The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-25

| No cruelty or revenge stained the as~ cession of the house of Lancaster. The Earl permitted only one execution
 that of Worcester. the Butcher All England, once so zealous for York ac- auIesced quietly fin the change of kings.
 Peace seemed to have descended on all. great and small. Even Warner feit
 the influence of the new time, for War wick grateful to him for his protec" tion of Anne. supplied him again In money to perfect his mechanical His intellect grasped the meaning of 1 the Invention, though his learning was too scant to follow Warmers scientific demonstration. But" said he. thou wouldst turn this bold land of yeom- anry Into a community of gripping | traders and sickly artisans. This. thy 1 Invention. by multiplying the works or mans hand. would give England the markets of the world; and by amassing wealth. it will emasculate her defend CTS However, be happy in thine own way"
 Tn this the Earl showed both his wisdom and his blindness. He saw what must happen to his order if the trader and the manufacturer became great; but he could not see that their 1 rise need not mean the destruction of England. and stiIl less could he see | that "mechanicaf' or ne "mechanicaf' the van of the Middle Class was al- ready upon him.
 Yet 1t was in this very point that l his rule was based on a weak founda- tion. The cities. though they ac- qliesced, did not agree to the dethrone- ment of York. Bent on their own direct interests, they saw that Edward. with all his vices and tyrannies. fost- 1 cred trade. while Warwick's Iron ba- | rons despised it.
 | Tn his own house, too, Warwick was undermined. Isabel who had dreamed
 of the English throne for Clarence, was humiliated and angered when her stst- 1 CT became the Princess of Edward or Lancaster. In her bitter wrath she lswayed the walk Clarence so thoroughly that even while he rode by Warwtck'a side he not only meditated treason 1 but was actively plotting 1t.
 | Warwick feie Isabefs sstrangements I Though he did not guess it's measure, J He felt the lukewarm spirit of the merchant class. He could not reward his own adherents, for his pledge to Margaret bound him to make only pro- visional arrangements for govern- ment till she arrived in England with her son. The royal treasury was co empty that his private means were ex- hausted to pay for the very expeditiou
 that had enthroned the LancAsters-
 so. alone in pomp and power. witl l fearless front but an aching heart I stood the King Maker. Day by day the
 black lock. of the strong man showed Il more streaks Of gray; and day by day t he longed more anxiously for the com 1 Ing of Margaret and her son.
 But they did not come. Never ir I the memory of man had so long
 continuance of adverse winds blown
 dead against the coast of France. Men
 said that 1t scarcely had It's parallel
 in history. Thrice she put to sea and
 thrice she was blown back.
 I But the wind that was unfair for \ Der was not qlite so adverse to snaa ,
 sauadron of ships that came across one | day. from the Flemish coast and ais. II aufbarked Q few thousand Bteei-clat
 men at the mouth of the Humber. Thes
 gathered around their leader. The ban
 ner of the golden sun of York wa
 thrown to the wind. The Iron heel Of
 the daantless Edward and his support l era reckonGd not merely on steel hui T on craft Richard of Gloucester sent I A secret letter to Clarence. and the lit- 1 tle army set out 4or York. prociaimina on the way that Edward had returned only to claim h-s private heritage of 4 the duchy. -. T that he desired admittanee only as the l;T1uke of York, and he pledged himself ; 10 be faithful and loyal servant 70 | King Henry. The oath was given In sacred, conclaYe. ana the gates were
 thrown opeA tO him;
 He did not delay in York. but
 hreased onward, accumulating men aa
 he went The Earl of Northumber-
 land. who guarded the district was q
 true server of the time. who had chang
 ed from white rose to red rose and
 back again, as profit lay. He deemed li l.yVise now to remain neutral
 E Montagu lay rear the course Of Ed \ sd,gSaras march. with a force that $ 4scotfd destroy him with one blow But
 Monfagu, much to his surprise had re- {. loeived orders ,frsm ciarspce as co-pro- | teetor of the realm to suffer Edward to
 march ,on, and adding the private in-
 telIiRenee that the Earl of Warwick
 was wishful to unite all factions by ee-
 ceptfng Edwards voluntary a5dfcafiou ] of the throne.
 That free passage was everything to Edward. Men thought that his enter ! prise was favored by the Earl'1 brother as we'll as by Northumberland FauzEled. alarmed. tempted. according to Is5 (COntinned on Page EtEht)