The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-12-19

f0rOFSc Tie curtin anu ItIS tf1Sl -Ol
Englapd's Queen, of the money paid
from English pockets, to buy per-
iured evidence, will not speak.
L ought, perhaps, to speak of the
virtues of the Duke of York, for
he acds good. The evidence of his
goodness is clear. We built stat
ne to him, and in England we only
erect statues to good men; in fact,
there are some whose goodness is
only known by these statues. We
have erected a monument to the
Duke of York on Carlton House
terrace. THERE'S spike on the top
'of che monument. There are two
theories about that spike. The vul-
gar theory aud the scientific. The
scientific theory is that it is q light
ming conductor; the vulgar theory
that it WGs intended to file the
Dukes unpaid bills on. lTremend-
Gus applause.l incline to the sei-
entiflc theory. Laughter.l The
spike is only about six feet high,
and If 1t had been intended to file
the Duke of York's bills upon, it
never would hove answered for any
such purpose. Laughter and ap-
plause.l I pass by William the
Fourth and his obstinate resistance
aud cowardly giving way on the re-
form question. I have nothing. to
say against her present Majesty.
We only pay her SO, 100000 per an
NUN and / do not object TO that.
On"e a year she does open Pariia-
ment for us, and what more can we
expect for that. Occasionally she
pays visit to London. About
three years ago Her Majesty came
| to London to dedicate the Black
Iriars Bridge and Holborn Viaduct.
The London Daily Telegraph,
which is q journal conducted with
about the same ability as your New
York Herald, DEVOTED columns to
the subject. It reported what the
Lord Mayor said to the Queen, and
what the Queen said to the Lord
Mayor, and told how the hearty
cheers of the loyal pepulace went
up. Ii also gave the Commission
er's speech to the Queen and the
Queens reply, and again told how
the people c6eered. was delighted
that there had been so much enthus-
however, that Her Majesty was
aHdY w 1nu5OE S6StlC luSL
about an hour and a half, and devot-
ed just that much time to the cere-
mony of dedication. It was O fine
day, and as the Queen had not been
to town for some time the people
filled the streets to see her. In or
der to crafty them she galloped
her horses through the city and
spent as little time in town as pos
sible. The ceremony at the viaduct
was something like this: The Lord
Mayor who had been cautioned not
to make a speech to Her Majesty,
handed a written address to the
Hon. Austin Bruce, who handed it
to Her Majesty, who, in return,
handed her written address to Hon.
Austin Bruce, who handed it to the
Lord Mayor, The lord mayor said
nothing to the Queen, the Queen
made the same happy response, and
Her Majesty passed out to the work.
There the Commissioners, VINO had
also been warned against making q
speech, handed their address to the
Hon. Austin Bruce, who handed it
TO Her Majesty, who handed
her address TO the Hon. Aust
in Bruce, who handed it to
the Commissioners. The Com
missioners said nothing, the
Queen replied in the same way no.
body said anything to anybody, and
it was, altogether, glorious occa-
sion, over which there was the most
enthusiastic silence. Yet it is
worth several million pound year
to have the Queen pay such q visit
to the Metropolis, and / do not
complain.
But of the Prince of Wales may
say something. We pay him ESQ.,
600 year for being Prince of
Wales E63,O00 year for being
Duke of Cornwall, but we have the
benefit of HIM as military man.
Laughter. We pay his salary as
General in the army and as Colonel
of two Regiments, which he meyer
lees. At his majority he received
S6,500,000, the accommodations of the
Duchy during his minority, and
year before last we paid CT, 600 for
repairs to to the house he lives In.
We pay the Duke of Edinburg $780,
GOO for being Duke. We pay him
Gently he visited the colonies, and
W Z NOtCu u1LA $SO,EOO " OhSOtO mas
to be generous there. The colonial
papers say that although he took
the money he left the colonial COM
mittees to paw for many of the pres
ents. l have been recently reading
our blue-books, and in the portion
devoted to irrecoverable balances
from dead and ahsconding paymas-
tiers. find an item of E450 borrow
ed by the Duke from the pay-chest
of his ship and never returned.
After repeating his argument on
the legality of the Republican
movement, heretofore printed in
our columns, Mr., Bradlaugh con-
Guided by an appeal to the Ameri-
can people to aid his movements,
by making their Republic worthy
of the tradition which Otis, Adams
and Henry had handed down. He
said: Poets, painters, sculptors,
and even language itself fashioned
the Republic as q woman. ! would
have you treat the myth as a reali-
ty. In nurturing the Republic in
its youth train it as gently as you
| would the child girl your wife has
nursed upon her knees. As it
grows guard it is as free from in
jury as you would the sister born
from the same womb as yourself.
In its prime WOO it with the ardor
of a strong man to the woman
whose love he sought to win; and
when you have won it guard it as
free from spot or shame as you
would the tomb and memory of
the mother who had bore you to the
| world" TCheers.l
Does it pay to farm this valley |?