, 1880-02-29

eratioi1s, to a craving for monnrchical insti- ;-
tutio1ls with their ennobling tllles; t,s,e e1t
aristocratic distinctions, tnd as III dnonte tie
Jefferson phrased it. with nH tt1e e
tinsel glitter Of the etfete Old W9rla. ~ ~
this as it may, the American KepunilcS 80 mno' tl
be left, for angllt that the Old Woriu cai, ~
to work out its own destiny in It's Owl J. WY.
gland there is not at this moment 90 Wlde ,ifaa
gulf between rich and poor as In the onl.eut n.'t
States, and having said thus much we mnsI m.,
leave Slr. TlurloW Weed to reconcie sl1n Htll-
self as best liemay t9 tose gro1MiS 1'is sSomnati sn
cts of hoth sexes which CAUSE nlM sacn AiaAt-
ETY.. "Our Government, " exclalms Ml. Mee,.l er
docs not seem strong. enougn ~ a9an.y Pow
itself: Our population Is increasing seiy ars
wonderful and amazing, and under s4cn a cll7
cullstances Government needs 20 " saa1 a.1u
ought to be increasing in strength. NesG.d1 Va
theless, see every day, anu WIN 1lDle sni, nI.h
more dlsnay, our asslmllht1on " EEEgsiish
habits, English IDEAS and even H. EngIn,sn ,gsI,sn
costume" There was once time p, With With
no !" "free-born American citizen "oul4
condescend to wear the plush OF
liverled servant; but now Wy le:'.t liemt
collars are much too common in New 1ork
upon lnen-seryallts to please the se'ere anu
Simple taste Of A[r. Thurlow Weed. IN the
same breath Nh Weed shoWed Mitn priahG; .h;af' -
England, and simultaneously pointetl to 2
portrait Of Lord Changell9r InurioM Mli!cn nact,
hung upon the wall: The bones oI JeHerson
and BENJAMIN Franklin might vel rattle IT., III
American citizen Of high repute that plush,
powder, and liverfes have 9 tendency TO re-
appear in New; \ 0rk, and tilnt tnere ls an ~
creasing craze for armorial bearings among
his republican brothers and sisters,-a craze
from which the veteran Wire-puller nI
Albany does moi, seem himself to be wholly
exempt. 1twould alarm him still more n were !a.e
he aware that every Aneflcah o. reaecaioa ,.ion
voice against the mischlets OF universal SUI
frage, and bids lis beware of following an
example which has been pregnant With wo
to the United States. ,....-
sole himself by tile thought that during the
colossal Civil War in his own country. or
which he was a witness, his Government, u,
assert itself manifested strength ana ~ v'g6a 9ba
| breast of the great Napoleon when at the ze.
| NTH Of his power, and which at THIS moment
| the autocratic Emperor Of All the RtlsSla3
W9p net MT gare d to emqate 4n ref tSni bassa t.
DOR in the midst Of the Civil War, z" gan
have any citizen arrested III Chicago or. San
! Francisco at my will and without legal
warrant, and cah your Government say tne ,9
sainoY' The American Government is stu
lust strong enough to discharge sttcll func-
tons rs rigltiy belong to free countries. In
'Th,ir1nw III % Wet.d to know that in every Capital
| nf the Old World Where wealth abountls
lie season, or, in other words, that
portion Of the year which is set apart for
| fashionable entertainments and amusements
| has marvellous resemblance to that which
iWNew York arouses Ills fears. The London
season. for instance, is close at hand, and we
entertain no doubt that within the next four
,nnntfs there will be many weeks In each Of
With eso0Go viii be spent in this metropolis