The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-09-14

quiet his fears about livery. fFeSiueHt
PIERcE's hack driver has just come into
office, and of course got q new suit on the
occasion; that, the Wings mistook for live.
ry, as zthsir clothes being of four years
wear, had got ~threadbare.
For the Ohio Statesman.
am glad to find that there is no truth
whatever in the assertion Of the ~. T..
Tribune, to the effect that the President
has put his coachman and footman into
~liveries. 1t would have had a very ugly
look to the Democracy Of the country. and
especially to those of the West. if it had
been proved that the President, elected by
their votes upon a Democratic platform,
was a recreant in his practice to the prin-
ciples which he and they profess: With
bitterness and sorrow would they have
been compelled to acknowledge that the
President Of this great n alton was so weak
a man as to think i; necessary to bolster
up his lettering dignity by putting his SER
wants into livery. The regulations abol-
ishing trumpery 6nery among our diplo-
mats, was received with unanimous APP
probation by the people; who, then, ever
conceived that the President would go
about with white liveried menials dangling
at his heels? Who would believe that he
had so outraged the feelings of his sup
p%ortersl And who will forgive the menda-
cious scamps who invent and reiterate
these shameful falsehoodsl
"The aristocracy OF genius can ad-
mire; the aristocracy Of wealth can n
dure; but the aristocracy Of Democracy |
abhor." These were the words Of a tried
and honest Democrat in days gone by.
Had General PIERCE exhibited this "aris-
tocracy of Democracy" | am sure that
not all the panders to his pride. nor all the
flatterers Of his power, in Washington.
could have shielded him from the deserved
indignation OF a free people,-from the
wrath of a people who would despise and
condemn in a Democratic President that
which they tolerate but contemn in a cod.
fish a:;stocrat. The simple creed of our
republican fathers, though it may not for
bid ~liveries in terms, yet inculcates prin-
ciples with which they are incompatible.
Therefore, it is that we see none but the
most worthless of our citizens indulge in
the pomp and parade to which ~liveries
administer. The vulgar, empty headed,
useless son Of some honest old fellow who
sold whisky and red behring's, rolls about,
the "Great Metropolis" in his gilded car
riage, burning to achieve notoriety; and
in a moment Of inspiration he claps his
coachman and footman into livery. Eu.
reka, he is somebody! He has chafed
against those republican manners which
obtain among US; here his wealth could
not purchase that homage which, in other
countries. the masses pay TO gold; he was
conscious that in intellect he was below
the average of mechanics and yeomen;
and he has revenged himself by ostenta-
ton. He spits upon those republican prin-
ciples, which alone assure the possession
in safety of his property.
But the President Of the United States
what does he want with Fictitious aids to
his Importance? Elevated to his lofty and
sublime position by the confidence Of mil
lions Of fieemen; chosen by the greatest
and most intelligent nation upon earth to
preside oyar the earih's great Republic:
selected from among all his fellow citizens
by their unbiased voices to represent and
embody the republican principles Of the
land-he stands before the World exalt-
ed4the Man!-The man, who, chosen to
this high mark, would seek to crafty his
vanity by adopting l~iveries, who would
take, to false show and hollow tinsel. for
the purpose Of making himself distinguish
ed, would give irrefragable proof that he
had no conception Of the vast honor done
him by the nation. He would make it
palpable that his little mind could not con-
ceive the mighty elevation of his office;
that his Mario soul cribbed, cabined and
confined, in its ~lilliputian proportions,
could neither grasp the great reality OF his
own august station, nor comprehend the
grave responsibility resting upon his un-
worthy shoulders. The owl would be ar
owl though perched on the royal crag. and
he would grope in the dusky twilight rath-
er than face the monday sun.
Not clothed with the Imperial purple,
but clad in the plain garb Of an American
citizen, the President Of this republic should
stand before the World in simple dignity.
and dwarf the majesty Of the greatest of
the Caesars. Not attended with the mar
tial pomp of a Baron of the middle ages.
nor waited on by the efeminate tricked
out lackey of modern times, he should
o'ertop the last Of the Barons as much as
RICHARD NEVILLE excelled BEAU BRUM-
NELL. There ought to be no compromise,
no go between, no dallying with and soften
ing down of ~liveries, in the dress of those
who are employed by the President. fit
has been the custom there in Washington
to have a certain formality and unison in
the clothes of the Presidents coachmen
and footmen, sit is a custom more honor
ed in the breach than the observance"
sReform it altogether"-leave foolery and
inery to VANDERBILT and the "great men"
of the ssgreat metropolis" Be you con-
tent to be the President Of the Republic;
for if the President Of this Republic bellies
in his private practice the principles Of our
institutions, the Genius Of this Republic
will surely say to him
"Cassio, | love thee well!
But never more be officer Of NINE"
Ohio Statesman.
[From the Washington Star.
"And talking Of ~liveries, Henry said a
pretty good thing when he heard of the