Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-03-24
ESSEX County 9rrala.
ISLAND PoND. MARCH n.
Is there anything lacking in our
State Courts?

Others creates bitterness and zeal /
ousv even in the lowest order of
men. But in some countries, eS- |
pecially in England i'll her most |
brilliant days, badges of office, /
display of authority and the pag |
eantrv of the ruling classes were
taken to represent the whole pco-
pie, and even the humblest regard |
ed them as rejecting the pride
and glory OF their own lives. Per-
haps England exceeds all other
countries not in oStentation or
display of governmental authori-
ty but in the element of dignity |
and exactneSs of ceremony.
Next in Importance to order
and system in government or i'll
social orders come ceremony and !
display neutrality-suspicious.. Take
from one of our secret societies
those badges which indicate the
different positions occupied III
dividual members their symbolic
teachings, exact discipline, the
studied dignity and discretion
which inspires the members and
all those qualities that distin-
guish them as a class from the
world at large and the solidarity
of such society would be gone
and its efficiency and its very life
would be extinct,
There is a vast difference be-
tween types or representations
of principles belonging to all and
dresses and display which repre-
sent insolent assumptions of the
wearers. There is wide differ
ence between types and symbols
representing the people and those
representing individuals assum-
ing authority or superiority in
distinction from the common
mass.
But while England has perhaps
gone to one extreme in outward
manifestations and display of re-
gal grandeur the authority OF
her parliaments and the respect
due the personnel of her judicial
department as well as in social
ceremonies, this country has gone
to the other. This grew natural
" out of the separation of the
latter from the mother country
AS the child was inspired with ar
angry contempt for the authority
that was being attempted to be
exercised over it, it equally de
spised the indications and out
ward manifestations of it. TIL,
American people could of cours
neither admire CORVALLIS ever
in his brilliant displays, nor ap
preciate the dignity of a parlia
ment which cruelty oppressed
them, but yearned with love ant
veneration for such men as Mar
ion and Sumpter raking roaste'
potatoes, their only means of sui
sistence, from beneath bur1in,
log piles, while the most prom
nent manifestations of the glor
of their patriotism were shabb
clothing and grimy faces.
This country is now apparent
seeking a medium between thos
two extremes. People are seem
that to go up to plebeianism
desirable, but that to 90 dow
to it is equally undesirable. F;
miliarity of the masses with go
ernmental authority breeds col
tempt for it. Respect and ven
ration for judicial authority
one of the greatest safeguards I
a republic, and in a growing il
difference to it occasioned by Il
wild rush of the times, which II
one can fail to observe, ever
thing practicable should be dor
to cultivate respect for and int
est and pride in every means
peace and safety to the Cover,
ment.
A distinguishing court dress fc
the judges of our state court
and even an escort with some {
fetal emblem would be no id
ceremony. Because some natiOl
or states are so high in their n
lions as to expose themselves
a charge of aristocracy that fu
nishes no reason for our lowerir
ours to the plane of vulgarit
Almost every organization whi'
has for its object the e1eva+io