The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-11-23
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 49, 1s7l'
WI. ..p:.., president of Engiand''

Who The ssFirst President o.
Says of Royalty
rrha ,onorted sudden illness ofthe Prince |
;of uolas win perhaps be found to originate in
the uniucky young mans apprehension that
no ;s about to have something to do besides
gratifying the lofty instincts of a glorifed and
and bespangled Cockney rowdy. Heis said to
have become more dissolute than ever OF late,
and the rumor has gained currency that MS
royal mothers ministers have thought serl-
eusly of pressing the regency scheme for the
purpose of giving him employment! But
this seems too monstrous for belief. The in
terests of an Empire son which the Sun new
er sets'' and hundreds of millions of people
made second in Importance to those of
brainless fop, whose intrinsic worth is less
than one of our average American roughs /!
But it is no wonder that the democratic
movement is growing formidable in a coun-
try where such asrumor can gain moments
credence. 1t is like the prevalence of a re-
port that the nobility and gentry of Great
Britain had become confirmed man-eaters.
Our good brethren, the English people, who
are our own kith and kin, who have been
true to us in their feelings through all our
trials aud between whom and ourselves there
is perfect solidarity OF interest, VIII nave
our most earnest and heartfelt sympathy IN
their approaching struggle with royalty no
h;l;tv aristocracy and all the other medieval
i,,,onsters that Cypress them. The good work
of awakening the people to comprehension
ofthe wrongs they suffer goes on apace
Sir Charles W. Dixie, Member of Parliament
and editor of the London AtRen@um young
/. man, who, it is said, would unquestionably
become the first President of the Republic OF
England, if the democracy shonld succeed in
overthrowing the throne, recently made a
4 speech of great significance at Newcastle-on-
!, sTyne 1t is difficult for one not nurtured in
the school of monarchy to conceive how a
people can find the state. of things described
by the radical baronet even tolerable.
= ;, For. instance, we find the royal family,
which is purely ornamental part of the ex-
ecutive branch of the government, costing
the immense sum of five million dollars a
wear! All this money, which would go a great
!. way toward relieving the suferings of Eng
lands myriad paupers, might as well be thrown
laborers of Great Britain through the taxpay-
ers, so far as its contributing in the remotest
degree to the good government of the people
is concerned. One taro-hundreth of that sum
pays the head of the executive department o.
our government-an officer whose place is by
no means sinecure.' The details of the ex-
penditure of these vast sums would be ludi-
crous, were they not so exasperating in view
of the incredible amount of absolute suffer
ing, unrelieyed and unnoticed, in the very
realm where this crowd of titled harpies feeds
on the vitals of the people. Mr.. Dixie, who
must drop his title, if he is going to be a dem
ocrat, cites an example of the criminal lavish
ness that prevails in supplying the wants OF
royalty, in the number of physicians who at
tend the Queens family. There. are thirty
two in all, classed as follows: '"Three physi-
clans in ordinary, three physicians extraordi
nary, one sergeant-surgeon extraordinary, two
z sergeant-surgeons,- three surgeons extraordi
nary, one physician of the household, on,
surgeon of the household, one surgeon
apothecary, two chemists of the establish
ment in ordinary, one surgeon-oculist, on,
surgeon-dentist, one dentist in ordinary, an6
one other physician-or twenty-one in all
while the Prince of Wales has for his special
benefit three honorary physicians, two physi-
clans in ordinary, two surgeons in ordinary,
one surgeon extraordinary, one chemist in Or
binary, and two others or eleven more"
9 In the course of his address Mr.. Dixie
criticised with great frankness the penurious-
ness of the Queen, closing as follows:
u There is widespread belief that a repub-
TIC here Is. only matter Of education and
,vedlth aciU be our government. Now history
and experience show that you cannot have
republic without you possess at the same
time the republican virtues: but you answer:
Have we not public spirit? Have we not the
practice of selfgovernment ?. Are we not
gaining general education? Well, if you can
show me fair chance that a republic here
will be free from the political corruption that
hangs about the monarchy, Isdy for mig part
-dnd 1 believe the middle classes in general
will say-let it come
When titled member of the British aris-
tocracy and of Parliament makes declarations
like the above, what may we expect of the
great workingmen's meeting, called to meet
at Birmingham, on the sixth of next month,
to protest against the continued existence OF
the House of Lords ?