New-York tribune., 1876-01-20
WEALTII'S ARISTOCRACY.
LECTURE BY COL. HIGGINSO,

LECTURE BY COL. HlGGINSON.
HEREDITARY RANK-TRASsIrioN FROM ONE FORM
OF ARIsroCRACY TO ANOTHHR-DowSFALL OF
THE AKIsTOCRACY or URrII-NARRow LIMITS
OF REPUTATION GAINED BY RCHES-FAiLURE
OY PRIVILEGE AND SUCCESS or TIE PEOPLE
Col T. W. Iligglnson delivered lecture in White
Plains on Tuesday evening on the Aristocracy Of
the Dollar" lie spoke substantially as follows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN; THIS anccdote is told Of Dr.
samuel Johnson aud his wife previous to thcir marriage
He said 10 her that he very gnch wished u marry hc
but there were three Obstacles FIRST he Of very
h,.i"l hn had sn uncjc who Was hDur in raply
She said she h0nored man more or less
OF his paentagc second she had no money her
had twenty who deserved he, an she wished they
We find in the past that the chief systems OF social
the arstOcracy of the grandfather may call 1t, has
an stocTocy of the dollar And highest Of all is that
based wisdom. virtue, integrity, culture. with the
latter not troubled nowadays but II VIII nave ls
find transition is going from {, another form oi
aristocracy. We stand by the dcatnbcd Of heIed'fY
srsocray by the cradle OF that of wealth In Europe
lind abundant proof Of the act that the astocracy
of the grandfather is dying ont Take the House o.
Lords in England 1t ia mainly OF recent origin and
much representative Of merit. or the 400 peers 500
date OF the American Revolution very
made on our shores third of tho present House, IN
ciuIng the Bench OF Bishops have received hlf rams
from the present sovereign. The rank OF biri was very
palUV visible IN the Unn atiOn Of onr institutions Ihe
law 0f primoceniturc which Dr. JOhu-pn said was the
best law ever in England for IL made only one foo III i
familv-thc eldest So1-was tried i'll Massachusetts,,
Rhode I.land and Pcnnsy The system OF soal
landed proprcors in this STATE went down in the Antl-
Rem war In the college catalogues ind the stu
denis arranged alphabetically or according 10 RANK
but in order Of social position The President ali
FIcuy had To send all over the country to find the rank
Of ingenious youth Now thcy nave usually ehong1
10 do to keep order among the students irSlca'i
of finding their odcr of nobility. omen we ma
the distinguished names at tle tal-end' iiC ,no
officers the ana tlrlr sons, WAS itEaIuth ny
many o. result III aiStOclacy our fffrch ~ M
ratlizrrs wrote us not TO sacrifice al We bad gain by
Inc war in hat way Washington deadcd lte influence,
although he finally loincdt Where nOWt arc" q"t
od gentlemen meet 10 do lew quiet e1afiirs
and 10 eat a Quict dinner That is All that Is left OF IL
IL easy such thngs d0 not suit American "aS
do not in this soil IL may ave bren SO but
il y 20 deeper than Is fact we ind that There are Two
laws which TO lie behind the d0Wnlll Oi tle atls
tocracy OF the s'aniiather-itst arithmetic; Sst"u,
all SO much bora, as Artcmus ward would say. Mars
one father ana mother But bacKo each is father
and mother # we go back ten srneration, We nliu @
baCk to the Conquest each would have more
b.y were very mucl interinlrroI SO. If 90
back far enough. we cannot aEod thc cocIuS on ti i
came from blood, ANA Ia keep that pnio Is inl"'-
sIblc some the royal families of Europe nave ued i0
Keep from admitting any plcbcan strains ana We see
the result in idiOcy. INSANITY, scloiua' ana chrlay-
And ths phySoloSy prevents h,i'l"tHi' h"'t'!'
Certainly blood will tell But take the Enshsn race
morse trained down line that there i danger unless
new strain is admitted thdt II WI" pe ad poou az" Il"
horse. .--- 49,.
A~
grandfather must 90 10 tae wall In place ot II comes
rough coarse pushing force, he an>iocidcy o me ao
lar which makes way among The ee OF society-the
tnet y, @ 70 tr,iurd i.u,inc leaders Of Tie
wod The arstbcracy OF tine dollar - al dis&iNdhiatr
in all but strength but endurance wins In the e.d The
forward movement Oi soch ~ Is toward dthiyhg ~
cral effort Inco no lord No peasant All hoid one
level That none viii have Ia 70 10 loofhoh't oi J De-
the dream of American civilization; Our fathers inhd1
home, in u new, Wild land; they lccd Forest, bnds,d
riI streams, tuiitl'u T"r ,ir ' here ii cnnrr
Ia
Or churches many COIis and some are stIll un-
u,id for Bnt money Is not all tnry gained. Lcsh mt
sid HAT the Americans have one God. money; one
Iunl, PoUr Richards Almanac; they nave ono counter
,,rr,cung from Maine to Georgia tuat was tie cNrnt
a. our dI and vtCr II the, Trade against the Wo.li
Do You say TN re- is no reputation but tlI' hnIl "u
money! How j. it IIe rich men IN Newport are not
know TO me. - es their fame extend beyon1 cir own
colut, q. Siatci / venture 10 assert tHt no
one here tonight can tell mo the sN nchcst
unless il gained through great rIh!' uAi ilhs 'IcV
nGtion or is used III some noble "r pro'tcio'N "n.
Ihc man most Tor Ms wealth dr. and j. onnd to
he bankrupt every Oac SAYS, JuI ~ expected hhl
a young makes turning speech ~ some rircii"n"ci-
,s canpaign or & young giri writes thrilling story,
ami ury wake To ind themselves famous, Whch pcihap
thoi have not cnonsa money 10 pay th'i Ha'ri " ''i.
millionaire 10 these shores. VINO Ano"7 "i Ms al
nydii blt itl "a AIS com, "',l ~. L''oi M ,'
plthos Z, deli ,t al listeners, ara the 'rFl l. III All lh
newspapers aud "''HDoly mouth ~ I" oM'd,'!
pri,sut Gir win ~ 90 niEh-he, come =" ~ d
All throug 10 hear cf song Do tHc' rbS money I" 7t
No; but We hasten 10 give It tlcm 20 ia"e away Ihe
dl,;n- -u,hct -i>sH was invited 10 Iegl III foi'
and a great p4icc was to bo pad hn lis ltpS Wa. -
nor nr,t, III MS Iu,c.m ucndnd,u ha attention, ana De-
pu, of tine uaalng NJ money 10 more c"hNchht t'"
snn IL ia ia 81 tnAt wc only Tor money. Nen nero
srrk cu.tuc ref lcincut lrOvoaent Fashion oven -
stryin after thing better A. he cooS r'ai- her
mistress IN drc, she is unconscOublY prfhd, seeking
a higher level. this struggle wealth lakes the lead
for If has the advantage 50 'Ocd,y o On" dollar lh
AZ The foam on the Of prugress-bilaut, cyantb
cent cian4.aDle the wave IocI. II rrprts'ti actudl
mower not past possessions Ike hereditary is1pc!"tJ
r,c laffcf f. OF vest, rddy: the former to-day
As We piC-opHlIc nbOutU We mus rVintmhorth thc
Measure o liic s not posse slou, bat IN dr,Icl@"h;
m he aupciitc the FEAST not the qudnllA, mt tb
nu,l.tV 4 bcuk earned 10y hard wOfk IN bOynOpd J.
worth more than whole libraries II alter years a you
SEE sIr, C,d-us nd n think now happy slc uSl ne
Jut she who rides uccisc to horses must hc exercised
ld nothing compare To the delight of the !Ouih WHO
.ucnds MS nard earnings for DIVE on saturday a'f
noon or some moonlight night. The former huds hcI
measure in being SCARED al. re latter cares not "hch'r
av one see, AI, and The young woman have good
time Ala, Tor ain! II gets no fnl .dsfacii,n Ms
t0ry a not written by the privilege Oi te rch but bt
s common b,n III Oi all an the urNt Pn'hosc trif-
c!ed in It's carnage with all ciusnoNs twenty miles
DIV; bat when the people wished TO go rt"cs swiitrr
than the wind hrnc- ed aid l"hc llcs OF st.ei
stretch fr awag tat they me- 20 ~ speed ana safely
Privilege cOud only send it. messages 10y hrc- on NH
top. ana thus communicate slowly JOY OF groi; bat Tor
The Lessa.c, OF tho people ths n were condensed IN
one sGk ana across continents ana under oceans
Eyerywherc nl INC failure OF rnthr1c The success
OF Tie whole. An artist 1CIay OF al want, where the
hlulcst child may como b ON his 'ihle INTO grand
ana glorious career.