Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-01-22

The GrouiuH fnsaaH aHGaaalllania eua Hufdcna
erThoir roaition.
It Is a matter perhaps Of little impor-
toncc. but a. Observers interested IN so.
clnl as we'll as political history we rather
wonder how 'tho royalties, as people
begin to call them, will settle them.
selves down into European society.
Their present position Is hardly tolor.
able. Owing probably 70 somo little no
ticod change in morals and 70 q rolaxn-
tion Of the rule against morganatio do
scent being recognized. the princes of
the royal houses, tho people 70 whom
you must speak standing. AFRO becoming
numerous beyond all rrocodcnt There
are literally scores Of them, all equal b.
birth. al elaining topmost places and
oil more or less cut or from active ca
rcera They may b. soldiers slill n thoy
Ike, bot they cauuot DC statccrcn OF
ambassadors on viccroys, much less NOR
chants or captains Of industry. They are
not permitted 10 marry ont Of their
own caste, there nro no islands for them
20 conquer, and they must not take 20
the new trade Of agitation. They aro
not even allowed to marry heiresses
without trenunciations which are CALLING
70 their pride. Aud what ire they 70 do
fer a living7
Tho question Is becoming a pressing
one. for, rich as all royal houses are, OK
cept our own, no family wealth will
suffice to maintain hundreds Of families
all wanting 70 live with tho wealthy
mobiles and all deprived Of tho means Of
making money. The grand dukes Of
Russia, the archdukes Of Austria, the
princes OF our Uwn country, are bccofn-
ing clans, burdensomo 20 the stocks
from which they derive their grandeur,
and at q certain point, now BY no means
distant, that fact will DO officially rccog-
nized. There are royalties" even now,
who, IN English eyes. would be account
ed poor men, and IN the next generation
there will be royalties literally with
nothing, yet, II tho present system con-
tinues, chiefs OF society and observed,
as before this generation even kings
were not observed except at intervals
What are they to dof We can SEQ
nothing for Il except for the dynas-
ties to let them 60, to make q rulo
that royalty" shall only extend to,
say, tho tenth person from tho throne,
aud that the remainder must sink back
among the people aud win titlos or rank
OK fortune like everybody else. Their
pedigrees will help them somewhat
they spring from strong races, and they
may be, II they please, as we'll educated
as their neighbors They can help ono
another II they like. as Scotchmen aud
Jews do, and once lost in the COM
monalty the strange jealousy Of them,
which now keeps them ont Of public
life. would speedily disappear. They
could adopt names as the mobiles sons
do in business and gradually would
come to remember their podigrees only
as sources Of family prido, and, let as
hope, rs incentives to specially honor
able lives.
Wo are not joking IN the least or
writing what would be particularly
foolish satire The maintenance Of poor
relations does actually press closely
and heavily ON most royal houses, and
in tho next generation, II not in this.
will have to be met by some system ol
dropping the collaterais Tho people
will not maintain whole caste In idle
ness The roads TO activity once 80 wide
" open 20 all Of royal descent arc now
closed to them. and tho family fortunes,
great as they are. nro insufficient for q
burden which increases SO rapidly. Ad.
init that the Austrian income from
property reaches 5000, 600 a year - q
very large ndmission-and still, II 90
nrchducal houses are to be kept up oul
Of It there win not be much left for the
sovereign to spend.
The royalties Of Europe not actually
close to thrones viii, we are convinced,
within 80 years be disestablished, and
we confess to a curiosity to see the form
that painful process viii take. Win ON
children live 20 zee the princes q nobls
but unpaid caste. like tho descendants
Of Confucius. on viii they see q Haps
burg taken Into partnership b. th'
ROthschilds or q descendant Of aeorgs
III seeking sccs as q barriEter or an 0cn
listg There is royalty real one
too-whO cures peoples eyes ovon nov
suppose his son takes pay for tha
beneficial work. Seriously, the socia
privileges which accompany n descen
/ from kings must within one more gen
Grafton DO confined somehow 70 q thin
nor and straighter line London Spec
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