of George III, indeed, the same law prevail
ed. None were more rigorous models of do.
mostic propriety than that monarch and hi:
wife, and very strict conformity to outward
good morals was required OF all who desired
to be we'll received there. This continued
for near fifty years, and gave tone to thu
manners and morals of Great Britain which
not all the Bacchanalian orgies Of Carlton
House or the scandals Of George Nv coull
remove from the minds Of the best circles o
society.
1t is even probable that this one point o
domestic ri7tHe contributed more than an,
one thing to preserve George III safe upor
bis throne in England, by preserving sor
ofrespect for him in the hearts Of the conser
valve classes OF society. lie had littls elst
to recommend him. lie was narrow-minde,
in the extreme, as Lord Brougham has shown
And nc was tyranical and obstinate beyond
doubt, "a our own war Of independence has
taught us. But his truthfulness, integrit,
and personal good character in all the do
mestic relations, and that Of his wife and the
female portion Of his family, always keps ii,
respect for the throne that not even the
contagious skepticism of the first French
revolution was able to bring into disrepute
How long respect for the House Of Bruins.
wick could have been maintained in England
with such monarchs us George Nv, or eve:
William w, it is hard to say The forme,
made ccuntesses Of courtezans, and latte,
peers Of his illegitimate children. Still. the
Line was drawn sufficiently to preserve to
Queen Adelaide Court, one eminent for the
ProPrieties; and it was, after all, respect
tor the feelings Of English domestic life that
had led George " to refuse his wife Caro-.
line her legal right Of b ing crowned with
him or taking her place as the head Of the
ladies Of Great Britain. Queen Victoria,
however, has restored all the proprietics OF
her grandfather's Court, and 50 far, no great
scandal or intrigue has lowered its tone and
dignity. Such woman as the Queen of
Spin would have lost her CROWN years ago
in England.
Upon the whole the world may we'll re-
joice that there is far chance Of the Young
Princess Of Prussia following so closely in ali
respects in the steps Of her mother. the
Queen OF England. The wits may laugh at
her Englisl nurses and doctors and ali the
arrangements sent over from Lon lon. and It
would no doubt have been wiser had she
bcen less anxious to copy those English
ways in Germany. But at best that is n
little matter. The great thing is this let
her see to it that her court is as obstinately
faithful and strict in copying the conjugal
and domestic virtues that have adorned her
mothers Household, and it will ever have an
inevitable respect which nothing else on
earth can give it. Corruption Of any kind
about the heads Of \ nation soon produces
contempt; while simple virtue is always
respectable.
81 A letter 10 the Cincinnati Gazette,
from Lawrence, Kansas, describes the FEEDER.
at Judges, Lecompte and Williams Of the
Supreme Bench, as engaged one quiet 81.
turdny evening in the judicial occupations
Vi drinking whisky punches and relating an
ecdo'cs Of dubious morality. As thu even.
'ng waved they grew hilarious and organized
an extempore b,nl, in which Judge L. gave
factious limitations Of the banjo on a poker,
and Judge w. If tho .a:Mborine on a dila
p!dated hat belonging to ONO If the party:
Neither Of tho gentlemen were ut church
the next day.