The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-11


try, was never so safe, and that much
OF It's new popularity, II in part due to
an access OF imperlalistc feeling, is
also due in part to the deep personal
respect which the lady who now occu-
pies 1T has inspired. We hope the
Bishop of Peterborough did not say in
St Petersburgh on Monday, as Sir Ed
win Arnold declares he did say, that
the queens face has become almost
divine" to her subjects, for that is Ian
guage which would misbecome either
ecclesiastic or layman; but 1t is true
that the queen has slowly accreted TO
her own personality an affection indis-
tinguishable from reverence, and that.
evidences of this feeling come up at in
tervals from the most distant corners
of the world. There is no country
within which her face is on the coin
where the news of a real personal mis-
fortune to the queen, a severe carriage
accident, for example, would not be re-
ceived with culver of PAIN or where
the man who had attempted to assas-
sinate her would not be overwhelmed
by the curses Of the entire population.
There is no corner of earth within her
dominion, or one in which the English
i'els .ase 10 s-'oiNen, :" iieie va. 49, az,
Wouiu nul pe as saie as with 'Ne
"aiie VI WiiioSoi'
How much of all this can be fairly
carried to the credit of the queen? No
one will be able fully to answer that
question until, some fifty years hence,
the secret memoirs of this reign have
begun 10 pour thick and fast upon the
minds, possibly the slightly beWildered
minds, OF intending historians. IL is
one, proof among many that the queen
mas been good queen, that to this day'
When she has relgned sQsnearly Sixty
years, her MaJesty's personal secluslon
has been maintained, and she Is still TO
the mass OF her subjects, indeed prob
ably to all except three or four close
relatives and friends, something OF a
yelled figure. The veil which shrouds
our monarch would not be respected
for a week II the monarch We're PAD
either personally or politically. some
Few facts, however, may pc taken as
certain, and are indeed matters OF
common KnoWledge. The queen, at
first through her husband, afterward IN
her own strength, mas Tor the last nIty
years exercised a great influence upon
AFFAIRS, especially upon foreign politlcs,
| has accelerated or impeded the cholce
OF ministers, has been the close conn
dant of every premier, and has on eve
ry adequate occasion exerted the full
influence which must belong, be the
constitution what 1T may, TO the person
who, being armed with the imprescrip-
tible and self-derived charm or the
| throne, has the right to compel all min
listers and servants to explain to your
| Wife, your Wife has influence, ana the
queen throughout her reign has been
| at least the wife to the ministry OF the
day. Yet In all that time no one can
| point to an occasion on which the
| queen and her ministry have been IN
| collision, or in which she has done any
| act over which wise, ministers Trleved,
or in which she has in the slightest de-
gree, we Will not say FORFEITED MI a.
minished, the confidence OF her people.
Rumor, probably false IN detail, mas
| attributed to the queen many prefer
| ences for one premier over another, and
| 1t Is incredible that she has liked them
all equally, but she has invariably &C
| cepted the premier whom the nation
| expected her to choose, and the most
malignant of tale-mongers has never
accused the palace OF intriguing
against the party in power. Rumor
| again, possibly accurate this time, has
| attributed to her Majesty strong pre-
possessions as to particular measures,
| but can any one point to q measure,
even In relation to the government or
the army-alWays the sensitive place
in every sovereign's mirld-wf1ich a
ministry has definitely recommended,
and which has not been carried out?
Doubtless one or two have been de-
layed; doubtless. also, the lines OF for
eign policy have in one or two in
stances been detected, and doubtless,
ALSO the queen has occasionally vetoed
a political promotions; but then that is
not resistance, but only the influence
which the head of the permanent SER
vice of the state must necessarily exer-
else, and, indeed, when convinced,
| could hardly fail to exercise without
neglect of duty The queen, it must
not be forgotten, governs by taking
counsel, and in insisting that that
counsel should be distinct and intelligi-
bic, and should be the result of strong
conviction in the counsellor. she does
not fulfill the function which the con-
stitution, as interpreted during her
reign by succession of strong and
tnoughtful men, mas entrustea 10 tiie
throne. IL must often, IL tue queen IL
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