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dicate by something in the pattern or make-up of their 

 clothes, that they pay small regard to what their tailors 

 tell them about the prevailing taste. And when the 

 gathering breaks up, the yarieties of head gear displayed 

 — the number of caps, and the abundance of felt hat? 

 • — suffice to prove that were the world at large like-minded, 

 the black cylinders which tyrannize over us would soon be 

 deposed. 



The foreign correspondence of our daily press showa 

 that this relationship) between political discontent and the 

 disregard of customs exists on the Continent also. Red 

 republicanism has always been distinguished by its hirsute- 

 ness. The authorities of Prussia, Austria, and Italy, alike 

 recognize certain forms of hat as indicative of disaffection, 

 and fulminate against them accordingly. In some places 

 the wearer of a blouse runs a risk of beino^ classed amonoj 

 the suspects J and in others, he who w^ould avoid the bureau 

 of police, must beware how he goes out in any but the 

 ordinary colours. Thus, democracy abroad, as at home, 

 tends towards personal singularity. 



ISTor is this association of characteristics peculiar to 

 modern times, or to reformers of the State. It has always 

 existed ; and it has been manifested as much in relio^ious 

 agitations as in pohtical ones. Along with dissent from 

 the chief established opinions and arrangements, there has 

 ever been some dissent from the customary social practices. 

 The Puritans, disapproving of the long curls of the Cava- 

 liers, as of their principles, cut their own hair short, and so 

 gained the name of " Roundheads." The marked rehgious 

 nonconformity of the Quakers was accompanied by an 

 equally-marked nonconformity of manners — in attire, in 

 speech, in salutation. The early Moravians not only 

 believed differently, but at the same time dressed dif- 

 ferently, and lived differently, from their fellow Christians. 



That the association between political independence 



