Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-03-09

ter capacity. Nor was it-for rs 70 great
craftsmanship mighty generaIshD. no hSelve
men of auy degree of honesty. viii ever bRng IN
a bill % Indictment against MS Ex;ciisncF. lie
is perfectly safe from hat calamity
After the PRAYER and anthem, the congregation
rose and slowly departed. Invent out Fith the
crowd Of Young men. and lounged rountthe cor
ncrs with the loungers attaches, poiiicipS, ONCE
l-seekers, saints sinners, and other loaers from
parts unknown. La short time, his Efficiency
made his appearance, with lady on h arm
Over his shoulder hung very sPlenld blue
Spanish cioa.-and around his face te same
mingled expression of conceit and notfngness,
which envelope ambition made gentle5y accl-
dent. On his appearance, up drove very
splendid carriage, drawn By two beautiii blood
horses, their heals and tails full OF n g'at deal
more intellect, passion. feeling and soHmit9 !,
than their owner 1t fine study for me,
who nm something of painter, 60 mrk The
spIcndor and grace If the horses, and tr calm,
passioniess, aImost silly expression of ther mas
ter. | have doubt but ii was two sab ami
mails that the Emperor Nero or Caigula-i for
get whlch-elevated 10 the Senatorial dility.
But, 10 returu-the carriage of his EXel!cncv
was the most superb thing / have yet seu. 1t
was of dark olive hue, with ornaments eegant-
~ disposed, shining as bright as FURNISHED gold.
When was IN Paris, | saw Louis Philippe fire.
quendy drive out to NeuiIly. and brk 70 the
guilIeries-when | was in London, saw the
Place and Hyde Park-whcn j was atWindsnr,
have also seen the same royal personag driving
from the Castle to the Chapel | nave seen all
these, vet must say, that the carriage and hor
ses-the ordinary equiPage OF the chictfemocrat
Of this land of locoioco equality, is far more ele
CANT, superb aud splendid, than eIth,r OF the
other great and royal pcrsonages. rh, servant
dashed up the steps, banged to the doof--jumped
up behind, and away rolled the head Of the
rubcan party, with air and style, that can
equal and surpass that of any crowned head III
Europe.
All the other carriages, and the greater par, of
the company had left the scene be;or. | recov-
cred from the deep reverie INTO v7htoh / had been
flung by the events of the morning. What a
bubble is politics, what bubble is democracy!
what bubble is man what beautiful bubble
) woman. These the thoughts that filled
ny mind lsaw some fair near me that
lad slight acquaintance with, but | avoided
hem-tor was not in mood Tor galiantry-and
when YOU not In the mood, what foolish but
,ndearing thing aHiabe and lively woman Is
more disposed 10 weep-to weep bitterly
t human nature--of iaugh-yes, laugh loud at
he maniac madness of mantind
wandered about the street perfectly al ran I
ON, like isolated soul drifting down the
-reat tide Of eternity. This, said 10 myself, is
hen. a specimen of democracy regular, out and /
nj democracy of that democracy Of which we
rear much in the porter houses Of New York,
nd the beer cellars OF Philadelphia. II this is /
emocracy--and that pomPous nothing of a man ,
he chief democrat, wish, pray could have
glimps of arlstocracy--a single peep at one Of
hcse horrible aristocrats who have struck with !
loror this sensitive, unhappy country, for the /
asst ten wears. with pains of the cholera ITSELF.
Oh! virtuen said the younger Brutus, what
hantom art thonn ON. libertyt' SAID the beau
ifil Madame Roland. swhat deeds have been
one in Thy namer Oh! honorr said fit SIR John
'olstaif, what mere wind art thou Ohi de-
nocracyn say |, what greater bubble art thou
han Romlu virtue, French liberty, or English
oGor, iii pu, together. made into one dose, and
lbeiled on the back--this Martin Van Buren,
pure democrat of kInderhook--stand out of the
nv of his splendid cqupago and blood horses and
Q d to ve.'