Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-11-05
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,sT0lTAoIIfT9 VII
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We believe It b The generally recsivsd os,toa
that the Southern people are impulsive. VEGETABLE.
and frequently rash; while the people of the Moth
have the reputation Of being sober staid and unex-
c'tahIe This estimate Of the respective characters
OF the two peoples Qor to large extent Nc srs two
peoples Is untrue, to some degree. - TO both and
especially 50 n to the Southern people How ar this
estimate has been cngendered and Strengthened BY |
the supposition that climate affects the temper.. |
ment-a warm climate unduly heating the blood |
and stimulating the brain, and cold climate insur.
ing healthy equilibrium to Loth-wc shall no, now
pause to consider. Theories are often cobweba,
easily brushed away BY ACTS; and when faess can
be brought to hear to d,spel them il is the ess~s,
and most direct way to do it, a. we'll - the most
effcctuaL
Both the Northern and the Southern people arr
excitabie. and 30 are all people; but facts prove
that in the composition Of Northern society there u
more cxcitabity than in that Of Southern society.
The Southern mind generally, Is rarely, Il ever.
excited by trivial causes or BY any thing unworthy
Of excitement In other words, the element Of cx.
citability in the Southern mind is seldom or never
carried to the pitch Of anaticism On the contrary.
scarcely question be raised at the North, but
that it cxcites commoon, and is deeply ,mbucd with
the element Of fanaticism. From the most import.
ant, down to the most unimportant mattess-uay.
even down to the most absurd and wicked notions
Of bad and crazy men and women we find the Gle
ment Of fanaticisn, Ut the North, assuming hug,
proportions Let facts and incidents decide
During the last generation how many attempts
have been made to ovcrturn social systems, to up.
root or change religions and to remodel the world
on some utopian and impracticablc basis, Abo-
ltionsm, the head and front Of family Of isms -
numerous tho catalogues Of folly and wickeincss
are capable Of containing embracing Hrcclovsism.
Know nottingham, Black Repull,canism, Fourier.
ism, and thousand and other isms Il Still daily
bringing forth its pr"gcncs to excite the base
passions Of the human heart and tn cure the coun.
try; and every emanation from the hot heads and
wicked hearts Of men, finds its followers by secrcs.
by hundreds and by thousands. at the NORTH
Nothing seems to be too monstro,s for the crculity
Of large portion Of the Northern people. Nothing
can he originated that docs not there find numerous
followers There il an element Of Wild. rash and
reckless cxcahility that pcrvadcs small portion
Of the people Of the North.
How many Of these iSms have arisen at the South
Not one How many have ever even obtained .
foothoh at the South! Only one and IT that one Il
is now difficult tn find man that Is not ashamed
In fact inherent il il in the Southern character
to resent insult offensive remark that Il Is
a. tho II .
| dare charge upon another that he was ever Know
Nothing? Such isms cannot live upon Southern
SOIL They take no root in the Southern mind
| They only flourish in the soft hc,ds and depravct
hearts Of Northern fanatics. The Southern mind i
too well balanced to be swaycd by them. They and
their emissarics arc alike dcspiscd and when they
assume dangerous aspects they ,marily deal;
with. Deceptive and unSuh<tantial ideas canno,
flourish in the South. We have no womsns Right.
societies. no Spirit rappingS no Model Artists
shows.-none Of the fanatical combinations 40 ri;
at the North and we'll calculated to an our jail,
with criminals. our aims houses with paupcrs and
our Asylums with lunatiss
There is no class Of the Southern people VIII
either offer or submit to- an insult There class
At the North that with Pharisaical pic,y make thc
pretended Christian meckness the scapc goat of thei
cowardly sp,rits. Kick and cuff Seward. Grcrly
Sumner and others Of the kind a. you WILL the.
throw themselves hack upon the long ago exhauSsc
stock Of Puritancal pety. I'm orr estimation SINAI
stock at first and whine about ''pcrsccnton!- Blu
let them get among . crowd Of their own dupes an
followers, where there is no danger. and they ar
the bravcst fellows in all chrstcnaom! Theirs d
religion that would justify them alike in receiving
blow or stealing negro. With them The hirhe,
seat in Heaven is reserved for the biggest rogue
provided he is not detected in his rrgucry. The
all courage where no courage = required and =
cowartce where cowartcc III serve their purpose
or where danger threatens. In a word they arc d
meanest portion Of created humanity, for ihcy PC
petrate all the rascaties they can and are rvpons
bic for nothing.
We might pursue this theme further. bot Il
. probably unnecessary at present. In conclusion
would warn the Southern people to be on their qua,
.. and to watch narrowly travelling Yankees. v
!, know not how many John Browns and Coppess Al
Cooks we may have among us, protesting to
agents for this, that or the other. Keep eye up.
them, and if they found tampcring with slave
or heard uttcring incendiary expressions give Che
. coat Of tar and feathers and trrat them TO ri
. !. upon "a colt, the fold Of an acorn"
Extract from "Jus'ies," on the War Of the Reg
lation in the Greensboro Patriot: ...,. q
IN "If Tryon had been defeated at the battle Of A
y. NANCE the Regulators would have been marvcllo
proper men in the eyes Of those who can &c noth
ei that has the stamp Of cnchantmcnt upon IT,, cxcs
It it come from the Court Of St Janu. OF Bpst
l. Harbor. .s..
>. ToThe Regulators had no Hancock or Adams who
70 trumpet tongue could swell to such . note Of
- monstrancc, that every nook ard corner Of tbs p
b: vince might hear, and every ncighboring colo
,e come to their rescue from the fangs Of murdcru
william. "a = q
They had for their foreman, . strong minded eli
headed Quaker who vas the relative Of Dr RTapkl