, 1870-03-27
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MRKROUpR AND :QuREN M1RY,
From H',Alex.urs Nn:t.-tn :,

MR-RROUpR AND QuEEH MAHT,;
From H',seIsours Na1.-tn-.
It IL not our Intention 1T tho 1,rr,e; t too, mt
to Gnter upon Any discussion of the creatn "
which Mr.. Ftouce u. just cotupletea. T.ers
c1n b 10 doubt, Whether We sgtee With L;s
conclusions Or not thaths IL. spared no pains
the most impcrt3n. e.as Of modern h;storT,
He has thrown himself into the time With IN
It's un1keueAs to our own, and, 20 az ~ tha. ID
poeeihie to man trained in the modern school
ot thought, haa hbosed to Judge il BY ita own
standstds, and 70 set belore ns, unbiased BY
tendencies, and the elenenre Of new national
s1tstenee which had there theis origin. It IL
only In one care th1t he can be accused of vac-
rlfeing anything to dramatic effect, md erea
hero bis sin il ono wtiel cauca1us not f.:t but
feeling. Tie picture which sIr. Froude has
t1nct, and, We might Say, ulilpe in history.
His aubtect has sll the importance Of =
grand national crisis, in which the strongest
Influences which Affect humanity were
struggling Tor the MASTERY, Il VI. IN age of
Intelligence. The npacnslor md rictnfea1ua-
uess Of the p2st still remained a. background
to al the new i1npnlseA Of modern Ifs, 10 the
keen curiosity and ea6etness Of the Advensurer,
! the widened enterprise Of tie merchant, and
e0e "A1cAe11 "ot401 Lire. u AAA peVtf tsttA
aefoze, TO II manner Of research ind e1cn1-
siun Of the thiakcr. And in front Of this greA.
flowing gorgeous cznvas. tbs whole lore
ground ii taken up with the dgurea Of
two wnneu-rsFreaentAttvch - il were, of
The two halves Of the world, vino tore
| Eurure nstir with their deadly conflict, aud
who have handed down to us the same uneud-
ng ntzcggae, aud ssana opposed At tho present
moment; Two naughty shades. with hundred
ilnsoTed questions between them, exciting
meas p.s.sons, md disturbing their Judgment,
| died proudly IN tho height OF her life and gen
ius, and the other in the desolation Of royalty
and old age Ii presence Of Elizabeth OF Eng-
land xad As75 OF scotland, itissca1rely possible
| Tor ang historian 70 be impartial. His cAndor
OF mind must be infinite, and his power OF
sympathetic Imagination intense, could he en-
J ter into Ill the details Of their pFut1zcted duel
| without plaeing himself on one aidc OF the
! other. Ard We shou(d not have found f4ult
1 with Ar; FEoude il be had yielded to this al
but i9tallibie temptation, and boldly taken
up Elizsbeth;s standard. Tho hosts on
and ardent enough to maintain their own
F1oude's attitude, however, : not tha. ei :
champion. He pro3es,es an inpaItiaAty above
II n9 ,aS h ne apo~,aSsss s te sa1s. taa q hs
ths narrative Of Enzabeth's Duplicates, which
we1e duplcitica carried on In the full seesl-als
4 Of her th1pne, and in possession Of ~ a.
pendenec such - few ronk1csAt r. .v.r ~
atzed and the eoute.n''-- o,,s +,ie ~ NJ,
:t'eksEes, of her ling aad hist1;on;c power:
49, a. 1' enc moment Of her lie
Snst sia e1rr e..n ~ a. e1.st1ity !. i alow te dopb
and - VII be seen how little confidence is to b.
J rr.acc1 In the impartiaIty u tie historian. Il
I tue one caso Mr. Ftoude rrgrctful1r al1mits tht
InvezacitJ Of his Queen, vlich, however. he il
-hle 70 contemplate with certain phi1osophi
! cal calnpess, 11,her ~ An unfortunate tsaturt
u her character foE which she Nas scarcely Il
blame, than as a fault for which she was Re
rpohsihle; whils in the otAer, bis insinuatcd
| Aneer iutrudes into the vcty preseace Of deau
Aneh. He Grins horribly Ehastly smile Eher
! the A1e falls upon Mar,'s neck, sad feels him
self still It liberty to ieer when The dead tack
which hAd won - many heasts is held up, Az.
tul IN tho arM distortion OF slaughter. Mxr,
! 1t that moment had ceased to hare aay z,oNel
70 trouble Elizabeth; she hAl passed. away and
become - Helen, ~ Cleopxtrz, II IL The othe,
fair women who have distGEbed tho wosld, anl
| {et been vert " it - ssints re seldom wept
This is lQaa1tfing xosso than paFtislity, almost
wosse t61n injustice. It ia = Bln lot nnl,
against The Conventional quality called goot
taste, Int against the laht i7shts Of hum1tlity
II Is Z Sentiment Which would eli ns will
] holIor MIL olekuht Ht1e u N1hNu este1 0y Any
penny y-a-hner 1t the rreeept day IN respect e
The list moments Of anv ruihhian Of ST. Gies's.
u ono Of our graphs friends Of tho Daily
| Telegraph Tese to comment upon the etagy
! t1it Of modern nanraere1-on his careful get,
up. his sustained effort After sensation, the
hstionic pose which be preserved under the
very hands Of Cz]c1lt-#Lat would Mr,
Frpnde think pt the nAz7a:oz7 Yet M
troude does not hesitate to treat with i con-
! tempt which, coming from, him, Ia not con.
ismphble, the death Of One OF The 9Te&tsst per.
eonASes Of Aez hzno, : WOMAN Of unaueatnna.
bic gnnius and anAxing forrs Of cha1tet.r
whose histosT, position, and influence h4d as
great an effect upon her age a. thAt Of any Of
her most distinguished contemporaries, and
whose memory sill Ietasns the Allegiance ii a.
almost unanimous Datiou, and Of enthuaia.tlt
pxrtttsxas Ill orcr the world. Rureiy there /.
sausHhug tuore than unseem}y, more thAa un
inst, in 10 strange treatment Of such sub
jeet.
Ihepseaentwntcr Is not one Of these who be
iayes in the so-called innocence Of Mary Stuart
| Sse Ee free to admit that the general senti
I ment in Scotlaud in respect to her Is to ut
though born Scot, an astonishing ncutimcnt
Ihe pages Of Msga, loyal u she u to this u
II to otAex natioaA pre- passessiuus, may not seen
1t place to aay 80 but we viii not weaker
Of Natv:s partissna. Innocence and MAry Stu
ut seem to US to have little to do with eacl
other. woman full OF genius and passion
with the blood Of the Stuarts aud the Tudor,
nainslinG IN her ardent seins, with .untountlct
| s~ay over the hcarts Of others, ind strong il
that peculiar form Of self-cont1ol which make.
| sesf-indulgence all the more intense bacaus,
May to talk Of her completes mnoccnce
1he real fo1ca Of her clixszcter il slto
! gctAer loet the moment NO atte1np& To rnak
| cut for her that transparent plda. :Nsa she
foot 70 be caueht IN enares 20 visible that tht
mstett spark Of intelligence would have beeI
enough to preserve her from them? WIS tht
tsitltg Of the Court Of Franco likely way o
pne*etetn such iuE0nuous iguaraacet or was
lie time iteeR 90 delicate as 10 keep the mos
| ttndeely-nurtuted maiien in such state oi
| tnse-liAe simplicity 1hAt {ine, subtle. pene-
rating intellect, full Of resource And resdines,
md splendid cont1ge--with eloqucooe 70 natal
thst Of any specid rleader Of her time, And
dAuutlcss as any hero~-are We to surpose tht
rude Scotch nobles 10 much more thin match
Tor her, that they hxva left on her nAme
= stigma which aozen gcnerations
pe aesfs' a ta5 asis asi sd.ed been tAs 's ss
itself, but for eertain davilish appropriate.
uess to the political exigencies Of the Moment,
Naa MT 30 unprecedented Ii rcadnzs Of com-
razauvcly innocent age Aro apt to suppose.
Had Mary been man like her respectable. reia-
tive Henry VIII, 70, whom Sir. Froude hss 10
much sympathy, pasnle5's death would have
sankto tho rank Of peccadillp in the records
( Of her hiatory: md nobody would have expect.
cd Of her tlat rhe could isa quiet religious
life in hcr Engiish prison, meekly praying for
her enernieB, frpwning upon Ill attempts on
to .hat bigger disdcra Of EnglAni. Which hunS
like the sworl ot thn story over har irnpttsone1
head by single thread. -
1t is perhaps hard to cnter into tho mental
being q those whose struggle for personal
] right has produced nothing but eri1 70 hu-
I mauity, and to undarstand how entirely tho
1 imru!se y tich moved them to the makinEof
Nnrs nnt{ distinctions might be \ jnst aad
! u,ttt1aa impulse. The world, three hundred
| ytIa ago, refused to attempt erch An inquiry
70 If nsurrcs was ls'.Tcr, sn impostns an
lmrcssor, withont any inquiry into the Ap-
Tes1anee Of things as rre*ented to his indi-
rascst thing In the world, Wa to the mind Of
nur f.therx ss universal slmoet ~ daylight
| Their enemies opposed them, not out OF an
nFocsnt OF poreiblt landa1ae adherence
10 individual siers 81 their own, but ont
Who defended himself for = course s Of
ac,inn which seemed to them evil, WIS r1syiu9
raft. That he could fill to know ihst be
VAS wrong in pursuing his own intetssta
| insieAd OF tht!Is, w1s notion simply
incomprshensihle, The ho1uely primitive wis
dom Of the race might indeed assert that what
but neither In politics nor religion could Any
psrty understand its application. Ths idea
that orthodoxy ts ny DON, md hererolo1y
simplest ferra at that principle which. in it,
tul development goes further, and aaserts
Tat JouE do1y ia invented Of malice pseps14se
to oppose minc, and that 5uu ase per
fectly awale Ill the time that yours
I. wrong, but hold By it 70 disturb
or vex or emb2rrass Ha. The mod
eru world processes 10 have gene quite bte-
yond tlds canon. and to acknowledge that
flree Of individual conviction which changes
TIE aspect Of matters altogether, aud thsusts
.5sclGte conscious deception into : corner,
Of The most important IT human ssencics
p this time the minds which sway the world