French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-17
PLAIN HENDERSON COUNTY NAN
COMPARED WITH NOBILITY.
(By Thomas ]. Riekman.l

and the ones made in this communica-
ton wsuld have been exceedingly
odious to the European High-Muck o.
gone-by times, but under modern con-
ditions, we over here can afford to
draw the distinctions.
Under King James the End, as well
as other monarchs of England, there
existed at least five degrees of nobility
Besides the king, there, were Lords.
Honorable Lords and most Honorable
Lords. The Barometer were entitled
to wear a cap in which were steaded 6
pearls. Viscounts wore a coronet, in
which were pearls un-numbered. A
Duke was a most high and puisant
Lord. The Viscount was a noble and
puisant Lord. A Baron must have
been addressed as His Grace" A.
common Peer was expected to be adj
dressed as His Lordship.'' All Lords
are peers and being Lords by Cour.
tesy, h members of the upper branch
Of parliament. Bishops were Spiritual
Peers, and were entitled to sit with
r~eVerenced uncovered heads. in the
House of Lords, while the light Of
the gods, were supposed to shine in
their august presence.
t"C 0PPO1 VI o4Cu I'll L dIlldIuGuC WAS
"Concilium ct Curia.' both legislature
n court, and the peers rode to the
parliament house in long files of en-
Dlazoned coaches, while the members
OF he House of Commons must walk
the streets. If the Commons wished
TO send a bill to the Lords. it must be
carried by forty members delegated
to go abreast, with uncovered heads
approaching with three low bows, ut
Iterfng, my Lords!"
If the Lordly Peers had a bill to
send to the Commons it was carried
by a humble clerk. Imagine if YOU
Can, your Henderson County represen-
tat1ve, Mr.. Geo. Valentine. approaching
tie Lordly Hon. T.>B. Allen, from the
lower House to the Higher branch Of
OUT N. c.. Legislature, and George
with uncovered head, making three
low bows to Lordly T. B., who stands
With coroneted head and receive
georges bill and bids him begone till
his pleasure. We fear common Hen.
derson County disgust would assert il.
self IN our lower house representative
under such proceedings.
every daughter OF a peer was a
Lady" while all other English girls
We're but plain misses. Judges who
sat on the bench, ranked below peers
and a lord never took an oath before
a Judge-his word was all that was
required. He simply had to p the
words, Upon my Honor" If he PASS
Ell through the royal park, he could
Kill two or three deer, at his pleasure
while if one of the common hord did
SO. he forfeited his life. It was be-
meath his dignity to walk the street in
a cloak, and his wine was free-hr
could scorn the idea of being tried by
a common jury. He could name a.
many. chaplains as he chose, to pray
for him, and the crown would pay the
expense.
A royal dinner in King James time
was served on Sc labels at least and
with more han 500 different dishes
attended by all the puisants of the
realm. The remnants were scattered
over the backgrounds and gathered Iii.
by hords of bggarS. During these
times the Bible, known as King James
version, was brought forth, by a great
retlnue of wise and pious ones, who
eat, frank and Toasted at the o.
table. No reflection, however. on
either the king their work or them
selves. 1t was simply a condition Of
affairs existing in those times. The.
had about the same amount of piety in
their hearts as a Southern darby,
singing on a cotton plantation, for
after all, the human race is abou'
alike.
A puisant lord. was very nearly q
k1ng-a king was very nearly a got
and these high and gracious ones al.
ways addressed God as my Lord.
they themselves being but a little low.
er, than the God of the universe.
Under James End, f72 peers receiy-
ed a manual revenue of $1,000, O0O. Gn
which was about one eleventh of the
income of England at that time. l.
they saw proper to pronounce a MAJ
a rebel, his lands, and chattels were
"sequestered" and the fund added to
their income. 1t was the law, mind
you. Of course they knew that lords
and kings were of Divine right, and
some Europeans would now scorn g
Henderson County fellow, who woull
doubt it. but world war, now going Oh
will finally settle the Divine right u
king question.
The foregoing are in the main his.
torical facts and we ask Henderson
County readers to compare their con.
ditions of freedom with the old Euro
pean surf. of NEAR and low estate
We talk of Utopia, Golden age. King
dom Come, Millennium and the like
|, but when We sit down and think i
over and put it up against real facts
as against vagueness, what do we ge
that satisfies us? God bless US, we al
ready have itellectual liberty spiritua
l fraternity, universal brotherhood, JUS
tice and equality, unobstructed and 81
what do we lack? Think it over read
d er and get your head leveled.
n More anon.
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