The Meeker herald., 1897-06-26
Depew's Impressions

Chauncey Depew gave his impEps-i
sions of the diamond jubilee to the As.
sociated Press as follows:
1.-The diamond jubilee procession hasi
passed and has left lasting impression.
Its preparation required GO years and 1T
was over in 60 minutes. Pride, power
and alteration were its characteristics :.
Pride in the imperial position of Great
Britain in the world, and exhibition of
power which inspires this national
exultation and fervid loyalty in action,
expression and thought for the queen.
LAS to the pageant, it was dram2afc
and historic. The lord mayor. in his
robes of office, meeting the sovereign at
the city gates. recalled the early sugges-
tion of liberty in the privileges won
from kings by free cities, and the sheriff
in medieval costume and escorting the
monarch within his bailiwick, gave
glimpse of the origin and recognition pf
civil rights by the throne.
1.-The monarch, escorted by princes
and guarded by the military forces Of
the realms, both regulars and volunteers,
national and colonial, evidenced the
strength and permanency of the mon
archial system with this people.
1--WE, Americans, glory in our country
and in its marvellous Developments in
hundred years, and duly assert our
selves on the Fourth of July. The
celebration by the Germans Oh the 25th
anniversary of the battle of Sedan and
the founding Of the German empire,
is a wonderful exhibition of race and
national feelings.
But the concentrated and irrepressible
JOY and pride which preceded, accompa-
MED and followed the queen like a
resistless torrent, surpassed ANYTHING
ever witnessed before. Though many
races and nations participated. the
dominant and observing expression was
English, and the glory was England's.
Peers and commoners, masters and
workmen, miIlionaires and the multi
tudes, were welded by a tremendous
force.
1.-The enthusiasm and shouting were
-rar uInerenu from rnuse evoked by tue
triumphal procession of a Roman
conqueror. Men and women eagerly
expressed to each other, and emphasized
to foreigners as the colonials marched
by, that they were not captives chained
to the chariot of the conqueror, but
willing subjects, free citizens of ose
worldwide empire, following tlielr
sovereign.
"White, yellow and black soldiers
trooped by and increasing the tidal wave
ofenthusiasm and presenting a panorama
of power unequalled in history. The
seeds of this power were on the Ameri-
can revolution. and it expanded into
this wonderful spectacle by the princi-
pie of self-government so triumphantly
vindicated by the founders of the United
States. The sovereign and the British
statesmen, who believed the colonies
should be governed from London and
country, lost for England the American
colonies, and the sovereign and states
men, taught by our success, who have
left to each settlement absolute indie
pendence and home rule, have builded
upon these foundations and vastly
strengthened by that reunion, the
British federation of empire.
Among the Americans spectators
there was no jealousy nor stint of praise
and applause. We could both glory in
the vitality and virility of the mother
CouuIit huu LCJoiCC LuikuIlly. WC Weie
not marching in the procession, but we
werefpresent as the proud equal in all
that constitutes a free people and
great nation.
ut was pleasing to note our neigh
bors Of Canada. They easily took the
lead among the cOlonials. The fact
that the Province of Quebec was in
rebellion when Victoria came to the
throne and that her premier, now here
is Frenchman and q Catholic. appealed
to English imagination. That the
descendants of Montcalm and his
countrymen should vie with the children
of Wolfe and his soldiers in their loyalty
and that Canada has made a beginning
by favoring Great Britain as against