New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-25

IN ,,;rcs tbs Ifobons that the English did not
covei their SOIL did not wish to interfere WIN tneir
religion and customs nor to force an Envoy OF hes
ident upon them.
Convince the Afghans-so he says In hundred
different shapes in letters which extend over II. =
space of more than a quarter of century-that me
ruler chosen by them we will always recognize iot
what he s the de tdcto ruler of the country tnae
| when he is once ii mly established on the tniono
we NAV he wiling to aid him, from time 10 t'lle,
| by presents of money or muskets. cannon
or ammunition. by such presents; In ore efmr'
! as one friend may give TO ano'hti,
but that we will never help him.. D !vs
force of arms, to win bis throne or to recover IT, n
by his weakness or his own misco , ,I;n no
| may have lost it, that will make no entinEilhs
| alliances with them, which would DO one-Slded Nv
the very best, for viii @ we should feel pount ="
perform our part OF the contrac': we XIV to t;nd
! they would feel bound to do nothing OF inc kInu
that our one wish-even if our Immediate interests
may sometimes seem To point III an Ooposlto uieS
tion-s that the country may be strong un'p r
DIT sperous and friendly; IhaJ, As 1t is our urn re-
solve not interfere with them, SO we expect and'
they will not interfere WIN Win u.s. nt4t unt
intrusted to us in India, we clam the rlgnt,
as we have the power, 70 forbid any other foreign
State above all state so unscrnpni"us rs husSa,
| TO interfere directly or in ilrcctlv by embassies
| or nv igtrlgucs by trea les or by arms Ill a Stae
which is cotermluOus with our domiulons II US
STA does so interfere with Afghanis an the Aghan5
| viii b. ready enough to appeal 10 us TOR aid, anu
we will then enter their country, not as their en-
cmies, hut their allies. And when we have uoile
our WORK, we Wi reiire again, appropratlng no,n-
ing AMI Sc king TO appropriate nOthhg 10 ourSoI'e''
within our own frontiers.
! IL is hard TO see how policy like this could DO
| thought either uhpatrIotic or unstatesmaulKe.
| But The Hebrew who ruled England with tlnsel
aud hluster found it to be both.
OF The depth Of tenderness and kindness that
Law under Iron Johns" sternness his blographer
tell, many pleasant tales. His marriage was excep-
tlonally happy, and his devotion to his VIE WAS
like that of lover of romance. lie married ner
because he couldn't live without her Tor bVe
minutes - ami during that most perllou9 limo Oh
the Mutiny when the heaviest of burdens lay on his
4 shoulders, his friends came to his house one
dsy and found him gone lie had slipped of to see
Mrs Lawrence IN the noun aims. IL was a iagrant
escapade He had no excuse But he couldn't help
IL. He travelled u fast h cOul 60 saw MS
wife for a brief interval, assured himself OF her
wcll-being and was back again a, his work WITHIN
twcnty-four hours. When buried under grIevous
I'd of work after the MutIny he took his solitary
evening drives 10 the ccnet'ry. where alone aad
III disturbed, he would lnger bv the grave OF
Larry loved child whom he hal
lost at Lahore His tenderness to his
lttlc children. to all htte chlldren
indo,d. was exqu'st, and unfaing. The small
Bcr'lr his youngest n, born during his residence
in England fore his appointment as Governor
the moment" SAYS the biographer, that Sir John
returned fro n IN. work at the Inda Office he might
have been seen If il was summers evening, tramp
ing over tho fields with his young child over his
shoulders. and as the bow grew older and was abb
10 walk alone he would follow his father about IKE
n dog irving 10 walk as lie did, with his hands
crossed behind him. In the winter evenings he
would keep a keen lookout for his fathers arrival
at the door, and follow him into his room, where
they would play tog'th by the ho1r aud alter
Sir John had been called away to India, II was long
before the child could be- persuaded that the usual
hour in the afternoon would no bring his father to
the door OF the ousr agun o. all the trails when
the new Govcrnor-General had 10 face in leaving
his home am incl ned 10 think that there was no
iaI c1ua to that Of leaving This chIll permanently
behind him. I shall never s"e Berthe Igain!' he
said. AMI once more. the stronghcartcd man burst
into t.ars Not that he was looking forward to hls
own lcaih in dit, but that he knew that the child
whom me- did look forward one day 10 see again IN
! the flesh couId not be the same child. The infant
/ would have grown into u boy TIL long h1ir ana
] tn bal for ne! words, and the simple chlld-ike
/ tru (. and the bundled nameless charms which go
/ To- make M a young child, would be- clean gone
/ There was something IN the thought which was al
most ~ IA ri To bear rs the thought of death ITSELF
The unwrrdiucss of Lawrcncc's character vas
"a remarkable ~ its strength and purty. Lord
DERBY has noted that the impression 1t made on is
mind was that OF "a certain heroic sim
nlc,ty.V Hc was impatient of the trlmm, Is
/ of convent oual society aud at Court, and
while the hon Of tho London season retained all
the smolr tastes and manners of his youth. In hi,
Vlre-regal cour II was the same. " His WORK was
done. A. in the old Puujab days-and 1t must have
been almost The only thing in the popuous sotudos
! of Government House which could remind hun Of
old days-iu the loosest of loose dresses, his coat,
! and wais'colt and collar thrown of. his shirt
sleeves tucked up his slippers on his feet. On one
| OCCASION soon after his arrival, though he was.
| In other respects duly at'ircd, he omitted IN
! a mopcnt OF over-wOrk or Ovcr-wOrry, 10 change
his shippers before receiving dcputatiOn
! of Calcutta dignitlrics. IL an omission which
might even have pleased those who had eyes 10 See
through his neglect tho true character of the man
but there were who never orgo; or forg we IT.
When he heard that he had given offence, turned
in as enlistment to his private secretary. and SAID
with simplicity which, il 1t ever reached tho ears
| of the dcputation, might well have dsarmed any
| lingering resentment on their part, Why, latha-
way. they were quito new aud good spp RS" His
charities were many and wise, but his ace was reso-
| lu,ely set against waste and o7tentaton, rs
| plsntyIof pcrquislte loving rctainers discovered.
| Thronybout his administration there was IN his
courr a purity, honesty aud oftiness OF tone that
| arr. not aI Nays seen IN high places. Ne one ever
| dropned nm impure word or sc0tted nj religion,
Christian or Buddhist, IN his presence No one ever
| smoke CONTEMPORARY or harshly OF the natives
themselves wiihont receiving from him stern and
| so,nrtimes a sledgc-hanmer rebuke. On one oc-
casion lady who was sitting ut the Vicercgal table
| allowed herself to shcer at the Bible. Sir John
Lawrnce,ookcd sternly on her, and said, with alhis
dignity. but with more OF sorrow than Of anger in
his words. How can you speak ike that OF God
aud q Gods book in the presence OF these young
men ~ The next minute he was talking with her of
| other su bieots as if nothing had happened Ills