The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-05-24
Virginia Gentlemen and Ladies.

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writing from Richmond, thus expresses him
Cor her) self-a, follows:
"You doubtless remember the song OF
!" The Good Old English Gentleman, all of
the Olden Time, rendered celebrated in the
minstrelsy of Braham, knight and Russell.
If were deyoted to the lyric muse, I think
my song would be Of the Virginia gentleman
descended from the Cavaliers of old. There
is something right gallant and noble in the
true gentleman Of this State-him of the old
regiaae especially there is nothing dwarfed
or stunted, either in his inward or outward
growth hale, hearty, and stalwart he is,
mentally and bodily, every inch a ma , He
does not hesitate to express a frank, manly,
honest opinion; there is nothing of prevari-
cation or concealment in his nature; he is
not afraid to walk with head erect, and to
terror Of the Virginia gentleman is far less
care-worn than that of his brother of the
North, even as his mind is less suhjugated to
fashion, and to the SAY of Mrs. Grllndy.'
how lie stands in his. own community, and is
not chary how he recognizes an inferior, lest
he should lose caste, or be thought miracle
of condescenson. What a contrast between
such one and the aspiring Northern pmve-
nu, who, uncertain of his own position, fears
to speak to his less fortunate brother in trade,
because, not having amassed sufficient prop-
erty to be able to sink the shop he (the
latter) has not felt authorize d to curt his own
kinsmen and sisters.
The daughter too, of this old Virginia
gentleman is likewise to the manor born !;
her heart is not cTusted over with cold con
yentionalities, nor her soul smothered by any
omnipresent worldliness. She has received
the truest Lind of culture in the education Of
the heart and the bringing out of every at
| tribute of the affections her mind is a re-
pository Of useful learning, because her edtl-
cation has been founded upon a knowledge
of the best English authors, and she knows
nothing positively nothing of Eugene Sue
or George Sand. She may, perchance, be
able to give you the Latin derivation of an
English word, but she does not sing in Ital-
ian and would not pretend to read German
in the original text. When her father enter
tains company, does she know aught besides
the time to dress for dinner and the art of at
firing herself to perfection? Here the afir-
NATIVE is emphatic. From the garret to the
and is equally at home in the pantry and
larder She is the true child in earnest !, no
bly, womanly in her nature-refned in the
whole tone of her education, and adapted IN
every sense to be the rational company o
man.
What a comparison | might draw her,
between such daughter and that of the new
made Northern millionaire, who being borr
in Short street, or North street, or some othel
obscure locality, scarcely knows how to de
port herself under q new regime and with al
onerous buuthen of estate; she calls her les
fortunate sisters who are better born ant
more duly educated than herself, by the ele
{ CANT name of I" snobs''-cut them behind he
sunshade when she meets them on the pave
and betrays her own original dirt by assum
ing hothouse airs, though many a one re
members that she first saw the light hersel
from under hedge In the words of tn
worthy satire
'sAs wild flower, all would have owned it wa
fair
And praised it, tho gaudier blossoms were there
But when it assumed hot house airs, we Sc
through
The forced tint of its leaves, and suspect that
Under hedge"
"The contrast have thus drawn is stri
king, and the existence Of these tw
extremes of being arises from marked differ
ences Of education, and the more rapid growtl
Of one State over another in wealth and pop
ulation. But these things will right them
selves IN the course of time. The scum wi
+ lrise to the surface, the snobbish' efferYes
t cence escape, and the extreme Of fashionabl
foolery find its own level. There is a thanl
worthy conservatism in that kind Of goo
manners which proceeds from true hearted
ness and noble principle, which no moder
. innovations can approach or parallel"
WAR IS ARIsrocRAcr ?-In reply to thi
a question, Gen. Foy, distinguished orator i