Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-09-05

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ARtSTocRAcY AND DEMOCRACY.
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xhoushts % Gao sIarrleGs 81 e Asss,ta1s
Girl 70 = British EasI.
The marriage of youno wu..u. - -
York to Young man Of I'd Brifs7h srsrscc.
racy who bears il Il The titla al ~ - -, !.
important event. All weddings - i.nro1,
tanf events, for they are Of no5ne1, fns1s er~u
sequence to the human race. wSich n -.
oetuated By them.
Merely ~ forming another Iink hexvvrnr
British feudal aristccyucy and ArncrferS
democracy the instrumental union n -
ter1ay was Of no special sirniNcanca r
these days even Eneiand itesif 4 ~.
ic, and everywheFs asiutocrnev e lo1Srw
the privileges which have rfve5s Il ncsr-1iSS 3
power and eonseduent dir6dnerfns RS 1KS 4
state. IN Il
The title OF carl 4 q noc3ol mn 49,
a1mcse exclusively. fox fhe cxf3nstIo1 n
the British house II lords = - flIiSs 1l
the dominant Democracy eausot IS RI p. 3
The peesagc continues only e ths 1ii,Glcv q
the ruling Democracy and noe Il ~ 49,
A. its polificsI master. Tbs Enr1isE ssIs.
tocracy itself only survives vffk ~ f.ssSSs
titles and It's inconRruous syuhol, tucu1aes
il has become democraxized. Il 3 rceruiecl
from the ranks Of tie cum mrn ne,p1a ,sad
has come 70 have 1fttls 81 the efrrssessr n
class separated from fha ruaa1 q ~ $50.
munfty BY a axistoeratic linlnan TN
majority Of the aristoct.sfc co. 81 Enr.
land a<s borne by fsmilien ncnru-2v olI1er
than this republic. and II many u 80 eRe
blood Of democxa3ie Ameyica ijowx
The Young msn N1,o ,gna q fSafuxuu.6r :.
10 LEAD from the altar n A1msrSenn frfde
yesterday u Of the mcru anefauf svfrk<n.
Iacy, dating baek 70 the tfme a - Nov.
man conquest. hut that Ioucrx Hnenn.
nfves him onlya cexfaan preces4enee ~,
mora recent recruits. aud Wifhcuf rncuev "a
support even that guper6ciaf d;stinexjos, -
would be Of little accounf Tbe 0rxe -.
tial Of an aristocratic state i the ~ 1u-ism
Of money, and the accumulation x r,onev
is an opportunity within reach q TIE a.
mocracy, which thus has the ehauce 81 -
tanning the distinction necessarily 70 the
other. With money come the means Of -
quiring social Accomplishments Nonev
also is o magnet which uftracfs the n.
stinct Of self preservation in the sristocr.cv
to matrimonial alliances with tie denoe-
racy that obliterate the line Of soeinI -.
aration between tho two.
This process Of rninrlfnr tfe arisxc-r~rx
with the democracy Is going Oh Is Eneland
all the time and increasinRly. and verv MT
uralIy it Is extended to this country al rreat
| fortunes by the marriage OF EnRiishmen n
aristocratic titles to American pirls rlchIv
lowered. The titles these yorinu women
receive in England have NO importance
here, and even there their consequences /.
| only social and, with tho progress Of Eng
| lish democracy, transitory. The substanee
| is the money which supports the sor.iai
state, and money here can do the srunc- n
| does not need an anachrouistic feudaI tffle
| homogeneous with modern conditions. to al
| tain consequences. It's conseuuence 4 IN
| trinsic, and its power Is Inherent.
A coronet is mere pewQaw. more =.
pecially on the head Of one who wears 4
merely by the right of marriage and mot =
| the symbol Of the individuals historic line
age Even as such a symbol it tyuiffes mast
rather than present power. In the old iavr
of feudalism earis were actual officers Of
| the kingdom, each having supreme author
| ity in his own earldom or County, under
| the crown A coronet meant something
| substantial then. 1t was a badge Of author-
| ity. Now the title of earl is really worth
| only about as much as the title of Mr. ex-
| cept that it includes the possessor In the
peerage and admits him to the house Of
| lords, where actually he is subject To the