Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

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do lea and Americans Of all parties, B,
We It is becoming questionable wheth.
"a there is not some hypocrisy in Ill
lis bdast, We profess as I people t
as despise all distinctions Of birth an
to family, to regard the worth Of ma
is as matter dependent wholly on him
IS. self, and meas arablc only BY the char
no acter aid actions, of tho individual
y. without reference to his parentage q
y ancestry. But is the professio,
IL which We thus hold out es a peopI
h. carried out incur daily practice AMI
Is llvesf We ITO not allude to the ridi
k cnlous custom |of purchasing coats o
'e arms, Or the more ridiculous fasl,ior
+. Of painting on carriage panels The
t. insignia Of nobility, and sometimes
% even Of royalty. These irolics, Yhicl,
\, a arr visible Isi in our streets and park on
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e ders OF lgnorance,and might be laugh.
d fed at as Of nj account whatever in
t estimating the public tastes and opin
\ IONS, il they were the only evidences
4 Of American l,ankerings after aristo.
crazy. Neither should much account
$ ba made of SNOWY liyeries distin.
gushing servants from masters aud
} specially designed to show that d..
masters have high appreciation Of the
differences in station and social rank
: which different men occupy. This
! too, taken alonr, fails to prove that
as a people we recognize gradations
IN rank and position. But what is
the meaning Of the evident pride of
birth which distinguishes sucl, large
and influential classes Of citizenesl
What is the origin Of the devotion
70 genealogy ana genealogical inyes-
LEGATIONS which especially character
ICES New England! What is the
reason for the old boast Of the first
families Of Virginia, and the parallel
boast Of the nlitan ancestry at til,
North. ThisisI not matter of OK
ceptional examples, but of very gene
raj custom in particular sections. of
the country; l,r New.York. where
people come together from all parts ,
Of the country ald ofthe world, it is ,
to be expected chat the distinctions ;
OF wealth will pc those which are :
most generally recognized, and hence :
The anti democratic feeling manifests i,
itself and becomes more visible here !
in eqaippages, liveries, 81, And in :
otherparls ofthe country, whore Tho :
opportunities fore exhibiting riches ART. =
not so frequentd it is not strange
tina. the pride Of birth should be =
everywhere shoyn. The press re-. !
cognizes it. Newspapers do net fail |,
to encourage it. Societies arc arg.,..I +
lied with reference toit. And it has /. j.
even become al boast of sections {
and States thpt ! the b!ool in one )
IS better than the Blooi in another. s
While the South has been noted for :,
such boasts il former years. New =
England is now more notorious than w
lie South ever was for pride Of fami. i
y. eOld England is full Of men from ~ :,
New England hunting after the am N
'ook after book IS published on III !
llbject. There has been magazine y
n Boston devoted to the subject, and :
allied the Genealogical Magazine, an
xcellent and ably conducted period
al and there are no limits to the de-. n,
me which our New England neigh. =
ors have for discovery Of their an
estors, or the establishment of claim
pure. puritan or noble blood. We
elleve they don't much care which A
was. o..
We'do not write to condemn this me
sterlcal pursuit; but it is not worth age
King into consideration when we :
innate the sincerity of American in
'votlonto democracy and equalityl tary
there not, after ali, certain I
mount Of humbug in our claim to be sup
democratic people?- N. Y. Journal DUR iIu
Commerce.
I'Qas. NoRrH'N Div. LOUISIANA, ! A
lreveport, La, june 2G. 1854 q