Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-29

without warrant Of law The disafection
now took the form Of open rebellion The
Earl Of Devonshire. the Bishop of London,
Lord Edward Russell, Henry Sidney, the
Earl Of Dandy, George Savile, Marquis of
Halifax, and many others concerted popular
risings in various parts Of the country and
sent an invitation to William, prince of
Orange and stakeholder of the Dutch
republic, whose wife Mary was the
eldest daughter Of King James, and had
been born and bred Protestant. her
mother being English and Of that faith.
On the LIST Of November, 1858, William
embarked from Helvoetsluys with thir-
teen ships of war and about 1900 men,
hosting flag which displayed the arms Of
Nassau and England. On the 9Th Of Noveul-
Der, the anniversary Of the gunpowder plot,
he landed at Tor bay, and as ne marched to-
ward London the people, led by the noble
men, supported him almost en- masse. With
him were several Of the most noted soldiers
Of the continent, especially the Count Mar
shall Schomberg, Protestant exile from
France At Exeter William was received
with extraordinary ceremonies and there was
a service performed In the great cathedral
One by one the prominent men Of the British
army and navy went over to the sup
port Of the prince and after many changes
of plan King James, with his wife and infant
son, son Of Mary of Modena, the Catholic
second wife of the king, fed from London
and took ship for France. William, acting
on the advice Of the Wing lords, called
parliament consisting Of all who were en-
titled to sit in any Of the late parliaments;
but as this parliament was made without the
formal and legal issue Of the kings writ. it
resolved itself into q convention, which drew
UP a declaration setting forth tbs liberties Of
England and providing new securities against
the encroachments of the crown, especially
the habeas corpus, and then formally be-
slowed the crown upon William and Mary.
Then began the great division in
British politics which has continued
with various changes and notifications
to the present day--a division which
exists In all the countries where men are free
"a division between those who want more
power and those twho want more liberty
between those who think a strong central
government the best security for the coun-
try and those who are willing to trust moro
to the love of free citizens.
The famous Declaration of Rights was
drawn up by parliamentary committee and
adopted by both houses It condemned every
form Of interference with the liberty Of the
citizen not warranted by the strictest con-
struction Of law and support of a judicial
ruling; condemned the ecclesiastical commits
sion and other arbitrary methods of interfer-
ing with the English church, and condemned
standing armies Lot provided for by express
warrant Of parliament 1t denied the right
of any king to dispense with the laws or raise
money without the consent of parliament 1t
asserted the rights of petition, free cleo
ton and a pure and merciful admins
tration of justice. Il asserted the free
dom of debate ip both houses Of
parliament and declared that the prince
and princess Of Orange were king and queen
of England. The Declaration of Rights was
accepted by T g William and Queen Mary
and remains the great modern charter Of
British liberties. The American colonies
were founded with the implied promise that
the principles Of that charter extended to
them. Their forms of government were
notifications of the British system of king,
lords and commons, and from the establish
ment of tho colonial governments until the
beginning of the troubles which led to the
American revolution, the Anglo-Americans
enjoyed the liberties of Englishmen. The
liberty of Americans is but a continuation
and Improvement Of the liberties their fore
fathers enjoyed as Englishmen. So the re-
volution of 1888 has for all of us an interest
only second, If second at ell, to that which it
has to the people of Great Britain and Ire
land
The exiled king took up his residence at
the French court and long war followed,
England, Holland, Austria, Spain, Savoy
and several Of the minor German states
being leagued against France. King Will
liam and Queen Mary died without issue.
The house of Orange ceased to rule in Eng
land and the crown reverted to Anne,
younger sister of Mary, who, though often
mother, died in turn without issue, and the
British parliament was compelled to so back
to an offshoot of the Stuart line, married to
the elector palatne of Germany, to find the
nearest heir to the crown, which brought in
the Georges and the house of Brunswick and
finally Queen Victoria. J. H. BEADLE.