The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-05-19
Thick n Two In Bed-A Royal Custom.
Mr. BENNETT -


was surprised, versed a. know you to be both
In ancient and historic lore, that you shouId have
fallen into the error OF imagining, that the demo
Gratis will consider the fact stated by Mr. Botts 40
regards his having slept in the bed and undey
the very same blanket with the President, as likely
to prove the sincere return OF the Chief Magistrate
OF the Union to the democratic tenes of his youth
Sleeping two In the same bed, is a royal, nay an
imperial ustge-and not at all democratic, unless a
democrat is sovereign. Nero gave OF his sp
prevail OF that practice a m mordbe example in the
presence ot the Roman -enaie, which Seutonius, /
believe, has not thought below The dignity of history
torecord Tallemand de Reaur, whose very enter
taInsg memoirs have recently been published by
Monsieur de Tacheran, member of the Institute,
gives curious particulars OF Louis me 13ths habits of
That KIND We purposey refrain from audinR to
the like propensity of James the lst to divide his
bed, with the favored Gombiers, even when there
was no scarcity OF beds in London: The Duke of
Guise, invited the Prince of Conde (the father of
the great CondeI to sleep with him on the verv
night aterh he had taken him prisoner In times near
er to u.s. times OF higher civilization and more deli
cacy and refinement, that has been ennobled
by its observance by emperors kings and mobiles of
purest blood. The polished and enlightened gen.
tlemen who blazed round the throne of Louis the
l4th, in the early bloom of his manly beauty and
dawning fame seemed unwilling TO suffer it TO be-
come obsolete. The memoirs of st. Evremont, the
letters OF Vosture, and such OF those Of the Marquis
de Sevigne which have been preserved, (not I'M
worthy OF the name his lovely mother has made
ilusirious) furnish with frequent instances of
its continuance. Nor it viewed in England
with the adherence which 1t ia presumed would
now visit any attempt to revive that antiquated
usage, in the days of Cromwell. We are told that
ii was not unusual tor that General, the title which
he then bore) to take to bed with hum some of those
celebrated hOrsemen whose vigor bore down the en-
ervated Carolus all hand to hand combas, in order
together to seek the Lord, 1t has been clearly
that in this the future Protector but pre-
facing the kingly part which even then painted
within him, eager for action
These / state simply to show you that on the
subject in question, you have not made proof OF
your accustomed sagacity, in laying to The account
OF The democracy practice claiming nobler origin
COncedlng, however, that the embedding OF our
Chief Magistrate and Mr. Bolts was not 60 splendid
as the memorable pageantry offered to the view OF
Roman Senators, the courtlers o Louis the 18th and
those OF James the 1st 1t had something OF the
camp rudeness of Roundhead days-blanket instead
OF purple cloth or gilt brocade.
Not that we intend to infer that our good Presi-
dent, in revving this ancient usage, indicates any
intention to change our form OF government, like
Ollver-we view 1t only as mantestlng liking for
practice formerly usual among rulers of great ma
tons. Whether the chief magistrate will be in
du!ged, when he visits this city, in this companion
able mode OF spending the night, not stupidity tor
pd during eight or nine hours, but pleasantly vary
ing between short slumbers, made sweet by golden
dreams of second third Presidential terms, be
doomed to bed solitude during his stay here, sub
ject that deserves mature dehberation--at all
of the Presidents bedfelow should be restrict
ed between Robert Morris, our excellent Mayor,
"a better companion cannot be selected, II he
talks well lying down he does when he
stands up), and the sturdy democratic Alderman,
Elijah Purdy-not brilliant, we grant, as Robert,
membrance of the past, prophetic OF the future,
but giving out in every word iron sense, and the
| soundest democratic principles
VIvE LA REPUBLIoUE.