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THE HEIR APPARENT ON HIS TRAVELS.
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ISQLATION IN RELIGION."
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IF ever Albert EmyAHD should come to the Throne of-England he will certainly / so far as personal experience of the world is concerned , be the bestrinforiiied Pmnce that has ever ruled _ these realms . That is , o course , presuming that he has the intelligence to mark , learn , and digest all that comes under his notice . We have had not a few kings who were wise enough in their own conceit , and no doubt sagacious enough in their way ; but with perhaps the exception of Oliver Cromwell , who was not a king ( and consequently shall not have a statue in Westminster Palace ) , no ruler of England , from William the Conqueror to William the Sailor , has enjoyed the benefits of what may be called a liberal and the famil
enlarged education . The male members of present Eoyal y enjoy these advantages to the fullest extent . There are very few persons in England who have seen as much of the world as the Pkince of Wales and Prince Alfred . Thefoi-mer has travelled over all the highways of Europe , visited the principal courts and capitals , and has even paid his respects to the Pope in the Vatican . His younger brother is as familiar with the beaten highways of the Ocean . He has braved the Bay of Biscay , explored the shores of the Mediterranean , gazed upon the wonders of Egypt , and traced the footsteps of sacred history to the gates of Jerusalem . While other youths have but their paper maps and pasteboard globes , these favoured princes have the globe itself to study from . Canada and the nited States is
The visit of the heir apparent to U a conclusive proof of the desire of his parents that their son shall not pursue his studies in any narrow spirit ; but that , while acquainting himself with the manners , customs , and governments of Europe , he still also be a witness of lands where the genius of the people and the form of government are of a more liberal and popular character . The very best results may be expected to flow from the Pkince's personal acquaintance with North American colonies and the IJnited States . Nothing tends so much to avert differences between individuals as a favourable impression acquired from personal intercourse . It is the same with nations . When Queen Victokia and Mi * . BireHANAN begin to exchange familiar private letters , and call each other " my good friend , '' we have a certain guarantee that if
any occasion of quarrel should arise " between the' two countries their rulers will not be in a hurry to plunge into an open rupture . A little forbearance in these matters will often avert the direst disasters . Rulers whoare " dear arid good friends '' can afford to cede a point or two to each other , without incurring any serious loss of dignity , ' ¦ his will "be-much more the case when the citizens of the two nations be « -in to know each other personally arid more widely . The prejudices and false notions which prevail in this country withrespecttothe L nited States iiave been originated and fostered by the ignorant and exaggerated accounts of idle tourists , intent only on making a Jonathanabsurd notions about
ings being relieved by the ceremony of presenting the Prince with a big dog and a grindstone , At Halifax there are other treats in store for him besides the wet jacket . He is witness of a flat race for Indians , ' a grand Indian Avar dance , greased pig race , &c ., at which he laughs heartily ; then a ball . On the authority of the JVeto JTork Chronicle , we have it that Albert jEdwaed is in his grlory at . a ball ! He dances like an angel , and he knows the figures of the quadrille , the Caledonians , and the Lancers , better than anybody in the colony . The colonists went all wrong , and the Prince had to shout out to them and put them right . And the ladies—thev are all over head and ears in . love with
him , old and young . "It is amusing / ' says the New York Pepys , "to observe the eyes of the ladies in the room and gallery watching * his every movement and gesture , and casting envious glances at his fortunate partners . " Pepys hears more than one whisper— "What a beautiful dancer . " And the Prince is both condescending and gallant . He changes his partner every dance and rests her , frequently filling up the intervals with cheerful conversation and remarks upon the company . And at this point we are informed that his Royal Highness ' s finest feature is his nose , which is nearly Roman .
Thus we have certainly no reason to complain of the reception which our Prince has met with , since even the sternest republicans join in idolizing him . But this sort of thing may be carried a little too far . Fetes and balls are very good things in their way , but they are good things one may have too much of . Wetrust , therefore , our Canadian friends will allow the Prince a little breathing time , so that he may look about him and see things of greater interest and importance than ball-rooms and reception-halls . Canadians , we are sure , would very much regret if the Prince of Wales were to return to England with no other impression of their country than that it is a place distinguished for its balls , its feasts , and its fireworks . We are afraid there is not much hope that the Prince , when he visits
the United States / will be allowed to cloak his royalty in the less glittering- ' title ' . of Baron Renfrew . Strange as it may appear , " the republicans of the States are as fully alive to the importance of royal rank as the Canadians . The whole Union is already throbbing with the expectation of seeing a real live Prince . The compliment to our monarchical institutions conveyed by all this enthusiasm , is in the highest degree flattering both to the Sovereign and the people of tins country . But , nevertheless , it will be a matter of much regret should this incessant lionizing of our young PRiTrcEleaye him no time . thoughtfully arid -quietly to study the character of the people , and the resources and institutions of the countries , which he has travelled so many miles to see .
smart book out of the subject , 's John Bull are simply a retaliation ; We call him names , and we get back as good as we send . But let Jonathan and John meet over a bottle of port , in Piccadilly , or a brandy-smash m the Broadway , and all this prejudice melts away , like ice before the sun Joiin thinks Jonathan a little fast , but hearty and hospitable . Jonatjtak : thinks John a little slow , but hearty and hospitable ; and so tliev are remarkably well pleased with each other , agreeing about almost everything but niggers . And no doubt when Jonathan —pnttirn-to-know-J ^ TT ^ W . <^ y ht > . will agree with him even on that
subject . The only fear that we have is , that the Pbince- of W ales may be so overwhelmed with complimentary attentions / that he will not have leisure or composure to observe and study the character and institutions of the people whom lie has gone to visit . There would seem to be considerable clanger of this * , li-ver since the youno- man set foot on the shores of Newfoundland his life has b ' een one round of pleasure . Fetes , feasts , presentations , and balls have followed each other in . rapid succession ; and it is not a little remarkablo that the most ample and most courtly descriptions of these festivities are conveyed to us through the medium of . the iournals of the republican Union , The reporters of the 3 Se \ v
York papers write with all the sentimental loyalty ot our own Morninq Post or Court Journal . They exhaust the vocabulary of adulation in describing the Prince ' s looks , his dress , and Ins manner of dancing . The special ¦ correspondent of the JSeto Xorh JETerald no sooner catches a glimpse of him on the quarter deck ot the Hero , at Halifax / than he photographs hinvoii the spot . Ho is very prepossessing in ¦ appearance ; in height ho is five feet seven , and" slightly built . He has a small but full-formed and fullmouthed face , and his eves , Avlrieh have a merry twinkle , are lnrge and hazel coloured . He hns n complexion equal to that of a peach , and looks very healthy . His hnir is dark brown , and cut &o as to show the lobes of his ears . Ho wore a black cocked hut , with a tuft of white plumes ; a red < : ont , with n blue- samh across the breast ; black trousers , with a thin red stripe down ouch leg , patent leather boots , white kid gloves , and a regimental sword . Wo doubt if over tho Court Newsman at home took so nnic . li
trouble to dewvibo the personal appearance and appointment h of his itoyal Highness . Everything which the Pjmntk docn and-snyH- ' irt—ii' -iiuittctu .-. or-JnterL > st ^ to _ ouii Oimsnjs . _ . Jlh _ yery blunder ' s are virtue- * lfr made : r mistake in rw » li »»;>« -hi * reply to tho Council of Hnlifnx •/ and the New York reporter is delighted to record that " ho coloured , but noon rcguinod his koKpouscHsion . " No nvnull admiration lias also boon excited by the fmit that the Prince utood a shower of rain without bein ^ in the ulijfhtoHt degree ovcrcomo ; in fact he " sat his horse ua coolly in the rain as at starting . " We , who are more accustomed to royalty , might Nave expected him to sit considerably cooler under the circumstances . At Newfoundland and Nova Scotia bulls anil presentations were tho order of the day mul night , the monotony of tho proceeil-
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ISO LATION from all current human forms of living , and from . intercourse with the world around us , is not the best inieans to personal spiritual improvement , or to advance the religious welfare of others . Caste is the invention of superstition and ' priestcraf t ' ; ' , arid monkish seclusion the result of gloomy fanaticism . Before ; we can benefit others we must be " up find doing , " and not be locked up in a saintly independence ^ Keligious caste is fatal to religious proselytism . Our life to bes an example must be frequently seen ; and the life that shuns the light of day , TS- ^ s 4 aTrfuHy ^ uspecfced ^ f ^ ts ^ l «^ a desire to prevent contamination with surrounding eyils . _ The perfection of moral character is seen in the resistance it gives to that ' which is evil , when that evil is connected with those things ¦ whi ch meet us in Our daily avocations , and our communications with the society in which we are placed . We cannot be heroes without a fight , and the world will not admire our virtue until it has witnessed it . Our honesty is to be seen in . our commercial transactions , and our sobriety in meat , drink , and general conduct ; by showing others that we can partake of all rational pleasures without being led away to anj' excess . Our example in this way will have more power than by living apart from society ; and , in fact , to live apart from it is to give no examplo at ull . Of course , ¦ whether we ' mix with tho world or do riot , there will fitill be those ¦ wh o will revile and slander us . It wtis tho same of old ; both
John and Jicsrs wore mocked at ; tho ' former on aeoount of his secluded , .. rijridly-ubstainintf life ;; arid tho latter , because he mixed witli si LI grades-of . men , and partook temperately of their gifts . It will be dourly , seen , on moro considerations than one , that JKsrs is tho higher typo of well-developed religion . When , tho Jow . s said of the ( iroat Teacher , ' Behokl a gluttonous man and a wine-lubber , " and that ho was u a friend oi publicans aud sinners , " we gather from thoir ee . ns \ uo and his remarks ' , two things—one , that ' although John came neither " eating broad ' nor drinking wine ., " ihut the Bon oi man " came eating | breadj and dnuking [ wino | , " and that Jit ; was often noun in conversation with " publicans and
sinners "—tho IowomI cluss ol ' Koeiuly ; and , next , that , because ol this they libelled him , by assorting that liu was u glutton nntl a drunkard , ami thi . it ho was loud oflow , vuhvur , wicked society . TTrsIT-efvYnarily ; ifu unjust acousatioiiH . Oscvei'tlutlet's it wn * l > v siiuh ilciucannUr he ^ aviHividonoe ofhis divino purity and iimnutubli 1 moi-nl stability . It was thus ho ^ uincd the lulinivatiun ami allcctiou <•( ' all with whom he became acquainted ; hud by his }? eniU « , clomit-jit conversation , tnnghttlu'tu olloctuiilly tho way to a butter Utu . uy walking in his footsteps wo can best promote tho cause ol iruo Christiunity , aud iiwtil ivcuk bloud into the social , monii , ana religious world . . ,, , To make tho isolation complefcr we have in proiesnors and
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Aug 18 , I 860 . ] The Saturday Analyst and Leader . 733
The Heir Apparent On His Travels.
THE HEIR APPARENT ON HIS TRAVELS .
Isqlation In Religion."
ISOLATION IN RELIGION .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 18, 1860, page 733, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2361/page/5/
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