The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-19
ANOTHER ROYAL MARRIAGE IN
PROGPKET


THOSE Englishmen who, having neither titles
nor wealth, are unable to see the advantages
of system of government which has nothing
but its antiquity to recommend it, but who,
on the contrary, in the payment of heavy
taxes which many of them have no voice
whatever in imposing, are brought face to
fcce with its disadvantages, and who are
crushed beneath the weight of a system which
cannot be defended except upon the
ground of expediency and the difficulties
of making change to anything better, are
about to have another excellent chance to in
dulge in abuse of the respectable old lady
who figures as the head of the State, and
whose large family absorbs SO much of the
national cash. The Duke of Edinburgh is
about to be married to the Princess Thyra of
Denmark, the sister of the Princess of
Wales, and as matter of course
the usual marriage portion and annuities will
be demanded and granted by those who have
the disposal of the peoples money. The
angry growls excited by the depletion of the
public treasury in behalf of the Princess Louise
have not yet subsided, when royalty again
waves the red flag in the face of the unplea-
SAINT republican bull which has of late been
frightening the British isle from its propriety
and the Queen and her numerous family will
be furnished with fresh evidence of the
small hold they have upon the affections of
the people who pay them SO handsomely for
doing nothing. There can scarcely be
doubt that the clamor in this
instance will surpass that which
has scarcely yet subsidized, for the male men,
bers of present royal house are by no means
as popular as their sisters, and the Duke of
Edinburgh in particular has made himself spe-
cially obnoxious by the mean and con-
temptible disposition he has shown on sew
eral occasions where the honor and dignity of
the nation we're involved so that it is not
likely that more consideration will be shown
him than was shown to his sister Louise,
when she recently turned her back upon the
traditions of royalty by marrying subject.
The feeling of disgust and indignation
awakened among the Republicans of Phila-
delphia by the general character of the nomi-
nations made last week, rather increases than
diminishes as time goes on, and as the extent
of the outrage inflicted upon q respectable,
patriotic, and intelligent constituency is duly
appreciated. The election of such a ticket,
as an entirety, would be SO disgraceful and
SO injurious to the interests of the community
that it cannot be compensated for by any
real or alleged partisan advantage. If it is
wrong, in any movement, to avoid doing
evil that good may come of it, it is certainly
wrong to elect incompetent, untrustworthy, or
corrupt men to important local offices
under the dslusive idea that good principles
can thus be advanced. The greatest stigma
now attached to the Republican party of
Philadelphia is founded on the allegation that
in local sense il is the serviceable agent
and the subservient slave of heartless, knsv-
ish, and greedy plunderers; and the very life
of the party, if it is to live in this locality,
depends upon the vindication of its fair fame
from this fearful charge.