Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-11-25
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER IS. 1856.
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:: In Europe ronnd AMI lackrys strut,
ArraJed in splendid shame:
And crecds are q, the bayonet point,
Enforced in heir time out Of joint. i
H. !. 3. -. fLoRloA PuRsh.
y Our contemporary, the London Punch,
! tart and sometimes philosophical pa.
per- per in speaking Of dissolution Of the
AMERICAN Union, thus, describes1th Aen
supposed condition Of things in Amer.
ca. Tie piece from which the above Is
an extract puts in poetry the condition Of
the Continental States Of Europe, under
sbsolute monarchies, and says Of the
men in Office in mouarchical government.
'lacIeys strut arrayed in splendid
shame." Tha, is to say, tcosts q man
the sacrifice Of. his principles. opinions
and manly independence, in Europe. 70
obtain that favor Of his sovereign which
u followed by the reward Of Office and
place Now, it may be very bad and
slayish and all that. for man to pander to
and court the favor of q King. Suppose
We were 10 inform this and other Euro.
ropesn journals. that there is among
US i large class Of men, as well IN Office
Is seeking Office" in all parties, that
court, WOO. caress, fawn upon, pander
to, certain men scattered all over Ameri-
ca, who being them selves half outcasts
from society, without honor, integrity,
information or principle, or any human
virtue, yet have it in their power pull
down any man Of elevated sentiment,
tone of opinion. information, integrity,
calm thoughttruo greatness Of soul. Sup
/ pose we could convince European dream
srs Of American freedom ofopiniOn. virtue
and individuality that the really great, the
gifted, tho far-sseing, the wise-those Of
lofty conceptions, expanded thought, are
showed aside by the mean, the Lowry
those who pander, not to great monarchs,
as in Europe, but to little petty village
tyrants. who, TO crafty mean revenge,
and the lowest passions the envy Of
worth, elevate the "office-seekers," the
ffaIsfnl partisan, and sink the nobleman
ii Nature and Natures God elevate
those, who '''lackey's strut arrayed in
ss,iand;d ebapnclu -. f-.. r."
+ The ofice-seeker is the same the
world over. + In monarchies, he lawns to
Kings and Mobiles. and-with obsequious
nod, wooes the crumbs that fall from
tho table Of Royalty and Of place. In
Republics. he panders to little. petty.
village tyrants, wooing, the crumbs Of
theirifavor, with obsequious assent to any
idle. foolish contracted idea about poll
tics, that such ours may choose TO bark
in his face he does this, and-'a !acky
struts arrayed in such splendid shame"
80 Office 90 won brings to him. It's
such men - these from the North that
have brought disunion to the door of the
Republic, pulling At the latchwing and
clarnoring for entrance to thu" sanctum
sancterum Of our liberty. rr
II 10 such men as these from the South,
that, BY incapacity and narrow views,
have imperiled our liberty, our power in
the confederacy. wooing the hoops that
threatened to bind our expansions and
contract our march Of Empire. i
: il. is the disposition Of tie minimizing
70 look 10 Republics q models Of public
virtue. IS giving their proper place Z
worth aud to merit /; but we say with /
mor4tifying consciousness Of its truth
that 10 many "Iackeys strut arrayed il
splendid shame. !" in the United States
as IN France or Austria As for Russii
tits notorious that IN that despotism, q
ii is called, ''lackeys" are kept in thei
proper places. and merit, not fawning
commands the respect and gets the 70
5ror and reward Of that wise monarch an,
high-bred Court .. n.Es~- a
Whenever apeople have the wisdom :
nut their public affairs into the keeping 9
men Of merit and stern integrity-ofme
too independent to courtfavor BY pander
ing 10 party pimpe-ofmsn whom M
! turs has made 'too high for Corruption
!. too proud to bes--of men too manly :
conceal their sentiments, too wise to per
sist IN temporary error; too stern to yicl
great truth 10 the hubbub ciamor Of III
passing hour, then and there that peopl
will prosper. there and then will the pub
lie virtue reflect back ito purity on II
private citizen: there will be individualit
-therc true liberty and true greatness
be the form Of government Whist it MAJ
Let our friend and contemporary, III
London Punch and other English .journ
ais, learn this and be more reconciled I
/, the forms Of government in the Cont
mental States Of Europe. Let them fur
thar learn. that the reason Why our 60,
erment is experimenting rapidly 70 di'
runtiou. is because in It, so many ..iaci