The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-03-12

IFS, ~ ls pNV 10 see SO much beauty
wasted 10 humble life."
{" But why should il be wasted Julia 7"
Because she will IN all probability mar
! ry some rough mechanic who will never
perceive her grace, and scarcely appro.
claie her beauty"
i "Do YOU suppose then, thu. personal
bcauiy Is no, appreciated by the poor as
we'll as the rich, JuIa? ~
Yes but only certain kinds Of beauty
a healthy, coarse rcd check, and bold
bright eye, are the charms mos, admired
among the plebians."
Julla, what are you talking about Are
/ Americans running madl Here have re
turned Ia NV native country, after an ab
sence Of only five years, and while my
love Cor our republican institutions has in
ere sed tenioId, fDd my counirymen
hive become perfectly beside themselves
~ their aping OF foreign foliles. Piebiaas
-iofsoolh and pray who are the pa'ri
Clans Of thus anst democratic community r
"Why, Fred, there must be difference
between he upper aud lower classes 10 al!
Communities"
Yes, Julia. the difference between the
good and The aIcked, The honest snd dis
honest, the educated and The ignorant, TIE
governor and the governed"
You forgot the principal distinction,
Frederick, the rich and the poof."
AYE, thought so; that IS the prlnci
pal Distinction IN modern times, and Of
course the rich man ia the patrlcian, tho
he may have rnked his wealth from the
kennel, and the poor man is a plebesn, #
his ancestors would have been among the
ooIy American NOTES.-The signers Of our
Independence"
"Oh, 10. brother, you are wrong me
chauic, though he b. as rich as Ciesus,
canno, get inlo good society, but # be
abandon his business before his children are
grown up thtg are received, ind his grand
children finally rank aueug oar hrsi class.
es"
provided they retain the fortune for
which their grandfather tciied. | suppose,
Juhs. Well, am glad 10 have the matter
50 satisfactorily explelned, especially as se
are the children Of meenanie.'
Heavens Fre. hos c4s.7s ol sly SO {
Our hiher WIS an India merchant"
True, my high minded sisier, bu, he
began life 10 a cooper's shop doan on the
wharf, where he afterwards built his state
I, stores. Many a good barrel has be
headed and hoOped aud remember,
when a very hilIe boy bo~ ] loved To pIas
in the shavlugs. But ,hal is thify years
ago, julia, aud ! suppose YOU think other
people have forgotten II 7"
. wish Fred, you could forget il. |, is
GOT pleasant to have such things brought
10 light so late IN the day. They cannot
Jars you nor me- but they may par liz
~ prospects"
"Tfue, Lzzy might 10, be allowed 10
marry mechanics grandson, IL it were
known she was only mschanc's daugh-
ter"
Frederick Carleton with some ecceutu
city possessed many eScelIeut qualities.
Ills father had 5esloeed Upon him all the
advantages ot beral education and at
ter completing his studies he had spent sew
eral years in Europe. " hile abroad hts
fliher died, aud has elder sister married,
81 that on his return he found the old FAM
" mansion pissed into other hands, and
his favorite SISTER Lzzy an inmate Of 10
has stately mansion, lis paternal inheri
lance Insured him competence, aud he
resolved TO marry as soon as he should
meet sIlh woman capable Of realizing
hts notions Of domestic happiness. IL Is
not to BE- supposed tina, the rich and travel
led Mr.. Carleton, (whose three thousand
dollars Of yearly income was more than
doubled by many tongued rltnor,) lacked
opportunities Of selecting a companion for
life. But among manguvrng mammas,
and display ing daughters he had as yet seen
30 one sho equailed his idea Of womany
loveIness. A true American in feeling,
he had lived long enough among foreign
folles 10 despise them most heartily, and
especially did he abhor thus attempt to es
tab'ish an exclusive system IN society. II
am ~ agratian," he would often say, "nor
have any u,opiau notions OF perfect equal
ny ! AIN therefore aware that there must
always exist different classes IN society.
such rs working men and men of wealth,
men gifted with intellect, aud others only
one remove from idlocy, but let us never
acknowledge that worst Of all tyrannies,
the oligarchy OF mere wealth. A man Of
enlightened mind and wrtnous principles is
my equal, whatever be his occupation, and
whether his hand be hardened by the black
smiths hammer, or solled BY the INK OF
the learned professions, i, is one which |
cau grasp with respect"
His notions much dsp|eased his fastId
Gus sisters, aud they took great pains to
convince HIM of his folly. Bot it was in
VAN they tired to initiate hun INTO the mys
terIes of modern fashions; he would nel
Their conceal his face beneath an over
growth of muuslache and beard, nor would
he initiate the long cared asses of South
America IN the longitude of his superb ra
ven locks. lilo even refused to carry th'