New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-03
A SOCIAL REVELATION.

We present to. day sad and singular story,
with an ex-CabiDet Minister Of England for the
hero which we would, for the honor of humanity
had not BEEN but which we fear presents too
true picture, though no doubt in darker shade,
Of that forgetfuness, in thepursult ofpleasure, of
every high and noble feeling which marks the
private life of too many of Eoglands aristocra,y.
We have little doubt it will serve 10 swell that
wave which beats just nov with such threatening
roar sgsinst Epglands weak and worn instltu-
tions. And vet, what seems most strange of all,
is that at such sn hour, when the aristocracy,
instead of making an effort, like the Roman
general to fold their robes and fall decently be-
fore the statue of the people, their helpless sPsthy
ia only broken by such disclosures as the Hand
cock case unfolds or by silly pageant Of
nummeIy, such as the installation of Lord
Aberdeen with the garter, in which a host
Of titled noodles, with folly akin to madness, aud
which must at each hour sting the people into
rage, pass their day in paradng with black rods
and gold sticks, kissing hands and initiating, with
out having the same motive, the most unmesning
of those mummeries which they condemn else
where. Instead of girdiDg on the sword, En-.
glands nobility are fastening on the garter.
Melancholy and pitiful as all these recurring
scenes are, they are Ike all such evils not with
out their advantage. They proclaim by facts more
eloquent than words of FIRE to a wondering world,
dszzled by outside glare and glitter and by the
greatness built up by long possession in their
despite and the labor Of her people, that no sys-
tenn of government can stand the test Of al en-
liehtened age which is not bssed upon the broad
foundation Of humanity and equal rights. When
genius only finds it's reward if emblaz med with
a coat ofarms, it is virtually annihilated.
What was it that in the retres! of Moscow lit
the weary soldier on his path, or that gathered
round "le petit Caporal" thousands of hearts
ready TO lay down their lives in his service The
feeling that there was an eye which rested on
every noble deed and marked the doer for dis
.iDcton. But the other day the difference Of the
French and English system WAS sipgulsrly con.
trasted. When the story was told Lord Raglan
gssed himself from and slain three Russians, he
irclosed him five pounds. On the same day q
French general, seeing some brave mau perform
some brave deed, placed him on his horse beside
him. and, conveying him to the rear, kissed bis
band in devotion to his gallant virtue. Which
reward inspires the toblest sentiment, or makes
the bravest solder While 81, these incidents,
and every new message from Seyas'cPol, disclose
The effects of such institutions upon the men the
Handbook story throws some ligh. upon their in
fuence on woman.
While the lover classes, brutalized by igno-
rance and oppression. are dragged each day be-
fore the Police Courts of England for acts Of ILL.,
treatment toward women which disentitle them
to the name of man. the higher clhsses. privileged
too often from punishment, and taught to consider
as fashionable distinction in vice, know none of
those feelings of high and elevated devotion which
woman inspires in noble men, and which even in