The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-06-09
The Bride of the White House.
News and Courier.

News and Courier.
The publicity which has been
given to every real or imaginary
incident connected with the mar
riagc of the President is one of the
penalties or pleasures attached to
greatness, and, it need scarcely be
said, is not peculiar to this occasion.
In the fierce light that beats upon
the throne, OF the Executive chair,
every act and circumstance in the
life OF the ruler Of any people be-
comes a matter Of public interest.
we have seen within the past few
years the American people sorrow
ing with poor Carlotta, mourning
with Eugene over the fall OF hor
boy in the junglcs of Zululand,
shuddcring with sympathy over
the mangled form Of the Russian
Gar, counting noses with Glad
stone, Parncll and Salisbury, and
within the past few weeks standing
on tiptoc in Il fever of expectancy
to catch the first tidings from Mad
rld to settle the mOmcntuS question,
forever recurring around palaces
and cottages alike, whether it is a
girl or Il boy?
The gcople cannot but feel a sin
cerc and lively interest i'm the con-
duct of their rulers at all times and
under all circumstances, for the
reason imply that they are rulers;
ana 1T matters not whether they
are engaged about their own affairs
or the affairs Of the public. When
1T comcs to a wedding, of course,
and the wedding Of II King, or a
President who is greater than King
or Kaiser, no bounds can be set to
the peoples share in the interest
OF the occasion. In the case of a
hlnE the ceremony marks the Tn
ION OF two nations rather than OF
two mere mOrtalS, and is ccicbrat-
cd according. But if the marriages
of two representatives ofthc dccrcp-
i'll dynasticS of the Old World is Il
subject for popular rcjoicings,
what shall we say of the wedding
of the chief Magistrate Of the great
and growing Republic of The New
World with II fair daghtcr of the
Republic. q
The President OF the United
States is Il ruler chosen by the pco-
pie themselves from among some
ten millions Of their own number.
No King stands so high as he. And
no King or Emperor or Gar can
bcStOW greater hOiior on the wo-
man he loves than the President
OF the United States will confer
upon his chosen bride to-day when
ne leads her to the altar and to Il
place i'm history among the galaxy
OF noble danes who have illus
tratcd, by their lives i'm the Exccu-
tive Mansion, the dignity, the hon
or and virtue of American women
in private and public life. Well
may the citizens of the United
states rejoice over the wedding of
such Il President with so fair and
gracious a bride. He has kept
faith with them, and the best years
of his life have been, and arc, de-
voted to the maintenance and APP
plication Of the principles upon
which the present and future pros
pcrity and happiness Of the whole
people depend. Wei may they
wish him happiness in return, and
rejoice with him in the prospect
which opens before him to-day.
For the young girl who has thus
been called to the first place among
the women OF her native land, and
of all lands, there is no heart so
dull that it will not throb to-day in
sympathy with her own bright and
joyful anticipatiOns of the future,
and her pride in the glory of these
browning hours of Il maidcn's am
bition. How white the White
House will shine before her happy
Dyes! No cloud hangs over that
representative home of this land
of homes, and no brighter, swccter,
whittier soul has ever graccd its
halls than the good, the gentle and
graceful Woman whom our Prcsi-
dent has chosen for his wife.