National Republican., 1874-05-16
A SHAHEFVL STORY.
HOW ENGLAND HoNoRED LIVING
STONE

HOW EN9LAND HONORED LIVING
| STONE.
Moncure 5. Conway, writing from London
to the Cincinnati ConsgTetal, says:
yesterday saw iotics in some paper OF
tks funeral Of nobisnan or noblewoman, IN
which It was stated that fee Queen sent &
wreath Of flowers 10 be deposited In the coffin.
The defhnct being some one of whom had not
hcarfbefore, I TOOK noDote ofthe circumstances;
but IL has been recalled TO my mirt to-day
by an sapoascemeut 10 the Timss which reads
as follows: II was stated that wrestk Of
azaleas and choice flowers had been sent
by command Of Her Majesty to deck the BIER
of DR.. Living stone. With reference 10 this stale
ment, Mr.. H. w. Bates writes to Us that the
wreath was not sent BY Her Majesty. The
mistake appears to have originated at the Of
icsof the Royal Geographical Society, proba-
bly, from the circumstances that tho Queens
florist sent the wreath. The Offering, In fact,
came from DR.. Eltschal'
"Tbe Queen Is to- be respectedIfor noe taking
credit ior thoughtfulness equal to tkat Of
her florist. But the retraction comes erBnI-
ously onthe day after the royal wreath was
bestowed on the grave of Lord or Lady No
body. 10 is lesson 70 rising England Of how
much greater It Is to be q Lord than Liviag-
stone. And along with this comes another les
country can forget that while the corpse Of
Livingstone was on It's way to these shores In.
the care of Q faithful negro, the poverty OF the
hero's family was spoken OF in Parliament, and.
the Premier was asked whether the Govern
ment meant TO defray the expenses of his iune-
raj iu Westminster Abbey; none can forget
how the Premier hes:tated and starnmered and.
talked about there being difficulties and no
precedents, and how 1t was only when goaded
by public indignation that the Government
grudginSly, and without any tribute to the ex--
plorer, resolved to pay for the funeral. Nor is
there any one in England who has not before
him or her the appeal put forth for Living
stones family by Baroness Buriett Coutts and
seven individuals-among whom no one who
sit behind Disraeli can be found-wherein it is
stated: David Livingstone supported two sis
tiers far advanced in years, one of them is in
very feeble health; but for our care they are
without the necessaries of lIe.- Two sons and
two daughters survive the parent whom Afri-
cas- cause has claimed; they, too, are left ex-
tremely badly off,
"Of course you will not be surprised learn
that last night Disraeli rose in his sweetest
vein to propose to Parliament vote of public
money. He did so indeed, and the glories of
lreroism in Africa were in his mind. But you
may be astonished to hear.that his tributes
were poured forth on the destroyers of Africans,
not on their friend. Her Majesty, it appeared,
Hau hOlseieY q OdTODttCy,
but he replied that there were two baronetcies in
the family, to both Of which he might possibly
succeed. Under those Circumstances Mr.. Disraeh
proposed, amid cheers, that sum not exceed
ing e2j 900 be granted to Her Majesty to be
issued to ST. Garnet Wolseley as an acknowl-
cdgement OF his eminent service in planning and
conducting the recent expedition to Ashantee.'
The sum was unanimously voted, aud young
England comprehends the situation-that is,
ir you want to have titles and pound sterling
showered on you don't 60 to Africa to cripple
the slave trade, but to cripple the Africans;
don't go there to save souls, but to kill bodies;
don't aim to penetrate to the sources of the
Nile in the interest of science, but go there TO
penetrate TO the chief town of some tribe and
burn 1t. This is the morning drum beat of
civilization, and am doing my little to have it
heard round the Morld.O