New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-15

The Republican party will, however, &C.
cept with pleasure the cordial support Of
the Union, without, We fear, feeling under
any obligation to vote for the appropria-
tons with which it is connected.
THEY DEsPIsE A REPUBLIC.
Jenkins, of the Times, writes:
Tho ball at Mr.. Shepherds magnificent
residence was one of the m0st beautiful and
altogether delightful ever given in Wash
ingtOn.
The President attended this bail, making
his first appearance in society this season.
Colonel and Mrs. Fred. Grant, Mrs. Ulysses
Grant, and Marshal aud Mrs. Sharp (Gen-
eral Grants sister, were also present"
So.
It has come to this, that the place at
which the President first appears this winter
is the party given BY the notorious head Of
the ring, whose operations are scandalizing
the propriety Of the country. Not content
with giving his sanction to many OF Shep
herds official acts, the President of the
United States sits down to . table with the
ring men, swindling contractors, notorious
lobbyists who usually c0ngregate at
the Boss parties - to do him honor .
One can forgive q blunder made 10 ig
norance of what the proprietiss really
permit. But the President should
have known better. Some mistakes are
worse than crimes. It is still within the
memory of the country that President Grant
invited a person charged with burglary,
and then on trial, to dinner at the White
House when gentlemen Of prominence were
expected to be present. II the President
prefers to associate Familiarity with persons
charged with being accessory to burglary.
and notorious jobbers, why, az an individ-
usl, he has Q right, suppose. to do 80. But
a. the President OF the United States, he
should remember that noblesse oblige. Rank
has it's responsibilities.
We presume the President Of the United
States has character enough to allow him
self or family to visit any respectable en-
We suppose Jenkins will
affirm that the society which
assembled at the ball referred to was not
Of that description. AS Jenkins quotes
the description of the ball, we infer he
was not invited, or did not choose to sane
ton such an assemblage. Perhaps he
would not condescend to meet the Presi-
dent Any way, it would seem jenkins
was not invited-but Jenkins was invited
to an entertainment worthy his presence.
Let him tell how it was:
While ye: mobile youth, before going to
jericho to wait for his beard to grow, your
correspondent had rather an overdose Of
what is known as society.
For this and other reasons your writer
as rule eschews evening parties. holding
them to be diaphanors device OF Satan
have broken in upon my habtual Gus
tom three times during the present season.
The first was upon the occasion of recep-
ton by the minister extraordinary of his
most Catholic majesty Of Spain. The other
Edward Thornton, and the party OF MI
Fernando Wood. The first as l.o most
charming, the second the most distinguished
and the third the most delightful. The
floral decors ions ut the Spanish minister's
we're especially noteworthy. The walls
were covered with an arrangement of flow
ers and vines so skillfuily woven together
that tho wall itself was not visible When
it is remeM 5ered that q large salon was
thus decorated, some idea can be formed of
the elaborate skill displayed. The whole
affair was N ,rked by that perfection Of de-
tail which istinguishes the sangre o-al
from the nanreau richie.
The soiree at Sir Edward ThorntOn's was
eminently British in all its details. A bril-
liant Gaul oace said that les Anglais is al
ways saddles when he amuses himself, and
the SANDER has been victualed until, like
all unoontraC icted stories, it has come to be
currently accepted as truth. Against this
unjust impression wish to add my public
testimony. To be sure the Englishman does
not invite every one to his house. He feels
he must draw the line somewhere. His ad-
miration of cur institutions is not sufficient
ly great to il duce him to issue invitations
to all the Internal brood of jObbers and
swindlers who, being rich, cali themselves
society, to the exclusion of those who do
not care to come into contact, social or 9th
erwise, with the vulgar rabble, even though
the latter has money.
The purely aristOcratic element is but
scantily represented in the newer communi-
ties Of our country, and therefore II stands
at high social premium. Advantages Of
birth. however, may have an attraction
without regard to intrinsic excellence in the
poesessor. do not see that any snobbish-
ness is involved in such a condition of
things. This seeming contradiction has ex-
listed in Ameri,a since the republic was
born.
Everything at the English embassy was
the perfection of quiet good taste. The
company was the most notable which could
be assembled. The people who received in
vitations were glad TO be present.
jenkins is not singular in preferring the
aristocracy Of England and what he calls
the sangre aSal of Spain to the ''vulgar
rabble" of the United States. We have
innumerable examples of persons here
who would prefer the rule Of European
prince or the dependent position of a
British province to living under repub-
lican government. Itwould seem strange
that such admirers of aristocracy should
take upon themselves the name Of Democ-
racy. Here is an extract from the organ
of this party:
The American is proverbially boastful
man, and doubtless this centennial year
will be distinguished by an increased mass
of bosh and spread-eagleism. The 'effete
monarchies" Of the Old World will be COM
pared, infinitely to their DISADVANTAGES, with
this land of liberty in which "all men are
born free and equal" yet quickly pass to an
inequality, which certainly would not be