Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-07
THE QUEEN.
Complaints from the English Press
of The Remoteness Of the Queens
Residence-Hfnts at n Regency.

| r q. ~. 80
Pcrhahent Iheihpe, Vi tne governing
comnlltee eiec'ea oy rarlalien.-Lnh' ,Ml
some great auVah.ages over IePuonc'
~ Is De.ter hiteu 10 carry on the traui-
tions OF the departments, restrains amDi-
Siohs "hich ,hlght Vtner"ise Deconne too
nerce, anu, ABOVE an, ny creallhs ahons
the uneducateu ieenng OF awe, sense
tnat Jaw must De powerful Decause u 10
visible, dlmlnisnes the Necessity ior ths
eAhiDiploh Oh iorce' we 40 hos neeu
oayohets 70 u,sperse crowds. pociety
IN hhglahu wi,nout cueen woulu naVe
W treat eVifuoers niuch mVre sVei"iy'
ana cohtToi rougns ~ huch more un-
mistakaDie display OF its power, II neces-
sary' 10 sh0ot tnem do"h' Even the
euquette "1ich SURROUNDS ihonarcny,
tlresome ana unreal as u oiteh Is, acts
constantly as Duner 10 Dreak lne COZ
ilsiofs Detweeh pohtica' parues mnose
Vioiehce nhgrt guy. otherwise snahe the lapric
Oh society' inese are great auyan'ases'
out ~ must NC achno"ieuSeu 'na. oeoa'
sionaly we seem ihueea' W pur
chase theni ratner ueariy' anu IL is iony
10 dehy that the queen mas VI iate
years once OF twlce colnpeiieu Ponticiahs
10 renec! upon 'ne price Inc Des. ~
constltutionallsts, tne most iorDearlhg ol
soverelgns, 1er MAJESTY presses etiquet1e qluslIe
untii II becomes an almost uhehuIraple l
oppression not lhueeu 10 her Peoplei ou'
10 her immediate suVisers' lne ooFer
eign Is the nrst onicer Vi 'he o.ate' W.
IL Is etlquette 10 eohsiuer tnas sue 10
something more-lne pivot OF ota'e OF
gahiza,loh' the center upon which every
thng uepehus' wnere sue Is, mere 10 ene
nominal seat Vi cohss''ul'onal Po"1i.
her signature even 10 uocunehts sue
never dreams Vi reauing is ineispensa
Diei her consent even !" actS III "NiIn
sne mas no voice. must lo, ohIy pe cp
tainea put acc0mpahieu py CERTAIN iol-
mahties; her ADVISERS ailhougn all pow
eri9l IN theory, ueri's gt tnelr power lr1ni .Jn
acting IN her nanie. ine presence y, sne
sovereign Caiiua'es W .he:r aets, enu iol
years past eueen 'ic.oria mas reiuseu W
De present al ,he scat 9l goVerhnsh''
ror years sIe mas never siept in honuon'
ana ali pupiie acts, even acts as I'M
portaht as tne swearing III Vi d ne"
Uaoinet' nave peen periorineu at
Mindsor-a place .wice tne Instance
OF versailles rom raris. hhcieht IRA
dltion ana goou railway service hiahe
Wlndsor toieraDle 10 pol,ticiahs, 1u' tne
queen greatly prefers places a' tne eA-
tremity OF the kinga1InIne ON marine
residence IN tne Isle Vi "ieh', .er ln1uh,
TAIN nome at the eA'Ienhi9 % ooo'ishu s.,
and she acts upon I'M tnis preference IKE
any private noDie, nateVer tne urgen'
cy OF nauonai analrS, Whatever 'ne heces-
slty OF speea IN onlclai actioh' whaieter
the desire OF any oapine, ~ consult l.s
most experienced memDer' the sovereign
nies, whenever she uesires rehei, 10 vs.
borne OF 10 Daihoraii anu her MINISTER'S,
all men ioaueu WIN anAie,es, an insn
to whom time is precious all men IN tne
later maturity OF lie, nave 10 waste pre-
cious hours ana sun more precious
strength IN railway journeys wmch would
exhaust the young; a great war, per
haps the greatest oil this century, Is raw
aging the continent; Great Britain ior
the frst time since 1914, mas Deen com
PEELED, IN SO many words, 10 oher pattie'
Her AID is sought IN negotiations whch
will affect the whole iuture OF the worle,
Business OF the last Importance Is
ashr IN the TWO departments, tne
Foreign Oihee and the war Oihce'
IN winch nothing can De done
without Her Majesty signature ana
her Majesty consent ANA queen
who has been staying Tor weeks at one
extremity OF her kingdom, hles suddenly
to point still more remote, a place ac-
tually further from bondoh thah Nee
from Paris and there requires her MN
lsters attendance Every dIspatcn Is
delayed three days. ana the rremler
man OF sixty-ohe' worn out WIN the
labors OF most severe session. is com
PEELED to eexpend fortty-eight hours at
time IN railway travelling 10 ana from
place so completely IN the desert that IL
is twenty miles beyond railway commun-
ication. The interruption OF business
is extreme, the hardships 10 individuals
excessive, and except the etquette oil
monarchy II mas iiteraily no Jus,lhca,
ton: No oificer OF state, not sneltered
by that etiquette, would be permitted to
interrupt the progress OF anairs: ltmay
De SAID that Her Majesty requires rest,
but that, though good argument as
against windsor, wnere the queen pos
sesses spaces, solltudes, ar, woods
waters, as attractive as those OF pal
moral. Nor indeed can we admit that
in the case OF any great othcer OF
State health can be admitted as
final argument Tor choice OF resi-
dence. 1t is only an argument
for taking leave, leave which, under our
system, the sovereign does not take IT,
as in France, departure IRON the capital
implied the establishment OF regency,
or if the Premier were thereby. enabled
to act on his own authority, 1t would
neither be courteous nor useful to RAISE
the smallest objection; But the etl-
quette which demands the signature OF
the Queen demands. also the attendance
of the Minister, and thps. IN monarchy
useful mainly because 1t e,niorces etl-
qnettesl one OF then, Is made visible as
an impediment 70 public business; The
telegraph is in this matter no help, nor
is any readiness in correspondence The
Minister must 60 IN person, ana ne could