The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-05
WE PLEDGE TO YOU A FAIR PROPORTION
NOT ONLY OF THE P0LITICAL PATRON
AGI, BUT ALSO A Liberal NErAEH ENrA-
TlON IN OUR DOM MElCIAL PUNauITh.-
EXTRACT from tho address Of the Citzena' Con
aervativo Association TO the colored voters Of
the nAriah Of Orlenna.
" McI'AppERTIT.''
Lord Lorne's EglEe-The Noble Youth 0H-
tracIsett for Marrying Into the
EgNYaA FnmsiAY.
It.ondan World, October 81

ILondon World, October 81
What may DO promotion in some oases may
be exile IN others. The appointment Of tho
Marquis Of Lorne to the Governor General
ship Of Canada, and his departure to the seat
Of his new authority, eau only be- regarded as
the browning symbol OF that ostracisln from
his order and his adopted kindred to which he
has long submitted at huue. but Of which
there were signs that he was beginning to
grow somewhat FESTIVE. Born to immense
power and to high hereditary honore the
Queens sol1-iu-law underwent Il DELHI
crate process Of self eilaeemcnt by taking
a position within the glare Of that fierce light
by which only kings and princes arc visible
Establishing himself Oh the dangerous inter
space which separates subjects from Eover4
eigns he iHund that llo could not become q
poreonago among the former. and that he was
q cipher in tho company Of the latter. by no
t,lre courteous not devoid of ambition, and
endowed with n feeble order Of mental talents.
he found himself imprisoned on Il bleak table
latld OF existence. with no career on which tu
feed his hopes. no encouragement for the ex.
ercipa Of his intellectual powers. nothing tC
crafty OF stilnulato tho kindler instincts oi
his disposition, He had collapsed the ances-
trail honors Of his house by pelilous proximity
TO n house in which he never WIS, nor could
be- ut home. 10 was an anomaly in society and
with his political party. Ho was All intruder
among princes and q mock-prince among
peers. On tho one hand bis presence was ro-
selIeus OH Lne otllHI IL WIS suspected. HAD
he been Of q rgsolute aud independent CfaraC-
ter he would have taken up his own line,
and have shown that tho heir to q du1edom
could be q political success, even though he
had married the daughter Of the queen. But
Lord Lorne was not the man to withstand tho
numbing, paralyzing influence within whose
sphere he had come. He was q nnnenity in
the House Of Commons, as he was a. nOnenity
out of IT, He exercised his intellect upon tho
production Of iiIth-rato literary composition
in prose- aud verse. and in the delivery Of little
lectures in Highland towns. But all this time.
as The event proved there slumbered strong
ambition beneath a feeble will, Reeog-
nizing the fact that his connection with
the court was a fatal obstacle to his
achievements rs u politician, he resolved at
last to see what could be done by embracing
the destiny and adopting the arts of cour-
tier, The family OF hts wife had tacitly enact
ed IL decree Of partial Punishment against
their now relative Their now relative now
proceeded TO hnnish himself from the party of
which he was nomnnlly a member in the
House OF Commons, and OF which his father
Is a dii1idcnt oracle in the House of Lords
The imperial titles bill was brought forward,
and the Marquis OF Lorne voted with the gov
ernmcnt thai had won the peculiar confidence
of the Queen. his mother-in-law. Tho policy
of that government on the Eastern question
was discussed, and here again the Marquis of
Lorno babe the same bold defiance to parental
and political tics.
In accepting the succession Of Lord Duff
ferin, Lord Lorno pursues the fate of Danish
ment yet further Courtership has at last
secured him an drenir, but that he should
have to go out from his own home and his
own kindred to find it is the crucial proof of
pronounced upon himself seven years ago.
Yet he sallics forth with II light heart, and
even with the citation of ignorance and bump
tIousncss.