The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10
MORE FLUNKETISM.
MAKING A SAINT OF CHARLES 1, so AS
TO ADORE MONARCHY.

| MAKING A SAINT OF CHAR LES l. so AS
TO ADORE MONARCHY.
We read in Chicago paper:
Philadelphia, Jan. 2s.-To-morrow
at the Church of the Evangclsts in
| this city is to be celebrated the feast
| Of a royal saint-King Charles l, Of
England. whose memory is dear to
tue hearts Of Episcopalians. The cele-
| Dration will occasion widespread in
| tereSt and comment among Chris
| tians Of all denominations in the
| United States This will be its gener-
al interest. Its particular interes is
will be in the unwilling OF copy by
| Oswald Fieuss Of the historic Van
Dyck portrait of the king that is pre-
served in Windsor Castle. The pos
session Of this painting will go far to-
| ward making the Church of the Evan
| among EpiScopalians. The services of
the unve ling will be participated in
by. many Of the leading Episcopalians
| Of the country. 1t will be the first
time that the memory of the English
king will have been SO honored in the
United States. Owing to this fact
and to the manner in which the por-
| trait was obtained, and like wise to the
| peculiar story and strange death Of
the unfortunate ruler, the affair at
the Evangelists will be one of the
most remarkable religious observ-
anccs in the history of the American
church.
Bishop Perry will look only upon the
| religious character OF the king. That
monarch has furnis he'd a theme for
many writer. No royal person, save
Queen Mary OF Scotland has ever been
70 nf |, RI nj int,
he has been. Denounced as tyrant
by some, he has been praised as a
martyr by others. That he was the
bulwark Of the episcopacy at time
when the sight OF its bishops was Suf.
ficient to precipitate riot in Lond on
streets, is sufficient to make his mem
ory beloved by the heritors OF that
faith. And for this very reason his
memory has been eXecrated by those
Of different religious convictions. The
verdict Of many political writer's on
history, who look with unmoved feel
ing on religious matters, has been
| against him both as king and person.
Others Of the same sort have defend
ed him. English liberty. waxing, and
demanding more and more power for
the people and more restriction Of the
monarchy, was matched against
right" of kings and the people tri-
IMPLIED. The Commissions Of his reign
had to end in death for one or the
other-death for the king or death for
that liberty that was then expanding
with such irresistible force. The king
lost his crown and his life.
1t is very significant that the move
ment to defy king, who had his USE
less head chopped of. because he tried
to establish an absolute despotism in
England, comes right after the tri-
umph Of tue Plutocracy in the last
election. A thousand evidences
multiply that there is a world wide
conspiracy on foot to destroy libe rty
on this continent. Our rich mems
daughters marry princes; our snob
| ambassadors crouch before royalty;
the northeastern part Of the republic
lies bound, hand and foot, speechless
and senseless, in the chains of the
money-power; the whole region, east
OF the Alleghancs, is today more
European than Americans; we have re-
fused to legislate, on free-silv yer, with
! out the permission of England; we
are to have the most royal spectacle,
at the inaug uration Of Mckinley ever
known in our land; and that too in
the midst Of universal poverty and
bankruptcy. And now, to emphasiz.
still more clearly, the trend and ten
! dency Of the thoughts of arts tocracy.
comes this proposition to raise to saint
ship the profligate and corrupt son OF
a man given to beastly and animal
practices; and who consented that
Queen Elizabeth might decapitate hi,
mother. Mary Queen Of Scots.
Charles I would not have been exc :