Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-07-31
AN AMERICAN cOURTIEK.

AN AWESAOAN GODNkAGn
Mr.. Phelps, our Minister to England,
holds up the Prince of Wales as an ex.
ample to youth. Speaking before Albert
Victor, the young son of the Prince, at a
reception of the latter by the Lord
Mayor of London, the Republican
c~ourtier told the boy that he could least
for him out of the stars that shine upon
him no happier horoscope than that he
should follow in his fathers footsteps"
Thus Mr.. Phelps hit two birds with
one stone. He noticed the boy and paid
the father a compliment at the same
time. That was a neat enough thing to
do, but the representative of a Republic
like ours is not engaged in very appro-
pirate business when he devotes himself
to the lattery of Princes and goes out OF
his way to address a beardless youth as
if he was a parsonage of great Importance.
We do not remember when any other
American Minister to England INDUCED
in that sort of thing in SO conspicuous a
place with SO much formality and with
SO many of the airs of q courtier.
The eldest son of the Prince of Wales,
we believe, is rather a dull boy, but so
far he is we'll behaved, and it is yet to
be seen whether he yields in manhood to
the vices of the males of his race. He is
too young for anybody to prophesy as to
his career, except that it is not likely
that he will ever sit upon the English
throne.
But did even the necessities of his
self.assumed function as a Republican
courtier justify Mr.. Phelps in telling this
blameless boy to "follow in his fathers
footsteps?"
The Prince of Wales seems to be a
good.natured fellow of moderate abilities
and much serviceable tact, but his man.
ner of life has hardly been such that he
can proftably be held up as an example
for youth. In fact, if reports are true,
he has been loose in his morals to a
quite remarkable degree, SO that decent
women have not cared to receive his at
tentions, or to be known as his frequent
associates, or as favored members of the
set with which he goes. 1t gives a
pretty woman a sinister reputation to
have her name often connected with that
of this Prince whom Mr.. Phelps 81 much
admires.
There is a suspicion abroad, too, that
the Prince Of Wales is not unfamiliar by
personal experience with the horrible
traffic which has lately been exposed in
London. The Pail Mall Gazette has not
hesitated to hint very broadly that he is
in some way mixed up in the business.
Ii that is the case, his high position
ought not to shield him from exposure.
but all the more ought he be made to
suffer for his acts. English snobbery,
however, will protect him, just as En-.
glish squeamishness about meeting the
case squarely and boldly so long saved
the ~iniquities and those who practiced
them from public Indignation. Society
served the interests of the brutal assas.
sins of woman's virtue because of it's un-
willingness to talk about the disagreeable
subject.
But whether the PRINCE of Wales is or
is not among those who have engaged in
these brutal practices, the course of bis
life has not been such that it deserves the
praise of an American Minister, or of any
right.thinking and right.feeling man.
As a c~ourtier Mr.. Phelps may succeed
to his own satisfaction, but as a repre-.
sentative Of American sentiment he is
failing badly.