The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

| De as easily eHdced anu tudt we HuSnI
live to see joint monuments erected in
| our country to the heroes OF both sides
in the great war.
We saw myriads of flags of England,
| France. Canada and the United States,
bunting in bright colors everywhere,
pictures of Champlain, Cartier, Duluth,
Laval, the Canadian national heroes
and priests and of the King, Prince of
Wales and Governor General. great
| banners with the words ''Welconle,"
ssGod Save the King" "God Bless the
Prince of Wales.'' s'Bienvenu," which is
the French of Welcome, and numerous
| other signs and symbols of the holiday
His Royal Highness came. The Oldest
! living son of the King OF England-the
Prince of Wales. who will be king. He
is just man, about 40 years old, medium
height, short brown beard-almost ex-
actly like Mr.. Ben Green, the Warrenton
lawyer. in size, appearance, complexion,
| movement.
He came to the minute, on England's
biggest war ship, with five or six Others
as escorts. When her anchors were
| lowered myriads of cannon fired and the
earth and rocks resounded. Everybody
| loved the Prince. Everybody loved the
King, his father. They have, they say,
the best government that ever was,
nobody voted for but members of the
LEGISLATURE Taxes all told only one
half of one per cent. They disagree
little about measures, but the King and
the Prince are beautiful human orna-
ments that all loved Just George Wot-
| ton but it seemed that every one there
would have been willing to die for him.
He disembarked at the minute adver-
tised He appeared on the rostrum to
the minute advertised. He was dressed
in royal robes. Wherever he went the
royal standard went. Wherever he
stopped it was raised. You could tell
whether he had left the ship or the eta
del or the platform by the presence or
all those lions on it. His carriage was
drawn by four big bay horses; a man
sat on each left horse and held that and
his match. There were no reins or
driver. Two men sat on seats in the
rear as a body-guard: AS they saluted
and cheered and praised and loved the
King, whose message referred to them
| as his Subjects and the Prince, whose
presence aroused the highest enthusiasm,
| could not refrain from the thought
that we could pay a million a year in
this country for man whom all could
| love; against whose name and fame the
violence of party spirit would never
strike
Kings don't arresl. and imprison and
| behead now as they used to. They are
the social head of the nation. They
unity the hearts OF the people. Every
| body loved him so that | couldn't help
loving him too. When he spoke he said
the very properest things. The Lord
Mayor spoke; his were choice words.
Nbo
| word fitted. Then arose man as large
physically as any two of them and his
| voice was large He was dressed, O! so
grandly in Prince Albert coat and silk
hat. | had seen him before and heard
him speak and shaken his hand. 0! he
spoke the Kings English from his mind
| and with a fluent tongue, and he said:
Your Royal Highness, nothing can
ever break the friendship and good will
| that binds the hearts OF the people of
the United States and the English
Nation''
Then there was applause. 1t was
Vice President Fairbanks. | could not
help but think while he spoke, as the
tears flowed, of the words my father
| used to quote to me from Solomon:
''Seest thou a man diligent in his bust
ness he shall stand before kings And
there the country boy and backwoods
lawyer stood and spoke right on, with
ease and dignity. before the future King
of Great Britain and India
Then the Prince and Mr.. Fairbanks
| and the Governor General and the Mayor
| reviewed a pageant several miles long
| of men, women and children, soldiers,
| priests and Indians, representing every
style of dress military, civil, ma, al, &C.
| clesiastical, savage and semi-civilized-
that has been in use since the discovery
| OF America. 1t was the feature Of the
| festival next to the Prince.
Canada is great deal larger than the
| United States but we have sixteen people
| to it's one The cold climate binders it.
| Quebec is seven times as big as North
| Carolina and one city, Montreal, has
| near 300, 900 people, but it's entire pop
| ulatiOn is not One-t third that of North
| Carolina.
| felt while there that the French
| people were, and are, enslaved by the
| Catholic church, and that it's domination
| had prevented the development of the
people and the Province. Yet it may be
they are finding an easy road to happi-
ness aud to Heaven, l never saw any
| pile of cast-off crutches on this side of
the line. Their food, clothing, hotels.
street cars, vehicles, and stores are
the same as ours. They have first
| and second class Pullman cars and they
| tie and unite their hamestrings at the
| top instead of at the bottom. It's hard
| to stop writing but | must.