Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-18
Its Eject on Royalty ana Aristocracy.

chicago Herald.
Nothing could be better calculated
to stimulate the rising hostility to the
house of lords than the recent dis
closures in London. Politically and
as n governing power the lords are
already pretty well overthrown. The
effect of the present merciless arraign-
ment of many of them, as we'll as of
certain members Of the royal family,
cannot fail to intensity the popular
dislike OF the lord rs hereditary legisla-
tors and increase the growing an.
tipathy toaristocracy and even royalty
itself.
A condition of society which leaves
numerical minority in the possession
OF wealth, rank, pride and power,
free to conspire together against "the
lower orders" Is not such as the
sturdy Briton will forever submit to.
The shocking revelations recently
made show that the pastime of many
of the princes, dukes, earls and lords
Of the realm has been to destroy Dung
girls whose poverty was first OF all the
cause OF their accessibility, and whose
helplessness, where force or trickery
was resorted TO, was the rea-
son why the Infamous wrongs
committed against them were
possible OF execution. Back of
all the sin and Indebtedness which
may nave induced thousands of Young
girls deliberately to accept a life of
shame Is the fact that society az at
present organized in Great Britain
makes such vice the natural outcome
of its own inequalities. Wherever
government Ii instrumental in produc-
ing two such classes, the very rich and
the very poor, Just such results NAV be
expected. The rich and licentious
will make sport of the poor, and IL In
many cases the poor are also licentious,
what wonder Ia it?
Aristocracy in England, and ROYALTY
as we'll, are bringing forth Just such
fruit as might have been expected.
considering their source. The former
Is based on and springs from harlotry
and incest, and the latter, owing what
respectsbility 1t has to the fact that for
half century woman has occupied
the throne, needs only to reappear i'm
the male line to bring all the disgust
ing propensities OF the Hanoverians
into promiaence once more. The fact
that the abominab!e crimes of these
/ gilded wretches have been con-
cealed 80 long Ia due more to the
| DTtetutt VI WOIndn on The
throne than to any other cause. III
| Albert Edward had succeeded to the
/ crown ten years ago there would have
been no particular motive to hide the
| RIGHTEOUSNESS Of his court. English
men OF intelligence and character will
not he slow to recognize the atrocious
degradation of their ruling classes
when even the presence of a much
admired and virtuous queen on the
throne exercises no restraining infiu-
ence on the debauchees OF
her circle. Asking themselves
what will probably be the
situation OF affairs under Albert Ed
ward IL under the present sovereign
such bestiality can prevail, they Will
be apt TO see stranger reasons than
ever before for the changes In alistoc.
racy and royalty that are already fore.
shadowed.
1t would be idle to suppose that
even these scandals will lead to any
/ precipitate action on the part OF the
British people, whose conservatism
and fondness even for corrupt arts.
tocrscy are great, but that they will
have their ~ fiuence seems certain.