The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-23
QUEEN VICTORIA.

Inc queen Is uSdu, iOh6 AiNO YIN
King" is the sentiment that finds ex-
pressions among the subjects of the Brit
ish Empire today AS long as men are
subjects, they will perhaps rejoice in the
adulation of royalty.
The Queen was a noble wife and mother
and exemplified those home virtues that
are the basis of all civilization. Her reign
has been the most brilliant in the his
tory of Great Britain. 1t has been marked
by crimes, such as the present war on
the Beers, but they cannot be charged
up against her She wanted peace and
the happiness of her subjects. but the
unwritten limitations of her powers made
her desires impossible of attainment. She
lived long and WE'LL and made royalty as
popular as that relic of the dark ages
can be among English speaking people
of the Twentieth Century
Victoria l. (Alexandrina) Queen of
Great Britain and Ireland and Empress
of India, was the only child of Edward,
Duke of Kent and his consort, Princess
Victoria Mary Louisa, daughter Of the
Duke of SAKE -Coburg Saalfield, widow of
the Prince of Leiningen, and sister OF
King Leopold of Belgium She was born
at Kensngton Palace May "a, 1919.
Her father dying January %, 1920, she
became heiress- presumptive to the throne
on the accession of William ". in 1880.
William died without issue on June 20,
1887. and she assembled the throne OF
Great Britain and ireland, that of Han
over falling by the Salic law to her un-
Gle, the Duke of Cumberland. Her coro-
nation took place in Westminster Abbey
June 28, 1888.
On February TO- 1910, she married her
cousin, Prince Albert of SaXe-Coburg-
Gotha. There were born to them Vic
toria, Princess Royal, who married Fred
erick, Crown Prince Of Prussia, afrf r
wards Emperor of Germany; Albert Ed
ward, Prince of Wales. who welded Alex
andra daughter of the King % Denmark
and who now succeeds his mothe:' tc the
throne Of Great Britain; Alice Maud
Mary who married the Grand Duke OF
Hesse, dying in 1873; Alfred Ernest, Duke
Of Edinburgh, who became the husband
Helena Augusta, who welded Prince Fred
erick Christian. of Schleswig- Holstein;
Louise Caroline Alberta, wife of John,
Marquis of Lorne Arthur, Duke of Con-
naught, who became the husband of Prin-
cess Louise Margaret of Prussia; Leopold.
Duke of Albany, who married Princess
Helen OF Waldeck, dying two years later
in 1884; Beatrice Mary Victoria Fedora,
- TOr;,1 Mo,1r Of Dnf
tenburg.
Victorias mother died March 16, lSG1
and her beloved husband, Prince Albert
on December IA, of the same yuac. This
blow so affected the Queen that size made
but few appearances in public for years.
In 1876 she assumed the title of the En-
press of India. In 1887 the jubilee of
her reign was celebrated In 1897 was
celebrated the Diamond Jubilee.
When Victoria came to the throne at
the age of eighteen she placed the evil
records of the Georges behind her. Her
absolute purity of life has left its i'm
press on the nation. Besides this, under
her democratic government in England
has become fact. No future monarch
can withdraw the precedents by which
she acknowledged the supremacy of Par
lament and emphasized the responsibility
OF ministerial rule. The franchise has
been broadened; religious intolerance has
disappeared; new Englands have grown up
in Australia, Canada and New Zealand,
all self governing One of the last acts
of her reign was her recognition on New
Years day of the new commonwealth of
Australia.
Her reign has been long and glorious.
No sovereign was ever more devotedly
loved by a people than she has been.
During the Victorian Era England S
achievements and developments, especially
in the planting, growth and extension OF
colonies, has been marvellous.