The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-04-21

East and moves IN westerly course
It is the law OF universal progress, and
| the closer you look into it the more in
variable you will find it to be. Action,
human action, follows the suns path
inevitably, aud the maxima of human
energies rise and fall ii. their cylical arcs
along the same paths, AMI just as the
maxima of temperature rise and fall in
their diurnal arcs. wish you to note
this law; / discovered it early; I have
pondered on it deeply, and presently
i you will see the application of it.
"Yon, Sir Moses, like myself, have,
near kin and dear ties in Portugal. We
love that valiant little kingdom, and
rejoice in its brave deeds. Do you
know what / consider to be, by long
odds, the most heroic and most dra-
matte event in modern history? It
occurred on the 27th-2Bth of Novem-
baf, 1907 the scene was Lisbon: the
spot, that very point from which Vasco
de Cana embarked three centuries be-
fore to discover new realm in the
East. Jinot, with his legions, was
| within a days march of Lisbon: all re-
| sistance was broken; the Prince Regent
had disbanded his armies, but his
| naughty Braganza blood would not let
him submit to the control Of an inva-
der. Portugal was ptostrate, but the
Portuguese Umpire still existed. The
fleet, badly equipped, was brought into
the roads, aud hastily, in storm, rain
and darkness, the Regent, his family
and entire household, embarked, trusted
their future to the treacherous sea, and
sailed away to Brazil. A heroic act,
but note the prudence and the sagacity
of it. That is where the genius to con
| troll events SO far outrnns precedent and
cold calculation. Portugal was pre-
served, rescued, rehabiiitated through
that heroic embarkation. It the Re
gent had stayed, not only the House of
/ Braganza but tie Kingdom of Portu-
gal also would have been extinguished.
These are the strokes which show the
force and relevancy of genius in states
| manship. There is an inspiration III
politics as in all things else, and in
perllons times genius must work.so the
rescue of the State.
Now come to my dream. / from
| the first was resolved to be somebody,
and would not be only solicitor nor
barrister. Yet | did not think of poll
| tics, for / had no notion that / could
| speak, CT even If [ could succeed in
doing that, that career was open for
me in the line OF politics. But one
night, after my first successes as nov
elist, and when [ was good deal
| sought after, and pretty well tagged out
| with society's demands, went home.
late, went to bed tired, and had
dream.
81 dreamed that was Prime Minis
ter OF England, in time of oyerwhelin-
ing disaster. I dreamed that another
great conqueror like Napoleon had
arisen, had overrun Europe, had de-
feated our fleets, lad invaded England,
and destroyed our armies. London
was in his hands, his army was adyanc-
ing in three columns towards the west.
his fleet held the English channel, and
was sailing towards st. Georges chan
mel. The Queen was at Edinburgh,
and we still had an army at Derby, a.
fleet in the Irish seas, and an immense
body OF unarmed vessels in harbor from
the Mersey to the Clyde. I fastened
to Liverpool and ordered the instant
@lII PiACl4b vi eAE& 6tlCGC
| vessels. Then rushed to the Queen
Madam said !, 'I have the honor to
announce to you that England, Scot
land, Ireland, Wales, will certainly be
overrun and prostrated by tile invader,
but the British Empire still survives.
Yoa must save the empire-you alone
can do it, slow can I save my King
dom, Mr.. Disraeli? p the Queen asked.
81 hope you have no unworthy PROPOSE
tion-but no-yon know how venera-
BILE the crown wear is Madam
/ replied, & did not say save Your
kingdom, for that is lost already. Il
said save your empire A fleet awaits
you, an escort is ready; there is yet
time. Go to India, and rearing your
standard there, bid defiance to the
world !! Tier Maiesty's eyes kindled.
Let steps be instantly taken TO forward
our embarkation. We will sail at
once
81 dreamed that we did so embark,
and though pursued and harassed made
good our voyage around the Cape of
Good Hope to India. dreamed that
there we consolidated great empire
and defed the conqueror's utmost eft
forts. We built fleet that drove his
vessels from the Indian seas; we drilled
and gave life to q great army; we
formed alliances with the swarming
Mongnl tribes and procured their CO
operation. The british Empire in
Calcutta was greater than the British
Empire in London had ever dreamed OF
being; so great, in fact, that the con-
queror had to come from Europe and
attempt to destroy us or be destroyed
himself He marched upon our FROM
tiers, already extended far into Persia,
and we marched to meet MIN. Tt was
Asia once mere advancing westward to
the conqaest of Europe coming east
ward. There was battle. the might
lest ever fought, somewhere upon the
line OF the Euphrates. We conquered,
and forty days later the Queens stand
ard waved over the minarets. and
domes Of Constantinople. She was
Empress of the Eastern Hemisphere.
81 This was NV drnasf, Sirr NIs,cau II