The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-11-07

rris strange you find no greater worshipper
OF royalty and aristocracy than your red-hot re-
Publican and flaming communist. With them,
indeed, it is the sour grapes of the fox. The
difference between large proportion of the
people here, and that of older, and, what they
please to call, priest-ridden countries, is very
marked: there the more respectable and bust
ness classes have the tastes Of the aristocracy,
and their sympathies with the people-here,
on the contrary, their tastes are not with Gull
ture and refinement, but in bombast out
ward show, and ridiculous extravaganza,
showing evidently 3 taste of a low origin;
while their sympathies, generally speaking,
are with despotism and tyranny, as can be
plainly seen by the way they treat those they
have in their power.
In this, like the frog aping the OK, they are
initiating the aristocracy of Europe. This is
what makes 1t more ridiculous. There they
are only named from their blood relations Cat
least any ofthem with common sense, and the
Others are not deserving of imitation) and
klnfolks, which every sensible man will &C
knowledge, they, and every one else, have q
perfect right to do. According to the laws
of beraldry, when one family becomes con-
nected by blood with another, they have a
right to have the arms of that one quartered
on thetraown, which in a country with aristo-
cratic institutions adds dignity to it.
1t is interesting to look into the history of
the names of a race of people, from the time
they emerge from barbarism till they attain
the dignity of civilization. Take old Rome
for instance. In its infancy only one name
was given, as Remus; after wards an adjective,
descriptive of some quality for which that
individual was remarkable, was added, as
Tarquinus Prscus (the elder), Tarquinus
Superbus (the proud). Tullius Hostillus (war-
lke), etc. Afterwards laws were enacted con-
corning the nonen, cognOnlen, etc., of the diff
ferent classes, patricians, knights and pie
beans" But there was fair reason given for
all this; SO in the days of the empire we find
several names given to each individual as
the latter strictly speaking), Caus Crspis
sallustius, Lucius Sergius Catalina, etc. Often
the first name denoted the order in which the
children of the family were born. IT'S reserved
for our more modern days for mankind more
to initiate hat animal, from which Darwin
says they are descended, and take names to
which they have no show of right.
Look at the matter in a sensible light, and
see if there is any reason for throwing the
good old names aside, and assuming Others
which the bearers do not even know the his
tory of. It reminds me of the old woman who
said she did not understand the sermon, but
received great consolation from that blessed
word, Mesopotania. Give the boy the name
of bis honest old grandfather, or uncle and do
not be ashamed of the fine old and simple
names of the land of your forefsthers Believe
me, You shall never earn any respect by deny
ing it. It was old and honored before Colum-
bus landed in San Salvador, and all our in
stitutions are copied from those of the European
countries. In fact, those that deny it, have gen.
orally found that either themselves or fathers
we're convicted of sheep-stealing and house
breaking; and for goodness sake don't let
your children be confounded with them. Any
nan who was we'll raised is proud of his fore
fathers, and glad to refer to the home of bis
perceive have trespassed, Proba-
by too far, on the patience of some, who may
% rather sensitive this subject, so finish
LAURENTIUs JUNIUs.
For further interesting information the reader 10
eferred to Adams Roman Antiquities" Dunlap's
Roman Literature" etc.