, 1860-06-25
"Ic0" DouSlAks Idea OF a Gentleman.
f'td. Dongtaa' Piper, in an article On Gentle.
men, has the following.

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fF<d. Dougta.' Piper, in an article on Gentle.
men, has the following:
~. uncertainty seems to exist on the oues-
aou " Tue moral character aud labits Of the
Rentlem9n. 4 certain Captain Henry uo.de his
WY 70 the rooms Of Senator Sumner, a few
nights ago. aud in language not by any means
suoice or delicate. informed that Senator. that
ne, with certain associates, had como for the
p%prpoae Of cutting his throat. The Mayor OF
tbs n1oHson, nGs being quite able to understand
1ed me matter and insisted that the Gentle Capt,
nensy should apologize to the Senator. The
spo!oHJ consisted in e1cusing himself On The
Rennemaaly plea Of having been drunk. aud was
ehnl3xed by the assertion that a stream Of zen
rsat r. S'oGq: tnrse hundred years old. flowed in
tion thas this mans ancestors were Thngs
framed up In the aristocratic circles Of Thug.
dcm. where throat. cutting IS the amusement of
ihe higher c1asses, Capt. Hen7v's assertion Of
hls gentle lineage is clearly explained, and
Tue Administration which continues ID employ
m amtunkeo, throateusting Capt. Henry in the
a'gentLenan, although he does get drunk. and
goes threaten to murder Seu.,ors. Va once
beard Southern clergyman eulogize Ipreston
brooks as a gentleman, although lie assaulted
ana nearly murdered an unarmed uan win a
ciup. Nay. we believe that Southern ladies'. in
~ |HAottAGp pAt up WQQlG TQNS of
Sermilion lips for Preston Brooks to kiss. "a a
reward Tor having nearly murdered one OF the
ffPest kcho 'ars, proloundest statesman. and
most hn'shed orators in America. thus showing
then appreciation Of this Carolina gentleman.
Senator Chesnnt rosa ia his place The other day
and applied to brother Senator language sn
toni and brutal that it would hare Startled ali
B!l1fngsgase to have heard it; but Senator
Chesnut u gentleman. Senator Wirfa|l ue,x
drunk, and Eoids ulaudfin nonsense and hIn.-
phemy ~ the hour; but he, too, is a gentle
man. The united Democracy, with that pink of
ehlvaIry, Roger A. Pryor, at It's head, pours out
whole broadsi!e Of epithets such as c1me nnlv
from ao Irish fish market, or IN Alabama ,iare
pen, upon Mr. LoVejoy, VINO is q clergyman ;.
but these Democratic CnDgressneu are ali nm,
tlenen. The standard of gentility ia the Sonth
u the number of black men and women who
have been robbed and plunxe1ed by the candi.
date toF social distinction, Up here At the
North, gentlemen are SO tar behind the times AZ
to pay their hostlers. In the South. no man !.
counted gentleman who does not ateal his
hostier, wages and all. Here, when gentlemen
eat dinner, they are so vulgar as 10 nav for
It's having been cooked. There, the more aris-
tocrAtlc practice OF taking another mans vaue,
10 oay tue raw material, aud then hunting down
COOK With dogs aud guns, to dress the dinner.
generally prevails in the best society, Here
ns'ng atth expense of others is called paupe.-
ISM; out in Tennessee, hanging upon the shirts
ol dozen poor negroes, Us the only means Of
getting board and clothes, is tie very height Of
gentillty. In the North, gentlemen reIy on
facts aud arguments to carry their mint II "a.
bate; but in Virginia. the revolver and The tar
bucket aEe the highest style Of Rentlemanlr
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