Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-08

The Times is pathetic over the sorrows of
Mr.. Boxer, who cut his daughter of minus a
shilling, for marrying what the writer calls
ian illiterate, impudent brazen coachman."
We are not clear as to what is meant by
"brszen coachman;" perhaps the writer
thinks that John Dean drove brass coach,
such as is used in the Lord Mayors show
in London. We suppose that Deans i'm
pudence consisted in his daring to marry
Mary Anne SO that is included in the first
count Of the Indictment. Dean was, perhaps,
illiterate, but how many of our great men are
self-made, starting without the advantages of
education2 We suppose that the head and
her fathers coachman. But that could have
been removed by a moderate portion of Mr..
Boxers wealth. Deans coachmanship was
probably not propensity so much as means
of gettings living. He would undoubtedly
have abandoned this profession, ifMr. Boxer
had set him up as a gentleman: so it was
within Mr.. Boxers power to remove the great
disqualification of his son-in-law.
The Times remarks "There must have been
influences other than those of love that urged
Miss Boxer to the course she pursued" If
there is any thing that viii make people cut
any more ridiculous antics, than love, it must
be modern improvement. The ancients IL
lustrated its power over gods and men, by
representing Jove as metamorphosing him
self into bull, and into swan, for love,
showing how much like beast and goose
it makes people; and sacred history is by no
means barren of instances of its wonderful
control over both men and women Certainly
the marriage of diss Boxer to her fathers
coachman was triAing feat for this passion;
but if it is too strange performance for love,
it would be pleasing TO know what the Times
attributes it to.
Miss Boxer probably found her affinity,
and although we do not hold that afinities
should go rowing about the community in a
bovine way, yet society admits that affnities
should be allowed one trial; and if Miss
Boxer was satisfied, there need be no SYM
pathy on account of her having thrown her.
self away.
But did Mr.. Boxer mend the disgrace of
having a coachman for a son-in-law, by con-
signing his daughter to, perhaps, the labor OF
q washer-woman Did it smooth his transit
into the neyt world, and will the contempla-
ton of it afford him serene satisfaction
there?
We are aware of the vital Importance OF
preserving the distinctions of rank, especially
in this democratic country, where SO much
beautiful sentiment is expressed on the dig
nifty of labor but marriages in which one
side furnishes the wealth and the other the
nobility of birth, are regarded suitable in the
best European society; and John Dean must
be an exception to all Irishmen, if he is not
descended from one of the ould Kings Of
Ireland. The name is certainly more aristo-
cratic than that of Boxer.
Besides, wealth and luxury degenerate
families physically as well as mentally, and
alliances with coarser natures are necessary
to keep the race from running out. Dean
had the muscle which the Boxer family
lacked, and what higher claim to aristocracy
is there than muscle2 Muscle was the origin
of aristocracy, and its claims are still uni
versally recognized. Taking all things into
serious consideration, the match does not
seem so unequal as to require that Mr.. Boxer
should condemn his daughter to poverty in
order to make it suitable but inasmuch as he
had that satisfaction before he left, and is
beyond the reach of sympathy now, the
pathos of the Times seems wasted.