Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-23
For the Democrat and News

! In the Gazette of Thursday last there was a
lively article on Southern hospitality" and in
that paper Of to-day l find communication
signed Douglas" and headed the Reason
why" Now | wish to say few words in re-
gard to these papers. although laboring under
the disadvantage of the Southern man speak
ing to a Northern audience. Douglas take to
be fair man in his statements, at any rate he
does not misrepresent wilfully or ignorantly
He evidently believes what he says. but can
not say much for the Gazette For instance
the Gazette says that CONNIE need in my arti-
Gle Of the 18th "by stating that the Charleston
hotels are going to charge only five dollars a
day to delegates" said this 1T was an
nounced in the papers that the hotel keepers
would charge five dollars, &c" but ',ha. be-
lieved the whole thing fabrication"
Announcing thing in the papers is not by
any sort of means guarantee of its truth for
instance, in the Gazette. article lie quotes from
Dispatch from Washington that "the Nation
al committee are eeriously considering the cub.
ect Of changing the place Of fmectiny." The COM
mit.se have no more po,cer to change the place
than he or have. The place was fixed by the
Cincinnati Convention.
The usual charges at hotels in Charleston are
not as much as five dollars day. anl again
say that have not any idea that the prices
will be raised. as time will show. And i'll
can have any influence by contradicting THE
report. it is that more persons from the North
may be induced to attend. knowing as do,
that some at least would be alarmed at the
idea of paying more than six bits o, dollar
a day.
1t is my earnest desire that Northern men
would 60 to the South and see slavery and
hear less Of that eternal whine about the "hor-
ors of slavery" 1.-The overbearing insolence of
the South" "aristocratic superciliousnsss" and
'.the shame Of labor" DC. The Gazette anx-
iously ihquires what is the reason these land
lords are preparing to accommodate txo or
three times as many people as they are noy
prepared to accommodate. A child would
answer that question. Because there will be
more people there than uswal, and some will e.
cape 10 hotel.
The Gazette "is sorry this defender of South
ern hospitality has such miserable opinion of
the hospitality of Yankee cities, and wonders
he consents to live among Yankeea"
1 simply stated the facts - they exist. The
Yankees are compelled to be close and saw
ing, they are taught to be 90 from the era.
die l do not blame them for it. wages are
email. mercantile profits are small, and COM
petition great, the professions are crowded.
and every one is obli~ d to hang on to every
cent he gets. or elat cannot live He has
nothing to spare for hospitality. or il he has he
cannot let . chance slip for making . few dol
lars. HE education and his habits will not let
him. A Southern man in the North will do the
same thing. Human nature is the same eyerv-
where. In the South hberality is taught from
the cradle, if you please; niggardiness is con-
demned almost as . crime. The two year old
boy cheerfuly gives bis playthings to the baby,
the schoolboy divides HE chestsuts among his
mates, aud the man does the same thing on .
larger scale.
".D. n had better at once ship himsef
to Charleston, properly labelled 'this end up
keep dry" Good advice kindly given, but /
happen to belong to that class Of persons Who
never give or take ssismtasy advice would
like 70 ~ ssnsthing 70 DsaSlas te-aasrew.
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