The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-10-14

Is Prince Charming and the Far PFln
cess who are exchanging VOWS, not at
the stile by the meadow, but under the
shadow of a throne and next to the
glimmering of a jeWeIed crown. Though
all loves are in truth right royal, and
the Queen Of Beauty may be the village
maiden cOyly accepting the homage of
her bashful swain rather than the Kings
daughter whom State treaty wins for
the heir ofap empire, yet men fascinated
| 6Y the glories of courts describe with
grander figures of speech the mating of
those of royal blood. The laureate sings
the epithalamium, and too great peoples
make holiday over the event.
! Therefore It is that republicans though
we be we cannot resist the impulse to
gIorify that exalted love-making Of which
we get vague hints from Apia, the royal
seat of Ma-li-,--oa, monarch Of all the
Samoas. His Majesty has sister, the
fair Queen Safoa of the melIiauous name.
s widow, with one budding child, she
has mourned faithfully for heg deceased
spouse and kept his name in honor By
life that has not done despite to the
weeds she wears But the grief which
was fresh in her early widowhood, time
has helped to heal; and now, coateIn-
plating her lonely condition, she medi-
tates If happiness might not again shine
for her if sh e gave her hand, her heart,
her title. and her fortune to some fit sue
cessor to the partner from whom cruel
death severed her.
What has wrought this change in the
fair Safoa. so tn at the bird of love may
be agai Gagged in her gentle and royal
breast? Il IS nothing loss than the
advent of his Imperial Highness Premier
Steinberger, the Bichelieu Of the Samoan
monarch, and Boss Grants creditor for
seven hundred dollars Surrounded by
the pomp of kinsly court, the Premier
wields an imperla! power. The imagi-
nation Of woman Is always stimulated
by manly greatness, and a conquering
intellect is not less dangerous to the foes
of a monarchy than to the hearts of its
fair subjects, shines not more in the
ouucil cbamber than in the gilded sa-
looms of the palace.
But Qaeen Safoa, though awed By the
grandeur Of the Premier state, is yet in
doubt about taking Richelieu Steinber-
ger to be her royal consort, because to
her mind the symbol Of manly power is
= manly stature. The Premier Is short.
Queen Safoa likes tall men. The objec-
ton, however, Is not to our mind one
that need necessarily be fatal to the roy
al alliance. Woman often marry just
the opposite Of the men they picture in
} their fancy, and their lives are ever after
, a dream Of conjugal happiness. the
; Premier can explain 60 her that Caesar,
Alexander, Napoleon, and many other of
! the worlds greatest captains and most
: brilliant monarchs, have been short OF
! stature. Approaching the subject OF
l their alliance with courtiy discretion,
Q explaining that it viii forever bind to
{ gether the United States and the Samoan
! monarchy, gently agitating her widowed
{ heart, and bringing to bear the diploma
| cy for which he is distinguished, we
, doubt not that RichelIeu SteinbergeI
T will woo and win the lovely Safoa; and
+ with her plighted troth she viii forever
} dismiss the subject Of his short stature.
But - i'll not Boss Grants Administra-
r ton use its every effort by proper diplo-
, matte negotiation to further this aIl;ancei
! Let Don Hamilton Fsh delay net an
hour. A plenipotentiary accustomed to
D courts must be at once despatched to
, Apia with instructions to advance the
e marriage treaty. Who shall it be I
q We nominate G. Washington Chiids, 4.
a NJ, the poet Of the British nobility, and
? the Leicester Of our Losg Branch court
r He would undoubtedly conduct the del.
cate negotiations with the refinement of
T a courtier, and construct the nuptial
r treaty so as to secure the taking up Of
,. that yellow old 800 note lie should
b 20 with national fleet to Samoa, and
: High Admiral Secor Robson shouIi
himself command the imposing squadron
Seeing this tremendous array Of mari
time power Queen Safoa would forget
Ste'nberger's I've feet three, and in i'm
agination the chill Of so nightly an EN-
plre would grow in an hour TO the lofty
proper tons Of six feet one or two, a
least.
There is no question in our foreign
- policy that holds a candle to THE Thiuf
o ofItl The Unised States allied by mar
"a riags to that venerable dynasty whici
comes down from those days Of chiyaIrJ
p when the bold warrior fsasted on bis
a. captured foe Don Hamilton Fish Wi
q crown his o1fci career with the bright
p est brilliant he could gather bg c9asum
a mating The alliance between Eicheliel
Steinbercer and Queen saf5a, the fai
r. wiiow Of Samoa's royal house Thel
I for once, abandoning the funeral dirge
, the. poet lauTeate viii varbIs forth
f glowing ep.thalilaiam which wsli there
s. after be TIE song of all weddings, whetL
10 er American or samoan. UoI Tn
e. trumps1si The royal pair have race.ye
, prissdy bsusdigtioa, and Aner,ca an
20 the isles Of the s,a are iaeJ ia hi
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