The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-09-30

home to the eve must look MS If it had been
there. a habitation, for many generations,
sanctioned by love and sanctifed by death,
with every feature speaking Of retirement
and comfort. Between n Downing villa,
that stands blotch upon the landscape-a
painted offence TO the eye--and one OF your
staring, mean, sham, white frame houses OF
the West, suggestive Of bed-bugs and sour
milk, prefer the last" [Laughter.]
Don then gave his auditors dissertation
upon "home." England is the land OF
homes. he thinks. Every Englishman longs
for a rural home. JACK FALsTAFP "bab-
blcd o. green fields" Not so certain, this.l
SHAKESPEARE is most charming when away
from towns. But as for us, Americans, eve
s'have no rest, no repose. No man retlres
.swillingly from business, and children
s.hurry home from the funeral to keep the
"fathers notes from going to protest"
"One reason of this is that we have no
servants. rs it possible, DoS, that you have
made this discovery?] "Under Govern
"ment based on the high-sounding gene
" ralty that all honest labor is honorable,
q we are all ashamed of labor. We seek to
"hide it beneath handsome names. Ihe
oman who extracts decayed grinders, and
'' the other man who purges and bleeds,
"with that other gentleman who defends
':rogues. are professional people. Laugh
"ter.l The dealer in calicoes and clothes
is merchant. 4 man is consigned to
g eternal social infamv if he permits him.
4 l. 1ol 10, mud n address
20 free-born American citizen rs servant
20 is to be assaulted then and there. Laugh
"ter.W [All these desirable things-homes,
servants, contentment, peace-we once had
in the Soulful
Don told his audience that the highest
nobility, the truest manhood, consists in do
ing ones work, whatever that work may be.
cit is melancholy fact that under the
efete despotisms Of Europe there Is more OF
Genuine democracy in this than with US.
There no man seems ashamed Of his calling,
and one of the pleasanteSt experiences of an
American traveller is to find an old servant
proud of his or her efficiency. Such fact
is unknown here. The land is covered with
houses where the girls are waitingto be mar
ried, and the sons live in idleness because
they cannot all be employed rs clerks. insu-
rance agents, pcdlers of scwing-machlnes,
and lack the means and education. to set up
as merchants or professional people"
"'But,' ] hear some one eXclaim, nv
dear sir, this is all very well, but suppose
Won try it. How would You like to black
boots and brush clothes!' well, don't
know; my philosophy teaches me that it
would be quite as honorable and honest as
my present calling ofjournalism. l believe
I would have courage and sense enough to
90 through creditably.'"
He then tells how once, when standing 1T
4 railroad depot, he was mistaken for por-
ter by fine lady whom he as charge
d'afaires had some years before introduced
at the French court, and how he was asked
to take care of her trunks, and how he per-
formed the task, receiving for it twenty-five
cents and sharp scolding. We quote his
conclusion on this point.
"There is another side to this, and pro-
badly if employers were little more colr-
tcouS to. and considerate Of, the employed,
the positions would be more popular. The
kitchen is not a pleasant place at any time,
Gnd it is seldom other provision is made for
the Servant--a garrett or clubhouse not even
comfortable, and far from pleasant. My at
tention was first called TO this by friend
showing me house he had lately com
Dleted. 'Thcsc are my servants rooms. he
said. showing me some as handsome and
convenient as any under the roof. looked
ut them with some amazemcnt. \ bath
room connected with the suit, and hot and
cold water were as convenient as IN the
best, while the finish, though plain. was
L. 70 LIGHT
and ventilation. Ofcoursc one cannot hope
to revolutionize our social order, and yet
some reform could be introduced beneficial
to both parties. I like, for one thing, the
good old fashion, Transmitted to Us by the
fathers, of calling al under the rooi-tree to
family prayer, before retiring to rest, that
for one hour at least in the twenty-four we
may find that equality which exists before
Cod
We are told, says DoN, that the farmer
life ''is an independent sort Of life. and one
"tending to produce soundncss of Judg-
"mcnt and great honesty Of purpose. AT
"lcast in all lectures and speeches this i
"the manner in which farmers are spoken
"of I acknowledge the compliment; at
"thc same time ] know that it is dreary
"sort of stuff" "Let some Of these cl0-
"quent gentlemen try this sort Of life, and
q see what comes of it in the way Of intel
"lectual advancement
Mr.. PIATT closed his singular address by
dcnouncing protective tariff. He said
II know that in broaching this subject
am trcading on delicate ground. In ad-
dresses Of this sort the speaker is expected
to be neutral in morality, religion, and
politics, because it is his business to agree
with all of his audience; and as this agree
ment is not possible, it is the style to avoid
al the grave questions connected with the
subject. But IS this wisdom? Does it bene-
fit any class? 1t has been adopted by agri-
cultural Journals. They are devoted to the
farmer. and yet leave out his main interest
What is it to me that | am taught about
soils, seeds. seasons, and machinery, if that
which underleS them all, and is Of the most
importance, is omitted? for the objective
point of all farming is The market. want
to know when / can sell 10 the best adyan.
tace, and if some mart is closed to me !
want the reason given for the arbitrary pro-
hibition."
lie hits GREELEY hard blow in the fol,
lowing assertion:
" 1t is well worth noting that IN Europe
to-day no eminent man pretending to he ,
statesman appeal. to or suStains this relic OF
q barbarous age"
We close our quotations with this slap al
Congress
"The agricultural interest is everywhere
but in one spot. He will not find it il
Washington. Among its painted womer
and its unprincipled men, on the floors o
Congress, in the lobbies, about the avenues
is to be found every interest but that. Du
ring six months residence | never met ar
agricultural or horticultural man, or the
representative Of such. There is an Agri
cultural Bureau, it is true, where man
selected because Of his entire ignorance O
aoriculture. nresides. from which Immense