The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-31

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parent" will visit bis rpeeher's Aeminions1n
North America during taeprssens eprtse. and
u 10 to b presumed, oftoulss, nat he will
not leave the continent Without oxtentiing his
tour faso the Untts1 States Thas he viii b
treated with all IL respeek demanded ~ his
posttioss, ~ the future head Of the oldest
branch Of the great Anglo.s saxon Family 10,
We presnmey equally matter Of course. We
owe thus much TO the British nation ttself-a
natton 70 which We are Indebted for oar origin,
our language and our love Of freedom, and
with which we have moro deaiing$ than with
all the rest Of the world pat together. Much,
also. we think, is due to the personal character
Of q ueen VICTORIA herself who, apart from her
omciai position. Is q hight. bred English lady :;
in private life, the model Of . wife and mother,
and pattern Of the domestic virtues. This is
more than can Be said Of, almost, any other
sovereign that ever sat upon q throne-cer-
tainly, Of any other female sovereign of whom
We have any account. Compare her with
the MARYs and the ELIzABETHs OF England !;
the ELIzARErHs and the GATHERINGS of Rus.
STA; the IsABELLAs Of Spain, and the DoN-
ma MARIAs Of Portugal, and what a con-
trast does her character present! In some
respects, one Of her own female predeces-
sors. Queen ANN, might compare with her !;
for she, too, was a model Of the domestic
virtues but she seems to have been weak,
hysterical poor creature, the sport of favor.
ties during her whole reign, and these favor
ites, ambitious, designing, intriguing females
VICTORIA appears to have none Of these weak
nesses, although she has been accused, as far
rs we can see, unjustly, Of n very natural
leaning to the opinions of her husband. 1t is
true, that times are very different now to what
they were in the days of ELIZABETH, when
the Queen could summon a Speaker of the
House of Commons into her presence, and re-
pvoye him sharply for allowing to be discussed
matters of which she conceived it had prop
erly no cognizance. The Government, in point
Of fact, is in the hands Of Parliament, and
Parliament is becoming every day more and
more the representative of the British peo-
pie. The theory seems to be, just now, that
the throne is elevated far above the influence
Of parties, and that the occupant of it, belong
ing to no party whatever, accepts, as the
national will, the decision of the majority
of the Lords and Commons, merely execu-
ting the laws which they enact, and never
thwarting them by means of the reto.-
OF course she is not exposed to the same op-
probium that she would be were her power
the same with that of ELIZABETH, who resent.
ed every attempt to interfere with her author
ity as an insult offered to her person thereby
making enemies of all that party
which has existed in England from the begin.
ming, and which denies that English freedom
is merely the result of a number of success
full spOliatiOns, committed at various inter-
walls upon the prcrogative Of the monarch.-
Yet, after all, the person who wields the Ex-
ecutive power of Great Britain, holds a pro-
digious power in his or her hands, and party
itself has been compelled to acknowledge that
no monarch ever exercised that power more
intelligently. more faithfully, or more con-
than VICTORIA. We think that
even from Republicans homage is due to
the virtues of the most virtuous sovereign
that ever sat upon throne, for such VIC roRIA
is, whatever may have been
her errors of judgment, and we do not learn
that she is charged with a greater number
than the Executives of other governments
usually are.
We bold then, that national reception
should be given to the young Prince, as a
to himself, to the Queen, and to
he British people. That such a reception
IMPLIES most unusual amount of boring,
nay be true enough. But, hard as this may be
o bear, the Prince ought to make up his mind |
o submit to it. If it be alleged that he is too
1oung for martyrdom, we answer that he is |
lbout to suffer no more than the penalty Of |
greatness. We have not the slightest doubt |
hat it would be far more agreeable to him to |
PASS through the land ineog. But this he can |
hardly do. The fame Of his advent has al |
'eady been spread to all quarters Of the coun- |
ry, and everywhere he will be watched for |
md intercepted. We hope Congress will take |
he matter up and make arrangements for re-
ewing him in the best possible style. If they |
'ould receive such a worthless demagogue as |
KOssUTH in style almost royal, we can see |
10 reason why they should not receive the |
leir of the British throne in style at least |
'qual to that in which they received KossUTH |
The Prince is a gentleman, and man of sense.
He will be able to make allowances for the an |
loyance of long speeches, and long dinners, to
which he will of course he subjected. We |
say very hard things of JOHN BULL,
md We are pretty sure he deserves much the
anger part of all that is said: Yet, after all.
We are more sensitive to English opinion than
We are to that of all the rest of the world-I
let it not at least be said that we add want of
ospitality to our other shortcomings.