THE PRINCIPLE OF LOYALTY. 409 



sovereigns will be in any way disturbed. On the same principle, we da 

 not desire to see disturbed the family lines of foreign sovereigns. 

 Civilized Europe has not for ages seen men raised to monarchy from 

 the humbler classes of society ; for though regular hereditary descent 

 has, in various instances, been deviated from, the family succession has 

 still been preserved. In the case of the Cromwells, the change from an 

 Oliver to a Richard at once overturned the whole fabric of their power. 

 When the Roman empire became the prize of the sword, it was per- 

 fectly in the order of things, that what one sword had given a stronger 

 should take away, and appropriate : and the people at length became 

 entirely indifferent to the lineage of their temporary masters. In what 

 period of time can it be anticipated that a phlegmatic Dutch republican will 

 catch the ardour of loyalty towards King Leopold and his partner ; or 

 that a Westphalian, profoundly versed in the genealogies of German 

 princes, and bred in reverential respect for quarterings of nobility, will 

 pay eternal homage to the royal house of Cumberland. There is doubt- 

 less no reason in nature why Orleans may not become what Bourbons 

 and Nassaus have been ; but the means by which it is to be brought 

 about, are not easily assignable : loyalty must long fluctuate between 

 past and present, before it proceeds in its usual train ; and there is 

 perhaps more reason to apprehend, that during the confusions and 

 " changes" of the time, the principle may lose its strength with regard 

 to the remaining ancient families on the continent of Europe certainly 

 not in England, than to believe that it will be readily transferred to 

 new ones. The longer the " struggle of party" continues, the greater 

 will be this danger ; for it is in vain to pretend, that, till the EMPIRE OF 

 FORCE is past, that of " opinion" cannot be said to reign triumphant. 



ED. 



EPIGRAM. 



MONEY thou ow'st me pray thee fix a day 

 For payment, though thou never pay : 

 Let it be doomsday : nay, take further scope 

 Pay when thou'rt honest, let me have some hope. 



