The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

possibly be. The people are English and
Englishmen intns ct In cute, and they
have loyal and affectionate devotion to
the sovereign, because he IS their sover-
eign. that measures up to all the lo;a.antic
representations of that royalty that have
come down to us with the traditions OF
the past. On coronation DAY we attended,
the services at St. Paul's Church. which
is the most prominent Episcopal church
in Halifax. The congregation was very
large and. 1t represented every order OF.
society. Bowling In reverent SUPP LEGATION
for mercy 10 and blessings upon the head
of .heir King. could be seen the poor
see mistress beside the wealthy lady OF
rank and fortune, while the sturdy me
cbanic made his responses along with
his employer. and with all the earnesness
and emphasis that tie employer gave 10
his.
The rector Of the church is no appoirtce
of government He is chosen as rectoc
by the members Of his church and Is.
therefore. representative of his conErega-
ton in sentiment and in thought. II
would not have been possible for any
bishop appointed to his see by Piahtasst-
net. Tudor or a Stuart, to have preached
a sermon more instinct with loyal deVo-
firm 70 the English sovereign than that
rector preached that day to a congrega-
ton that listened to every word he SAID
with appreciation and with delight. Truly
| This sentiment of loyalty to the throne IN
an enlightened but free people, is pow
| e,rul force in the affairs OF man. II Is
| a religion. I have seen now with my own
| eyes what proves to me that it is
| bond holding the English people together
| in all parts Of the world with a power and
a force that exceeds anything else hu-
man, / believe, that exists. 1t is a mdga-
zinc in which are stored the energies
| which will go on developing and ex-
banding the British empire and retaining
! it as the great sheet anchor OF liberty,
Justice and order, however these may be
threatened by the overthrow of free in
stitutions in other parts of the earth.
RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE.
IT is curious and interesting to take a
brief retrospective glance at the history
Of English loyalty to the throne II dld
rot save Charles is head, but 1t took
all the duplicity, treachery and tyran'caA
njseovernment of that wretched monarch
| to madden the English people into retalia-
| ton upon him. and very few years We're
sufficient to revive the sentiment in such
| force that they eagerly welcomed his son
| back to the throne. 1t was proof against
all the debeunchery of Charles IL, but
when James offered them the choice be-
| tween their loyalty and their religion they
| could not surrender their religion Loyal
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| long time after that. William III. was
| tolerated because of his great character
| and because his wife represented the direct
! iinc Queen Anne called forth all Inc
| best Qualities or English loyalty. because
/ she guaranteed England's lalfh ana Wa OF
| the direct line. But when the Hanover
| jars followed her, English loyalty was put
through a severe strain. The first and
! second Gerges were Germans, not
En.lishmen and their hearts were in Ger
many even when they slept at WINDSOR
Castle They were sustained upon the
throne by the fears of the great Wing
noblemen for their religion far more than
py The loyalty Of their followers towards
the King. But George III. was an Eng
Itch bern prince, reared and educated in
England. and when he came to the throne.
he came with all the old time LOYALTY of
The hearts Of the people pouring out 10
him In affectionate warmth
OF all those people none were more truly
loyel to him than the inhabitants OF the
colonies of North America Nor would 1t
have been Impossible to save those colo
MICS as part of his dominion, even after
the disorders caused by the attempt to
| enforce the stamp act. The Marquis OF
| RockirEham's administration had pro
d,,ced a. powerful impression both in Eng
| land and in this county. The oratons OF
Edmund Burke. the greatest orator who
| has ever lived, in advocacy OF the IePeai
| cf the stamp act. had found their way
! to the minds and hearts Of all the think
| irc men of both countries, and well they
might. for some of them will live and
! be read so long as the English language
is a living language and, if it shall ever
| become a dead language they vii! be Sc
| lacied as amongst the specimens Of that
| language best entitled to be preserved. AT
! the time that the new party known as
| .sthc Kings Friends had succeeded in
| fl..-Diowing the Marquis of Rockirshar's
| administration. its splendid performances
/ hsd appealed so strongly to men upon
! both sides Of the Atlantic that one man
| had it in his power. had his powers been
| what they had been, to perpetuate their
rule and perpetuating their rule meant
! the reconciliation OF the colonies with the
mother country. That man was the Earl
| Of Chatham. Had he, at this juncture,
been himself and had he cordially united
1 himself with the Marquis of Rockingham
and his associates. all opposition to that
| statesman would have been borne down,
| the tyranical measures aimed at the col
/, ol,ies would have been all cancelled. the
| LOYALTY of the colonies would have all re-
1 vived and what is now the United States
| Of America would be an integral part of
the British empire.
! IT is hardly open to doubt now that at
this period Lord Chathanl's physical in
! frmiies had seriously impaired the facul-
ham OF few years before, it is abso-