Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-29
The Times Reads a Lecture 70 the
5,.a.555- Queen OF England. i 7e.
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From the London Times octObsr IL, pd
i The whole county will rejoice 70 hea
that our que9u has summoned courage Il
appear in public to morrow and 50, VI
trust, TO return 70 public life. 1.-THE Queer
car, mnster heart and strength 20 appear q
public without that support which had al.
most became Indispensable, she will give
the greatest proof Of her affection for bel
1 people. Two years, Il must be said, are q
long period 70 be consumed In unSVailine
regrets and in dwelling upon days which
cannot be recalled, II is too often the re-
splt Of such an occupation to become pos
sessed with an exaggerated estimat8 Of ones
miSfortnnes. Indeed, It becomes a sort oi
religion TO make the most of them, and q
duty to the departed TO refuse consolation.
| Bnt, In the comparison of lot with lot. II
must be said that her majesty may con.
trast her case fagorably with that Of many
Others not regarded as very unfOTtUnate.L
Few would exchange her case with that of
any one of her royal predecessors. We
have had fOuf1Q Queens EeguGnt, II We In
clade the wife OF William III; -but, not %
speak of domestic unhappiness, none of
them left an heir tOathe throne, and none
could regard with satisfaetiOn the hands
into which the sceptIe must fall. OF the
other sex the last two sOverPigns have died
ehiIdless. Of George III. it has been said
he had been happier had be died younger,
and in the lives Of the two other Georges
there is little to C0Vet.
With one single exception Queen Victo-
ria is singularly, favored in her domestic
circumstances. She has \ numerous aud
most promising family, of whom the eldest
son aud two eldest daughters are happily
married. The spIendOr Of her fortunes is
reflected on the families with which she is
allied, and when an Intelligent aud pros
peTOus people wanted q man to found q
dynasty they selected q youth who was
only known as brother of her mojesty's
daughter in-law. The reign of Queen
Victoria has hitherto been singularly pros
porous. Il is remarkable for the ease and
completeness with which We have emerged
from unexampled difficulties, and for the
victories which have crowned both our
arms and our politics. Peace order, union,
comfort, content are not these days mere
terms of hattery; they are public facts
and describe the condition of the people.
No era can compare with this for progress
in those things which ara generally thought
TO constitute the we'll being OF a nation.
How easily might 1t all have been other
wise How soon might the scene be
changed, and Qeen Victoria condemned to
witness, without power to help 1t, the re-
verse of this bright picture
That, indeed, brings IN another consid-
Grafton. which should present itself to all
who give way to early sorrows. Il Is
scarcely possible bat that years will con-
LlnuaIly add to the bitter cap and renew
Ii 10 sad struggle. We all wish long life
TO our Queen, bat TO live long is1t0 suffer
and to survive. It is to share the SORROWS
Of all those who belong to us. and TO mourn
the loss OF some, With this gloomy but
prospect before as, i is only
common fotethought 10 meaSary tue scale |
of our early briefs and count betimes bow
much of Onr life We intend to resign TO !
3 sfliction. As soon as nature feels 3 healthy !
every effort should be made to |
resume that working life which is, after
all, tho most soTervigp rewedy for sorrowsI |
and which in the humber classes Is Gods |
own cure for the most cruel bereavemeuts. |
The widow of the cottage cannot lose day, |
She must instantly set to work, go thFo0gh |
her daily round Ofduttes. and mix with her |
neighbors as she did before. With her to |
give way to sorrow Is to starve. It is bet
ter for her children that she should act
thus, as Otherwise they would only be
In her gloom, and enfeebled,
body aud mind, by her isolatiou. But, |
great as a calamity may be, there are al
ways worse possible, and the sense of what
ls should never exclude thankfulness Tor
being spared the ills that are not, and the
exertions needed 70 avert them. Il is 20
the future that We all mustturn as soon Rs |
we have recovered from the blow which
has struck us, it may be. to the very |
ground. The future Of Englsud may be,
indeed, uncertain. Never was the horizon |
of Europe more lowering. Clouds aad |
are above aud on all sides bat
at home all is still we'll, aud the bfigAtest
spot Of all is that which shines round one
iiIustriOus group, of which a widowed
Queen is the great centre and attraction.