The New York herald., 1869-05-15

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colors Douglass Nkes this, but demands that
the same rights shall be extended to women Of
all races and colors. having secured tie
rights Of the black man be might grscefdfiy
retire; but he volunteers to fight out the
fight TOR the ladies, which shows that he comes
from the Southern chivalfy,
Family Tics aud the Matrimonial Knot.
''we do not belong to this century" said
one of the Bourbon family Is Louis Philippe
the Bourbons are ancient, and If they wished
to adopt any modern system or notions they
would be perfectly ridiculous" Only Bour-
bon could rise to this height. What other
man but one Of that family could thus defy
time and science and the whole human race,
and insist upon choosing his century with suoh
magnificent Indifference to the almanacp Could
any but Bourbon wear the old clothes Of
his at-great-grandfather for fear that he
would appear ridiculous in the clothes pecu-
liar to his own time? The present head OF
this family lives at Rome, in the Farnese
Palace. He occupies all that part of the
palace not occupied by the Farnesian Her.
cules. Hercules is another who does not be-
long to this century. He also is ancient He
takes up no modern system or notion. He
only leans on his club and scowls at an age
that has Invented gunpowder and put clubs
out Of fashion. He sympattizes with the
Bourbon, therefore, in his disgust at the age
and his adhesion TO the fine old ideas. s'Imag-
inc me with fowling piece" says Hercules.
''What should do with reyolver?" Her.
cules and the head Bourbon are evidently the
two great conservatives of Europe. Who can
look upon them without fear? Hercules has
the most muscle aud can hold his tongue. In
this he has the advantage of the Bourbon.
But the Bourbons are not all ancient. One
of them, not much afraid Of being ridiculous,
fell in love the other day. The phrase falling
in love, said Sterne, naturally implies that love
is beneath man. A .fortiori-it must be
beneath Bourbon. Yet this young fellow
descended to it with an ease and grace aston
ishing in man of such superior family. He
had fallen in love with an American girl. He
authority-for Louis XIV. did the same thing.
These American girls are very dangerous.
They are the prettiest creatures in the world
and their pride, spirit, gayety, fine msttle and
exquisite grace have peculiar charm for
men used to the nursery puppets the other side
the water. So Bourbon lost his heart, and to
get 1t again he had to take the winner with It,
He married her. This is the event tina.
has Awakened the head Bourbon, dreaming
over there in the Farnese Palace He says
that the marriage is not marriage. This is
his mumblng, poor fellow. We ought 10 re-
spect him. He was king once. He had a
throne in Naples, just like those they use in
the big show pieces, where the kings come on,
at Booths theatre. II was Bomba's throne.
Bomba used to argue with his people. His
arguments always burst over the peoples
heads. That was why they called him Bomba.
This fellows arguments burst also. How
does he know whether it was marriage?
He was not there. He could not be, for the
Jefferson Market Court is nothing like the
Farnese Palace Justice Dodge does not look
much like the Farnese Hercules; but he tied
strong knot
We are bound to believe, by every principle
ethical, moral, political and ecclesiastical,
that the Farnesan cannot unite that knot.
The Farnese establishments is an ancient affair
just the thing for refuge for kings out Of
b,,siness--whc Jefferson Market is q modern
institution well up in all the ideas Of the age.
AS for the young Prince, we intend to fit him
up with an entirely new set of ideas, and per-
haps we shall send him back to Europe aud
start him in business on his own account. He
would make a good king for Spain already,
aud the fact that he has q beautiful Cuban for
wife would secure the loyalty Of the island
We shall advise him to be kind TO his old
uncle when lie comes into position as the
head of regenerated branch Of the Bourbons.
lie will have business enough on hand to
show what an Americanized Bourbon can do,
without hunting up old scores to settle. Poor
old Francis. Let him alone. DO not deprive
him of the last little illusion that he is the head
of great family.
Circumstances Alter Gases.