Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-23

/ Napoleon never gave the vanity Of the English
ari,tocrary n harder ~ more telling thrust than
when he described England asa nation Of shop
keepers. The sting POINT lay in the fact that
wha' The miliiary man sad was is aud ever must
hc true. The strength Of England lcs and ha.
ever lain in her trade. lake Away ihat and she
w,uld dissolve away into nothing. quick n tho
changes i'll n panoramic show. One would sup.
/ pos", therefore. that instead Of Icing ashamed II
trade. her chef m"a. ncr ''leariIe ecign"rs" an1
dprtors whether Of pniiiea laws or divinity
wuull take pride III tint winch thcy must know
10 the Very corner stone ef al. their srcatness.
This Is lar from being the case, hnwcycr: and
every srng Of nobility appears to re- gard contact
with .hap kec,"g soai.l l,'ag!e, Il badge Of
Disgrace.
! In recent debate upon the Indian bill Us to
the icrmsui admission Of cadets uto the army,
L,nl Peterborough took oceasion to sheer at the
rich groccrs and linen Diapers meaning thereby
the whole commercial class, IL quite unworthy ~
hc allowed 10 come into campet ifIuu a. all with the
professional classes, and the elegant Groncs ii soc
ETY. wboeoasumc, but dpn.tliihg hnt create. Speak
ing If the influence II thr M tuti,n5 in which
the children Of the more wealth, receive their ed
ucatipn in comparison with that brought 10 hear
upon the children # the ''prae-si4ual classes mt
home, his lor,lship went on IL say.
But the education obtained III the" examining
colleges Is not the highest species of education;
that which is attained a hmm by tie crmpir and
conversation ofyo"i l'ntatS ~ ~ fD tie highest
. Inn rdHaof eomI"ir" i"r m0mtm Hir edocot,oa
"tirh Me s"aS IF c''IgYete" eot3 e1j,rT~ get rM
He "tncat.on obton"d hy liz soaS 81 rich gr,,rs
ami hsn dtap,fs who will II successful in
thee competitive examination Depend upon it.
tins ia great and most iujaa.ans 5,eal rc,olu.
iiuu
Such a sentiment uttered III this country would
fully cntitlc the speaker To II l'st''Irr men and
an extra pair Of long ears. i.Nrn n England the
ia"t- are against him. Many Il the most cutiva
ted and vigorous minds thai tn%!aud has ever
produced. who have advanced her iamc her
toual prosperity, and exalted h"f literature have
sprung from those same shap-hrrplug people
Sir robert Peel the greatest - slish state Of
modern times was Il trader and the son oi n ira
der; Golden and light are traders Macauay
is the sun Of one Of ihn.c VIII III his Ilunkcys,ip
would exclude even tom the r.; l., t, compete ON
equal terms with the rc' CLASSES Giote the Lest
historian # Greece, T. engaged in mercantile Iur
suits; WAS gers, thr poet Naklcy the chief
Ihnnlerrr Of the I,ulnn Times. and indeed the
most vigorous, pushing minds II the kingdom,
have slrung from the s.,ine cla,s. When Lord
EIlculorough shows himself competent to APP
Iraarh the shadow "f Maeaniay ~ to write lea
der III the London Time. IL will he quite time
enough for him snoeriu ''fie .,porgs and linen
Grape"a.
Bat his sneer suggests an important thought for
IT," thousands of American merchants If every
kl"a AMI degree. hat ia II" in,.uence Of the
merchants slc IN III. e"untryy Amid tie
whttl and hustle which the nlcus. activity Of
,"'' COUNTRY IN H"h' '""ser Il i".nS "'rr',okea.
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