The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-12
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Third Lecture ny Dr. LOrus
The largest audience of the course assem-
bled on the occasion of the delivery of the
third lecture by DR.. Lord. The subject
was "Queen Elizabeth" and the lecture
was the best of the course thus far. 1t
dwelt more with argument and interesting
contrasts than is usually the case with a
strictly historical lecture. Facts concern
ing the lives in history can be read any
where and need not be proclaimed upon
the platform, but to mako the subject full
of interest another line of discourse must
be adopted.
The speaker opened his remarks by an
nouncing that he should deal with his sub
ject as a queen and not as woman. She
was then considered in brief as one of the
greatest benefactors of the world. She
was the second daughter OF Henry the
eighth, born in 1923 Her infancy was
passed amid the pomp and splendor of
court life as the heir apparent to the
throne. Her mother was executed for
crimes against her husband and the state.
Elizabeths birth was then pronounced ille-
Ultimate. She was afterwards educated as
a princess should he and was considered
wonderfully precocious; was well read in
history and politics which the novels of
our day prevent our ladies from acquiring.
She grew up as Protestant experienced
no perils but those of the heart. These
she had the good fortune to escape.
When twenty-five she assumed the title
of Queen, and from her reign much was
expected. She loved influence and power
and desired the good opinion of others.
Above all she was patriotic in effectually
developing the resources of the country
and preventing war Yet the nation was
far from prosperous when she assumed the
reigns of government. 1t needed strong
hand, q stout heart and wise head to
stand at the helm. Elizabeth must be
judged by her age and not by ours. Per-
haps the greatest services she accomplished
was in successfully establishing Protestant
ism. 1t is to be regretted that Elizabeth
was so severe on those who differed from
her. But she excited to no wholesale
massacres or sought TO eXterminate the
CltLo,ics
The speaker eulogized the reign of Queen
Elizabeth in the highest terms. Her devo-
ton to the enterprises Of the country, TO
commerce, manufactures, agriculture, the
making of labor respectable ii not honora-
BILE, an increase in population of from four
millions to six millions, the payment of the
national debt. Her reign was also marked
by other Improvements monopoies were
not SO dominant as now, and not used to
coerce judges and legislatures; no criminal
was allowed to go free OF to purchase his
! freedom with the wealth he had stolen.
| She hated war and never sought
identical with that of the people
of her realm. She ruled for the people as
did Henry, the Third, and Philip, the
Great. She based her authority on the af-
fec,ions of the people, and although she
was known to swear in private she ever
disguised her resentment in public. 1t is
not just to stigmatize her reign as des-
potic, for she did not encroach on the con.
stitution or abuse her great prer0gative.
She kept no standing army nor could she
tax the people except through parliament.
She might have been tyrant had she been
man, but she understood the limits of heI
power
The only unjustifiable act of her reign
was the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
This was considered by the speaker as crue
and repulsive. Her private life was made
the theme of gossip, but nothing positive
was known as to its impurity. She was be
lieved by the speaker to be "strong- mind
ed woman" at the worst. She must bt
acknowledged as one OF Englands creates
sovereigns, and the more we study her lif,
the more we must reverence her for he
great services.