The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-17
THE DEAD PRINCE IMPERIAL.
Indignation OF tho English People Mt the
Wanfon Sacrifice Lord Chelmsford De-
nounced In Unmeasured Terms.

Indignation OF the English People at IL,
Wanton Sacrifice - Lord Chelmsford DE
nounced in Unmeasured Terms.
LONDON, June "a, 1879.
Shame and indignation have taken tn
place or surprise and horror regarding tn
sad death Of the Prince Imperial. Th
first thoughts in the public mind were tn
probable political consequences and sym
pathy for the widowed and now childles
Empress. But at present the feeling up
permost in the English heart is one q
shame for the blot cast upon the Englisl
army by the want of proper GUARDIANSHIP
over the young Napoleon displayed by hi
superior officers whose guest he was. bu
mostly by the ignoDle flight of his com
rade in arms, Lieutenant Carey. and tn,
other English soldiers with him. In mil
ltary circles in England nothing has fol
years, II ever, created such sense of dis
grace. The papers are filed with letter.
from army officers expressing indignation
at the conduct of their fellow officer. and
urgently demanding an impartial inyesti
gation. he is fine young fellow
wrote the Duke of Cambridge to Lord
| Chelmsford, at the time the Prince went
out to Zululand, full of spirit and pluck,
and having many old cadet friends in the
artillery he will doubtless find no difficult
tty in getting on, and if you can help him
IN any way pray do so. NY only anxiety
on his account would be that he is too
plucky and go-ahead." The Duke also
wrote that the Prince wished to serve in
the army, but the government would not
permit it.
BRITISH HOSPITALITY.
The Prince, therefore, went out as spec.
tator and a guest. III spite Of the above
warning the young Bonaparte was allow.
ed to go into the heart of the enemy's
country with neagre escort of less than
a dozen men, who, when cu.prised, all
scampered away and left their ycest and
comrade to follow on foot rs best he could.
ferhaps the soldiers whose bodies were
found by that of the Prince did die in his
defence. Later accounts will tell and
every one hopes they did, for English
honor is at stake and Lieutenant Carey
did Little for its glory. What chance
TINS was tor man to have earned the
thanks OF nation and the personal graf
itude OF the heir of the 3onapartes. not
70 speak of moro substantial rewards in
the shape of the Victoria Cross and pro-
motion. There were models of bravery
ior Lieutenant Carey, but unfortunately
tne stut OF the hero was wanting in him
Such story" writes gentleman to the
Ielcgrdph, "reddens the cheek of every
Engllshman aye, and every English
woman " with unutterable distress aud
indignation"
WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY RESTS
1t was possible for him to see service
without risk. Tie Prince would have
been the last to sanction such tender care
tio was brave to recklessness, and would
nave smarted under any more restraint
than Is customary in similar cases. He
was not serving in the army, however,
and his place should have been by the
SIDE OF the commander-in-chief or Gen
eral Newdigate, into whose care he had
been put. The .Ne,Ds, citing supposed
parallel case, says that, "If q son of Gen
eral Grant or o. Marshal MacMahor had
been allowed to be present with the
British army in South Africa under con-
ditions similar to those under which the
Prince Louis Napoleon accompanied it.
the sense of caro- and protection due to 6.
guest would have involved precisely the
same obligations toward either of them as
toward the Prince" To show YOU how
this part of the incident is regarded by
the English army, it is only necessary to
quote the end of the letter to the Stand
ard from one who says, Up to this time
we have sustained many military disas-
ters and have made many military blum
ders, but never before :his occasion have
blushed to sign myselfa British officer"
Arcther signs himself "a Much Ashamed
Englishman." The Standard, in printing
these two communications, says it does so
with pain, but that GO it is useless to con-
ceal the sense of humiliation and shame
which is felt throughout the length and
breadth of the land at the manner in
which the gallant young Prince was de-
tailed for most dangerous duty, and
was then deserted by his escort upon the
first intimation of the fact that the Zu-
lus had surprised them"
THE INCOMPETENT COMMANDER.
A proof that Lord Chelmsford never
realized the importance of the charge
committed to him is the matter-of-course
way in which his official dispatch is writ
ten. To him it was an unfortunate af-
fair" rs he described the Isandula mas.
secre, and when he meets the "braye :,
Carey and the other survivors Of this later
affair, he will probably say, "Thank you
oil very much for your very gallant -
prudence" Sir Bartle Frere and the
colonists are still less considerate. Dor
aid Currie & Co. offered to have their
steamer stop at St. Vincent in order that
the news might be telegraphed to Europe
from there instead of later from Madeira.
but the colonial government paid no at
tention to the offer. Yet another exam
pie of disregard of rropriety and good
taste Is the announcement that the festiy,
tiles connected with the return of Sir
Bartie TO Cape Town would not be inter-
rupted, because the Prince Imperial did
not hold an official position. Sir Bartle
has been, you doubtless know, making n
triumphal tour through the colony. He
was to make q grand entry into Cane
Town, and there was to be great pro-
cession and banquet. Triumphal arches
were being erected when the last mail
left, though where the cause for triumph
is nobody in England has been able to
discover. The glad music in celebration
OF the unknown triumphs of Sir BaTtle
Frere will be mingled with the requiem
of the Prince Imperial as his body is car
ried on its way to England. No wonder
British pride is wounded.
AN ARMY OFFICERS LETTER.
To give you an idea of the indignation
that prevails l may give tho letter of a
British officer to the Standard, He saws
"The report of the incidents connected
with the death of the Prince Imperial
will cause q deep sensation, not only OF
gorrow, but of shame, throughout the
British army. In the first place, it was