Nuhou, Volume I, Number 13, 8 April 1873 — Circumstances Alter Cases, and Men Too. [ARTICLE]

Circumstances Alter Cases, and Men Too.

'l'he Latin poet id that men of his day ehanged thcir Bkies, but not their mindB. But we must that me.n of our day and in this latitude ? ehange their minds, but not their eky. We had soroe lively annexation men in these parts not a year ago ; but now they have quite6ubBided, eimiiiered down, and Hattened out on the great American question» Alas! what a fall in politics was thcsc, rny country men. We had somc saints whoee «oula were abovc royal buttone; who would nut bow t!ieir knee to Baal, unleee it was a bale of goods ; who swore that they tmd no part or lot in Lo t; nnd wh o despised every associa tion o f royaltv, exeept thc thaving of 12 per cent, in King and Queen Streets, , But a nnghty ehange iias eome over the spīrit of their dreams. Indeed it ia thp that'has eome over them, The crowns in their pockets make thcm think better of a Crown; and jingling hver€isns give a high appreeiationof a Sovereign who puis them in their way. The Throne thafc -\vas to be f»old as old lumber, is now a preeious the disposal of whieh at this timc is altogether u impraeticable. M Those \irtuouB Ameriean republicans who >vould not eell their birthriglit for a mese of poi, nor vote the Hawaiian tieket under auy circam6tanccs, have been gadly altēred and demoralized by circumstances over whieh they h'ad considerable control, They voted ihe royal liekel, when they knew it would wm. They have heeome monarchists for money; and ihe slaves of a ring; of an eeeleeiaeiieal ring by the way; not that old one of St. Andrew , s, but thc new one of 'AU Saints» Let us like Aladdin rub this ring,and nmkcthc slaveB appear. Ilere is one who sent woru to Scward at Washington, and it- it> now on file at the State Department f that $500,000 would buy King and people, and all this blessed Arehipelago« 'lloro is anothcr, who swore that David wae the mily man atter hje ow n ungodly heart. llere ie Btill anothcr f who ēurBēd the Lord's annointed ae fihamefu]]y as Shimei of old; and now behold the ehief of the hbves., > tho ringleader of the ring, who; dung his weekly dole at a Pvmce f ēix, poor HhinerB for a Sovereign, and then fipurncd him from his dooi\ Now ho and they danee attcndanee around a roval dain. whieh onee they would have used to Ecvajx!" the yery dirt from oll* their soiled Oh, this is a sighfc to eause thcgorgeof thoughtful and faithful men to rise. llereare the traitors in the eamp: the toadie6 and the dieloyal around the Palaee; the ieomei-H ia thc highesUeat«; tlie vipers in thc royālbosiom; aud ialee di6ciplcs having eharge of the umster, who would etrip hini and *cll him fbr a few pieeee of elivei% And why this eontnvriety in a Court, where a noble kingly nature rulcs? Why t —the inAuenee ot a couri, a *uprcm€ inAuenee, whieh ia the eireumstanee t!:at !ms altered th« oum\ and whleh muet have the eredit of e«tahiif]iiog the pie§ent Episcopa! rii\g; m (>rvior of All Naint>