Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-07
THE OLD ~PRETENDER.
Eays We a Stuart Am0as Us7-A Claimant
To the ariiish ThrsHs-a8yal Bights
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From the New York World
God bless the King, our noble failh's de-
fender;
God bIsss-uo harm in blessing the Pre-
tender;
But which Prst51d0r, or which Is King
God bless Us ali, Is quite smother thing
The Iabors Of that excellent body,
the Joint High Commission, are to be
notably increased in extent and inn
pOrtauce If the wrongs Of O worthy
gentleman Of Long Island are to be
examined and righted by its members.
Itmay be doubted whether we have a
Bourbon among US, but Have we a
Stuart among u52" viii be answered
by at least one OF our readers in the
Affirmative. Whether the rest Of
them, including their mightinesses
the Joint Eighs, to whom he looks for
redress, must be answered after the
/ pefUsal of his plain unvarnished tale
repeated to an Interviewer.
THE STORY OF THE sTUARTs
is in some respects one Of the most
touching in all the history of exiled
I and unfortunate royalty. Whatever
the WOrthlessuess Of the Stuart kings,
there were noble souls employed in
their service VINO have thrown around
the JaCObite conspracies a halo Of
chivalry and romance which has made
I their cause seem sacred in many Y
/ Even to the present day JacObite songs
and JacObiUe legends can stir the
I spirit with an enthusiasm which no
deeds OF the Huelphs a evoke, and
doubtless III in all the years which
have passed since the last Of the Pre-
tenders, quiet and u~nambitiOus Door
mOnk, glad enough to be a pensiOner
on the bounty Of MS royal rival there
had appeared a Stuart, bogus or real,
the descendants Of the Georges would
not now feel so comfortable on the
throne Of England. Perhaps even at
this late day Victoria and her twenty
odd descendants will quGke to know
that during these long years there mas
quietly Vegeta0ed in the rural Wilds
of Long Island the legitimate monarch
Of Englaud-th6 descendant Of q long
line of Scottish and English kings
the heirs of the misfOrtunes Of the So
bieskis, the only surviving son -Of
Charles Edward, and that, this illus
triOUs Driucg-aI the more distin-
guished for being a free-bOrn citizen
of this republics determined TO as
sert his rights to the hOnOFs and emOl-
uments of MS ancestors. The his
tory Of
CHARLES EDWARD.
after-the battle Of CullCdeu is tOlerabIy
well known, and up to q certain period
it i5 clear FROM all Obscurity. His kind
reception by Louis XIV, on his return
to France and by the Court Of the E5-
curiaI on his visit to Madrid, his ex-
pulsiOn from France in consequence
Of the treaty of AiX-Ia-C hapeue, his
wandering5 in Germany, his CONVEX
sion to the Protestant faith, and his
presence in Westminster Abbey at
the coronation Of George III, are all
very well known. In 1855 his father
died and he became the legitimate
King of England, although known
generally as the Count Of Albany.
Six years later be married Louisa of
StOiberg GOdern, who was young
enough to be his daughter. The his
tory Of their unhappy marriage and
the connection Of Alferi with their
mistOrtuues need not be repeated now.
In 1888 they were legally separated,
and, as the common history has it.the I
young Pretender retired to Rome,
where he died in I7S8, on the Sd Of
March. But there Is another version
of this part of his history which makes
1t Of interest TO Americans. A few
days ago a tall, digniied old gentle
man, with noble features and beauti-
tUl gray hair and beard, called at The
World Office to invoke the aid OF the
press in bringing his wrongs before
the public, and to bring popular ODin-
ion TO bear on the Joint High Com
mission to have these wrongs redress
cd. But for his a~ristOcratIc appear
and the conspicuous absence Of
language in MS statements, he
might have been mistaken for an
EMINENT WRITER ON AGRICULTURE.
who has so long been identified with
the Farmers Club and other georgia
associations. But, like him, he want
ed " protection badly in this case:
ID protection" also against 4" British
gold, and the Vaccinations produced
thereby. This stately gentleman hav-
ing introduced himself, produced two
interesting documents. One was a
addressed in general TO the
Joint Highs, and the other addressed
in particular to Mr.. Justice Nelson, 7
the representative of American law
and justice. A glance at either ,
showed the whole case. The dignifed :
Did dipiOmatist attacked the right Of
5he Guelp family to the throne of
and claimed il for an Amer ,
can-bOrn citizen who was badly :
treated by the myrmidOns Of Eng ,
and. His view OF the subsequent ,
of Charles Edward, after his :
hvOTce from Louisa, and his sup {
posed death in Rome, must be :
gathered from his " interesting h
.tatement5. It should be borne in :
mind that they were made by an old +
,9ntleman past the three score years y
md ten allotted to man. y
"The letters assert that Charles Z
Edward had a son in American" 4
THAT is so, sir" 4
But there is no record that he ever Il
anne here, Most people believe be !
lied ia Rome" :
sob, no, sir, not at all; he never
led at Rome. de diedh here, in Long !,
about the year 1916. That !
gas a story circulated for a purpose. \
hat was q sham funeral in Rome. Il
he irish monks Of the secret order of
t. IsIdora knew it all, and fixed it a.
?. The Church OF Rome, sir, knew \
. about it. 1t was keeping him =
.ek Tor the right time; that is why n
he English are so heavy on the y
OF Rome" y
"Indeedl Well, where did the En- I,
lish prince come to, or hOW?" =
"He came out here incognlto. and .
let OF the Pierces OF New Hamp- 2
hire, and married herr
There were children Of this rovaI
larriage?''