The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-19
The Maiden ali for Lorne.

A London telegram, few days ago, gra-
tilted the scandal-monger5 by the announce
ment that the Marquis OF Lorne and the
Princess Lo1ise had separated on the con-
venient plea OF "incompatibility OF tenn
"per.' The story is probably false, but 1t
may be true, for neither royal birth nor
more than royal descent can exempt man
and woman, In matrimouy Joined, from the
impulse to flee to the Divorce Court for
release from the petty irritations and jar
rings which mar the harmony OF the love-
liest pairs. When, ss In the South Carolina
OF yore, the act is irrevocable, the friction
diminishes with time, and husbands and
wives work smoothly 10 matrimonial har-
ness. In these worse days the first "tif I"
Is signal for demand for dissolution of
the matrimonial bonds.
iIarqulses and Princesses know, by sad
experience, that "one touch OF Nature
makes the whole world kim" And surely
We can comprehend better the living sen.
tient heart the mantle OF royalty conceals
when we find that, like its poorest subjects,
It prefers the ills 1t knows not to the endur-
ance OF those it has. In this particular case
1t could not be pleaded that the Princess
was limited in her selection OF coDgenial
helpmate. There was no shadow OF that
justifable homicide, or permissible suicide.
q compulsory marriage. In wise opposition
to George III, the reigning Queen has always
consulted the happiness Of her children
In her plans for their welfare. No royal
family has made marriages which might as
reasonably have been expected to prove
happy that is, IL natural predictions and
modest aspirations have any weight In the
matter. Queen Charlotte would have re-
fused to die, could she have forcseen the
manner In which her descendants were to
be disposed Of. Under her despotism, her
own unhappy daughter languished misera-
bly, until late In life. And long as they
waited, only two succeeded in obtaining her
consent to their marriage. The others faded
into their graves, hopeless and forlorn.
Queen Victoria, with that large, womanly
heart, which has ever been her most marked
characteristic, placed before her favorlte
daughter an advantage that no other pa
rent can command-that of making her
own choice, with the certainty OF its being
gladly acceded to. The Princess made her
selection as freely as an American girl
would do. There was no mssalliance. The
house OF Argyll has blood as pure as that
which runs 10 the veins OF the Brunswicks,
and the name was proud and ancient one,
In Scottish history, when the Brunswicks
were OF very little consequence. 1t is sad,
however, that union which was to open
broader Vista In the narrow boundary OF
royal choice, is even reported to have
proved that nor rank, nor power, nor
human prescience can secure that blessing
which is surely Gods best to man--a happy
marriage. For the Princess Louise and the
Marquis Of Lorne, as we'll as for the mean.
eat serfs, there ls that chain to drag which
forged by human imperiectlon or inscrutable
destiny, mush crush It's victims under it's
cruel weight, unless, with loving unsel6sh.
ness, they consent to carry the burden pa
tiently and bravely together.