Two of
the great leaders in Trade are named on the Death-list;--one because,
in spite of many warnings, he employs foreign workmen only; the other,
because he 'sweats' native labour. The removal of all these persons
will be a boon to the country--the clearing of a plague of rats from
the national House and Exchequer! Lastly, the King is named;--because,
--though he has rescued the system of National Education from Jesuit
interference and threatening priestly dominance, he has turned a deaf
ear to other equally pressing petitions of his People,--and also
because he does nothing to either influence or guide society to its
best and highest ends. Under his rule, learning is set at naught--Art,
Science and Literature, the three saving graces which make for the
peace, prosperity and fraternity of nations,--are rendered valueless,
because no example is set which would give them their rightful
prominence,--and wine, cards and women are substituted,--the three evil
fates between which the honour of the Throne is brought into contempt.
We should know and remember that Lotys, when she lately saved the life
of the King, did,--as she herself can tell you,--plead personally with
him to save the people from the despotic government of Carl Perousse
and his pernicious 'majority';--but though she rescued the monarch at
the risk of her own much more valuable existence--and equally at the
risk of being misunderstood and condemned by this very Society to which
her heart and soul are pledged,--he refused to even consider her
entreaty.
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