New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-03

lords in the time OF Peter inc Urca' "o'o
gentlemen. when they consumed their days I'D
nogeIng ferfs and their nights IN s"Iill'g
brandy. Noah Webster, in one Of his now
forgotten ESSAYS. describes specimen OF these
Vireinian gentlemen tersey and pcturesq''rly'
81 was once present." be says, at an en-
tertnlrment gwen by young planter III VIZ
pinia who had much land and many sia'es'
lie arose at two O'Clock next morning, pawned
hrs knee-buchles and some other articles, gave
his landlord a note for 500 and rode off with
cut paving his hair.dre-ser." There Is one oil
Mr.. RoebucLs "genilemen" for you
We suppose that Mr. Roebuck's idcal OF a
gentleman j. to be found in the Squire Ne''erh
OF Ficldmg-the roaming, bullying, icx-hun''np'
beer drinking lord OF l,tle domain. But even
Sauire Wrstcrn, Ia the very Tempest torrent
a., whlrlwiud Of his passion, would hardly
have ucd up one of his buxom English maids
would hardly have hogfed her until she hung Il
bleeding and iuseDslble object, with all wointn-
hood crushed ont Of her forever. Ihe squire
Western. were fond of field sports, bat ttey
hunted foxes and pot men. They disposed OF
lat cattle at the lairs, but they did not oii'r
in the market their miserable fellow creature.
They had too many illcei.imate children, but
the, did not sell them as merchandise. Tue!
sometimes braudishcd horsewhiP, but 1t WAS
always over masculine shoulders, and the
humb.e,t servant who provoked their wrath
was in no danger OF being burned alive. No;
the protot, 30 oi Sir. Rorbuck Southern gentle
man can be iound in Europe nowhere cave 10
Ru,sla. and now hardly even there; for the
breed Of Ivan TourgGcIriis, we are glad to
say. is nearly extinct.
Now LEI us see who are Mr. ROebuck's
hackguarls. They are the scoundrels WHO
have Ton .dcd in u single county more common
schools than are maintained IN tie whole STATE
of Virgins. They are the villains who have
built more churches Ia 4 single cii!, than
.rand N many Southern State. The! are
the dcts who have public libraries IN little towns,
wh.ch ontnumber al tie books to be found 10
many Southern capital. They ara the ras-
cal. who I'll up the great granaues OF the
West. and who build and man the Immense
commercial fleets OF the Inst. They arr me
highly improper persons who pay their debts,
,nd who. by rational aud UNRESTRICTED IN
,iu.tr,. have 80 increased tse aggregate Ot tie
pubic wealth, whic equn.ziug ~ distribution.
mat. here aud there. throughout t1s blshi,d
country, considerable towns may be p'int'd
out without rtupcr--a condition Of things
which, We suppose, Mr.. ko.buck'- Ergllsh pre-
induces will persuade ham ~. IN tie hlehc't
or,rec. alarming. We waive tie perfectly ma
,ural r,t,rt that II we have hrre the "trum
,f E,r,pr. including GI,nt Britain. i Was
Europe. including Great Britain. that by Jat
reisatiuu bas engineered that "scumf to
which ~ might add the suggestion, that i 20
much OF this scum las hoatcd Westward,
there must he rot n little Of 1t left 81 the
iouni ,ln head. Mc have been, indeed enabled
To afford All asylum 10 the victims of political
.,st,ms a. bad as they are autiquateii but iOr
tbs reason. phal We he told, 10y Mr. Roebuch,
~hose taxes, II he pays any. We have
thereby lghienod, that We are not gonlleuen
He Is gentleman, We suppose
To MI lmputauon Like Mr Rocbucks, if
personally addressed, moot mcr al sci-rc.prct
would scofu to reply. But when. no doubt
tor se.fi,h aud yenal purpo'cs OF bis own. the
conrse fellow, this underOred perceive u-e
p,ecl.o terms for We ~l,h 10 be prccir, un-
drrstoud-ahen such moral yuigSrlau, ln thc
lace of all England. unaci;ahcs 10 SANDER
great people IN tie hour % their Anxiety and
cmnorra.smrnt, be proves, # be proves any.
ti!ur, altogether too much, Tor he demonstrates
70 u nicciy-tlat he Is not bunsr.l - gtnlc-
man iis friends may plead In, gnrrnrcc-
but gentlemen are usually veil Informed; his
ntcreot---but gentlemen never suffer their 10.
,rrcsts To betray thcm lu,o lalsfhood; BIZ dcs-
prrate political ioriuncs-but gentlemen arr rot
usuay adycnturcrs. We have shown tia: Of
tho constitution OF American society he hrows
noiLiug OF be wduiy .slsiles-wpui shall bt
saii OF the constitution OF that British society
When could seud such dlsup.taJe person TO
tho House Oi Commons