New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-18
TIE BRITISH ARIsTOcRACY

vered and IGNORED institution. rs gross abuses, Ike
tkose Of other insttutions were Away dwa.eli its
sebe virtues If such could be found, were snied.
II lay like rome lazy loafcr in the sight Of strugglng
Industry; il robbed honest sweat ofis wages But it
vss of old growth and England refused TO lay inge-
spon tie rotten trunk What man, however, failed TO
DO. God did. A famine came and struck il 70 the
earth While II stood, England would only see the
few bright leaves which ristened on some protrubng
branch. Now that II is feed and H. putrid core lad
naked, Inen wonder how such thing could he and be
allowed 70 overcome the air with poison. Thousands
persisted beneath it, destroying shade but in England
thousands must perish before en- institution Will be
touched. What tie famine wac 10 lrsh landlords the
Cr.mea will be 10 British Aristocracy. Benea'h ITS
Ozark. cold shade too many brave men have per
hed But their bones will not rest beneath the sol oil
Inkermsnn and Balaklavs They are daily rising up
az white accusers against their unwilling murdereTs'
British Aristocrscy is upon trial We would present.
therefore. AZ matter Of immediate interest, true
dsgueneotype Oft tie noble cupnt
No subject probably has been treated with greater
prejudice and unfarpess than this Those VINO nave
been in the society of Arietocracy are unwilling or
where willing unable to paint It, lnose VINO nave
mot know nothing Of what they usually write on with
inch fippant familiarity. Your fanatical democrat
swears that every lord il little better than an arch
fend; your fanatieal conservative that he has many
points necessarily in common with an arch-angel.
Arstocraoy however is the offspring OF a past gen.
Grafton Civilization unfolds new progressive chap
ter in every oge. few hundred years ago the priv
ege Of learning confined TO the priesthood who,
10 maintain their prerogatiye artfuly drew curtain
between man aud light or a. some philosophers az
firm allowed the people to see no more light thnn they
could bear We bound then TO look with iorbear-
ance upon the monoposm Of the heirs Of the privi-
legged few Do upon the ignorance Of tie descend
ants Of the neglected many. IL is right TO show how
incompatible with humanity and progress artificial
systems Of caste are; but in doing we mast guard
against confounding the innocent individual with the
guilty system. Foil Justice should be dobe TO the no.
Die traits which Arisocracy occasioDaly eynccs,
though they may spring from hereditary pride in enu-
latng ancestral deeds. The bravery Of the soldier
whose hand the French General kissed in homage
the touching heroism Of many a letter written by
some Crnean private 10 a fond wife or mother
have excited higher emotional feeling than tic skiiul
schemes of st. Arnaud the Mandatory dispatches OF
Raglan. Was Sergeant Reilly who fell in the charge
a, Balaklava less brave than Cardigan Had he
lived no promotion would have met him, neither does
any store mark where he sleeps but he less sol
dierly or dutiful on these accounts
Stores Of learning and means of improvement are
n arstocratie countries thrown open to particular
class and Tie youth Of The favored Order is passed in
luxurious atmosphere Of elegant refinement and in
Spiring tradition. Occasionally there appear some
who adding to these adventurous add great natural
advantages present TO the world such All assonblage
Of great qualities, and such harmony Of noble attr-
butes, as make the Republican exclaim " After all
"tLere is something good in Aristocracy.' But the
exclamation should rather be one Of wonder, that
with the advantages possessed by the privileged Or
ders of Great Britain, so few, comparatively ever win
distinction 1t furnishes in fact the most crushing
argument to show that those only can be eminent
who are distinguished by nature effort To the
gifts Of nature which these men have, the masses may
honorably defer, when such advantages GRE used to
row knowledge and inspire virtue. But castles and
aristocracos begct no like sentiment of Republican
Christianity. They simply develop, nay, often en-
gren on generous natures individual pride, soli.cOn-
eeit, and contempt for others. Here and there in a
hundred years while the many grow-up IN leisure IN
s,e oil of work, man appears who Will make work
out of leisure; just slayehoding State ike Viz
rinia may produce Washington or Jefferson. But
in Aristocracy, in Scrism and slavery, great men
are tie exception, and medocrities the rule. Noble
men may indeed titles; but VIC honor thor
mob eness while we despise their titles. We contend
a. at wherever and whenever child grows up under
any other impression than that he has 10 obey the
primey al command of labor you not only rob society
Of what it has right to claim but you rob himself OF
his highest prerogatvo of SOUL The seeds are sown
for a career which can only be exceptionally good.
So, however, grows up the young British aristocret
Ushered into the world by the delicate hand of Sir
James Clark or some other aristocratic accoucheur,
the privileged infant is not landed like the children OF
other mortas on the earth but pedestal; and az
he crows, tho pedestal grows with him. lie is from
the start separated from his fellows. His birth is an
pounced not in the infants corner which usually
contains the cradle list, but stands out in special
paragraph and gittering type. He is christencd by
bishop or in case of great extremity by an arch
deacon. peer and peeress, If possible one step
higher on the ladder stand sponsors. He Is at once
placed upon hirelng bosom. pebeian woman is
proud to sell her hoods sweet juices to lord, and
neglect her own child; and thus the ladys figure is
not spoiled or her gaycties mpeded. But the babys
rank is never forgotten Jeames, the tootman, calls
in deierential tone for my young lords psp or my
Young ladys rattle; and when taken out u enjoy the
republican sun which shines equally the child of
peasant or queen contemporary babies are taught by
their nurses even thus early 10 open their eyes and
look on the lordhng with servle and wondering
awe.
When he mounts to eight nine years old, he is
placed in the hands of private tutor generally
yosng Oxford divine, with special caution from the
lady to wear gloves and use "Wiliss mirihc balssm
and from the lord to remember his rank and never
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