, 1870-03-27

Al fciened, and la1se. and afzinasi no s'z. i
dignity. her tenderness, her relig;on, cven hes
face. shs VAS great astzcss; Mrs.. sidl II
rethAps would scarcely haye done II 60 we'll
such is tho summary way IN which tha Giss1--
Al ditmisseA Mary of Scotland to her grave.
But yst there is = veE different picture to bo
made. Mhry lad bceu for seventeen y.Ass a
ere nov III sense of being . M.gda1en hid,
without doubt, faded from her mini. DA:nley |
xnd tho ki1k-of-EieId troubled her no more I
than Anne DoleEn md tlte block troubled her I
worthy uncle Henry, " the LATTER part Of lis
shadows did not Last. Everything connected I
with that wild episode Of 1pye md murder had !
evidently disappeared from Mary's healthfu1
elastic soul. Bothwell himself had dis4ppeat-
sa "a t2 here heG s 20 e,ssss sassa Of sss;;
seuosre o. repentance in her, She had /
thrown Oh the impression Ct that nightmare, |
as one does on A*lking, and her splendid |
yilali:y had got the letter of. it. Eat there |
ton to forget. She was good Catholic, and |
without any reference to her Own eaaans ut
Ill, must necessarily have held Elizabeth to
be illegiii1nAte. She teas iegitinate acco.d-
ing tu Ill natural ard Legal rules, and had Ahs
been hut Mistress Elizabeth, the daughter Of
! nroflieate souire, no one would hare enter
taioea any doubt on the subject Mary waa
woman enough, notwithstanding her own de-
fects, 10 regard her ousin's birth With cef-
tain horror; and Elizabeth wss. besides, tn
which we lave no ground for supposins Mary
Lren f1uiy CONVINCED that Elizabeth lad no
right to tho throne, and that ehe her,
EcE ought TO occupy il ~ legitimate next
q KIN, shs wonld hixs s been ~ she e,,,'a most
ply wsa not the ppeyiaI characteristics Of her
cenius. Nad she Lad been brought up IN the
iul1 faith OF absolutisrn. With such coincidence
in tie sacretlncss OF he1 rank rs it Is ln1p0ssi-
At that l,eriod divine right was no aditinn,
but = reality, Aud il u simply impo4sbic that
Mary could bave had any acquired disbelief in
it. It must have been her creed that Al
nnoiuteI Queen IVES leyond trial or eondenna-
tiop; that whusncvcs laid hauds upon her,
higher f.E. Therefore her position in Eng
land, Eom her own rcint Of vicw, must have
Eeen one OF unmitisatcd wrong. It WAS she
who Wss the true hsir, yet she WAS rlninE in
p1iscu; it wss ehe who alone could bring back
the nation to the tgne faith, get the
very exercise q thst faith n =
enat fe1paden DA q 6ez> * r,iz,Sssh sa5 hid I'D
tAe throne ~ des.neo o. law md Of the
! .EEsth, opp1sssing tiao party Which ~ y VA
most natural for narJ 70 recognize a5 the 1eo-
| rle-the only part Ut it Ahe had Az familiar
| acquaintance with These Nens Nfe not cur
| views, nor have we any sympathy with them ;
| hut they weIe hers, and she lad, according to
her own e3nasson aad principlea, perfect
| right to believe that the highest eessiee Hhe
sould render to Gvl md me nation was to
manage 1natxcrs 20 as that shc should raiKn In
Elizabeth i stead. 1t waa not onlv her inter-
est, but her duty The advantage {nAe must
! have ihousht) OF people which was Icing
l.~inld to hesexy-shc Hood Of the Church, The
interests o. bet son and Of her faithful de-
pendants, all demanded Of her that slc slould
vanGui=h Elizabeth, II any e1ettion could do
that. And TINS, If Mary had comportrd her
sen 20 ~ to give Mr. Ftoude satisfaction, sha
Toaio' 10y - 70 hfs e. o"n eanss'9usnsss and to
stor and coward. @ Il i; in vaa aats to sri pfn this
side or the Question SucI, must have heen
her belief; aud every DAY che passed in prison,
oyeET tndigEisy that was done her, must have
heightened her sense Of injustice, and intensi-
tied her longing for aclivcranre. In such cir
crmstanees insrtion onl. was sinful Mr.
Fruudc does not aVrear to SEQ how much the
Abeolute rights and wrongs Of heTs i1cEelae
the interest Of the scene. Almost MI Eusore
WIS on her side, and probably a third part i,
lssat Of the Enslsh people, il FREQ to Fivt
ono. That Which to Mr. Fruude appears =
hopeless mass Of intrigue, Was to her the high
est necessity Of her position: AZ Legitimate
heir to claim hcr own rights; ID her sons
mother TO establish his; as true Catholic tc
secure W E,ftoTy oi hor tAh;, as patzio
lie in the circum4tanccs-to scek
what must hayo appeared to her tie tue
advantage Of tie people. That we differ with
her on every point, or that 3Ir. FrouJa differs
With her, hss actually nothing 10 do with tie
subject. sueh-unfers she were the most
gcnr,ous, the most unselhsl, the most philo.
etThical and enlightened of women, et4uturiss
l*fGte htr age, and superior to her education,
must have been aiary's belief. She was
not grateful TO Tie risal who kep. bdr in
tedious bondage, snd declined to maks Guy
reeronte to her Just clainls. She was nut
sc1upulous in the n,esus she employed, mr.
J cousidcrata of Ellzabethb ha5etyt nor much
concerned for her life. reopls III those tiays
vezs not delicate sbout The i,eaes of mind, or
| esen the GTea Of their adse5sxriGd; aud We
claim for Mary no virtue superior To lu1 age.
/ She wsn daring, shiNY, uiiecrupiluua, using
! every weapon that came to her 1Ant1, and ear
ing muclt lers for the Means than for TIE end
hut that she possessed that without
| WHICH il il inlprldllc to t.efieye
| in any loug- -c,ntnucd struggle
| eenfc ct right OF her sile-wa cannot fnr one
moment doubt And this Nj. Frouds p*raist-
| entity ignores.
Elizabeth ~aa not 90 irctedulo,.s. It waa
the truth Of Mary claim sllat made her fear.
Had cirrumstAnrcr made 1t possible for them
to live in outward nemblauce Of harmony, the
spirit Of the ro~itinn upuld have leen TN
! changed, except in 20 far that Elizabeth must
I have been forced 10 Acknowledge and allow 1t
leaet Msry's right ef Inheritance. Bat ,hs fact
] that atuits between them HAH impossible. and
that Mary haa contIived to render herself oh,
noxi0us to her ow.l native tlnguora. and bug
bear to lMke portion Of ths zasiisa people,
does not aaect tho question OF hcT natural
nghts. nor OF her ronAciourne-s Of them, and
Of the dutiee involved III them. Her ens,
however fully troycd, did not and conld not, ID
herself 1t ie1tt, make my difference in the
matter, unlese, indeed, to heighten her eager
nets for the recognition Of her claims, sinee
even norncntAzr falteIinS would have been
= confession Of guilt. Had she retired from
fec field and given mp tide confist, it would, no
I doubt, have b:cn Grest convenience to Eng
lsnd md Elizabeth, but it must h4ve bco, Al
utter Abandonment OF tie ta4t residue Of .lut :
| and t:ke which remained in M&ry'h life.
ThiA. however, IL \ view vliclt Mr. FToHae
seems incapable Of },erceising. He eeens to
expect tl.at the Queen Ut Scots ought to have
| judges, And ,-ouaelnned lesself, And reinnrse-
lessly carried out the sentence. That natursl
! Operation OF the human mind which conve1.ta \
I long suspension Of execution into positive
| night Of cscapo does hot seem to be known to
him. He takee it for granted that A2ry must
| Aare bean contiuualiy conscious that sfls had
Forfeited beg life, and al her indisiduAt rights,
which it is very evident 1IAty never drsamt
| Of being. She stands 70 him IN the position
which n Y exconamt1nisased person would stand
| in to bi8oted Catholic. Men A1e frss to Ie
70 her, tu cheat her, to use the basest means
Of betrsying her curidence, without any guilt
They ~" trea to Insult her. to forget every
dclica 1'' 'o'sEteas becoming gentlemen. II
10 g'1Af g ~" i'er. almost sin to say civil
word. The very faithfu1na-s Of her depend
ants he thinks No credit 10 them A woman
may forfeit her lie. and yet retain her right 10
courtesy and ritv, and euch ~olAce ~ lun4pi-
y can give. She may te wicked, aud yet not
be worthy Of trsstnentllhe dog but to Nary,
IN Mr.. froudes eyes, no charity, no allowance
should be shown. His ACCOUNT Of the immesl-
ate meaas emilora to determine her death is
ctriopAlF instructive un This point, aud so is
sns narration OF the execution. which We
4note below. The manner in
the bands nf Elizabeth was ope Of
the lstest ricres OF treachcsy ever pepe:rate i
II may he pt4'essa11 for statesmen to eupov
srler. and make use OF the meaneet ins1u-
ruents to keep them informed of their enetnvs
tActics.-And 1t that period aus tine scrurles II
to tho hvfulneas Or honorableness Of such
channels OF knowledge did not exist but
when We contlder that luis hesrtltss plot T. dir
cuseed and described II full length without =
word Of d'ssPrzusal on the psrt of The Litto-
risn. or anything to sh1w that he think. W'Ai-
einghAua'* Hhs1ne anything but justihAble and
legitimate, Nj. Ftuade's sirtuous indignation
At Mas! hissrinuics becomes more snd u,oet
amazing and incredible: Tue Catholics Of that
GAy held. it Ia tzid, that to faith need b+ kept
with heroticr and thi. is svaltntly Ai1. Froutls.
opinion with rerpect to NslT. Every practice
against her ssas fair md honest. She ha4 70
he trapped ike Wild beast, and What did ii
matter which uAs the wayf
Mary WAS taking no special part in anything
at the time this plot waa deEised--not from
want OF viii, but from wAnt Of onportuuity
She had been for some time deprived Of my
means Of communicating With her friends in
which rhe could place the slightest confidence,
1nent more silent and ino0enslye than ususl.
But Elizabeth wasin great difficulty between
her allies in the Netherlands and Philip OF
Spain. She hated the Dutch, andyet had been
obliged 10 support them, aud her whole mind
At the moment wss sci upon the negotiation OF
private treaty with Philip, hy which she in