Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-11-30
A HINT FOR GOOD MANNERS.

correspondent, writing from England. says that he
has travelled over ten thousand miles in the United
STATES. without seeing many instances Of coarseness
and vugafiry, as he has witnessed in travelling ovel
twentieth Of that distance in Ennl He that
on railroads and In steamboats, in England, he has fire.
luPny heard ndecencies uttered in presence of spect
able women, which would have excited general indgn
ton in American conveyance and perhaps have
ed the immediate expulsion Of the denquens while in
England they entirely overlooked things of course
or n"iIced only food for laughter He admits thai
vuglrlty is common enough everywhere and that those
disposed TO work with such materials, always fin! it
ready but that willis il is not popular chaEacte stic
in either America Eng land vet the former has 70 rea
to be ashamed Of her republican breeding
with her proud mother with all the advantages royal
and arlsioeratic training.
This statement involves only important truths.
bnt important principle. Royalty and aristocracy de-
Praye manners, democracy purfes them. Royalty and
arIsueFaGy degrade woman democracy eXas her.Why!
Man violate Gods fundamental laws with lmpu-
nifty. Reribufion will surely come, to punish with de
gadation physical moral bpth If God hath spo-
ken through the New Testament, hen is equality God
appointed ordinance for man, and this being admitted
evil in shape, follow all disturbance Of equal,
ty. This equality is disturbed in mlnarches apd arts
tocraccs. " hen social constitution exhibits grada
lion Of clis,es the interiors regard the superlors-
as more than men, themselves less. Common sense
conlradctng the FIRST position the second must prevail;
and hence all lower classes regarding their superors III
more ,1eel Inc nSV6S degraded De-
low the standard of humanity and therefore indifferent
10 the qualities which dignity human nature And wher-
degraded women the first and greatest
sufferers by the degradation,
But if difference Of rank degrades the lowest classes
Why does II not eSalt and purity the higher Because
depnyes them of social accountably An aristocracv
Independent o 81 inferior classes for their power p-
ton, regard them with contempt in proportion IL their
descent IN the scale. and therefore indifferent to their
opinion For social conduct, hence, il the chiefs among
them set evil example the follow it, in open de,
hance of all inferior classes. Among all nob,es, the
standard of social manners established by the monarchy
and hence, if depavity reign in the palace eventual
y lntecis the whole order Charles II, George " :,
Louis XIV and Louis XIV were profgaie ; and during
heF reign the Eng and French nnoilities
svey or thoroughly corrupted. Each nobe.man wo-
man. seeing but llcenuusDess in equals. and desplSlng
The opinions OF mteTo-S, was released from social re-
sraints, and descended accordingly The example Of
the high extensively followed By the low and
man, losing respect among patrlcans could not retain 1t
among plebeiaus The effect of all this in the degrade
oa OF woman, visible in aristocracies the present
hour, especially among the lower orders.
But how does democracy purify manners? BY insplr-
ing self respect In social constitution where
highest or lowest, where the lowest may reach The high
est position by good conduct aud good manBefS, and the
highest must fall by misconduct, each fluids any position
within his reach and as therefore inspired with the hope
well the lrSh, To rise Improvement, OF his elndi
ton being among probabilities. he is with de-
gradalloa.-He stands up before the highest with the
conscious dignity o! manhood, DESTROYS Of proving practi
cally we'll theoretically that she good as any
man." Then in proportion TO the elevation Of in
the social scale must depend that Of woman when
scious of rights in himself attribute Of humanity
is led 10 recogRize and respect rights 40 and
he respects himself and other according their
dignity Of charac he is led to respect woman for the
easoG, All this being true we shall find the best
manners in The most democatic constitution of society,"
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.