, 1860-11-09
The ChtTalry.
TFrou, the Louisville JournAl.]


It Is worthy Of remark that those citizens Of
tue South who are most ob5tinately bent upon
projects of secession and resistance to Black
Republican domination, are far moro disposed
to dwell Indignantly on the imaginary evils to
Which the South is exposed within tho Union,
than to cooperate i'll schemes Of public inl-
proyemcnt by which her commercial indc-
pcndencc may be secured.
The absence Of practical character in what is
termed the Chiva1ry Of the South is radical
defect. II has, as the Baltimore american says,
plenty of spirit and viyor, but what avail these
qualities, when they have to encounter, not
only spirit aud yigor, but science and dlsci-
pline? What practical measures did tho Clliv-
airy ever propose fer the benefit OF the South:
They meet the North with speeches, with res
olutions, and with pamphlets, and we have no
doubt they would meet lcr with hearty good
will on the field Of battle. They threatcn dis
union, but ncyer prepare for it. Thcy boast
Of Independence, and cxpend all the means OF
independence In Northern purchases They
aver that in the war Of sections saight mikes
r;ght, and yet act exclusively upon the princi-
them dwell pcrsstcntfy upon The importance
ofdeyeloping the industrial interests; Of build
iny up manufacture, arts and commerce, SO Ms
to arrest Tie tide Of emigration und bind the
people to tic State. They speak Of these
things occasionally, it is true, in i very gen
chiefly for the redemption OF the South to gay
pennons and charging knights. The humble
path Of home trade, popular education and
mechanical industry escapes their eye, or il
beneath their notice; yet that humble path
leads over rugged rocks and thoTny places
to the mountain-top Of power aud independ-
cnce.
In fine, the Chiva1ry are generous, gallant,
hiShmiudcd gentlemen, but they arc not emil
nent1y calculated for this prnct1cal and utilita.
rian age and country. They were born some
centuries too late for their appropriate era.
If they had lived before the decline Of knight
hood lhey would have won an imperishab1c
name for Falor in tho camp and courtesy in
the court. But in this epoch Of railroads and
canals, chiyalry las little chance. The most
wurlike steed becomes contclnptihlc in cou-
parison with the iron horse, aud the rcd-slirt
ed rider Of that fiery charger is more powerful
than all the cavaliers who ever set foot in
stirrup This il the kind of knights and horse
men which the So7.h needs. With these, with
such weapons rs the hammer ct the artisan
and the axe Of the woodman, with such fortiti-
cations as the factory and the scflopl.house,
the South will acquire that strength which
will remove all temptation to aggression agg upon
her rights. She Is beginning to learn that
truth will prevail; her footsteps are inclining
do good thug, let them forsakc Disunion
and ride on in advance Of that movement.
Then, and then only, will the South ever fol-
low thcr banners.
South Carolina herself offers an exceedingly
apt illustration Of these observations. In TINT
State the spirit Of Disunion has always been
riftst- Thence has cminated the outcry
against tic north now SO commonly echoed
throughout the extreme South. The people
of South Carolina have been pcriistingly en-
gancd In matchmaking Northern aggression,
and in preaching tie neccs:ity Of dissolution.
declined, and her agricultural wealth dimin-
ished- Instead Of seeking prosperity by imi-
tatins the enterprise and pi1b]ic spirit Of her
nelsibors, the Palmetto State has gradually
invclghing against the North for evils which
imprpyijcncc. She is splendid example Of
Tic cxact pzacLca: .;a,ne Of ehivalry.