Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-01-06
TIE BRITISH QUEEN.
The Rev. DR. McLeOd's Speccl

y ~ ON THE ROYAL CONDITION.
An entertainment was given en-
the 18th of November, upon the &C
casiOn of breaking in ground
for u new lunatic asylum for the
Barony Parish, at Lenzic Junction.
near Glasgow, Scotland. The chair
man, in giving the toast to the
Queen, referred 20 her health, and
asked the Rev. DR.. Norman McLc
cd, one of the Royal Chap!ans, a.
having recently returned from Bal
morah whether he felt at liberty to
shy. anything on the subject. Or.
Mcleod then said.
W at is meant BY her Majesty
being morally and mentally inca
paeitatcd for worn," | leave Mr..
Disracl to explain, for do not
comprehend it. | beg to say that
Il have had the honor, in the provi,
dchce of God, to minister TO her
Majesty in public and in private
for the last thirteen or fourteen
years, and | have seen her in every
variety of circumstances--in the
highest prosperity and happiness
which any married woman, not To
speak of a Queen, could enjoy, and
ii the very depths of her iii tress,
and l declare most solemnly, al
though speaking with her in the
greatest privacy, and the most init
mate communion that subject and
" clergyman could have, have
never heard her utter one word or
sentiment that did not do the high
est honor to her Majesty, whether
rs Il Queen or Il woman. | have not
only never seen the rcmot>.t trace
Of any moral or mental weakness.
but have seen in every instance
remarkable evidence of MOI nj and
mental strength and capa city
Her Majesty has just passed
through Il severe attack of rhca
matte govt, which so affected her
lands that for time she was ut
,erly unable to sign her name, and
from a severe neural gia from which
shc has entirely recovered, and |
have ncvtr seen her in bat,cr SPIT
its or better.in health or stronger
in mind Imam she. is ut the present
moment. Az the same time | am
for from saying that she has rccov
cred her strength so us to do more
than she is doing, for | make bold
to Say none Of us have the slightest
conception ofthe unceasing demand
that il made aPon person in her
high poa+slhn, Of attending to innu
merabie {. ills and carrying II bur-
den upcr scR niad wi Il ,ut the
possibility Of eny moments Fist
Our own wives find how trying up
onitheir ncr, Gus energy is the con
slant care of u large family, but
when We think of what the Queen
has to do as mother, with her
cl,ildrea tceupr,ng such an impor-
fant Pcs. =. -. society, what she |
has 10 do in being compelled ever
TO think about the affairs of Il ma
iion TO whose interest she is pro
fonndly devoted when we think of
the constantweisht that must ever
DO upon her mind, we feel the won
de-. n hat she is able to perform
her duties in the way she has done.
No one knows the Queen int Knows
that she would do all that is posi-
bic. forher 10 dc, and no one WHO
knows ler but is amazed ut her OK
traofrlinary eonsidcrateness for eve
ry one, how she occupies her
thought upen every subject, and
how sho attends 10 such nina de
tails o.idaty LIT me also say th
i'm which the Queen is ufie
critic sed is a cowardly aud cruc
injustice, when neither rs a woman
nor as a Queen she can make M re
ply, butannst endure the injustice
While such attacks may he made
byha few, j feel ceifiin that the
large majority of his nation so re
we're the monarch " ho occupies ;he
throne, and 50 cs;ecm her uhblem-
shed personal charactcr aud the
manner IA whi'h dGr.ng her reign
the has discharged her private and
puliic drtiss, That. could they al
er Vt they, With one voice, would
mite with US when VIC say God
ave the Queen ard nay she DC
ong preserved to.the nation.
Her. Il a flrlumeni nrerhnnrd ni