New-York tribune., 1889-12-22
WIVES.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN GIRLS.
.4cocKAIcSE' PRESENTS HIS VIEWS Upon ru.
MATTER.

| .CoCKAIGNE' PRESENTS HIS VIEWS UPON ruu
MATTER
| London letter to The san Francisco Arconagt
sec by the Vanity Fair Of my lately asrvsA
done the honor TO copy into rs columns nv Is,ss
on the non marriage Of English ladies' Of rank ws,t
An Engllshwomsnb has been so good az 10 v,,e rssi
that paper, commenting on my remarks. Now. as ths
some discussion and touches subject a, 10 viii n tbe
exists derablc error am n Engs people sholS
| like TO say few words thereon In the hone Of eos.
recting tho erroneous idea prevalent in fae Brtl"s
| mind, and In none more so, ii would appear than Ia
pabshed % i" The Argonan' OF August u ao y ss es
why 1t was that white bad plenty of Instances a
lntermarage between EnsIishmen OF title and Amsri
lady Of tie 10 an American man ! gave hs opa.
with whom had coDversed. and endeayoEed nv
self, TO explain my belief a. 10 what the causes and
reasons wee which hindered such alliance. need
not Iecapituate those and reasons here suf.
flee IT to say that An EnglishwOman7 does not agrs
with them, but gives reason of her own. which l.hs
VIII pafuon me for saying so she states with much
questionable taste, considering that she wdiins
to an American newspaper for Americans to raj
put 1t IN whatever light you please. she holds thai
the marriage Of an English lady Of title with an
American gentleman would mean. Tor The English
gentlemen have not social position equal to thss
Of English lady Of title, and a, the wlse what.
rank OF her husband She thefeforr iegrades hrrs~9
technically, Of course. and not IN the general sense,
when she marres man who IS what she ton.it es BE-.
really ngs. be Permitted to deny this: And in
observe that even in England. by whose res ard
regulations Of rank and precedence An ;Euglsb-
woman would appear TO be governed in arriving a;
her conclusion. lady does not always take tho ran,
OF her husband am afraid " An Englisawomsn.t
entering INTO the many abstru5e and-to American
minds, at all events mean ngl,ss ramfcaiions d
status as established in England; which would bui
mystiy and weary the general reader would respect
fully ask "An Engshwoman' he following qu,S
tons; Does the daughter Of a duke or marquis taxa
the rank of her husband II she marry the yOIng9
son OF an earl Does, indeed. any English lady u
itIe,ess commoner? Dos not. even il She mary
a baronet, retain her Christian name before her n.v
Ana I ask, Would il not be the same wer, she ts
marry titleess American!
But it is not about English marriages on both side.
contradict the statement OF An Engshwomsn' thst
the rank of American is beneath that OF any Engh
lady of title. Unfortunately, English people are gye1
mot unnaturally, perhaps but erroneously, all no
samel TO look upon Americans as Of the same grade
have no titles-in short that 80 far as social status
suppose this false impression comes irDm mehiag
chasing Americans and English together because nsy
respects identical ways and customs But Il Is all
wrong. English people simply forget thar Anefcsm
%s hs f8ssa tSst HmraSs S9 aH aPe O S Ens
anyhow-if they judge by some OF me speeImeni, ,,
S should i be- be judged and gauge" sisdgsd and m
gauged.by a few pitiful anglomanlacs who woan ~
back stairs to the Prince of Walls than that Of
American citizens. Americans i9 Engand are ias-
ing American ambassadors and all the Angcird
afectations OF American Secretaries of Legation tend
are brot6erS and sons Of a Common mother cannoJ
gansay or alter the fact that Americans have country
Of their own nag "a ~ ege bo.c own 5s,oss a1 bsvs
totally separate and distinct. And when Americans
go abroad and come 70 England they carry: 80 fas
md fncf AL
concerned their country, their government, ther
dag, their allegiance and their social status Win
England (as in AL civilized countries under the sun.
the social status he possesses az home; M H Is no,
he is visiting Can any one deny this what, then,
is the social status of an American si home mean
arber Of the requirements OF select fUnr hundred
or -Four Thousand may consider H. .,,. We are 70
of rank and title, his legal social status only can
be considered. English rank and precedence. as me
from and Independent of conduct. manners, morals,
education wealth An EnsIlSh dnKe Is spplsp sIpslncf
he a drunkard or a llbertire. boor or blschguad,
gnoramus or bankrupt; ,nIo And so rs,oTr ony
every American citizen Is sovereign owning e d ana
having no superior As suc pSa 90 n, az 5oe gs sIs
of English nobility and the cqaal Of the Queen herself
hope shall not be misunderstood As claiming ma,
terms the society OF the Queen of England. the RIVAL
family, the nobility the gentry. or indeed. that Of the
lowest and humbleSt grade in England, any than
he IS mix IN the refined and cultured society OF
America, though fully expect an indignant outIursi
from transpanted clerks and commercial travellers
who IL they were accorded in America the Social
position they hold I'm England. would not be received
as kindly and Hospitality they I merely con.
tend that the Americans grade aud rank BY the laws
and customs of his country. such TO confer
upon him the status Of equality with all the world and
that should he be endOwded with the breeding. manners
education. accomplishments and wealth usually con-
sidered requisite to IL for entrance intO poie
society In any civilized country why then he Is ire
peer OF anv man. either in America England ard a.
such. no English woman. wnaiever her rank or We,
could be degraded by marrying him. Who can saw me
nav! If II be. " An Engishwoman" suggests. fear
Of this supposed degradation which prevents Engi>h
ladies of iank and title from marrying American
gentlemen lwho ask them then II surty Is tlme ~,
the question put before them In lis true cht am
that a corrected estimate Of American gentlemen IN
England lie taught and their real status as sueh ps
established and authortatlvey Acknowledged Ii ua
land.