Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-07-09
Nero nddled while Rome was burning"
An Aristocracy illustrated.

we ma IN the summary OF foreign news ny
the Caledonia, prepared for the Boston Alias,
the following consecutive paragraphs. We can
imagine nothing that should exhibit in more
startling, impressive, or truthful manner the
hcartlessncss and selfshness and utter injustice
Of that intensely artificial system Of government
which, on the one hand, condemns men and
women to hopeless poverty and misery and
death, and on the other, cradles class Of shall.
low.pated, frivolous and effemnate popinjays,
who are born Dukes, and Princes, and the like
supcr-sublimated humbugs, in wasteful wealth
and luxury. We beg our readers to look at the
following records -
FAMINE, FEVER AND MURDERS CONTINUE TO FORM TIE
NEWS FROM IRELAND. IL is reported that the netc po-
fdfo crop is diseased
The QUEEN AND THE Court. On the 4,h ult., the
Queen and the Royal Family returned to London from
Windsor Castle. On the 18th ult., the Queen gave
grand State Ball, Mt Buckingham Palace. The invi-
totons exceeded 1000. The Queen was attircd very
elegantly, in pink and white, with trimmings Of pink
acacias and diamonds wreath Of acncias and da-
monds forming the head-dress. Prince Albert wore
his Field Marshas Uniform, with Russian order Of
knghthood, in addition to the stars Of the British
dcrs, and the ensgns Of the Golden Fleece.
The Queen has visited the Italian Operas and the
st. James Theatre several times
The absolutely sckening particularly Of silli-
ness with which the commonest movements +"
Of the Queen and the Court" are set forth in
the English journals, is in marked and gloomy
contrast with the formal generalities of SYM
patty with human woe and suffering that char
acterize the accounts of the STARVED and DYING
condition Of the millions of poor Irish, each one
n ic IF n q nch ;,,t ;rl,t
Of COP as any starred or gartercd aristocrat that
ilutters and glitters before "the Queen and the
Court" Since the brave old feudal times, when
knighthood and Earldoms were bestowed as the
reward Of noble deeds, and of high and generous
and cfivalric daring, the aummery and parade
OF Kings, and Queens, and Princes, and Dukes,
and Earls, and Knights, havo been growing,
slowly but decidedly and deservedy, into fit
subjects for the ridicule and the conen,p, of men.
They add not cubt to any mans real stature,
nor do they indicate or confer any true dignity.
They are only fit for play-things and toys for
people who cannot read or write.
"Famine, terer, and murders continue TO form
the ne,os from Ireland" - and, "The Queen
gave grand State Ball at Buckingham Pal
ace and "was attired very elegantly in pink
and white,' and Prince Albert wore his Field
Marshal's uniform and the "stars" and zen.
signs of royalty. And then we have the fur.
Their intelligence that "thc Queen has visited
the Italian Operas and the ST. James Theatre
several times All well enough; but, after all,
one might be disposed to ask, ",caat Of il? 2"
The young woman is no better qualified, except
by the accident Of birth, to govern great ma
ton, than she is to be the Chief Engineer On
the London and Birmingham Railroad but all
England runs mad with excitement il she goes
to visit Lady Flummididdlc, at Flummididdle
Hall, or takes an airing in st. James Park with
His Highness, Prince Albert, aid their little
Eighnesses, the babies, and her lowness, the
nurse The big Ushers and the little Ushers,
and the Chamberlains of the household, and
the Masters of the Horse and the Equerries in
waiting. and their high Slinesses generally,
are all agog with the transcendcnt Importance
Of the moremem"-
:" There wa, mounting 'mong the Grahams of the
Fosters, Fcnwicks and Musgaves they rode and they
ram"
And, all the while, "famne, fersr and murders
continue 10 form the ne,cs" from her Most Chris.
tan Majesty's dutiful subjects in Ireland
We are not such fool as to dream of bla,n-
ing "the Queen and the Court" for these things
1t is to be expected that they will seek to hold
fast to and perpetuate them. We simply say
that they are intrinsically and ineffably silly,
and, in connection with the dreadful misery and
suffering, the deprivation and want, that the
same System that upholds them entails upon
millions of sorely abased and oppressed men and
women in Ireland, they become mockery of
the Justice OF Heaven! They will have an end
one OF these days-ether sensiby and quietly
or with conclusion that will startle the hered
itary rulers of Europe more efIectualy than did
the decapitation Of Charles the First or of Louis
the Unfortunate" the last of whom persisted
says French historian, for the crime of pos
sessng those ideas of royalty in which all the
kings of France had been educated, and wish
ing to preserve the power which he inherited"
u The Brandon Voice Of Freedom Of the Isl
inst. has not yet come to hand. If our friend
"the blacksmith" published his paper on the
LIST. there is manifestly something wrong in thu
Post Offices or the mails, which would be rather
marvellous, considering the extraordinary per
lection to which Cave Johnson and his nice De
pnties have brought matters Was there any
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