The Sunday globe., 1901-06-09
THE GUELPHS.
The Royal Family Of England and
Their History.
A :VILE AND INFAMOUS RECORD
The Late Widow GetIn. so Highly EuIOgiled
BY The Toady Press Of this and Other Cities.
Mr. Morrison Davidson is not an EuIogIst
but Like The Sunday Globe He States Facts
An Interesting Historical Sketch.

An Interesting Historical Sketch
Il is one of the maryels of the age
that the English people should con
tinue to contribute millions Of their
wealth every year to maintain in idle
ness and luxury one of the most de-
generate families on earth, Royalty,
as represented 10y the Guelphs, is
costly. nasty, beastly thing, that ought
to be blotted off the earth in the inter
est of common decency; and yet there
are Americans SO devoid Of honest
pride and patriotism that their most
cherished ambition is to be permitted
to cringe, like NANCY ours, at the foot
of the British throne. For the Englsh-
man who bows before King Edward as
though he were a holy thing, there
may be the shadow Of an excuse, since
such an one has been taught to reYer-
epce the crown. but for our royal
blood-lickers, of whom William wal
dorf Astor is a particularly bright spe-
Cimen. no apology can be ouereu' Inc!
demean themselves without reason,
and are beneath the contempt OF every
right.miuded American citizen, IN
happy contrast to- the conduct or such
Yankee sycophauts, however, is that or
numerous native subjects of Great
Britain who refuse to deOase their
manhood by worshipping at the shrine
of British royalty. and who do not hes
itate TO make direct alluslOn TO the
rotten record of the reigning family,
and who. furthermore denounce In un-
measured terms the folly Of contrib
uting to- the support of its wormess
members. As a sample of this out
spoken manhood we invite the atten-
tjon of the readers of the Sunday Globe
TO the subioined article written by
Morrison Davidson. for the purpose or
George the First was reckoned vie
Viler still was George the second
And what mortal ever heard
ANY good of George the Third
When to earth the Fourth descended,
Heaven be praised the Georges ended.
Walter Savage Laudor.
1 had intended this week to head
my column Ned Victim Wages, DuJ
as the parliamentary committee lsit'
ting. of course, with closed DOORS has
not at the moment of writing told us
to what tune We are TO be leeced Ioi
the support of royalty in the new
reign. 1 am unable TO discuss the actual
civil List details. But Of one thlng
] feel very certain in spite OF the
cleyerest conjuring tricks that can be
effected with figures, the total amount
I.. much fuUHT 900 uHI
annum. A single family of worse than |
useless TeutOnic Outlanders making
away with a million per annum IN |
teeth OF the apostolic injunction which |
forbids those who Will not work pro !
ductively to eat, le gods, think OF IT, !
And such a family. Why it is ques'
uonable if there exists in .ue British |
Isles another with a more disreputaDle |
record until Victoria asceuded the |
throne.
The Stuarts had their failings, of |
course, but those often leaned to ylr.
tues side For one thing, they were |
very open-handed often. indeed, Civ
ing away things that did not belong to |
them. In this respect they were en-
Uirely unlike the Guelphs, who, from |
first TO last, have VIGOROUSLY believed
in no other gospel except that Of Grab. |
Another good trait Of the Stuarts, |
at any rate while their headquarters
was at Holyrood was their uniform ac- |
cessibility to the very meanest of their |
subjects. They could take OFF their |
royalty like a glove and draw it on
again at pleasure They moreover,
had the extraordinary gift of never
forgetting a face once seen, which is
said to be the rarest of all royal ac.
romplishments.
Two Of the Jameses, James | and
James V, were poets of genuine merit /
and some of the "pawkiest' songs in
Lowland and Scots, still sung in coun.
try districts. are correctly ! believeD
ascribed to the latter James. the father
of Mary Stuart Even the decapitated
Charles Stuart-Charles Cromwell,
a most competent Judge. credited with
great parts and great understanding.
It is certain he had an exquisite taste
in art and even his father The British
solomon had a genuine love Of learn.
ing and letters But i'm what was ever
any scion of the House of Brunswick
great but I'm grab2 7 have searched
the records Of the Hauoyarian crew
from the accession of George ], iu lIlA
10 the present hour. and I can honestly
say that ] have not been able to dis.
cover one single royal act Of any one
of honest benefit to the nation whatso-
ever but scores on scores TO its detri-
ment
TuE GEORGES.
George T.. first of the ignoble
Guelphs. was the son of one Sophia Of
Hanover, granddaughter of the said
British Solomon James ] of Eng
land. This man. the original wee,
wee German lairdie parliament raised
20 the throne, not merely 10 the eXclu
sion of the direct line but OF the elder
children Of Sophia's mother. Elizabeth,
who lacked the true Protestant So
uhiau brand To-day the Legiumist
Sovereign of Great Britain is, of
course Queen Mary of Bavaria, who
traces descent through a daughter Of
Charles J. "the Blessed Martyr OF
some 1.2UO living men and women OF
Stuart blood at least 500 have a better
le jure title 20 the crown than Ed
ward the Seventh. if indeed his pedi-
gree IS not wholly bogus.
George ] was "a choice Defender OF
tnp Faith of the Great Lying Church
His English vocabulary was confined
to the two emphatic words Got tam"
lie hated Englishmcn and admOnished
his retinue from mistress 10 scullion,
10 miss no chance of robbing them.
The German women" says Thacker-
ay "pundered, the German secretaries
pmudered the German cooks and at.
tendants plundered, even Mustapha
and Mohammed, the German negroes,
had a share Of the booty As husband
and father. Georges relations were
simply brutal His wife he immured
FOR over thirty years in a dungeon for