The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-01-09

b put out :! But the historian should
,. he..,t ..a tiase4.ia H. b ii
a.ss duty. Yet vhsa M. Fro.ds comes
- The reign Of Elizabeth, sss.stss
(l.s, - Of The e1F.eth, YsiA4O ~
j1an,;;sss u t.o l;olF Ds,sl sAAdh.6spttsst
whs had tsksa rsfsgs il Esglssd. He
.o.ly cay. ID th.I ~. bun. III
"grsss horror, crying and rearing, " AID
,1fesssas u my ii substance list hey,
vs,s not punished in The service evss
Of imagined truth, but 70 show the Kioe
II Spain that England w. ast the par.
adiss Of heresy! Bloody Mary, - abe is
called, had At least The Sic. Of sincerity.
She hid tho xretshsd excuse that sls
burnt the bodies Of lev to save the
souls Of many. But What shall be said
in deteucs Of . sovereign who, iodiffer.
snt to theology herself, causes two
poor fugitives who had fed to her for
protection to be roasted to death on q
false pretence for the sake of political
effect with foreign power? Mr..
Froude slurs over, conceals and mis-.
represents the real record Of persesu.
ton during Elizabeth's reign. The
persecution of the Puritans he barely
notices in one or two places. That of
the Catholics, whish vas 20 severe that
about two hundred persons suffered
death, besides . multitude who were
fiued, Imprisoned aud ruined 10 IN
part omits, and whore he does mention
it, falsely asserts that the capital pun:
ishments we're 70, treason. Mr.. Froude' .
history contains IN elaborate, but bot
very successful, attempt to justify the
execution OF Mary Queen Of Scots, on
the ground Of justice aud political ex.
pedieucy. I suppose intelligent readers
Of history are generally agreed con.
corning the merits snd dement's of
Mary Stuart. That she WAS privy to
the murder of her worthless hush md,
Lord Darnley, is highly probable. She
was brave and gifted woman with
many high qualities, but with strong
passions, crimes snd errors. She was
the child Of misfortune. Whatever
her crimes may have been, they were
not committed 10 England, aod Eliza
bath was not her judge. Driven from
bsr throne and kingdom by her own
subjects, she sought refuge in England,
whore she was kept priseoer BY Eliza
beth for eighteen years. and finally ex.
esutsd. That she wss involved in
plots and ssospir.cies seainst tn.
throne and lite of Elizabeth is very
p,obsbls. Bot these could never afford
.moral Qualification tor putting her to
death. He captivity wss in defiance of
The pl.in,ss principles Of iater..tiep.l
~ and natural ,eet,tuae. AN ether
means Of ott.isine her liberty fsili.e,
che hsd { sstur,l right 70 ebt.is hsr
Hb>lsy At tbs :eost; Of Elisab.th's life.
H.. Rrosds ssrsstes, In biz twelfth
vsls.e, the death Of The uafo,tuists
sQss>a Of Saott; rHs tells how. Eliss-
beth sigaed tho warrant e, her exess.
sia. and h.na.d It to Secretary David.
seu, aad then called hin. .bssk, aad il
The h'ps Of throwing the odian Of III,
I, .f I r., or some one els., snjeia.a him
to iadsss Sir An',s Paalet t. privstely
murder bis prisoner. In aarr.tipg these
facts, the bassness AMI eewardice Of
which besssr inveetivs, Mr.. Fzoude,
with cool edroptery, remarks that
"Bhzabeth's conduct vas not noble,
but it was natural and pard enable r.
Sir Amias Paulet refused to commit
murder to please Queen Elizabeth (who
would beyond = doubt have put him to
death for the same,) and the council
ordered the execution. Mary Stuart
met her fate with Christian courage
and qusenly dignity, and then, as
might be anticipated, Elizabeth went
into towering 1age. Finding, upon
consulting the judges, that seerst.ry
Davidson could rot b punished % .
traitor, ~ he hsd merely obeysd her
orders, she brought him before N ar.
bitraFy Commission and inflicted upo>
him fns Of 10000 pounds, which 70.
daesd hin 70 bsega,y. This record
Of almost ,inooussivsbls bassp,s. and
>illainy, MI. Freude relates with .
small measure of csnsursl Ate, Lin
.'opbist''sl defence, q III. judicial
murder Of tho Queen Of Scots, the his
sorian becomes more candid, aud biz 90
eosnt Of the attempted Invasion Of
England and Of the defeat of the Span.
ish Armerda, 10 one Of the best / have
read. His chief temp tation to unfair.
ness W. over. The axe had done It,
work. The hopes of that numsrou,
body ef English Catholics who cherish.