The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-23
DEPEW'S IMPRESSIONS
His Views on the Passing Pageant Of the
Queens Diamond Jubilee.
He SAW PRIDE, POWER AND ADORATlON
Sixty Years in Preparation ana over
liz sixty N}fnutes-Tsnnornn,n of
Fowcr uneq"aiet in PIistory-Eic.
toria Will occupy Il Great ArInco In
tho History Of the Century.
London, June %, 1897.

hoiiQOii, uNe 1891.
DR.. Chauncey NJ. Depew has kindly
written for the Associated Press his i'm
pressions of the Jubilee. They are as
follows:
The Diamond Jubilee procession has
passed and has left q lasting impression
LIS preparation required sixty years and
IL was over In sixty minutes. Pride,
power, ana alteration were its character
isticS. Pride in the Imperial position
or Great Britain in the world, and eXhi-
bltion OF power which inspires this ma
tlonal eNaltation and fervid loyalty in
acllon, expression, and thought for the
Queen.
"As to the pageant, it was dramatic
and historic. The Lord Mayor, in his
robes Of office, meeting the sovereign
at the city gates, recalled the early sug-
geStlon OF liberty, III the privileges won
from Kings by free cities. and the
sheriff in medieval costume escorting
the monarch within it's bailiwick gave
GLIMPSE Of the origin and recognition
Of civil rights by the throne
The monarch, escorted by princes
and guarded by the military forces of
the realms, both regulars and volun-
teers, national and colonial, evidenced
the strength and permanency Of the
monarchical system with this people
I'VE Americans glory in our country
and in Its marvellous developments in Il
hundred years, and duly assert our
selves on the Fourth OF July. The cele-
bration by the Germans of the twenty
fifth anniversary Of the Battle Of Sc
dan, and the founding Of the German
Empire, which ! saw was a wonderful
exhibition Of race and national feeling
But the concentrated and irrepressi-
bic Joy and pride which preceded, ac-
companied and followed the Queen like
g Eesistlsss , torrent r SURPASSED anYthing
T>n npa n ;o;x.
the dominant and absorbing expression
was English, and the glory was Eng
lands
The enthusiasm and shouting were
far different from those evoked by tho
triumphal procession Of a Roman con-
queror. Men and women eagerly eX-
pressed to each other, and emphasized
to foreigners. as the colonials marched
by. that they were not captives chained
to the chariot Of their conqueror, but
willing subjects. free citizens Of one
world wide empire. following their sove-
reign"
white. yellow, and black soldiers
trooped by. each accelerating and in
creasing the tidal wave OF enthusiasm.
and presenting a panorama Of poweG
unequalled in history. The seeds Of
this power were In tho American revolu-
tion. and 1t expanded into this wonder
full spectacle by the principles Of self
by the founders Of the United States
Among the American spectators
there was no jealousy nor stint OF
praise and applause. We could both
glory In the vitality and vrility Of the
mother country, and rejoice nightly
We were not marching In the procession,
but we were present as the proud equal
In all that constitutes q free people and
great nation.
1T was pleasing to note our neighbors
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 French
man and a Catholic. appealed to English
Imagination. That the descendants OF
ATontcalm and his countrymen should
vie with the children Of Wolfe and his
soldiers In their loyalty, and that Can
ada has made q beginning by favoring
Great Britain as against other nations
In her tariff have touched both the
British heart and pocket.
Making due allowance for the eXalta-
ton of the hour Victoria will occupy a
great place In the history Of the nine
teenth century. Her influence for peace
has been a momentoGS consequence to
Great Britain. Europe and civilization.
She has always been cordial in her
friendship and anxious for the loftiest
relationship with the United States Her
messages. sweet tender. and womanly,
to the widow Of Lincoln and the wife Of
the dying Garfield, gave her warm
welcome and permanent memory In
our American homes.
in estimating her influences, we must
picture what might have occurred with
4 warlike and corrupt sovereign, and
recognize In her power the accumulated
force ofsixty years OF wisdom as q ruler
and as the best example as woman, wife
and mother