The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-31
The Spirit Of Arr.tocrncr.

the south, There are found partisans OF
the Southern aristocracy who are in re-
belli on. Birds Of a feather willflo TO-
geth, n, or if untoward hindrances 70
close communion exists, they answer
each TIERS notes with wonderful exact
ness and harmony The newly appoint
ed Judge Of the United States Court is a
self-made man, but according to the tcs-
tmony Of a .leading Democratic and
ANTI Administration journal, is man of
great ability and integrity. Another
Northern paper, however, which sympa-
thizes with the rebels, opens a BLACKBOARD
notice of the new Judge with the follow
ing sentence: .Aa.u N
about twenty years ago big, raw
boned, brawny young fellow, ugly, awk-
ward and uulearned, migrated from this
country to Iowa, and after being in that
young State about a year. be was elected
to the Legislature"
Now we know nothing of the fitness of
the new Judge for his office, and conse-
1uendy shall say nothing on that point.
But we say that such absurd slang as
we have just quoted shows plainly that
its author is snob in feeling. The
young man was big" yes; aw-boned,"
yes, and "brawny," yes, and stll more
he was "ugly," and most objectionable
offence in Che eyes of snobby, he wrs
awkward" Lord what turning up Of
noses there was among the white-yested
young lawyers, who attend little tea
parties, when this backwoods boy APP
preached the bari "Owah pwafession is
disgwsced faweyoww exclaims soap-lock
as he takes down his quizzing glass,
Probably their contempt grew into hatred
when the baclwoods lawyer-who in
order to make up for the disadvantages of
carly life, sits all day in his study, and
half the night--in his very first case
displays more knowledge of law than all
his idle and dissipated competitors at the
bar. ........ ........... TO-.
Very well, black hearts jeers are a
wonderful help frequently tot poor and
friendIess young man Of the right pluck.
HENRY CLAY was noted for his lank and
uncouth appearance when he first came
to the bar, but how soon all bowed in
reverence to the glorious eloquence of the
Chill Boy Of the Slashes." And Ameri-
can history is full Of similar instances
Why the great Demosthenes himself, the
Prince of Grecian eloquence, was Kissed
from the rostrum on his first appear
| snce There is a blind reverence for
family, rank, elegant dress and court
Iy manners, in many weak minds
even in democratic America, and thou
sands secretly dislike the idea, as Mr..
! CLAYTON did, that a man should rise
from the ranks Of the people and be
| elected President, as ABE LINCOLN did"
How such vermin love to bite at the Pre-
sident, or at some civil or military officer,
not because he is unqualified, but because
he is "of poor family" or he is "raw-
boned" and " awkward" tits dreadful
to be under such an officer Why is not
power confidcd to gentlemen, whose long
experience in fashionable society renders
them courtly and polished in their man.
ners? This feeling has had much to dc
with the existence of treason amongst
females. Women have a natural fond
ness for display and what is called FASH
ionablc life BYRON truly says: .
"AlaIons, like moths, are ever cauga. BY glare"
The first dream Of a boarding -sehoo
Miss is an ADoLPuus, with star on his
breast, ribbon in his button hole, fea-
Their in his hat, or an epaulette on hi:
shoulder. LINCOLN has big hands, ant
used to split rails, while JEFF. DAVIS is 1
well dressed planter educated al Tho
expense of the Goycrnment) and, there.
fore, she cries, "IIurra for Dixie -
Much of the secession feeling originates
in fceble-mindod snobbishness, and thou
sands of mothers who wear red and whit,
roses in their bonncts would so stark mac
0 with joy at the proposal of a Duke or at
Earl, or a Count, to marry one Of thei
daughters. These things should incit
the poor young men Of the country, anC
all those whom fortune has placed in thl
humber walks of life, to stand boldly NJ
for our democratic institutions, which
open the path Of prcferment, not to fin
dressing and wealth, but to talent ant
industry; and to resist the first en-
croachmcuts of that spirit Of aristocacl
which has been the curse ofso many ma
tions. Young men, have you, thougl
poor, an honorable ambition to serve yon
country and 70 rise in the world p? Ia
Their, do you wish TO leave your childreI
the blessings of free government? The
r place yourselves not on the side Of thos
p who sheer at rising poverty, and VIII
E would give Offices to none save the own
ers Of vast estates, but on the side Of tn
independent middle class, who posses
the moral and physical strength of th
nation.
GIVE understand that quite an as
5 sortment of rebels, some Of them guer