New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-23
MR.. DEPEVoS IMPRESSIONS.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PEOPLES TRIB-
UTE TO THE QUEEN
A DRAMATIC AND HISTORIC PACEANT-THE
SCENE PROBABLY UNPRECEDENTED
IN HISTORY.

LONDON, June 22.-Chauncey NJ. Depew mas
kindly written for the Associated Press his i'm
pressions Of the Jubilee as follows:
THE Diamond Jubilee procession has passed
and has left a lasting impression It's prepara-
ton required sixty years, and It was In
sixty minutes. Pride. power and alteration were
its characterlstics-pride in the imperial position
of Great Britain In the world; exhibition Of
power which inspires this national exaltaton;
and fervid loyalty in action, expression and
thought for the Queen.
AS to the pageant 1t dramatic and his
toric. The Lord Mayor In his robes Of office
meeting the sovereign at the city gates recalled
the early suggestions of liberty In the privileges
won from kings by free cities: and the Sheriff, in
medieval costume escoring the monarch within
his bailiwick. gave a 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 volunteers. 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 development in hundred years, and
duly assert ourselves on the Fourth Of July. The
celebration by the Germans of the twenty-hfth
anniversary Of the battle Of Sedan and the
founding OF the German Empire. which saw
was wonderful exhibition Of race and national
feeling But the concentrated and irrepressible
joy and pride which preceded, accompanied and
followed the Queen like a resstess torrent sur
passed anything witnessed before. Though
many races and many tongues participated, the
dominant and absorbing expression was English
and the glory was England's. Peers and COM
moners, masters and workmen millionaires and
the multitude, welded by tremendous
force This concentration OF loyalty from the re-
hottest corners OF the earth into wild, frantic
mass of patriotic enthusiasm had effect upon
observers which can be likened to nothing so
much as to the North and South electrified by
the first gun fired at Fort Sumter, or by the ith
Regiment marching down Broadway to the de-
| fence Of the capital.
NOT LIKE A ROMAN TRIUMPH.
THE enthusiasm and shouting were far differ
ent from those evoked by the triumphal pro-
cession Of Roman conqueror Men and women
eagerly expressed to each other and emphasized
| to foreigners as the colonals marched by, that
they were not captives chained TO the chariot OF
their conqueror but willing subjects, free citi-
| zens of our worldwide empire. following their
sovereign
white yellow and black soldiers trooped by,
each accelerating and increasing the tidal wave
| of enthusiasm, and presented a panorama or
power unequalled In history. The seeds OF this
| power were in the American Revolution and 1t
| expanded into this wonderful spectacle by the
principles of self-government so triumphantiy
| indicated By the founders Of the United states
The sovereign and the British statesmen who
believed the colonies should be governed from
London and taxed for the benefit Of the mother
country. lost for England the American colonies,
and the sovereign and statesmen. taught by our
success who have left to each settlement abso-
lutte independence and home rule, have builded
upon these foundations and strengthened by
this reunion the British federation of empire.
Among the American spectators there was no
| jealousy nor stint Of praise and applause we
could both glory in the vitality and virility or
the mother country and rejoice nightly. We
were not marching in the procession, but we
were present as the proud equals in all that con-
stitutes free people and a great Nation
1T was pleasing to note our neghbors or can
ada. They easily took the lead among the colo
malls and 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 a Catholic appealed to Engllsh
imagination. That the descendants or Mont
calm and his countrymen should vie with the
children OF Wolfe and his soldiers in their 10y
atty and that Canada has made beginning by
favoring Great Britain as against other nations
in her tariff. have touched both the British heart
and pocket.
ALTERATION THE NEAREST WORD.
I can conjure up no tribute like the popular
ovation to the Queen ever being given to
any other human being. except the re-
ception TO Washington by the people on
his way from Mount Vernon to New-York
to assume the position OF hrst PRESIDENT
of the United States Respect reverence;
love and gratitude words too tame, and
there is no intermediate expression between them
and alteration. This practical age does not wor-
ship. But, leaving out the idea OF divinity, to-
equivalent. That she deeply moved was
evident but she seemed more absorbed by the
significance Of the event than consciousness or
her past. Therein she impressed me as proud ana
happy with this grand tribute of her people,
but at the same time sharing with them the uni
versal JOY in the thought of both oppressed and
elevated that there has not been such sixty
years in recorded time that all nations have en-
loved its benefits and blessings, and none more
than our own. But for this day and place the
crowd only saw what Great Britain has gained
during her reign. and accorded praise therefor
to her Her reign has been period OF emanci-
patton in English history. The prerogatlves OF
the throne have diminished, and by her rule and
conduct its power has so increased that this
welcome came with such acclaim and unanimity
from the free people. governing themselves who
gave ii its might and majesty.
Making due allowance for the exaltation OF
the hour. Victoria will occupy great place in
the history of the nineteenth century. Her in
ffuence for peace has been of momentous con-
sequence to Great Britain. Europe and civiliza-
ton She has always been cordial In her friend
ships and anxious for the loftiest relationship
with the United States. Her messages. sweet,
tender and womanly, 10 the widow OF Lincoln
and the wife OF dying Garfield gave her warm
welcome and a permanent memory in our Ameri-
can homes In estimating her influence.
must picture what might have occurred with a
warlike or corrupt sovereign and recognize her
power of accommodating force OF sixty years OF
wisdom as a ruler and as the best example as
woman. wife and mother.