North Park union., 1900-04-06
An oeen Letter To -.
j, Queen Victoria,

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throne.and beyond sight of the glitter
Of jewels that sparkle in thy diadsm
we faela liberty in addressing thee
which We might not if we were a
subject Of thi1a. But thanks toi the
rebellious nature Of our forefathers
who severed, their relationship with
George the. Third of whom thou art a
.ineal descendant, by successful ap-
peal to arms, we have at least q fog-
anal claim to living in land Of liberty
as consequence. e,,
/. Victoria thou art Queen of England
and Empress Of India, in fact"it is
said the sun never ceases to shine on
thy possessions. Thou art, a great
ruler in name, art thou one in fact?
We have been taught that goodness
is lnseparable from greatness. Dost
thou claim both noble qualities? !?
Being queen and being great as a re-
sult hast thou the prerogatiye of a
ruler, hast thou power to say wha.
shall and what shall not be, or is thy
queenship only an empty honor?
Art tnou not the servant of thy ainbi-
tions servants Joe Chamberlain and
Lord Salisbury Is there not at least
4 suspicion that those thy great war
tlors are taking advantage of thy old
age and declining years, more inele-
ganAy called dotage. Honor bright
Victoria dost thou not also, claim In
addition to being great queen that
thou art also an exemplary christian
And as such ls it true that the queen
Of one of the greatest christian ma.
tions Oh earth delights in war, in
bloodshed, in the endless slaughter
Of other christians who arc as good or
better in sobriety, morals christianity,
and all elements of goodness as thy
christian soldiers who are standing
round the shiverfng Beers, about ten
to One to overpowef them, to crush
them, to obiiterate them, to destroy
tAem of the faee OF the earth, killing
eveii their women and children, de-
stroying their land and sll for no
other reason than that thou hast the
power 70 dictate just how Kruger
shall run his little republic and also
incidentally of course) that thy
greedy sons may have access to the
gold mines and diamond fields of
South Africa. -"
When thou enterest thy closet to
pray dost thou stop to think of the
long line Of thy soldiers who are daily
shooting down another long line of
soldiers who each night bow to the
same God to whom thou prayest9
Art thou satisfied at all this war and
ploodshed and loss of life? The
destruction OF the country and homes
and Aresides Of thine enemies-ene-
mics only, because thou hast made
them so2 Enemies, only because
they will not meekly submit 20 the
injustice of thy demands-QhI
Queen, when thou hast to give IN
account after thou shufflest of this
mortal coil-dost thou not shudder
at the thought2 Thou art speech
less, and one may think thou art also
powerless. For shame then, thy
royal state is after all only a sound;
ing brass and q tinkling cymbal.
The sceptre has departed from thine
band. Thy Queenship is a hollow
mockery, a deception, a fraud, a cum
pingly devised hypocrisy. Dost thou
ever think of ,Zenobia and the once
lovely land Of Palmyra over which
she ruled? Dost thop not envy her
the glory she carried, even as cap.
tive to Rome? Dost thou ever hope
fof the undying fame chat clusters
around the name Of that heather
queen?
Hoping thou wilt not he offended
at these plain queries I will subscribe
myself Most Royal Highness.
Your Humble Inquirer,
AFTER Truth AND JusTlcH.
P.s. Victoria: Dost thou know
2 modest, little american woman by
the name Of Maybriok, who a number
Of years ago by the judgment of one
Of thy courts was sentenced to death,
A.L