Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-10-07

and the new made noble was a Ddrren,,
to his entitled brethren. The roval
source of honor was not a sufficient
guarantee. Generation of idlencsS and
usclessness, usually accompanied b,
dcbauchery and extravaganza, can
however, convert a parrenu family
into 4 truly noble one!
Yet we are proud to know that a
large number OF England's most
honored families is derived from tn,
humble ranks of industry, and from
the trading classes. The ancestors OF
Lord Foley and OF the Earl of Dudley
were poor Statlordshirc nail-makers
those OF Lord Leigh, the Earl of North
brook, Earl Fitzwilliam, and the
Duke of Leeds, were city merchants
to say nothing OF many others. Sin
}. Bernard Burke, in his Vicissitudes
OF Families" says, The present House
OF Lords cannot claim among its mem
bers single male descendant of any
one of the Barons who were chosen to
enforce Magma Charta, or of any one
of the Peers who are known to have
fought ut Agincourt."
Not one-fourteenth of the peerages
that had been created up to 1915
exist to day, notwithstanding, the
Peerage of England is, as Disraeli said,
"the finest in Europe" No greater
tribute of prase was ever paid to it
than by Rousseau-revolution and
democrat as he was-whcre he says in
Nouvelle Heloise," "If you know
the English nobility, you must be
aware that it is the most enlightened
the best taught, the wisest, and the
bravest in Europe. This being so, it
is unnecessary to inquire if it be the
most ancient, for, in speaking of what
it is, no question arises OF what it has
been. The peers of England are
certainly not the slaves of the princes
but his friends; not the tyrants OF the
people, but its chiefs, its guarantees
of liberty, sustainers of their country,
and supporters of the throne, they
form an invincible equilibrium be.
tween the people and the sovereign.
Their first duty is to the nation, their
second to him who governs it; it is
not his will but his right that they
consult; supreme administrators of
the laws in the House of Lords, and
sometimes law makers, they render
justice equally to the people and the
crown, and they allow no one to say
God and my sword but only God
and my right"
Were it not that law, politics,
and trade are constantly recruiting
the Peers with new blood, they would
dwindle into insignifcance, for no
family, plebian, noble, or royal, can
escape the vicissitudes of time. As
Lord Chief Justice, Sir Andrew
Crewe, in his splendid charge, said of
the De Veres: "Time hath its revO.
tions; there must be period and an
end to all things temporal--fnis rerum
An end of names and dignities and
whatsoever is terrene, and why not of
DeVere? For where is Bohun? Where
is Mobray? Where is Mortimer? Nay,
which is more and most OF all, where
is Plantagenet? They are entombed
in the urns and scpulchres of NOR
tality! And yet let the name and
dignity OF De We're stand so long as it
pleaseth God"
Extravaganza, gambling, racing,
and betting, are the means by which
old families are brought low. Idle
ness and profiigacy extinguish them.
1t is just, then, that those who have
risen by their industry, ability and
moral superiority, should take their
places in the councils and hOnors of
the country.
For labor restores, renews, and re-
creates, and is therefore God-like The
raw material, neglected it may be for
ages, is woven or hammered or other
wise manufactured into things of
beauty or utility, whereby the toiling
millions provide for themselves and
benefit the world. The trader, ex-
changing the products of one part for
those OF another, or supplying the
daily needs of the people, also thrives
by rendering service to others. He
cheapens the nccessaries of life, and
brings its luxuries within the reach of
all. He opposes war and diffnses the
bounties of peace. Surely both labor
and trade are noble callings provided
they be well and honestly followed.
When King Prempeh, of Coomassie,
was told by the war correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph that he was
neither a warrior nor a carrier, the
captive monarch insisted that in that
case he must be great fetish maker,
and implored the correspondent to
write him out one. Eventually he
wrote as much as he could remember
of the lines beginning MARY had
little lamb" and the King wears the
words around his neck as po-
tent preventive against evil. Those
amongst us who neither fight nor
work have succeeded well as makers of
fetish. manufacturers OF social fall
lacies to be worn on the hearts of the
people. One of these is that it is