Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-08-17
WORDSWOR H-ARISTOCRACY AM
DEMOCRACY

Wordsworth sings beggars, we admit and
shows very clearly that man who begs is not TO
be despised; but does he ever fire our souls wrha
desire so to perfect our social system that begga-
nv shall no, be one of its fruitsl WORDSWORTH
an society without beggars. or such feeble old pau
pers as Simon Lee, would be shom of all its poet
ic beauty. Herein lies the defect we discover in
his democracy He would lead US to love all
men, bu, always in the condition in which we find
them This is to us the height of aristocracy-
Aristocracv always delights in giving aims in do
ing something for the poor and needy; but II nev-
er delights in taking measures to prevent there be.
ing any poor and needy, or to enable the poor and
needy to work out their own salvation, Democ-
racv, on the ether hand, attempts to do little for
the people 1t believes the people do not need so
many dry nurses as il has been thought; It be-
eves the people, if their kind masters will let
them alone, are fully competent to take care of
themselves 1t labors, therefore, to remove OPP
pressions to take off the restraints which have
been imposed upon their natural liberty, and TO
leave them free 10 employ their own limbs IN pro
curing the means of their own wel-belng. Arts
tocracy gives aims to the poor and nurses them as
dependents; democracy proclalms their rights as
men. and seeks to secure to them their possession
Arisocracy. with much kindness Of look and
voice seeks to relieve the hunger Of to-day de-
mocracy seeks often with a stern look and a harsh
voice 10 Law down principles and establish an Dr.
der Of things which shall relieve the hunger OF
ali coming time. Good Henry the Fourth Of
France, in the benevolcnce Of his heart wished he
could pu, a chicken into the pc, OF every man m
his kingdom democracy would SO arrange mat
tiers that every man in its kingdom shall have II
in his power to boil a chicken whenever he peases
/ We have seen nothing in Wordsworth TO induce
us to believe that his feeling towards the poor DIFF
/ fers essentially from that Of good king Henri
Quartre
Z The tendency Of mans soul is usually to be
ascer,ained by the party with which he arranges
/ himself Wordsworth goes with the high Tory
party Of his country, and opposes, as r.nch as a
man of his inerness can. the Efforts Of the friends
Of freedom. During the wars created by the
French Revolution all his symPathies and all his
powers were consccraied 10 the defence Of The ~
rants His odes and his sonnols, blasphemously
inscribed 10 Liberty were in praise OF those who
sided with the people II be loves the people and
desires their freedom, he has taken an odd way Of
showing Il We are aware that the French Rev
ouilon Is bugbear 10 many bu, we dare BE-
known among those who see ia II a great though
terrible, effort Of Humanity 10 gain possession Of
those rights which Christianity had taught her q
regard as her inalienable pairimony, and to cher
ish as the apple OF her eve and We can own NJ
man as a friend 10 his God 10 has race, or 10 has
country. who sided with those who took up arms
sgans, Il, aud sought 20 perpauaie old wrongs
lime-hallowed expressions lie nus repent Of hn
doings in sackelo,h and ashes, wRh deep hunilhy
whh all the marks Of ElnseTe con,Fiioa, aeknowl