The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-05

She relied upon the gratitude of thi:
fierce people whom she had relieved Of
political evils and to whom she had re
stored privileges. She counted rightly
upon thes enthusiasm of these struS-
Cling subjects. At Presburg, where she
was crowned in conformity to the Gus
tom which required the repetition OF
the ceremony in each of the kingdoms
acknowledging one head, her beauty
and dauntless spirit completely subJu-
gated the Huns.
Artists love to paint with all the his
toric accessories the two dramatic
events of that day. The first depicts
the appeal of the sovereign, and por-
trays the young queen wearing the iron
crown, and, over her jeweled coronation
robes, the venerable tattered garb OF
st. Stephen of Hungary, in which attire
she CALAMITY rode her charger TO the top
| of Royal Mount, where she waved the
drawn saber over her head as a symbol
| of defiance to the four quarters of the
world. The second portrays the appeal
of the woman, and shows the young
| queen after the coronation, in the great
hall of the castle, whittier she had
summoned all the state orders. Clad in
/ the Hungarian mourning costume for
| her father and still wearing the ven
cradle crown and scimiter, she ascend
ed the tribune and made an impas-
J stoned address OF the people. As the
| day was warm and the cushions pad
| ding the iron crown were oppressive,
| the queen removed ii, thus unbinding
her hair, which fell in masses around
| her shoulders, greatly enhancing her
beauty. She told the deputation in
Latin that their faithfulness was her
last resource, and she ended her adj
dress by snatching up her infant son
and beseeching for him their support.
Instantly a thousand sabers leaped
! from their scabbards, and the old hall
resounded with the cry: "Moriamur
pro rege nostrO, Maria Theresa" owe
Gle for our king, Maria TheresaHD
They called her king" in order TO
avoid any dispute as to the validity of
a queens claim, The same patriotic
exultation manifested itself when the
Duke of Lorraine took the oath as CO.
regent of the kingdom.
This was no savage outburst, no mo-
mentary emotion produced by a well
arranged, picturesque tableaux. Zero
cious tribes from the far-off bounda-
ries of the empire gave immediate
practical evidence of their chivalry by
putting all their wealth and strength
at the disposal of their sovereign. To
the amaZement of France and Prussia,
Vienna was at once fortified by these
wild warriors. The Croatians swan
mouths, and, mounting upon each
others shoulders, scaled the walls. The
unexpected success of these hordes of
faithful allies forced Frederick the
Great to suggest compromise; Charles
VII died OPPORTUNITY, charging his son
to carry the war TO further; the
French, decimated by famine and star
walton, fled across the Rhine. and the
triumphant young queen celebrated the
kaxr or "a af IOr-..e
races, in which she took the reins and
with her sister, rode standing around
the course.
The timely death of Charles VII now
afforded Maria Theresa opportunity of
carrying out her lOng-cherished plan of
securing the election of her husband as
emperor. He was accordingly crowned
in 1745, and his wife, watching the GER
emory from balcony, was the first to
start the cheer, Long live the emperor.
Francis T." In acknowledgement of
this ceremony she was called thereaf-
ter the Empress Queen" Her efforts
to induce her husband to share with
her the affairs of state were, however,
quite thrown away. Francis I was too
much engrossed in pleasure and i'm
spending large sums in pursuit of the
philosophers stone to accept the OPP
portunity that his wife generously af-
head to the position of commanding
sovereign of Europe. OF their sixteen
children, Marie Antoinette, who was
guillotined in France in 1893, was most
prominent.
Maria Theresa's first, last and con-
slant. enemy was Frederick the Great
who came into his possession the year
that Charles VI died, and signalled his
accession by provoking war upon the
made
gamer in this long contest was Freder-
lex the Great, who regained Silesia as
a result OF his selfish policy. After all
this waste of blood and treasure, Louis
XIV. haughtily declaring that he treated
as prince and not as a merchant, re-
stored his conquests, thereby leaving
France and England in the same con-
dition that they began the war.
Maria Theresa, Notwithstanding the
drain of the conflict. had, through her
vigilance filled the
treasury which her father left desti-
tute of a form with a revenue exceed
ing that o., her predecessors by 5000, 0OO
During the eight peaceful years fol-
lowing the war of the Austrian sue
cession the empress turned her mind
upon the internal administration of her
Agriculture was revived:
glass, wooden and silk manufactures
were introduced; Vienna was enlarged
and beautified; public libraries were en-
lowed: the feudal system was greatly
and popular education ex-
tended by founding common schools.
home schools. observatories, unversi-
ties and colleges, among which the
Theresianum is still a tes-
lament to her foresight
Her extreme prosperity now made her |
ong to revenge the loss of Silesia, and |
thereby punish the man who had !,
stirred up all nations against her. Vow |
rg that she would sell her last shift |
rather than leave this province in the |
possession of the Prussian robber. by |
the help of her great minister. Kaunitz, |
who, for thirty years. assisted her in |
administering her realm, she formed |
IN alliance of Austria, France. Russia, |
Sweden and Poland against Prussia and |
After few brilliant victo- |
lies Frederick began to be unfortunate, |
;olacing himself in his depression by |
writing so much poetry that Macau- |
ay speaks of him as a naughty, vigil |
ant, resolute blue-stocking bearing up |
against world of arms with an ounce |
If poison in one pocket and a quire of |
BAD verses in the other 1t is quite |
probable that Maria Theresa would |
lave recovered her beloved Silesia had |
lot Elizabeth of Russia died. most op-
,ortunely for Frederick's losing cause.
Her successor. Paul III, had always |
,een a devoted admirer of the Prussian |
sovereign, so that now he not only
withdrew from the alliance, but sent |