Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31
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The International Marriage
Market

The amdeFm1ElOn1A AaErANSe
Market
scw toEA World
The reverence for old names, old.
families, old honors, is a natural feel
ing but how strangely this reverence
is perverted when q tradesman goes to
FlesOle and purchases q countshlp, and
the scion Of a noble house sets himself
Up for sale IN the matrimonial marketI
Il theory q patent Of nobility is the.
guarantee Of great ability or great vir-
tue. since il Is q reward received from
the source Of all honor il the State,
ard theoretically the culture, the habit
ofcommand, the sense o. responsible.
ty, the desire 10 preserve the purity OF
agreat name, which go With hereditary
~aristocracy, ought TO- make a perfect
race c. men. Strong in its root and
favored in its growth the ideal 1obili'
ty should constitute the natural rulers
OF men. AS q matter Of fact, be sever,
titles gre often founded in vices instead
Of virtues; and frequently the posses
aion Of great ability is as dangerous to
the noble as il IL advantageous to the
ordinary man FOR among q powerful
~aristocracy II IL not safe for any one to
grow strong enough to be a rival to the
King. In England some of the haugh-
test houses go back no further than the
mistresses OF Charles H., and most OF
the names that 1ourished during the
Wars OF Roses are extinct. Apart
rrcM political characterization and
tho axe-the tendency TO rest from
achievement, content with old laurels
las thrown many great families into
ruin, while ambition and that restless
aelfshuess in individuals which re-
suits from the progress OF society have
pushed new families to fortune ana
distinction. II may therefore DO said In
3 general way that a title even In Eng.
land is not In itself an evidence OF
wealth, pure blood, or an honest name,
sud American girls looking for mar
-isges among the foreign a%ristocracy
should remember that mere nobility,
so.oalied, will be no equivalent for theiI
republican birthright without some
thing substantial in tie way of virtue
BEAUTY or estates. We do not blamC
one OF them who can unite herself Il
come mar with q pedigree five centu,
ries long, with fiue family instincts and
household traditionsoC good deeds and
brave actions. The yearning alteI
what Is high and noble is in itsell
praIseworthy, even though it may mis-
take the symbols for the reality. Bu
the ambition TO become the mother o
q Of Towards may be gEatiied q
too large a cost, as Elisabeth Faucon'
berg found two generations ago Ger
tainly when a republican girl aims .
an a~ristocratic match she should ain
nigh, aud not make her home in a for
eign land for the sake o. some beg
garly Baron or a name with a bar sin
lister on it. If intercourse between tn
Old World and the New Is to %continu
20 increase, It will soou be time fol
come international Burke 10 draw up
scale Of matrimonial equivalents TO
use in America and Europe, so tina
acting aside the element OF mutual al
lection, people can tell at a glanC
what kind OF Italian Count or Germa
Baron or French Marquis or EuglisI
SQUIRE, is q fair match for a YAnke
damsel with q heavy dowry, aud hos
many millions q maiden must have I
aspire to an English Earl.