New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-27
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.

| Inc people OF this country are cele
brated for hospitality, especially to distin
| guished visitors; not only to those from
abroad but from distant parts of our own
country. 1t matters little in what profes
sion distinction has been obtained; it may
be as scientist, author. orator. patriot Of
| play-actor; it may not have been obtained
in the proper sense Of that word at all. bu,
simply inherited is enough tina. the
! visitor has name known to fame tc
secure from this de monstrative people q
! cordial reception. This is an amiable
trait OF character. but one that is apt. like
most virtues. to run to excess and lose
itself on that border land which touches
upon vice: a land Of snobs and tlunkeys,
who make no nice distinction. but slobbe.
every one Of note with their indiscrimi.
nate and otficious attentions.
From the time when the illustrious
Lafayette. revisiting our shores after years
spent in strife. suffering, and patriotic ex.
ertions which have linked his name for.
ever to the cause of constitutional liberty,
received from one end of the country to
the other a deserved ovation. down to the
more recent period when the beaydless
Grand Duke. distinguished only as hi,
fathers son and good-looking young
man. became the object Of our exuberant
hospitality. few decades have passed with
out bringing to our shores some foreigner
whom We have delighted to honor. The
old and middle aged need only draw upon
their memories. while the young may seek
old files of newspapers. or arouse the
garrulity of their seniors to bring back the
times when the aristoc racy of New York
and other large cities gave elegant enter.
tainments to the Prince De Joinville:
when the men Of that great metropolis
respectable men they claimed to be--took
the horses from the carriage of "the
divine Fanny E!ssler" "a famous darcer)
and themselves proudly dragged her
vehicle from the theatre to her hotel: how
Fanny Wright. female socialistic lee.
turer. was feted by good society: how
Dickens was dined and dotted upon ad
how Kossuth was welcomed and
lauded; how Thackeray was followed and
fattered. and how many humber ce!ebri-
ties enjoyed in greater and lesser degrees
the gushing Inequalities Of this open
hearted nation.
These thoughts and "reminiscences are
by the Geographic report that
the Marquis of Lorne and his wife the
Princess Louise contemplate visiting this
country. If there is any truth in the re-
port. they are undoubtedly coming as
private individuals, tourists in search of
and information, and the |
to which their rank entities |
hem should be regulated by that good |
aste and self-respect which we have too |
often seen overpowered by zeal and en-.
,husiasm. After having possessed our
selves in the presence of princes, dined
With dukes. and banded witticisms with |
great authors. there will be no danger of
our being disturbed by marquis: but
princess, real live princess. white. too,
for we have received visit from q queen
If one OF the Sandwich Islands) is some
hing new to our experience; and accord
ngly the proper reception Of the fair
Princess Louise will tax the tact and good
'seeding of her republican sisters more
han the entertainment of regiment of
'rinces. For. after all. a prince is only
man. whereas princess very word
8 suggestive ofgrandeur and grace. spirit
nd gentleness. unapproachableness and
condescension. but above all. Of
romantic glamour which bewilders the
hind and fascinates the heart. Here, as
t home. the merely noble husband of the
oyally descended wife will play second
ry part. as democratic nations and peo-
lie are acutely alive to the distinctions of ,
INK. 1t is. therefore. about the lovely J {
ouise that We are chiefly concerned: and
c do trust that our American women
ueens every one of them in their own !
ght-wiu deal gently with her, and not
lake her feel that her rank is q burden:
eat her, in fact, precisely as they would ! {
well bred American lady. /,