Londoners' Abject Concessions To Royalty

Londoners' Abject Concessions to Royalty

by United States Senator CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW 

WHILE watching the preparations for the coronation and viewing the colonials and representatives of every race from England's worldwide empire I could not help contrasting the present with the period just prior to the American Revolution. No American can have any comprehension of the feudal text and spirit of the liturgy of the coronation.  Its recognition of the sovereignty in the throne and fealty from the church, nobility and subjects is THE REVERSE OF SOVEREIGNTY IN THE PEOPLE, which is the foundation of the institutions of the United States. And yet when George III., the great-grandfather of King Edward VIL, ascended the throne this idea was universally admitted in the American colonies. WASHINGTON AND ALL THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE GAVE IT CORDIAL ABSENT UP TO WITHIN A FEW YEARS OF THE ADOPTION BY THE AMERICANS OF THE ORDINANCE OF SEPARATION. The American Revolution is a startling reminder of the ease with which a king and his prime minister can undermine the throne.