Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-03-25
WHO IS QUEEN OF ENGLAND3
Whole Issue OF Charles L Not Yet Ex-
hausted.

Whole Issue OF Charles L Not Yet Ex-
hausted.
In France and in Spain the legitimist
Is taken seriously. In England, ac-
c0rding to the man in the street. and
according to others in other places, the
legitimist is simply an idiot who is not
worth further consideration, says the
Nineteenth Century. Yet among Eng
nsh legitimists are many men OF
whose sanity there can be no question,
whose integrity Is beyond dispute and
whose loyalty to Queen Victoria Is un-
Improbable. What they are doing in
this galley 1t is the object OF this short
article to show.
In the fipt place. perhaps. 1t may be
suggested that the use Of the word ia
cObite" in connection with legitimism
in this country is not very happy. 1t
Is employed because of the historical
associations which appeal so strongly
to the English as nation. But it does
not necessarily imply, as is too COM
monty supposed. that the legitimists
In this country aim solely at the res
toration of the house Of Stuart. But
for the peculiar local associations of
the term "Jacobite," the legitimist in
England might with more propriety
style himself Carlist and thereby iden-
tify himself more closely with his
brother in France or Spain. The point.
which in fairness sought not to be
lost sight of, Is that the Jacobite is
simply an Enelishman, who processes
the faith of legitimism; member, it
might be otherwise expressed, Of tho
English branch Of a Catholic or uni
versal party
Social systems may and do exist
where the monarchical principle is ac-
cepted, but where the sovereign is
elected. Social systems may and do ex-
list where the principle Of primogeni-
ture Is accepted, but where the mon
archical principle is rejected altogether.
But q social system where the monarch
ical principle and the principle of pri-
nogeniture are both accepted, but
where the sovereign Is yet not the one
entitled by the laws of primogeniture
to occupy the throne. Is an anomaly
the justification of which must be
sought outside logical reason. From
this aspect the legitimist in England
appears more sane than they who call
him mad. The law of gavelkind and
the law regulating" the succession to
the throne are the only two exceptions
to the rule by which the eldest son sue
ceeds his father. and. failing issue. the
succession Is rested in the elder female
line Questions of fact only are in
volved. and fortunately these are plain
enough. BY the law of primOgeniture
the sovereign OF these realms should
be Mary the Fourth and Third, nee
Mary Theresa Henrietta Dorothea,
archduchess Of Austria-Este-M odena.
and wife of his royal highness Prince
Louis of Bavaria. OF her genealog.
ical right to the throne as representa-
tive of the senior female line Of the
royal house Of Stuart, the male line
having become extinct on the death of
the Cardinal King Henry TX, there is
no dispute. The facts are stated every
year in Whitaker's Almanack for all
who run to read The Hanoverian dy-
nasty, being derived from a daughter
Of James l., has no right to the throne
until the whole issue Of Charles l. is
exhausted. which Is not yet the case.