The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-04
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ting 10 scion o. come 2oc1ont MOUSE ~
tks hand Of "A opulent plsbeian. thereby ~,
richipg~ 10 : Gplden hus ths fnpovanss
blood o8 the nobility, and. u excaanss 49,
fsrrine the dignity Of socssi psS. -,
these who are IN moro need u ..-
pelG Thts interesting and inSsnioss pseS. "
mseAnnism for adjusting ana naFmonaAae ~.
eiaI fn.oualitiSs, has not escApsd tns atsehuon
Of - aristocracy Of our lAres ctuess wnNn.
like The trsdssmsn and naAesacsereFs OF Eng
land. has plenty of money bat no ancestry
The only royal perscnags tn the United States
!, King Cotton, and the recognized nobility
are those whose only coat Of arms 10 the SCOT
ton bar arEeat.' The descendaats. here and
there. OF old cavalier and Norman kntghts,
their blood dreadfully diluted by intermfx-
turs with plsbeian currents, may be still found
In America, but generally In dilapidated
financial condition, furnishing often tho sub
iect Of sorry jokes and complacent, merriment
to the parvenu noblemen Of the Fifth Ave-
nue. "Iet me write the songs Of a nation, i
care not who makes their laws" might be
amended TO advantage by adding to "songs''-
norels and Yop,ssess. These form tho princi-
pal reading Of all ladies who have time to
read, in the United States and as England
has furnished the most, and generally the best
Oh t008Gs 00O - Nv GSu8AAose AAOVCA ~ ~~e~~~~~~
ever failed to make nobleman q hero; and
few writers, whether English or American.
ever venture to make q plebeian the principal
character In romance, q poem or play, we
have become the most nobility -worshipping
nation under the sun. not even excepting Eng
land ITSELF where distance does not, as with
MS. lend enchantment to the view OF arls-
tocracy. =,
That an aristocracy always will exist, as IL
always has existed, is as certain as that all
men are Lot born equal in intelligence, virtue
and energy. The only question is, what shall
be the character of that aristocracy, whether
of intellect and moral worth, as was fOndly
anticipated by the founders of the govern
ment, or Of wealth alone, or of patrician de-
scent. The last of these elements is almost
unknown in the United States, and the first
| in recognized Influence, becoming "small by
degrees and beautifully less" But the inge-
NOUS and aspiring leaders Of fashion in New
| York. deserve the redit Of having solved the
difficulty by crossing the rich plebeians Of
America with the poor patricians of Europe
Since some Of the wealthy families Of New
York have been so beatified as to unite their
fortunes matrimonially with French and
italian persons whose pedigreeis much longer
than their rent roll, there is said TO be per-
feet mania among the fashionable match
making mammas of the great cities for an
European tour. A New York Journal states
that the FLORA MCFLIMsEYs are now taken
regularly over to the matrimonial market in
Europe in which dukes, counts and MARC uises
are as thick as blackberries, VINO, being often
unable to meet the claims of their bootmakers
| and washerwomen, are nothing 10th to be an
nexed to the bright eyes and solid charms Of
Fifth Avenue bellies. The product OF such a
combination Of profiigacy and vanity cannot
possibly be worse than the original stock.
The Other Side.
There are always two sides to a question,
but European affairs, as they appear in tho
English journals and are copied by the Ameri-
can press, seem to have but one side. If, for
example. it becomes the interest of England
to excite insurrection in any part of the world,
that she may step in and take possession, the
uniform practice is for her newspapers to
blackball indus;riously the character of The
ruling Government, SO as to manufacture
public opinion which will sustain her inter-
position in the cause of justice and right The
American newspapers in general follow the
beliwether of the London Times with the most
charming unanimity. The testimony of the
Times, and other London journals. in regard to
Neapolitan affairs, may all be true, though no
one in the Southern States of America pre-
tends to believe word the same witnesses say
when they speak of American institutions
Strangely enough, however, it is all Gospel
when they come to abuse Governments against
which they have a grudge in the Old World
At any rate, SO monotonous is the tide Of de-
nrnciation, that the public will pardon the
AZ nD:l. fnr ion al lv ri
an agreeable ripple by throwing such obstruc-
tons in the stream as the following:
1--WE deem-nay I'VE know-Viotor Emanuel to he
braxen- hearted despot who pra:es OIL berry while
he practices tyranny. We have never had faith in
the public virtue Of man who is privately vicious
A more consummate traitor to all the sacred
bonds Of chaste society does not live than is this
very King of Sardinia. Such thing ~ patriotism
bravery Of . prize Gs hing Sayers without his SOUL
1s as 81 could
as readily sell his infant daug liter to the embrace
Of Savoy and Nice for q consideration which
touched his interest and avoided any particle OF
at may be hold in us, considering the 'unpopu-
larty here Of the KING of Naples. and his rule in
so and under all circumstances we dare do 90. It
is our way to sten the torrent Of inyective, and
oas With %
DO We prefer It. II he i most wronsi9qily abused
scc c fhis proving our Democratic vsio1. AND
wherefore should we not gave our support aud
Sess
to put Murat on his throne: Is it because Great
Britain wants the noblest island in the Mediter-
why our side we're with the gallant youth Who
rules over the Kingdom OF the Two slcilies What
is it he has dOne His life has been pure and noble
There are around him no traits Of scoundrelism
Ike those which backen the career OF Napoleon
Of the King Of saldna He is now IN the wents
fifth year Of his age married. of placid, of most
o6aracter What. the n. makes him unpopular
we deny that ne 49, except IN 80 far as al men are
N Se9 roS e and 1
interests, knsland do, and has for long time
besl dong, her utmost to create dissfection IN
consequence to her ascendancy. Just 1t is with
France. and just so with Sardina as the puppet Of
great. q veil marked and as well secured a. that
Of the Frenchinan or Sandman" a.
This il plain and strong talk, and has at all
events the merit Of being free from the stale
and stereotyped views Of the London press and
their New York c0pyists. At the same time,
we are glad to see that the Nsscs does justice
to GARIBALDI, whom it regards as a gallant
and honest, but mistaken man. GARIBALDI
is splendid fellow, q genuine hero, man of
noble, enthusiastic. con1iding nature, who has
bsen betrayed more than once by LOUIS Ma
PoLHoH and VICTOR EMANuEL. We fear that
1t is his destiny to hs betrayed to the bitter
end for this world, especially the older and
more rotten portions Of 1t, is not . promising
place for single-minded individuals.
80 sf
Impartial Justice.
The English defaulter, PuLLIxGER, has met
his deserts In sentence Of twenty years Pc
nal sarvitudo Noither wealth nor social No.