Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08
USED-UP KINGS.

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ent shown with greater force than in re-
lation to kings. The time is not so very
distant when the maxim, kings can do
no wrong" was received as an article of
faith; when entire States were burden
ed with taxes to support one licentious
individual swathed in royal purple and
when whole nations went into mourning
when pale death tapped at a palace door:
Kings were then heaven endowed and
heaven protected persons, who stalked
through the pages Of history to the
sounds of martial music and the joyous
shouts of devout worshipers. Now, a
King is being placed in a very awk-
ward position, royal puppet who no
longer dictates to, but is governed by
noisy audience. His rights are curtail-
ed to using every precaution to prevent
himself from being overthrown or assas-
sinated, and to walking, dumb mani
kin, to and from his houses of Parlia-
ment. Iti very troublesome time
for kings and royalty generally; an age
when fine feathers have ceased to make
fine birds, and when once again the old
adage, stmanners make the man. is be-
coming popular watchword.
Within few years, this generation
has witnessed several notable events in
connection with powerful potentates. A
certain Queen, celebrated for only mega
tive virtues, was driven from her throne
into exile, without calling forth the
slightest sympathy, or exciting. further
comment than that she deserved her
fate. Recently, in the same country,
we saw King throw aside his ermine,
weary of burden he could not support,
and retiring into private life. Again
the world received the tidings without
wonder. No comet flashed through the
skies to foretell disaster, and the planets
revolved as usual on their orbits, the
sun shed his rays upon field and vine-
yard, and rich haryests are yet gathered
in. On this continent betrayed En-
peror was shot to death, his fate excit-
ing no astonishment, but his manly
bearing in the midst of rnisfortunes clio
iting the admiration of the world. In
France, an Emperor went gayly forth tc
war. AS he passed through the provin-
ces of his empire, he aroused the great
est enthusiasm, but disaster followed
him and he died in a foreign land al
exile On the other side of an inlan(
sea we have seen country begging fo
i; King, with no one willing to accep
K the crown; and another country, ono
the ruler of the world, and for centurle
: the seat of ecclesiastical power, has beel
overrun by warlike intruders until evel
the sacred pavement of the Vatican
echoes to the tread of unhallowed fee
and is profaned by the presence of ez
= communicated rulers The late Franco
German war upset monarchs by tn
l. score; and the name of "monarchs ou
of business" is legion. Alas what
It the world coming to, when royalty ca
be thus tumbled in the mire? Where
K the respect and chivalry of former times
the blue-blooded hero who will call OF
Il der out of this chaos The end is NJ
yet Within short time two republic
have dared to rear their heads anon
nc the dry bones and torture chambers
European kingdoms and it has becom
or evident to the wearers of kingly crown
is that they must "be put down." r
membering Mrs. Partington's equivoc
I. success in sweeping away the Atlant
J. Ocean when it trespassed upon her prer
ises, and an equally famous endeavcr
s. prevent the movement of the sun, '
have grave doubts regarding the succe
ne of the project
nd 1t is too late to wage war again
progress. Conservatism may hold
own for the present, but the future is y
~ unprovided for. As has been seen, t
ol. time has a great contempt for kings al
cmperors. but it is friend to progres
en- In a few years Kaiser Wilhelm will
is packed away into six feet of earth, or
eh the best, be only .'two handfulls
white dust shut in an urn of brass" b
,,1lo progress has no taint Of mortality
cal begins its course where kings stop thel
1t will be interesting to watch the stru
'ed gle between kingcraft and progress, ev
TO though we are assured beforehand Of
10y result. Republicanism is doomed
- have a thorough trial in Europe, as ha
no also churches, monarchies and mob ru
If 1.-The old order chanseth yielding place to new
And God fuils himself in many ways.
box Lest good custom should corrupt the world
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