Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-21

bridges, stretches the long thoroushfars
Of Princes street With its alley OF
shady trees on the one side, with its
hotels, club houses, and handsome shops
on the other, il 10 the nearest approach
to the Partisan boulevard We have in
Great Britain. Rising over the rest of
the city are the public buildings and
monuments aud very conspicuous are
the towers and spires ot chprchee that
seem more than sufficient fof the heeds
OF the most church.going population
in the world. Bot most
distinctly characteristic are the numer-
ous "hospitals." These hospitals are
not intended for the reception Of the
sick. but for the education Of orphans
or Of young people in needy circum.
stances. The example set by old Gsorse
Heriot, the munificent jsweler Of James
W., has been freely initiated; many OF
the buildings are OF real proportions, not
Q few are veritabls palaces, and oil sre
more or less richly endowed. The OBJ.
jects OF the different foundations are
creditable to the national good sense,
tor yonng people are trained To help
themselves; little money Is forthcom.
ing TO help them at the start. aud they
are launched on their careers with an
excellent education.
The most magnificent spectacle that
Edinburgh has ever seen was presented
in her midst last week. Since James ".
mustered on h, Borough Moor the
army he had os. ut Flodden, Edin.
burgh has made no such military dis.
play as the Scottish Volunteer Review
held on Thursday Of last week. Her
Majesty Queen Victoria on that day re.
viewed forty.two thousand Scottish Vol.
unteers in the Queens Park. That
simple statement might suffice 10 con.
vey sense OF the importance and mag.
niticence OF the military spectacle that
was presented. The city has often aiore-
time heard the clash OF arms in anger
and in sport. Armies have marched
through her streets and have encamped
near to her. Fierce struggles have taken
place at her gates. Monarchs have been
her citizens, aud they have
been surrounded by all the
pride, pomp, and circumstance
OF glorious war" But never at any tim.
was monarch more warmly welcomed
than she who came from Windsor t,S
tie last week; never had monarr 4
brighter or braver surrounding; n Il
never was the tramp Of armed mrn
heard with less fear and more pleasure.
No sovereign in the world, save Queen
Victoria, could look on such n sight
least in his own land That grrs, army
was the product OF no conscrip;ion. -.
no system of forced military service. IL
WAS the upgrowth OF real IA r,oli,n A.,
ing by itself for great and worthy cndy.
Not many weeks ago the Queen had sim.
liar homage paid TO her in England.
She saw there how citizen soldiers could
be trained, or could train themselves,
for the defence OF their county, and
how ready they were 10 stand forward
in such a cause. Scotland tells her. ia
even more emphatic tones, the same
thing; and makes OF great military
spectacle, grand moral and national
lesson.
II the review was instructive in a mil
Itary and patriotic sense, II was not less
interesting ~ a spectacle. There arc not
many places in the world in which re-.
views Of troops are likely 10 he held that
ran compare with the Queens Park ni
the park hundreds oil thou
sands OF spectators found place whence
they could see all that passed. From
the grand stand, which contained the
royalty and many OF the noble families
of England and Scotland, not only the
march past but the hillsides could bs
seen; and surely the one was scarcely
less wonderful than tho other.
To the least thoughtful j,
must have been given 10 see
how strong a lesson on the causes OF
British greatness was taught by the Re.
view and It's surroundings. The centre
was the Sovereign, strong in the patri.
otic devotion OF her people, and In tho
freedom OF the constitution Of which she
is the head. How that constitution has
become what it is, how with the English
people
Freedom broadcns slowly down
From precedent 81 precedent,
was amply shown by all that came within
eye.shot. Close by were the gray
walls Of Holyrood and the ruins of its
chapel. Within the Palace there have
been courtly pagsants, fierce struggles,
and the crimes which come OF unbr.jled
and the rule Of the strong
hand. Then liberty was for him who
could keep ii, and security the posses.
sion only Of might. Little by little the
turbulence has been tanned and the gov
ernment improved. Freedom has grown
as the strong hand has been curbed; and
now a monarch can enter Holyrood Pal.
ACC with no haunting sense OF fear, or
with any other feeling than that of con
fidence in the loyalty OF ali who are in
or about it's weathered walls. The ruins
OF the chapel tell Of a religion which had
nothing in common with the genius Df
an industrious, sslf-reliant people.
thinking for themselves, ard animated
by Q stern hatred Of tyranny. In close
contiguity 10 these reminders OF the
past, the onlooker found all the eyi-
dences OF industrial progress and OF
wealth, the product of better times and
better rule. The old civilization and tho
new met on common grounds and mark.
ed with sharp lines the growth Of centn.
ries. The old order changing, giving
place 10 new, has brought peace. pros
perity. confidence and comfort. III there
could have been any doubt OF this, II
must have been removed by the sight
OF the welLdressed, happy people crowd.
ing the Park, who found in the Sover-
eign ruler TO admire and love, and who
saw no cause Of fear in the armed host
gathered below them. The soldiers
we're Of them, not against them. They
were their fathers, or husbands, or broth.
ers, in arms by their own will, not for
the suppression Of liberty, bat for its
more certain maintenance. II was q
proof OF the greatness OF Great Britain
and guarantee that this greatness Will
not be Iessened for want Of strenuous
and willing effort. Such spectacle. With
such teachings, will not be soon forgot.
Ten. Scotland has reason 10 be proud
that she has produced IL; Eiinburg has
still greater reason TO be proud that she
has been the scene whore IL has been
presented. J. y. b.
Presidsut Osrheld's Sons