Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-07-25
w. ID. WALLACE.
The Visit of tn. Prince of wale. to America


that not even the coolest and most cynical will
be able to regard it with uncOncern The
Prince Of Wales will leave the shores of Eng,
land to visit, as her Majestys representative,
one Of the most important colonies of the Brit
ssh Crown, and. in n more private caDacity tn
receive the hospitality Of the Chief Magistrate
and more than one Of the great corporations of
1he United States
The frst thoughts that strike US on learning
that an English Prince is to cross the ocean to
receive the respects of his future subjects in
thecities Of another hemisphere, are the mighty
destiny of the Empire which has founded these
communities, and the fitness of the monarchial
system for giving political unity to so many
various and widely sundered States. 1t need
hardly be said that till the present age the old
countries of Europe did not appreciate this
more than the difficulties of locomotion. kept
kings and the sons and brothers Of kings from
making acquaintance with some of the most
attached OF their subjects
The Prince sf Wales goes to North America
at the request Of the Canadian Legislature and
his visit will illustrate not only the LOYALTY of
these prosperous provinces. but the immense
extent Of British dominion and the deep-laid
foundations Of British power After a voyage
# 5000 miles. on which he will daily see the
horizon studded with the sails of his native
country. and with the ocean steamers which
are perpetually sweeping along this greatest
ITdck Oh l0e WOTlu commerce, the Prince NAV
cast anchor in the nObleSt bsrbor of North
america. and see the Union Jack 1ying over
Oarrack and custom house, and red d-coated
sentries ssluting. just as he saw them ten days
before at an English port.
or he may enter from the ocean at once on
the course of the St. Lawrence, and pass the
farms and settlements of people strange to US
IN race, religion and language but now living
cOntentedly and Loyalty under the seeptre Of
Queen Victoria. Further on he will come on
the pure stock Of the English race the immi-
grants of the last forty years, increased and
multiplied IN manner which even the nited
States have not riyalled For hundreds of
miles he will see the works of their industry
and in their new and fourishing towns he will
not be misunderstood if they give vent to
their good feeling with something of their
usual yehemence, and. secondly. that the cha
racter and personal demanor of English Roy
atty at the present day, Is sucn to insure the
respect even Of those who have discontinued it
as a political form.
Those who read the Princes progress NAV
reflect that for more than 1000 miles westward
to the shores Of the Pacific and the gold rivers
Of Columbia, the dOminions of the British
crown extend that primeval forests vast
lakes and rivers, the sources Of which are Iast
IN eternal snow, form part Of this hOundIess
territory. and that, ht as il is to be the home
81 nearly the whole present population of
Europe, ii l. but "A province Of that empire
which the English race has built up all over
the world such a country as British North
America, with such n people, might content
the most ambitious ruler who ever founded 81
colony. What may, then, be the legitimate
pride Of Prince who il called upon to govern
whole system Of colonies. more than one Of
which may become a rival Of Canada with
cities that vie with Montreal or Toronto,
But if on the north Of the border the Prince
ut Wales appears In the high capacity Of heir
arl4Nr FasTv Sc b q
other task, as grateful though as responsible
viii deyolye upon him when he enters the ter
ritoTy Of the American Republic We may
predict. without much arrogance. that this
Visit viii be an historical event. What can be
stranger and more worthy the curiosity of
those to come. than the reception by a Repub-
lican President Of Royal Prince whose an
cestOr was dcp0sed and resisted during years
Ut war by the nation which now shows hOSpi-
tallty to his defendant We might make the
obvious reflections which occur To every one
on this great revulsiOn Of feeling
1t Is, however, sufficient to say that the de-
InoustratiCn indicates two things-frst that
the americans are convinced that the British
state nOurishes no insidOus designs against
them or their institutions, and that they will
observe population essentially like that Of the
old country, but in some degree changed in
appearance by the climate and in customs by
the neighborhOOd of the American republic
In the United States the Prince will be re-
CeIyed with that cOrdJality which no people
can show better than Americans and he will.
no doubt, respond by bearing equally cour-
tevUs and honorable. Were the Prince old
IN years, and were his stay longer, he might
bring back many new idea to be Of service
to his country and its dependencies Such an
examination Of the New World is hardly TO be
hoped for. But there is one thing which his
Royal Highness, and all Of US, may learn from
this visit, and that Is that neither civil war.
nor revolution, nor commercial rivalry, nor
political chickering's, nor acrimonious social
criticisms. can totally Sunder nations which,
having common origin and language develop
themselves by the practice of the same free
institutions
N H,-uvS a.