The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-08-18
From the olarksburE Telegraph.
AMERICAN ARlsToCRACY.

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i.goyerh,nent, neither is it purely Demo
cratic, but representative. A democrat.
ic government is one ia which tie pso.
pie govern directly, assembling and vo.
ting upon oil laws proposed, and al
measures In which they are supposed
to have an interest. Such was tho gov
ernment at Rome in its eayly History,
and some Of the Grecian States An ar.
Iistoerucy is a government Of a few Ii
is a word Of Greek derivation, and liter
FMly means The government of the best
that is by the most noble 1.-The mos, IL
Iusirious-meu of noble BIRTH or men
who had rendered themselves illustrious
BY their great deeds. because in govern.
ment Of tris kind the accident of birth
was not efwaystaken into consideration.
In our Federal GOVERNMENT there is
10 mixture of aristocraey All power
emenates primarily from the people
the whole people who govern through
their representatives, In some Of the
Southern State governments portion
ofthe poorer classes are excluded from
.anyshare or participation, the elective
franchise being limited TO those who po
sess certain amount of property
Properly qualification being necessary
for men who hold Offices of high trust
Such is the case in South Carolina.
Notwithstanding the absence OF any
leavcn Of ayislocraoy in our government
we have a class Of people through oil
The UHtted Siates loyal rs well as rebel
lious, who wish to be placed in the csla
CORY of aristocrais, who look down with
contempt upoa those who are beneath
them on ths rounds Of fortunes ladder.
These prelouders 70 afslocracy have
great aversion TO mechanics and men
who are compelled to labor for support,
II q man happens to hago Commenced
his career as blaoksmi,n they can al
ways discover the soil Of the anYil das.
upon bis esculcheou They forget the
houest blacksmith is one Of he main
pillars OF society. who mauuiaelnres aud
shapes the agricultural implements used
10 culti3atpg the bread that Keeps lHeir
worthless souls in their corrupt and
worthless bodies. Ifa man can mana
facfura pn axe, hoe. ploY, rake,
and does il well. ho does some ding thai
is useful 10 his species. aad IN q Ger,
tain degree The benelactof Of bis race.
aud really possesses as much nobility as
the psn who leads armies or whose
voice IS beard Ia lhe councils Of tie ua
iiou, Tic uiai Who lRhors on "a fam
lslaEI dlsida tlie bgSe of
fashionable society especially il he
should spit rails will he bo abused BY
cur pretenders who never do anything
useful. The way in which the Pres.
deut Of the United States is now assail.
cd by parcel Of pseudo arisLocrats who
never did anything useful, but who
have lived of the labor Of others by
stealing and swindlng, is stronger than
any thai could be given by any csrhIy
poionta 9, although be may WELD tie
bIacksmith's sIodgc, tie shoemaker's
hammer, the carpenler's jack plane or
the goose Of a tailor (Which nobody but
goose wouid disporagc)
L: may be ked, how do tie aris,oc-
racy Of q country acquire their position?
We answer by mere capicc or accident,
When the Romon Empire was fouu led,
or shortly after it was founded the peo
pie established the Roman Senate, con.
sisting Of hundred ciizsns These
Senators held their position for life, and
were called the hundred fathers, and
from this their descendants acquired OF
rather assumed the title OF patrIcans, and
became the arisiocracy of r me, verjii
cuuon oI what we say. A parcel Of
corrupt politicians anu self styled ars,o.
crats who have never done anything as
useful as the labors performed by street
scavenger, are sneeriDg ut the President
because when he w5s poor young man
he earned an honest living by splitting
rails and pursuing other useful ayoca-
lions. Yes a set OF these scounirels
who are not ft food for the devil, aud
who would hardly be considered by his
Satanic Majesty worth the space they
would occupy in his sulpherous domoin,
because they have done nothing more
mcriiorious than to steal and svindle,
are ondeayorins to dispars,e aud bling
tla prnei Inr, 49, b; -.