New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-23

an army without knowledge or discipline, army OF
probemsticsi courage and doubtful honors, ana des-
tined 20 fight except against the citizens hem
seves that is adding insult 10 injury 70 make man
pay for the stick he Is beaten with. That they are,
ereover, obliged 70 lodge foreign armies, and espe-
! cislly Au,trians who as Germans, are nctonousy
/ heavy fitted.
To conclude. they cay all this is not whist The Pope
PROMISED h.m in he ,aofu propriO q the lsth OF SEP
len Der; and il il sad 10 find infahble people breaking
| their most sacred engagenenis.
| have no doubt these grey ances are exaggerated
!. is impossible believe hst al entire nation can be
20 terribly in the right against Tts masters. We" u
examine the facts Of the case in detail before de-
! eide. We have not yet arrived at that point
THE NOBILITY.
| An italian has said with puDgent irony, Who
| knows but that Of these days powerful micro
scope may detect gobuies of nobility IL the blood
| ! em too national not TO applaud good Joke ana
vet must confess these "globules Of nobility do not
| positively offend my reason.
There is 10 doubt tia; take after their fsthers
Tie Ba-ons Of the Middle Ages transmitted 20 Their
children heritage Of heroic qualities. FREDERICK the
| Grea, Obtaired a race OF gigantic grenadeIs oy mT
Tying Of Elk feet 10 women OF i've ieet SIX Inc
children Of clever man are not Tools PROVIDED tn1u
II other hes not failed 10 her duties; and when the
CTetIns Of the Alps ntermarry, they produce Creths'
We know dogs slow or iast, keen,soented or Keen
sighted according TO their breed, and We buy Two
year-od colt upon the strength OF his pedigree Can
We consistently ADMIT nobility among horses and dogs,
and deny il among men
ADD 70 this, thai the pride Of bearing ilas.rious
name is powerful incentive TO well doing. Nobiemen
have duties 10 fulfil both toward their ancestors and
their posteriiy They must walk uprighty under the
| penalty Of dishonoring an entire race. Tradition
obhges them to follow path Of honor and virtue, from
which they cannot stray single step without falling.
They never sign their names without some elevated
| thought Of al hereditary obligation
| must admit that everything degeners'es IN the
end, and that the purest blood may occasionally lose
its high qualities the most generous WINE turns To
uolasses and vii egsr. But We have Gil oi us met IN
the world young Of lotier and prouder bearing,
more high pnded and more courageous, than MS lei
lows woman so beautiful and simple ana ehaste,
that sbe seemed made Of finer clay than the rest OF
her sex. We may be that both one and the other
| have in their blood some gobues OF nobility.
These precious globules, which microscope will
ever be powerful enough to detect, but which the H.
tegent observer sees with the naked eye are rare
enough in Europe, and am not aware Of their exist
| eDce ont of il. small collection of them might be
brought together in France in Spain, IN England, IN
| Russia, in Germany, in Italy Rome is one OF the
cities in which the fewest would be found. And yet
| the Roman nobility is surrounded with a certain
| prestige.
Harquses, counts, bsrons and knights multitude OF
noble families without titles, sixty Of whom were in
scribed in the Capitol by Benedict NV; vast extent
| OF siguioIal oomsLs Thousand palaces; hundred
pictures galleries large and small; considerable rev.
enue; prodgal display of horses carriages servants
and almoIia bearings; some almost royal entertain
uens in the course of every Winter; the renal as of
feuca prye GEES and the respect of the lower orders
such are the more remarkable features which di.tin-
guish the Roman nobility, and expose 70 the smlra-
ton Of all the travelling cockneys of the universe.
Ignorance dleness vanity, serviity and above all In
capacity these the PET vices which place 1t below
ali the aristocraces III Europe. Should meet with
any exceptions my road, shall consider 1t my duty
| 70 point them out.
fhe roots of the Roman nobility are very diverse.
The Orsip and the Coonna families descend from the
heroes or brgands of the Middle Ages That Of Caeta
| tvnu he hnuaps n MdsslmO Sanfa-
Croce and Mutt go back 70 Livy in search OF their
founders Prince Massmo bears In shield the trace OF
| the marchiDgs and couhtemarchings of Fsbius
Maxlmus, otherwise called Cunctator. His motto
| is, Cunctando restHuR. Santa. Croce boasts OF
being an offshOot of Vaerius Publicola. The
| Mutt family counts Mutius Sravols among its an
oestors. This nobility, whether authentic or not L. At
all events very ancient and IS OF independent origin
Ii has not been Matched under the robes Of the Popes
The second category is of Ponlcal origin. Its titles
and fortunes have their origin in Depotism. In the
course Of the seventeenth century, Paul v, Urban
VIII. Innocent ". Alexander VII, Clement In, and
Innocent Xl created the houses Of Borghese, Bar
berini Pamphih, Chigi, Rospigiosi, and Odescachl.
They WED with another IN aggrandizing their
humble families The domains OF the Borghese house,
which make tolerably large spot on the map OF En-
rope testify that Paul V. was by means an unnat
ursl uncle The Popes have kept up the practice OF
ennobng their relations but the scandal OF Their hber
alities ceases with Plus w. another Of the Braschi
family ll775-leOO).
The lsst batch includes the bankers such As Tor
lona and Ruspoh monopolists like Antonell millers
Ike the Macch bakers ike the Dukes GrszIoh, tobsc
copIsts like the Marchese Fenauoh and farmers IKE
the Marches Calsbrini.
] add, by way of memorandum, strangers noble or
| not may be, who purchase AL estate, ger a title
thrown into the bargain. short time ago French
petty country gentleman who had little money, woke
up Roman Prince fine morning, the equal OF the
DoIias Torlsnias, and of the baker Duke Grazioi.
For they are all equal from the hour when the Holy
Father has signed their parchments. Whatever be
~ Sch thp n
houses they go in arm, without any disputes a.
TO precedence. The names OF Orsln, Colonna and
SfoIzs jumbled together in the family OF former
dogetigue de Mace. The of baker marries the
daughter of Lane de La Revere grand daughter Of
Prince Colopna and Princess oi Savoe- Carlgnan
There fear that the famous quarrel OF the princes
and dukes which reused the indignation OF our
stately ST. Simon will be repeated among the Ro
man aristocrscy.
To what purpose should il be, gracious heavens
Don't they well know-iukes and priGces-that they
al alike inferior 10 the shabbiest OF the cardinals
The day that Capuchn receives the RED ha', ne &C
ques the night TO splash the mud in their faces a. he
iides past IN his gllded coach
In all monarchca States, the king is the natural
head Of he Nobility. The strongest term that gentle
man can make Of in abiding 10 his house, - that
i j. az noble a. the King. is noble as the rope
would be simply udlcrous, since swlneherd
the son OF a swineherd, may be elected rope
snd receive the oath Of hedehty from all the
Roman princes. They may well then consider them-
selves upon equality among themselves, these poor
grsnde.s seeing that they are equally looked down
upon by iew priests.
They console themselves with the thought that they
are superior TO al the lsymen in the world. This
soothing vanity neither noisy nor nsolent, but none
the less firmly rooted in their hearts enables them TO
sw allow the daily afront of conscious nierionty
Lam quite aware of the points in which they in
feror 10 the upstairs OF the Church. but their affected
superiority to other men is less evident TO me-
AZ % their courage. Some years have elapsed since
they had the opportunity of proving on the field OF
battle Heaven rbds dueling. The Government