The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-17
II THR DAILY EYENING TEIEGRAPH-PHLADELPHIA
WEDNESDAY, JULY II, 1867.

liked to be out OF It as much as ever he co I'D;
and when there, paesed all his time with his
Selma ~ was WIN them as with Blucher,
one hundred years Afterwards, when the bold
old reiter looked down from A. panIa and
sighed out, WAS fur Plunder ~ The Cierr,an
women plundered the Germansecretarles piuu.
dered; the German cooks and intendents nlun-
dered; and even Mustaph and Mahomet the Ger
man negroes, had share Of the booty. Take what
you can get was the old monarchis maxim. He
was NOT ioiIy monarch. certainly; he was not
patron OF the tne arts; but he was not a hypo.
critic, he was not revengeful he was NOT eytra.
vagapt. Though despot in Hanover be s1es
a moderate ruler in England. His aim was to
leave 1t to itself as much as possible and 10 live
out OF 1t as much as he could. HIS heart was
In Hanover. When taken i'll on his last Journey
as be was passing through Holland, he thrust
MS livid head out OF the coach window, and
easped out "0snaburg, Osnaburg ~ He was
more than fifty years of age when he came
among us: we took him because we wanted him
because he served our turn; we laughed at his
uncouth German ways, and sneered at him. he
took our loyalty for what 1t was worth; laid
hands on what money he could; kept us assu-
redly from Popery and wooden shoes. |. for
one, would have been on his side in those days
cynical and selfish as he was, he was better than
king lat of St. Germans, with the French
Kings orders in his pocket, and a swarm of
Jesuits in his train.
The Faies are supposed to interest themselves
about royal personages, and so this one had
omens and prophecies specially regarding him.
He was said to be much disturbed at prophecy
that he should die very soon after his wife; and
sure enough, pallid Death having seized upon
the luckless princess in her castle at Ahlden,
presently pounced upon H. M. King George l.
IN bis travelling chariot, on the Hanover road.
What position can outride that pale horseman
IL is said George promised one OF his left-handed
widows to come to her after death, If leave
were granted to him to revisit the glimpses of
the moon; and soon after his demise. great
raven actually flying or hopping in at the
Duchess OF Kendal;s window at Twickenham,
she chose to imagine the Kings spirit inhabited
these plumee, and took special care of her sable
visitor. Affecting metempsychoss - funereal
royal bird How pathetic is the idea of the
duchess weeping over It'll When this chaste
addition to our English aristocracy died, all her
jewels, her plate, Der plunder, went over to her
relations In Hanover. l wonder whether her
heirs took the bird, and whether 1t is still flap.
ping its wings over Herrenhausen?
The days are over in England of that strange
religion of king worship, when priests iattered
princes in the temple OF God; when servility
was held to be the ennobling duty; when beauty
and youth tried eagerly for royal favor; and
woman's shame was held to be no disbonor.
Mended morals and mended manners, In courts
and people, are among the priceless conse-
Quences of the freedom which George came to
rescue and secure. He kept his compact with
his English subjects; and, if he escaped no more
than other men and monarchs from the vices of
his age. at least we may thank him for presery-
ing and transmitting the liberties of ours. In
our free air, royal and humble homes have
alike been purified; the Truth the birthright OF
high and low among us, which quite fearessly
judges our greatest personages, can only speak
of them now in words of respect and regard.
There are stains in the portrait of the first
admire; but among the nobler features are JUS
tiCe, courage, moderation-and these we may
recognize ere we turn the picture to the wall.
ITO be continued in our next issue.1