The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-30
A FAVOR TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.

TO be cleansed."
A FAVOR TO BE GRATEFUL FOR
AS a people duly grateful for any bone
a crowned head may oeign to throw TO
us, Americans VIII so down in the drst
and thank Queen Victoria for raising
her mission to Washington from that OF
envoy TO that Of ambassador. The envoy,
as Vattel puts it, lis not invested with
the representative character, properly So
called. or in the first degree. He is
minister Of the second rank, on whom
his master was willing to confer degree
of dignity and respectfully, which, with
out being on a level with the character
Of an ambassador, Immediately follows
IT. ana yields the pre-eminencc to it alone"
But. says Blackstone, the ambassador
represents the person of his master.
and therefore. owes no subsection to any
laws but those Of his own country"
I'm former days" says Vattel people
were scarcely acquainted with more than
one order of public ministers. in Latin
termed legati But when courts were be-
come more proud, and at the same time,
more punctilious in the article Of cere-
mony and especially when they had in
troduced the idea of extending the min
listers representation even to that Of
his masters dignity, it was thought expe-
dent 10 employ commissioners Of less
exalted rank on certain occasions" And
so ii came about that when a crowned
heads person and sacredness was to be
| represented an ambassador was sent out.
But when some paltry fellows Ike Ameri-
can merchants and agriculturists were TO
be dealt with. the sacred person must, Of
course, send a representation of lesser
degree. The Amounted have. until this
action of Queen Victoria, thought us be-
meath that plane entitled TO a view of
the awful splendor of majesty. But now,
either because our aesthetic texture has
improved, or because trade with us seems
TO be getting more profitable, Her Majesty
has seen fit to certify to the world that
we have risen in responsibility to
point that entities us to having her dwell
vicariously always amongst us. that clod-
hoppers shall not all perish frolh the
face Of the earth, having had no glimpse
Of that for which the provincial soul
Graves.
OF course, the first influence Of this
mighty change will be felt in that alts-
tocratic and highly polished and exclu-
| sive society at Washington city. princi-
pally made up of the highly-bred noble
men from Chicagos meat markets. If
gourd grows in a patch Of melons, each
melon will receive a Part of the gourd's
flavor, which each melon will be able 10
impart to other melons
Her Majesty's personal representative
having been in direct touch with Her
Majesty, has, Of course, received. and
will in like manner be able TO transmit
tlncture of the essence Of sovereign
aristocracy TO our republican meat-pack-
ing aristocrats who may have the good
fortune to come within his sacred sphere
We may. therefore, look for notable
changes in that social elysium at Wash
ington when the royal elixir has got into
fun circulation through American, but
aristocratic 0tat is. la Chicago, veins
Upon the Whole, few things have hap
pened in our history which so well en-
title us to pass to our own account a
vote Of our own thanks We are posi-
lively rising in the scale of responsibility,
and some American nabob, If he is lucky
enough TO hail from Chicago, may even
yet secure an entrance to an English no
bleman's kitchen, if the pork crop hap
pens to hit.
But no blessing is VI alleged. We must
not suppose that common people like us
are to receive nod Of this sort and pay
no price therefor. AS the person Of one
of the Amounted is sacred, so is that of
lis representative. Since we have
amongst us the representative of Her
Majestys person end awful dignity, we
must remind ourselves that his person
is as sacred and his dignity as awful as
that OF the august sovereign whom he
represents. That is the penalty, which,
~ the law of nature, we pay for the
boon
In Queen Anncs 'imc. the ambassador
OF Russia's autocrat. Peter the Great.
bought clothes from London tailor that
he proposed TO pay for by the honor the
tailor had received from making the sale. |
Not viewing 1t in this light. the tailor
had him arrested while passing through |
the streets Of London in his official |
coach. Peter resented the affront to him |
self, and demanded of Queen Anne that the |
sheriff making the arrest and all others |
concerned in ii should be punished with |
instant death, which demand the Queen |
was obliged to reply to by informing |
Peter that England's laws would not per-
NIT her to comply with what he de-
manded. A bill was passed through Par
lament. however. providing punishment
for such as should commit n like offense /
in the future and. as Blackstone in
forms US, with copy of this act. ele-
gantly engrossed and Illuminated, accom-
panied by a letter from the Queen, an
ambassador extraordinary was commits
stoned TO appear at Moscow, who de.
clared that though Her Majesty could
rot ts.fll.