The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-20
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p. Rs,sp q muscls.
r.rox>on when q s. Helene, rsnafked 10
Ia OAe.s one svsniae. aslsr tAsy Aad bssn'
r.aatnr TIE nss1 toGsshss, that h he days Of
rrcv haee Sootman, wAoA 10 called "
r.mA ana Who belonged to bis establtshmsnt
~ou "A have been much moro important char.
.c,er than he could have hoped to b. In those
rood old days, indeed. very little account was
t.n~n Of a mans brains, and great deal Of
NJ. muscles. Everything In this world proceeds
IN cycles. Last year brought 70 ~ nothing
rew: for. a the wtsest Of mAnkiud has told
ms. there 10 no new thing under the sun. II
only reproduced, In . modified form, series
Of sceues that had been presented TO the world
thousands Of yeaEs ago-so long sinces indeed,
that NO record Of their existence rsmatned-
rhi. wear brings us back TO the so-called he
ro,c sres. when bone and sinsw were every.
hing genius and learning nothing ~ all. TON
SAvrRs 10 more important man than Lord
PALmxRsros, and JACK HxRNAx would prob
ab,v not feel himself complimentsd by q COM
innate Messrs. DowLINa and WILKEs, the
HOAKh anu vAROAA Va sAsO AAO~s0A - AACoAAA>0"
and ENKAs. According to these gentlemen.
a successful prize fighter 10 the most exalted
Of human beings, the cultivation Of muscle
the most exalted of human pursuits. SAYKRs,
for bur giuE up the peppers Of HEENAN, Is more
praised than WELLINGTON was for conquering
BoNAPAkTE, aud HxENAN, for punching the
head Of SAVERS, and nearly stra ngling him
upon the ropes, 10 adjudged to have disttn.
guishe 4 himself quite ~ highly as WAsHINo-
TON, who gave freedom TO half . world
The rising generation are requested to look
upon these heroes a. the glasses Of fashion,
and to mould their mannere and shape their
course by the light Of their example. 1t is
admitted that both countries have had - great
men before tho present time. England can
point to her un-ivalled literature, and her
empire upon which the sun never goes down.
America can boast of her great statesmen, and
the energy with which she has peopled 50
much of the new world. To do them justice,
they both are quite as proud Of these achieve
ments, and of the names connected with them,
As is at all necessary. But in future, they are
TO forget all these things and concentrate all
their pride upon these, their latest produc-
tione. Such, at least, was the amount of what
Messrs BOWLING and WILKES said to the
prize fighters when they delivered the BELTS
and such, we should presume, was the genera,
sentiment in both countries, If we be allowed
to Judge from the interest taken in the pugil-
lists.
The London Times, however, seems TO have
become little ashamed Of its late enthusi-
asm, and shows an evident disposition to take
back all it has said in praise Of the two men
of muscle. The American Minister, ON a late
occasion, introduced to the Queen several of
his countrymen, who have risen to fame by
their adroitness in shoulder-hitting, and their
skill in knocking down upon scientific princi-
pies generally, and the Times becomes first
acquainted with the fact through The columns
OF the New York Herald. Thereupon it
grows very indignant, and deals with the de-
1Inquent Minister in 8 manner which is not
the more agreeable from its being exceedingly
polite. We can hardly think Mr.. DALLAS to
blame for installing the taste Of her Britannia
Majesty on the occasion in question, nor that
he is responsible to the extent limited at, for
the evident "desire Of the English aristocracy
to make much, not only Of these American
fancy men, but of all the bullies and black
legs Of the Marlborough fight" Mr.. DALLAS
may have pandered to taste which he saw
already existing, but he did not create it,
Iom every tAAuk NC COulu $50 anu near, Nc
had right to conclude that he was rendering
\ service, not offering an indignity. The
House of Hanover has always been famous
for its love Of sport in the ring. The father of
GKoRsE Ill, we believe, patronized them
quite extensively, and SO did his son, the
"butcher' Duke Of Cumberland. If GEORGE
III. had no taste for the ring, his son aud sue
cessor made up for his lack of discernment. He
not only patr0nized it while Prince Of Wales,
but JACKSON, the pugilist, was a page at his cor
onation. The q ueen herself may have no spe.
cial liking of that kind, but it is evident that
she has no anupathy. The taste of the Court
is very apt to be the taste of the gentry. If
the aversion of VICTORIA had been very de.
cided, we should hardly have heard Of so
many Of the aristocracy and clergy at Farm
borough. and such enthusiasm pervading all
ranks, and animating both sexes. Mr.. Dali
LAS. no doubt, concluded that where there was
50 much smoke there must be some fire, and
that If the fight at Farnborough had grown
into such importance as to demand the grave
attention of Parliament, the Queen could en-
terrain no very narrow prejudices against the
fighting class.