, 1860-11-16
Empire Of Gold.

Ine hlngdom OF Gold IS the World
The imperious Autocrat of all the Eartl
beholds the unwilling prostration of every
other power, and exults in bis unlimited
monarchy Naughty ones whose veins
have been the avenues of unbroken nobility
for ages, are compelled to marital relations
with the low-born, trading great names for
the dncnts and stout daughters Of those
who did not come over with the Conquer
or" Even royalty has found it necessary
to barter title for the ducats of the indus
trial and baronies for the forbearauce Of
plebeian creditors. Foreigners have been
fond Of sneering at American avarice; they
said that, acknowledging no sovereign, we
are ruled by more despotic master. We
fear that there is much Of truth in the OBJ
servatioD, but deny that it should have cx-
elusive application to our own countrymen.
We think weakening in the knees Of Mr..
Bull can be discerned when in presence Of
the despotic metal; and even NAPOLEON be-
gins to exhibit wonderful affinity for the
money.lender. We are reminded of the
time when the Briton and the Gaul spat
upon the poor Jew, and drove him forth,
like Salathiel, to endless wanderings But
the Hebrew has been patient man, thirty
ing on the improVidence Of his reTilers, un.
til he has secured the key of England's
treasury under bis doublet, and, like Ahas-
uerus, holds out the golden sceptre to the
ambitious Emperor who would-borrow
the shekels of the jew. Royalty, nobility,
genius, labor, yield 10 the exacting dicta-
tor, and even Religion sometimes faIters
from uprightness at the altar, and Love
forgets bis tenderness when the arch en-.
chanter interposes bis dazzling sheen.
We do not perceive any reason why this
condition of things should be deplored; /;
there must be some great governing power,
secondary to Omnipotence; there must be
some incentive to the ambition Of Labor
Alter al GoId is but the reward aud rep
tresrn,U'.ga st iabcr complete. Il ia 3
more generous and accessible ruler than
Nobility, who, producing nothing, exactI
tithes Of Labor for which be makes no re
turn. Superior birth is but an arbitrary
and valueless advantage, except insomuel
as its superiority is voluntarily aeknowl
edged; the uprising Of the populace may
drive it out, to exile, or conduct il to the
scaffold; but the currency of Gold is cock
tensiVe with civilization; its power cannot
be destroyed by revolutions, its throne is
above the reach Of conquest, its empire i'm
perishable as the necessities Of man.
There is ne impossible gulf between Ia
Dor aud wealth; there is no decree to pre-
vent the child Of proverty from rising to
1 patricinn rank; and, II there must be dis
tiDctioDs in society, those Of wealth and
poverty are less repulsive and less hopeless
than the impossible barriers between pa-
trician and plebeian. There is closer af-
6nity between wealth and labor--a greater
mutual dependence: one cannot long exist
without the other; they are each an indie
pendent condition, adapted one to tho 9th
er, without which the wise economy Of the
Creator would be deranged. We know not
why the poor man should repine and grow
despOndent when from bis lowly cottage be
sees the splendid lights cleaning from the
mansions of the rich. Each viii be Of
equal value at the ballOt-box and in the
coffin, and one is no more than the stone
laid by chance above the other in the great
structure Of society; il either be removed
the fabric is uusOund. Give us competence
and content, and to feel that the soul is
above all empire save allegiance TO GoD,
and we shall have no emotion Of envy il the
! tabernacle of our neighbor aspire to the
skies.
The time is coming when hereditary dis
tinctiOn will have been destroyed. Ration
] al ages will have inquired what those peo-
pie have done to make them nobler than
, others. Labor, with bis unerriug square,
will measure the monument Of their works;
$ Science and Genius will expel the idlers
from long numbered places, and Invention
and Art will disguise every landmark oI
their existence Already the sons Of man
ufacturers assume alarming influence among
hereditary law-giVerS; the sovereign be
comes gracious to the banker; the whirr oI
the factory reaches to the throne-room, and
+ be who developes spangle of gold in the
/ depths Of the mine adds an atom to the So
preme power Of human government. W.
do not believe that the thrones Of Europ,
will be occupied many centuries, and, II up