American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-16
Queen Victoria.

| Miss EMILY FAITHFUL, who is on lee
| turing tour i'm this country, thus speaks
of England's Queen: The same people
who had tried to hunt Victoria out of her
sOrrowful retirement had been the loud
est in such noisy professions of devotion
to the crown. Just now there were many
kinds of loyalty in England. There was
the old tory loyalty, with a delicate port
wine flavor, but of that there was not
much left. There was also the loyalty OF
the Carlylese or Ruskinese school, with a
historical foundation; and the temperate
loyalty of TennysOn or Helps; and the
| loyalty of republicans who thought the
| and the loyalty of bumptiOus nationality,
| that looked upon the Queen as paid SER
want of theirs, who reflected upon them
| a certain amount of dignity. 1t could not
| be denied that there were many English
| men who now grumble at having to pay
so much for so little royal splendor. The
loyalty of Englishmen, however, was
which, on the whole, worked well, and
over which they had absolute control.
Perhaps if they were to begin over again
| they would not advocate the throne as the
center of English political machinery !:
but they were. under existing circum-
stances, perfectly well satisfied to let well
enough alone. She believed also that
|
worthy and blameless and non-meddle-
some way in which the Queen has reigned.
The Queen, however, had not been mere
cipher, and had never relaxed her atten-
ton to public duties. The actual life
of the Queen began with her mar
riage. There was something very touch
ing and noble in her devotion to
her husband. The whole reign of the
Queen was bound up in the Prince Con-
sort, who was one of the best and purest
men who had ever figured i'm history. In
England two things had become impossi-
BILE in connection with the Crown-a med
ding political sovereign or a dissolute
these regards. The Young couple had
made it their chief aim to avoid even the
appearance of evil, and the royal court
became a spectacle of morality and virtue
such as many had deemed impossible.
The Queens account of her visits to the
Highlands was an accurate picture of her
life. Few people had any idea of the
amount of work done by the Queen. She
spent her mornings invariably in the peru
sal of State papers which demanded her
signature, and with some subjects she was
specially familiar, more particularly that
complicated problem of the Poor Laws
Her kindly interest in her people had just
" earned for her the title of g Mother of
Her Country Before she Miss Faith
industrial Improvement of women she re-
ceived encouragement and counsel from
the Queen. who had also Been among the
first to acknowledge and praise the dis
cOvery of Livingstone by New York
correspondent. Miss Faithful went on to
give many other examples of the Queens
sympathy with and thoughtfulness for her
people, telling at the end the story of the
cruel persecution waged against her by
some of her subjects and certain section
of the press in consequence OF her inabili-
ty to appear in public after her great be-
reavement. 1t was also the glory of
Queen Victoria that she had restored its
old prestige to English loyalty and had
surrounded the throne with Il halo of rev.
crence and respect. 1t was very doubtful
il English loyalty could have survived
another disastrous reign such as that of
George ". Miss Faithful then proceed
ed to show the affection of the English