LORD LORNE AS GOVERNOR OF CANADA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 195, 14 August 1878, Page 4

LORD LORNE AS GOVERNOR OF CANADA.

The appointment of the Marquis of Lornfl to tbe GovernoNgenerfllship of; Canada introduces (says an exchange) i probably a new era in colonial Nations with the mother countty\ Hitheito, «b n rule, these important position have been g,iven as n rewnrd of political services of a rather obepquioua kind, or in order to enable decayed branches of tha aristocracy to bo Vivified by financial sap supplied by the pioneers <of colonisation. As a result there has been a growing tendency with the more advanced of colonials to regard the incumbents of such offiopg j n rather a conterpptuoua fashion, and tbe known eheese-purings to which some of these hifth officials have been accustomed I 'to resort, in order to curry off. as ■ much plunder as possibl^'hns not ten- j der to allay the feeling. Anglo-Saxons, as a rule, hnVe no particular i objections to nobility of birth, provided it is not marred by igoobility of character or action, however democratic tho community or its institutions may be. But for the shoddy Brticlo, or the article that comes to wear out ifs old clothes, and generally repair the ill consequence of riotous living, the colonial form of AngloSfixonism h9a a great nnd growing distnste. The advent, to Colonial Administration of a scion of the noble House of Arygle, nnd with him ns a consort r priocees of the bloorf, is a ' new departur* ; and though the grent dominion of Canada is har.Uy on a level with ordinary colonies, it may be that this ia '{he inauguration of a new state of things, that will fend to remove tbe prevalent Wing " that anything is good enough for the colonies." But why may tberH not be au advance even on this, in the Princes of the Royal family fhemeeivesaHaumins thf) position of representatives of the Gracious Queen ia the Government of her great and growing dependencies. Providence fans b en pleased to bless the Royal House with gratifying and extra.. ordinary prolificness — n blctsing promising to descend to the third or fourth geceration. Why not utilise tbe numerous members of the Royal family in cementing the bonds of loyalty by showing to distant colonies that they are not regarded as tno remote to be the homes, though temporary, of her Mujosty'a children, who tbemeelves would be all the better fitted to grace their high station by a little of thp rough-and-tumble of colonial life, and by getting an insight into the arcana of government and the growth of popular institutions If anything ia sought to stay the progress of a desire in the colonies for elective Governors, and for virtualey severing the connection with the Empire, it msy be found in giving to ua Governors from the Queen's own family, who, in addition to their official aad representative character, would bring the far more potent influence of tbe best beloved Queen that ever aat on royal throne instead of palming off on tbe colonies penniless lords nnd worn-out political " whips,"