The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-14
FRIDAY. MARCH II, leos.
WHATPglNcE HENRY SAW.

Prince Henry OF Prussia has come and
gone, and, as he expressed 1t. he had
tho time Of his lifc-' The people gave
him a cordial reception ana did their
best to entertain him and mako him feel
MT home, and attentions were showered up-
on him in spite OF the fact that we are
q democratic people and have little re :
spect for titles per Sc. Prince Henry
must have been deeply Impressed. with
what he saw and he must have gone
G,ome with the conviction that demo-
crazy such as we have is far better than
= monarchy, however good that monarchy
may be.
He found here people entirely free
TO do as they pleased SO long as they
do not trespass upon the rights of one
another He found here n recognition OF
merit wherever it be found. whether
among the rich or The poor, the high or
the low He found grades of society, to
be sure, for men and women OF refine
1nent and cultivation will not keep COM
pany,', as the young folks say, with the.
vulgar and ignorant. He found, also, that
a few very rich people, who have nothing
to do but spend their money in the pur-
suit Of pleasure, have hocked together and
set up little aristocracy of their own.
But he learned, If he took the trouble
to INQUIRE, that the great body Of manly
men and womanly women in the country
hold these rich idlcrs in contempt, and
nre d.slosed to ridcule rather than to
initiate them.
He found that most Of rich men are
busy men; that they arc employing their
money III such way as to benefit others
as well as themselves. lie found in this
rev land some of the greatest captains
cf Industry and greatest tinanciers the
,Iorld has ever known. He found that
xaany of these began life poor and OBJ
scure and worked their way up by their
own brain and Drawn. He found in
The White House and in the executive
chairs OF the several states ana in the
halls OF Congress and legislative bodies
men without titles, some Of them high
born and some low-born, but all men of
the people. and each man respected ac-
cording to his deserts. He saw in the
White House a man, comparatively
young, who, q little while ago. was
Rough Rider in Cuba. He saw at
Princeton man living in quiet retire
ment who a few years ago, was head
OF the nation and one of the most con-
spicuous rulers in all the world. He saw
happy and contented people, prosperous
and law-abiding, yet Absolutely ruling
themselves. He saw the fuliillment of
the most brilliant dreams OF those men
who founded this government of the peo-
pie, by the people for the people. He saw
The perfection of popular government, the
only perfectly successful. republic the world
eyer knew.
We say that Prince Henry must have
been Impressed with all this. He must
have felt within his heart, much as he
loves lis own Tatherland, that the United
States is a great nation and our form
of government better adapted to the
neace and happiness of the people than
that of Germany or any other monarchy
in the world.
But it must be remembered that this is
all due to the people themselves. The
people are the nation and our government
is The creation Of tie people. If ON
people lose their character, the govern
ment will not save them. The people
must be saved by themselves.
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