New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-30
THE QUEEN.
AND HER LATEST MANIFESTO TO HE
PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.

Queens messages to the Nation 1hey may not oc
State Papers, but they are authentic EXPRESSIONS
OF a feeling which for many years has had v"I
direct influence upon affairs Of State The latest
OF them issued after the recent wedding, Is as
significant rs any other. Unlike some Of the
Others il is, If not cOuntersigncd. PROMULGATED
by a Minister Of the Crown. The Home Secre'
tary is commanded by the Queen TO authorize
the publication Of the following" That is OF
itself a curious sentence. But when You have
come 10 the end Of il. all trace Of official tone
yanishes The rest of the message has in II
oven more of the woman than Of the Queen; OF
the grandmother than OF the Sovereign; and, AZ
usual, exhibits in parts royal indifference 10
the rules to which lesser people are expected 70
rive heed when they make use of the Queen :
English The Queen is in this respect little
like Sicismund.
T. might have been expected that there would
DO some criticism the Queens conception OF
the relations between herself and her people.
Her Majesty, using the majestic third person.
says:
"She knows that the peoples of her vast En-
pre are aware how truly her heart beats Tor them
in all their joys and SORROWS, and that IN the
existence of this tie between them and herself
lies the real strength Of the Empire.
There has been, as said, criticism, but not
trinc. the Queens statement is historically cor
root II Is not quite modern II belongs rather
to the days of the 1udors and the Stuarts 'hah 10
tbe end of the nineteenth century. The lawyers
Of to-day would base the strength OF the EMPIRE
on something quite different from sentimental
a.tochmcnt existing between tho peopls ana 'hc
Sovereign. and so would the Statesmen lhero
is sense in which the words are not 'r"e a.
all The strength Of the Empire is the s'rc.iS''
of its industry, its commerce, IT'S wealth. n'
and armies and the wisdom ana 'aloi VI %
people who are the Queens subjects MOI i INV
Ouaan supreme in authority over this vast realm.
1~.,..on. i eunremc The Queens title to
tho Throne depends on an Act Of Parliament as
nobody knows better than herself. III WAS al
Act Of Parliament which put the sccp're li'o
the hands of the House Of Brunswick. An A''
of Parliament may take II away ana CONFER IL
ON some other or break IT, All that anu ""c"
moro is the commonplace of law and politics in
their relation TO the Throne and to the sovereign
So ;s that growth Of Democracy by Which the
real mastery Of affairs. after having passed from
the King to the Arstocracy. and from the Arts
tocracv 10 the middle classes, has now passed from
the middle classes TO the masses. That also the
Queen knows as well rs anybody.
Rut the Queen knows also nobody settrr-hoW
10 appeal TO her people. and she has often ap-
pealed to them. as she does now. with tact an"
sagacitv. The English are race II whom the
abstract is hateful They like everything III
concrete form, and il it be personal also' 'h'N
like it better still They like also 10 resaru
the Queen from a domestic point OF view' ana
they like her to address them from 'i''
domestic point Of view. Like all roy
s,ties. she is always ready to be personal
There is sense il which esotism is royal
trait. and universal. Kings and queens. princes
and prncessps and ever the rrmoter sclons OIL
the ROYAL stock are taught from their youth up
ward to consider the Universe primarily IN l's
relations TO themselves. and themselves IN their
relation 70 the Universe: primarily and all the
time The lesser branches are apt TO consider tha'
The Universe exists for their sake. 1t has becn
s.d that tho distinction of classes in this country
a. mos. valued by the lower classes it Is they
and not the upper who resent with the gr'a'cS'
energy the effort 70 narrow the distance or'"ee'
,bemselye, and their bctters. Til" SAM thlng j
true. in measure. of the distinction he'we'h 'he
INNER classes and royalty II is true az any r"''
that the upper classes conform 10 III" soc.ai 'a"S
.r,c,ed bv the Queen and her family and house
Lola for their own benefit They il is. there
fore who encourage the egotism OF royal prison.
ages They il is who are brought into closest
contact with then. and whose Submission 70 the
rayal will in matters of etiquette Is the NnoS'
direct But if they receive the law from the
Oueen they give the law to eood many OF inc
Oueen's subjects and the Queen in her turn judges
that the mass Of her subjects will find pleasure III
that which pleases TIE distinguished minority
And she knows that nothing gives the distin-
euished minority greater delight than what call
Che personal and domestic relation.
or course she takes also broader view than
this She is one Of the wisest politicians III thc
Kingdom She made wise Use of her aillctiohS
end she now makes wise Of an occasion
for rejoicing she passes easily over the hears
NJ the lawyers and statesmen and conrtIers' an"
addresses herself directly TO the multifu'e. Inc
feeling which size expresses in words thar seen
80 artlcss Is genuine feeling. ont wh''nr III"
words are altogether ar'lrss may be doubted
Tho rcsnonse shows how accurately the Queen had
calculated: how true is her perception OF 'he
nrevai]ing state OF mind among EngShmrn ami
Cnclishwomen The very passag" which Is crit-
ciscd Is the passage which most people like best
They like 10 believe that the tie between them
selves and the Quccn is the real strength OF III"
Empire As they read that singular sentence they
fo,I-oaob man and woman fcels-as if they drew
nearer 10 the Throne They sit upon thu steps
tbev snpport IT, they are kind Of body2uard 70
Tho Oueon herself They say the most cNtraor-
binary things in public and in private. | VIII
quote one
1--WE began perhaps with admirng tho sagacny
of our Queen; we were proud oil her dighi'y an"
her power: but no sooner dld she pass through ','
shadows oY that valley which makes the whole
world kin than we learnt to give her III iaii
measure the affection that we w'r" pro"" w
think she craved. This is the reason why the
Monarchy is so firmly founded in these islands
No echo could repeat more faithfully tn" words
spoken by living voice The passage Is fouh ''''
journal which il supposed. corrccuS c"o's". u"
interpret more completely than any o'h,r ''''
CO.. and onipions of the average Englishman IN
tbo average condition OF life 1t r. not logical
but IL is practical politics II expresses fceIih'>
and opinions Of which you have to take ho'l'