New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-08-19
VOLUME Vino. ll2.
THE ROYAL pACPERS.
An English Back Pay Steal.

House OF Commons wing aims to Prlncs
Albert On his approaching marriage Ii
deeper and more wide spread than at mrs.
appeared. InyiG;ous comparisons are made
between the parsimony of his prolific mother
with her enormous savings, and the gen
ecosity with which she invites Parliament tt
tes:ow the monev of The people on her poy
II Is cruelty suggested that she ought to be
able TO start one Of her offspring out OF az
income of Sl.505.b00. The London dalllef
have little TO say about the matter, but the
leading provincial journals are unspar'ng III
their treatmen, o: the subject. 1he late
Prince Alber. is called a German sycophant,
and the name has truth enough IN II TO
stick. "Pauyer' is one Of the mild terms
a,,plied 70 the candidate for charity. The
following extracts show the state OF feeling
ia the country:
When the poor labnrer. on the Queen s
estate at Osborne humbly and respectfully
collected slight increase to their paltry
wages OF fourteen shillings weekly, they
were ruiely reDutI TED; some were dismissed,
other. cautioned Surely the time has
arrived for 'cautioning' the Queen against
perpetually toisting her sons and dauthers
on the public purse
The Queen. with her millions, and her
children all provided tor, fed. clad. aud
lodged at the public expense. asks PariIa-
ment to give her son $4,000 per annnm
instead OF .!500G and the request is ilnme-
LIately conceded.
The nation viii demand the abolition of a
monarchy which entails an extravagant
and wasteful expenditure, and IS entirely
and utterly useless.
These grants are robberies upon the peo-
pie: let Us get RID Of them, and OF all these
royal cadgers.
Ii this young man is incapable Of earning
living. let hun apply to his own parish.
and, il need lie. go into the worhhouse.
In short time we shall hear of similar
demands for Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold
and the Princess Beatrice: but before these
come let us resolve that there shall be an
end of these donations. The rule which ap.
plies to us all-Ihat we shall save IN she
days of our health and strength sufficient
for our old age and for our children-oUgEt
to be applied to royalty as well as to com.
monalty. Princes and princesses had bet
ter, therefore. take note in time that the Se-
public is behind them.
On this gran: the annua! income Of the
couple will be equa! to that Of 1868 !aborers
ard their families. With these facts and
sentiments 20 back him. no wonder the
Radical Bcadlaugh calls meeting in
Hyde Park and addresses a lette. to the
Prince. in which he says a few things like
the following:
For l60 years your family. brough. here
neither by merit nor by courage, has Esxea
fat aud numerous at the cost not alone OF
Englands money-this by itself We would
hardly grudge, although our peasants grow
wondrous lean-but, what is worse. Of
England's fame, the fame of the land OF
Cromwell. in whose laurels you have 70
share: the fame Of nation which has an
chored its ships in every corner OF the
world, not the fame OF petty race Of
plunder-seeking princes, who hired their
bodies TO any fight until the day dawned
when plunder came by the tax-gatheres 5
dredge without the risk of fighting.
After suggesting that Albert would com.
prehend his letter written in the language
of Shakespeare as the Prince does. his
thinking, "in sort of Dutch" he says:
l write moved by the memories of the
old glores Of the English race, when the
swords of its princes We're not mere darning
needles in siiken sheaths. I write spurred
by the memory Of a wise Alfred, wise
though royal. and royalty wise; who left
traces OF his grandeur through chiliad Of
history's page. And MY pen halts in dis
may at that Ernest OF Cumberland, who,
like plague-stricken leper, fouls the path
way of cur nation as he begs for more gold
from the Parliament which turns from him
in disgust. Alfred has traditions of nobility
in our muster roll, but Ernest is name ac
cursed. To you, Alfred Ernest Albert. |
offer no love, l tender no allegiance.
plead in the name Of my fellow-country.
men against the longer durance of an alien
rule.
In Parliament Mr.. P. A. TAYLOR made a
bitter speech in opposing the bill. declaring
the Queens savings out of the civil lie.
"s:ealings." Only $50 members out Of 65S
were present. and eighteen voted against
the bill.
1t looks as if the wind wouldn't have to
blow very hard TO irritate the shorn lamb,
and that the Guelph tribe might pay very
dear for their whistle.