The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-07
INTELLIGENCE By THE MAILS.
WASHINGTON, September 5, 1913.

WASHINGTON, September 5, 1913.
The Scottish and Cabbage Aristocracy of Wash
ingtom-Ihe Presentation of a Brace of Pistols
TO The Emperor of Brasil.
There are very fewroh persons In Washington,
and they are not as aristocratlc as many of their
neighbors, who have not paid for the clothes upon
their backs; blu, what is lacking In dollars, is
made up by boast of psrentage and family, and the
enjoyment OF places some of them sinecures at the
public expense. During long residence in this city
have seen the beggar for Office almost shoeless and
hatess at last attain the object Of his DESIRE and
this at once gave him respectabityn Not long
after his appointment he would forget the friend wis
ed him and kept him from the poor house, and, with
philosophy, peculiar to this class soon ioat upon
the upper current called of genteel society 1t is
frequent remark among the mechanics and traders,
that many appointed from their midst who have been
dignihed with the of 'clerk," assume to "move
in another sphere''to breathe atmosphere uncon-
tsmnated with the Odor Of the shop Generally the
employees OF the government associate among them
selves, and form an order Of citizenship. This how
ever, is mot with me matter of complaint; all men
have right to select their own company.
1t Ia the misfortune Of not a few of them, to pride
themselves upon their '.family''to boast how many
their dada a Owned the number Of
representations their coats Of Many Of them,
the scions Of broken down scrubarstocracy present.
Ing no play the braggart to the
disgust Of their more enlightened auditors
1t Is great mistake to think that gentlemen who
are appointed in consideration of their political
vices to party, remain fervent in the
when they supplants for executive favor. They
cool of in short time; and at this present day two
thirds Of the servants Of the government the
fence, not yet knowing whether Gener Cass or &C.
neral Taylor will the fourth Of March next succeed
the present incumbent Of the Presidential chair So
soon as this fact be established numerous positions
will be defined"
do not wish to be understood as inculpstng all of
the clerks In this declaration for In the interior of
the several club rooms, some can be every day,
doing their part towards electing one or the other Of
the two candidates for the Presidency by endorsing
lectioneering documents, and sending them to be-
nighted regions.
The army and navy officers here as everywhere else
are branch Of the legitimate aristocrasy. They
distinguished il by nothing else by golden adorn-
ments. En- PEASANT, old-fashioned enough to
believe that in republic there should be a repub
can uniform for the army and navy. The palmer the
better
The President the heads of the departments, audi
tors, etc chief clerks and nothing below the latter
range are the frat class" by virtue Of their posi-
tions. This is fixed fact here" and admits Of no
dispute. Whether they entitled to the desgna-
tion the common people, the toiling millions, must
determine.
Members Of Congress are all honorable by title,
just as king Is gracious" in majesty" No mat
ter whether any Of them just emerge from Frog Town.
or from the gambling bells and liquor shops on tho
1t is really sckenng to witness the antics Of our
"codfsh and cabbage nobility. Many of them pro-
fess to be democrats but this is captrap before
the people.
learn from private letter that the officers of the
Allegheny when she touched at Brazil made the En-.
peror present of brace of Colts reviewers Levi D.
delivered speech to his royalty to which there
response. All hands had happy time, and pledged
one another in the social glass Nothing is said about
the princess in honor Of whose birth Mr. Wise
to fire big guns Mr. Tod, our minister, and the Em-
peror, are chums Mr.. Tod da need with the Empress
and Mrs. Tod with the emperor. FELIX.