Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-05-02
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An Embryo Arisfocrncy.

| All bmDf9O AftsfOcfnfy.
Tho signs ofthe day point to renew ell ex
citemcpt lhis Spring aud Summer ia Raj
way enterprnes. The money interest at
home and the news Of fresh bond negotiations
abroad favor speculation. already at ieyer
heat IN his State from the profits and pros
poets Of Central consolidation The Spring
ira &c on all The roads in the country is nj
ready largely In advance Of last season ! he
l advantage i'll grow Is The S4mmer months
de telope the extent Of travel, aud the Crystnl
EN hibilion in this Cry nears The certainty Of
success. without another Tiff in Bank circles
lh' reore, such W. had in March. and such
as we In continual danger of in so many
Ia .nks aaoai and with so hlle specie in their
VA ATS to b NIX upon. il is safe to predict thai
Rs il"ay Stocks, and Bonds ard. above all, fal
Ri nlway jobs will Constitute he 'scnsat on''
Of the season. The Exhibition will only be
lei ,drr 10 il, and the new Holcls the lesser
| h. his that rcvolve around it.
And t. " hat great social or political results
be sond The improvement Of the land on the
m cans of our friends over the water, IS all thi.
10 lcadi The inquiry is we'll worth spcculat.
m5 upon since speculation is 10 rule the hour
1t may Occur 10 quiet locker on, one nor
particularly interested for Consolidated Scrip
or in Western Bonds, nor yet of the fortunate
number OF Road Contractors and Bond Bro
kers, that something like an embryo Arsto
craey may grow out Of il: a sort Of privileged
class, moving exclusively in their own set and
III her own wealth, or ut most only recognz.
ny, incidentally, the cognate classes Of man
moth Landlords, Steam line Proprietors and
Free Bankers.
such an Aristocracy might, in spirit Of
miserable agrarlanism, be deemed Bogus by
por ION OF the masses thrown without he char
med circle. But this would not make it Sd! 1t
is by no means certain that the bass of such
an Aflstocracy would not be AS substantial as
It's prototype IN Europe, which grew out Of
the teudnl system. Nothing could be more so
Than Railways, particularly consolidated ones;
not even landed proprietary True, most
oil the road estate are pretty we'll mortgaged,
but this IS one oil the concomiants perhaps, we
might cal 1t privilege Of Aristocracy It is
so IN England with The Landed Estates, with
the slight difference that they are naenable,
and descend by the rights of primogcnilure
VIII all The mortgage encumhrances. A liule
legislation IN this country, which they already
essentially control, could soon place our road
nobility on equal footing with the patent noblI-
i1y Of Great Britain.
And then there is something grand in the
dea OF rewardIng contract enterprise and fnan-
cal skill after this fashion. 1t is in keeping
WITH the present view Of greatness. 1t is moi
! Bogus at the outset, and would descend by
| Blood in the sequel. Why noll Peace hath
her victories, as well war, and successful
railway building and Railway borrowing are
hofthem. The Duke oil Broadacres, who dates
his letters patent from the battle of Hastings
and whose forefathers landed in England with
WILLIAM the Norman, has no higher claim to
respect than our Lords of Syracuse and Alba.
ny, and Buffalo and Cleveland could boast =
, Nay, not SO high. for his ancestors were only
a qualified set of pirates after all, while their
patents would rest on whole lines of triumphs
aud on the very perfection Of Rail ay dplo
, macy. The antiquity Of the thing is out Of the
, question. We want nothing antiqnated in this
! country at present. We are able 10 start an
ari,tocracy OF our own ali ORC. and it will not
be the fault Of the times if il be not speedily
done. The egg is already and incubation com
menced. We do not exactly go in for the
scheme; our remarks are merely suggestive.
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