The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-08
Liberal Studies.

Aarys College, mu'' ~ ,.... ,~a,,,,o
Id II is vigorous ana eio9ae
t;on. though there are some OF aus sie"
wb;ch we can by no means SUBSCRIBE, WING
NE do not deny that they are intfepia's pioi
claimed. and ably advocated :.
The leading purpose OF Mr.. bro"hsoh -
IN show that nation is great ana gooo' WISE
and inst only in its noblemen and us gentle
mon He maintains that great nation "i'H-
an, noble, or gentlemen, titled or untitled, Is
an unheard of anomaly. lie draws iiius1ra-
tions from history to show that the aristoora-
CIV make the nation, and determine us rank
and character among the empires oil 'he
aarth never the people as detached or dis
.;nruished from them. When Athens neur'
;sbed. Il was, according 10 Mr. Brownsoni
because of her nobility when she fell, 1t was
not because she had not men, because her
incubation had dwindled or her wealth oeen
exhausted, but because she had no Miitlaoes'
no Aristides, no Themistocles SO 100 ne
dates the decline of Rome from the corrup7
ton of her mobiles. France and Ireland are
also mentioned in proof of his proposition
Atthe same time, Mr. Brownson AYERS thai
people than 1.-The wordy demagogues who.
make It their business to fatter and cajole
them, that they may use them, but L tell you,
Young gentlemen" he adds, however demo
cratically inclined you may be, that God
gives to every nation an aristoeraey, titled or
untitled, recognized or unrecognized by the
civil constitution, hereditary orunhereditary,
whose mission it is to guide and lead the peo-
nile. and to direct, sustain and defend their
interests. When these are true and loyal,
your nation prespers; when they become
base and corrupt, or when they lose the man.
ners. sentiments and virtues of their order,
there h, save in Gods gracious providence
10 Longer any hope for the nation. 1t is
clear that arestes A. Brownson, l.. h. d., is
not candidate for Congress
The remarks of Mr.. Brewnson upon ano-
ther subject, thatef the slavery of the South
and North, are uttered in his usual bold and
emphatic style, and will stir up hornets
nest of abolitionists about his ears. 1t will be
remarked that the orator is New England
man, and stands in the front rank OF her
scholars and men of Intelligence.
.You of the South says Mr.. Brownson,
s.consist of freemen and slaves, of gentle and
simple, and so do we of the North In both
sections we find at bottom the same distinc-
ton of classes, though while you have the
manliness to avow If, we have the art to dis
guise it from the careless observer, under the
drapery of fine names You call your slaves
by their proper name, and while you impose
upon them the duties of slaves, you relieve
them from the cares and burdens of freemen;
we call our slaves freemen, and impose on
them the labors and burdens of slavery, while
we secure to them none of the advantages of
freedom. The only advantage we can claim
over you is, that our slaves being ofthe same
race and color with our freemen, are indvid-
ually less hopelessly slaves than yours The
class is as permanent with US as with YOU;
: but individuals of the class may more easily
escape from it, and rise in their own persons
or in their children to the class of freemen
But on the other hand, if our slaves are nm
der certain aspects less slaves than yours
our freemen are less free than yours The
Southern gentleman has personal freedom
. and independence, which we rarely find in
the Northern gentleman, and which give to
Southern manners charm, freshness, an
ease, and grace, which our Northern man
ners, | am sorry to say, for the most part lack.
at is of no use to war against this inevita-
BILE distinction. To attempt either with you
or with us, to obliterate it and make all free
men can result only in the destruction of free
dom and the reduction of all to slavery; as
the attempt to make all gentlemen can end
only in leaving no gentlemen, apdin reducing
all to simplemen, with low and vulgar tastes,
habits, and manners. 1t is then our duty to
accept the distinction of classes as a social
fact, permanent and indestructible in civil
lied society," and conform to it in all our po-
litical and social arrangements"
However wide may be the dissent from
some of Mr.. Brownson's views, it must be
admitted that he is very original and indie
pendent thinker. For our own part, we ike
to hear man say what he thinks, however
erroneous his opinions may be.
vIRe1NIA LAND WARRANTs-The Wash
ington Star states that the Land Office Bureau
is constantly being applied to to satisfy Land
Office Exchange Treasury Warrants, under
the act of August 81, 1852, which provides
for the liquidation of Virginia Land Office
Military Warrants, by issuing scrip onwhich