New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25

Tecl and cordially dislGes and distrusts young
Duke Albert whose ideas are diametrically OPP
posed to his own on almost every conceiVaDie
question, 1t is by means improbable that'
Welding to the wishes OF his people ana Oh the
various Lutheran States OF the German Cohleo-
Grafton His Majesty may now proclaim the Duke
Of Teck as next heir to the throne OIL "ur'e"'-
berg.
The Duke of Teck has daughter anu 'niee
sons by his royal English consort' the uausn'e'
being destined to be the wife OF the Duheoi u n,
eventually to become the queen ol Ehs'd'' ".'N
Empress of India, while of the three soAo INC
eldest Prince Adolphus of Teck' captain VI ."S
ROYAL Horse Guards, is the huspahu u '
daughter Of the muti-millonaire Brit'sh DuN0
of Westminster. 1t is Just possible 'iei.i'
that the Duke of Westminster may yet i've "
blossom forth as the father-in-law OF the h'''9 VI
WIrtemberg prospect which he certainly "e' {.
anticipated when he gave the hahu ol 'ii' u"e
ter in marriage to the good-natured anu So'''e
what stupid Prince Dolly" of Teck
MORAL STATUS OF MORGANATlC UNioN'
Morganatic marriages regarded by many
IN this country in the light of something immoral
This is far from being the case. The position Oh
union receives the sanction and blessing OF 'he
Church and the only way in which it differs from
the ordinary marriage is that the left ihsteau Vi
Tho r,obt hand 10 given at the altar, and that as
stated above the rights of the INFERIOR VI wv
contracting parties are limited. Indeed the
word "morganatic," derived from the ocahui-
r.,ior words "morgyan" to limit. implies as
much.
have been peTUlltlcu
70 contract mo-ganatic marriages, ana 10 ass's
- ,,,hor an unjust a status to their wives
ora 70 their children. have been not only 'he
princes and Processes Of the now reis'lii'e "''.N
~ Germany. Italy. Austria, Russia Denmark
CT ond porturaI but also the members OF
what are known as the mediatized families OF
Contra, E,urone. These figure in Part II OF the
"A,manacb de Gotha" The heads of these
houses-some Of them dukes, some princes o'he'
merely marouises and counts (such as, FOR IN
stance. Count Pappenhem, who married MISE
Wheeler. of Phadelphia)-formerly enjoyed the
rank and power Of petty sovereighs' 'assa'S
however. to His Apostolic Majesty the Emperor
of the Holy Roman Empire, at Vienna Lie
Napoleoric wars swept the majority OF 'hese
u c,otos quay and the treaty of Vienna set
ifs seal upon their disappearance. 1t was feit
however. that tney ItIuliCu "''''N
nensation for the loss of their doiriiiiohS' ~
cordingly they and their lineal descendants "ei'
Invested with a number of extraordinary PRIV
iIegos such as are enjoyed by the members Oh
actually reigning houses, ard conspicuous among
which was the right to contract niorgaha'i'
marriages. .;..
Those unions are entirely out OF keeping WIN
tho democratic spirit of the present age anu arr
NOT appropriate to the conditions OF moderh iie
They are no longer tolerated by french Id"
wbich regards all marriages as equally pihohs
upon both parties, the failure OF Mile de oih
cbamps to assume the title OF her huspa''u' 'ii'
late Due d'Aumale. who has bequeathed the our
of his enormous fortune to her son, being soiels
dino IN q nriyate agreement between them. Inc
King Of Saxony and his fellow-Judges, cohsti
,utirg as they do a court the supremacy VI
which is acknowledged by Emperor william ano
nv all the sovereign families and States OF Ter
many. have now adopted the sensible Frencn
,.,ou, and have declared that left-handed mar
riages can TO longer be regarded as par &c
succession to the throne; ergo, that they are
inst as valid. as binding and as complete as or
binary matrimonial alliances. That is equivalent
to the death knell Of the morganatic marriage
system. Ia '