Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-07-15
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THE PRESIDENTS ViS WIS.,,

=, -, Northern contemporaries have oCch
INC ,o,nrr BENEATH The load oi trash which they
ccssary publish relative 10 inc progress Oh TIC
pierce towuds New York tor inc purpose Oh oe'"s
nt al, and participating in the opening VI 'ae o'' ''4,
palace The second for the exhibition " 'o ~ ,sI
nations Every little village on Tue ioa'. ddra , osi
40 ,ss ma snusrsmpn 10 welcome anu uuuS tnI -
-, d =, n,s,niy, In an orderly manner me whole cer
munia Of The tudding process h line anpopriarrd ard
necasohs. l:vefy ,d ,hs funds for the public reception
I'D n,c,, ;nm.nt uf the President ana l,' SUI, ao ~;
extensive preparations for me hih have been duly dis
u,ruse volumes of rheorica Sa' inv through The press
charged and are nov teuiou'' -
We have no recollection for these norten,ous patade
progresses appetite for ms of public and
nm snuroh,,jro far this wasIriul ,achnerv of oa
wv taste for this gisantc a,v %vsoned of
Iysm md putting which has been :" roiIy al variance
recent years IN our Ntcan Institutions, ana WIN le
J snr aud taste of men Of rlth, this public
pcrate hubbub this noisy anu H. nrupls with their own
proslraton before an uo 10 the worship OF Jugse.nau
md The ar vile humiliation oi o'1 of nation vi
d.spp,ism Than 10 The oi'y l'u ; in the East with Pha-
" ~, r,,,ess.s original ing III i nn.,;o ,un
reenen nnch ,.ns borrowed BY Inc iupa'o So w.
erals If Rome and enforced by ne nf barbarous aye
Middle Ages and the ieltai stricken po,en
'i'u" g. ha s,landr loving and pone5J 80 rI;,rh,h
practIsed oy he ,nprJ by Henry VIII ana hl'zaou
la'ss OF ,rr.ion tor Victoria, anu oa.e po"Is
of Louis Napoeon's appears ; most prurien, and
free States OF America ~ and most unworthy avidl-
deprayed anxiety for noise ,ch and plating over with
80 fnr atterng power merely n7 suc s.ryilj,v
gorgeous ell ling The trapplae New Hampshire gentle
on VIVA il he now? The first serv"n. ., wv peope
raised 10 his present place OF pao oy INV fnn ,hr nopu
deriving all his emloencc a' rh creatures of his scec
lar will Who are his cabinet lnc 80 NJ uam,h.
a !" ~ t;n,,ries Lhorina under the curse OF nan-ne
srry,n, of servants unto their pe'hc" m hny h
prosscst of all political dolaY an" pIia HOMAGE and
rnre ana inter state phrases oil Ie'c'e Ga, o;,,
Ih,,,o ,,udatIon before these men al Gse.i go, e'tf
through which they passi Is no n,,ressi,p ~
sresa becoming very much IKE '',o "'f
| III. old woman Bamhury cross ;, - ,or,o.s
Shn s slI havo music wherever she goes
~ ,,, IN. shirt Of this public parade 10
= in which il il expressed Is noi az e ,e'o"se
and iacri,ious rhetoric OF these rccas'n"a y, @
.,,,ul On both sides II Is Il diseh' '''e = VIZ
m,nno compliments, an elaborate 90 ;,
" -. The spnkrpnIen of The cities wen cha'Seu IN
wioc and vic,ua and inspired with me coi.oa"'
ism, bespaller with fulsome euoees o @
V, ,, r.nubic who severed from their acciuentsi nhc-
nl sea n h claim nor privilege beyond their fellow
;t;rrn.. and s kind OF adulaon IL Te'utneu y sea
discharge of all sorts OF compliments upp WV a"
,n where expenses 80 ecraIP ucial Gu Jul VI 'he
pin,I mrs. Moreover the same sort OF pyrotechnc
is.I,y take place each remove: ana mere - '',s ~
m. wnOie procedure 10 attract a''ehioh VI tet'' p,
vccn, IA, incess and rn,iring repetition OF c ca" me
~ I'm cav thcn-ihc scratch me and III scratch NEE
y,mmDn The speeches on such occasions may " some
Zines dem E,Ee bn are uniformly hh,ne'u"sh a "1e
nqnfu practice assmates itself mucn more cioStiy 10 'he
ans Nonoleon regime hn the BETTING sobricty and
moderation OF y great republic.
In these observations have no especial reference either
"a President Pierce the present occasion inde,e me I'm
nrnnriey of such progress may be less IN connection YIN
h nurnun Of the Worlds Fair Than any OF The other op.
n,unitirs clpoycd for similar pomps And the meri' u
i'm Individual can be conceived 10 give any Legitimacy 10
rh nrocedre President Pierce has caiTa 10 this oluus
INDULGENCE which did not appeain hs Immediate prede-
ces.oT Bal ID another reason Tor dscnnnecne our
remarks rom any peculiar application to President fierce =
"A far as wc have any Of judging this elaborate snl'
znG ia as istasleul himself 10 and regarded by
m rs AN unscely nuisance which Ought TO be promptly
abalrd.