The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-06
A King to Hand.

1t seems almost Providental that, just as the
cavaliers Of the Palmetto State were heating the
air with their ardent aspirations for royalty,
live Prince should disembark upon this CONT
nent and journey within hearing distance of their
cries. A Prince, too, whom England, in the
multiplicity of its royal family, can we'll spare
A Prince who, in lineage, in manners, in tenn
gentlemanly, free spirited, chivalric sons of the
sunny South. Why should not the South Car
olinians, then, take this Prince Alfred as their
king? Verify, the condolences referred to seem
90 remarkable, and the arrival of Prince Alfred
SO apropos, that we cannot help thinking the
little arrangement will be made. and all parties
be satisfied
There need certainly be no fear of opposition
from England. The London Times, which is
popularity supposed to control events the world
over, has already pronounced in favor of the
scheme by the prominence it has given to South
Cardinals advertisement, WANTED King
The royal family will be only too glad to settle
q younger son SO comfortably: for all younger
sons are troubles and deliberations, more espe.
cially when they are OF blood royal, have Wills
of their own, lead an amphibious existence,
and pummel their elder brothers-and Alfred
is one Of just that kidney The English people
will cordially agree with the London Times and
the Queen. And, as for the government, is it
to be supposed that Lord John Russell would
fail in such crisis? Would he, who could dis
cover precedent for the recognition of the
belligerent rights of the Southern Confederacy,
neglect to notice that Portugal sent over royal
scion to be Emperor of Brazil, and that Brazil
is exactly what the Times defines the South to
be--"An aristocracy based upon helotry?"-
There's a precedent for you; and England is
government of precedents. What with the
Times, the Queen, Lord John, the cotton lords
and the gentlemen who think that our democra-
tic bubble has burst into aristocratic fragments,
the thing, so far as England is concerned, is an
affair settled. All the objects to be gained by
q recognition OF Southern confederacy, and
very many more, could thus be easily obtained
by her, while the embarrassments Of the pres.
ent situation could be entirely avoided.
Nor would there be any difficulty about South
Carolina, or, indeed, about the entire South
The Southern people are not well satisfied with
JEFF. Davis and his Cabinet They think JEFF.
mere martinez, and they know that Floyd, Cobb
4 Co. are only waiting to get money into the
treasury in order to repeat the nice little game
of "fiil your pockets and rum" which they prac.
tised SO succc ssfully at the North. South Car
olina is certan-the London Times correspon.
dent Tor the tamperer with his etters) assures
that Hci people are gentlemen and gentle
women, and only ask to be titled, to have the
enhee at court, aud to put their darkies and
carriages in livery, aud they are an aristocracy
ready made. All white persons would belong
to the nobility, their rank to be graded by the
number of niggers each owued-one chattel
making knight, twenty lord, &c. The poor
whites, who own no negroes at all, would com
pose that strata Of society known a the middle
or middling class, being eligible for title when
ever they could buy or steal any slave proper
y. 30 South Carolina would be arranged
n. 7. Herald. lsss