The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-05

w." At home Mr.. DaLds 1AosS HetS S'"N
tanned a similar opinion, or he never would
lave permitted a friend to attempt en-
trance upon such public occasion he
knew that in Europe, all sorts of uniforms
even Of volunteer corps, are pdraded oy
English cenksemcn, under an opinion they
are valid rpca such occasions SEords
and spurs are authorised.
Our English friends, as we'll as others on
the Cuntineut, often laugh and think if
strange that Americans sErould desire To be
presented at Court. bcoRusethe people there
ARE not allowed To enter the mansion of the
Sovereign, as all are to visit the Presi-
dent, Ge<p=Ders sna other dtgnitaries of
this great ANTON. Every American who
goes to Washington, calculates to shake
hands wath the Presi,irut. Every one DIES
4es i'm tire Scse re has, but would look very
straRgc at q dcor-keeper, if there should
be orc $,ecss, who would criticise his hat,
4cravat, Scets, or trowser!, before he was
allowed to eutcr The White House" This
freedOn. from restraint gives n quiet, easy
-nehrer to our people, WHICH surprises Flu
rOPesus, who expect us tn be laZzlcd by
rhe splcndor of Court, which only reminds
Us of the exhibitions of circus. We ven
ture TO say, our decent negro slaves, would
carry more quiet and cheerful gcntlcness
and better manners into Court Circle,
than half the gentlemen admitted i'll Great
Britain, because they are accustomed to be
among their masters best company, and
acquire his ways and address.
Besidrs-we arc not u very ''scRry gen
cration"--and take things uncommon
cool" We are of opinion, when an Amer
lean presents himself for admission to a
foreign Court. he should conform to their
regulations. If he will not carry q sword.
a white chOkcr, or q velvet hat, under his
nrm--if SUCH be rcquired-let him stay at
home.
But. at tho British Court. such special
requirements should be printed in general
circulars, that our Ministers and people
may understand Them for there is such 0
variety Of barbarous costume admissible,
we ought to know the extent or limit of the
prohibitions.
We have read in English history, there
was time, when Britons painted their max
ed legs, like other saYages-when Peers
and their wives rode to London upon the
same horse-when laws were made to OBJ
lige the natives" to wear trowsers; which
some of our forefnthers carried over their
Shn ,foLf Il; Ioh
save the law" The record of British
manners" is very curious one, for study.
1t is not thousand years since laws were
required, to prevent British parents from
selling their own children. like the Circas-
slams aud Georgians Of the present day
before tho figures of Arithmetic were car
ried into Europe from Arabia, or they had
any knowledge of musical notes. Seven
hundred years ago they began to use glass
windows in private houses, but chimneys
were not known; while the huts in large
cities were thatched with straw, as they
are in Africa, now; splinters of pinewood
acted as candles; knives and forks were
luxuri0s, and they had no gold coinage
-Four hundred years ago. they possessed
neither bibles. prayer books. maps. nor
charts. Three hundred years since pins
began to be employed to hold up the Eng
lish women's clothes. They had sewers
of wood or metal, such as butchers now
use to tnck up flaps of beef. A coach
for the first time was then driven in Lon
don. About two hundred years ago they
first established posts from England to Ire
land, learned the use of tea, decimal frac-
tions, and bayonets to their nuskets.
Let the people of Great Britain. who ridi-
cule our manners" ascertain what has
been done for the benefit of social existence
within the last hundred and fifty years,
by their Atlantic descendants. intermin-
Gled with those of every other nation
in Europe; and overlook. if they can. the
rapid advances made In arts, science, let
tiers, and comforts. by their wild relations
on this side of tho water. who have other
matters tn think of than dress or parade,
although we venture to say there is not
better dressed nation in Europe! Within
that time we have civilized whole nations
of wild negroes, sold to US from British
ships and by British owners, to supply to-
baceo, rice, cotton. and sugar to our pro-
genitors, who had neither. We have given
an impulse 10 their trade and manufactures,
to their commerce and knexledge, by our
ingenuity, industry, and enterprise, more
rapidly advanced in every thing valuable
for life, than they had done by themselves,
for a thousand years before.
English etiquette is in many respects an
tiquated and absurd; therefore scarcely de-
Enable to cur intelligence. 1t is kept up
from fear of change, by certain old school
gentlemen, who rule in such matters, ..by
ancient CUSTOM
We were pleased to observe that the naas-
ter of ceremonies performed his strict du-
hes' in gentlemanly style, and that the am
liable lady, the Professor desired to see.
nromnhlv and Eipdlx,