New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-12

Northern man hss proved inferior in some mate
rial points to tho Southern man, and, a. the
weakest must 90 10 the wall, has yielded to
Southern superiority Again. who can deny that
the Northern woman Is in all respects match
for her Southern sister THAT she Is equal IN
beauty, grace, refine nent, education, faster let
ia IL not most tue that the Southern woman
EVERYWHERE usurps the first social position, and
looks down upon the woman of the North 1t
is NOT pleasant to admit facts like these, but
that they are facts every ones experience VIII
testify. 1t is so at Washington, and it isso even
at our Northern wstering-places and hotels. The
Southern male and The Southern female mol only
expect but readily receive the larger share
of Difference and attention. And it il Just be.
cause their arrogant claims are met only ny
tame submission that they have SO successfully
domineereI politically and socially over the
people of the North. They have made good
their right to ru's by successfully imposing their
yoke upon an abject people. Their process has
been simple one, but it has been carried ont
with skill and vigor. They have stood by each
other as a foreign mobility stands by its order.
They have made much Of each other everywhere.
No Southern woman has been found 50 plain or
ill.bred as not to receive their preference over
the most beautiful and accomplished Northern
woman. In mixed society, if Southern man
spoke, they listened with respect and attention,
10 matter how foolish his speech; but when
Northern man opened his mouth, however wise
his words, il was n signal to go on with the
laughing and talking. They were South
erners, fOrs0oth, and the rest OF us only
Americans or Yankees, and this distinction
was insisted on even in foreign londs
IA part of their plan of operations they
have set sorinl traps tn ensnaTe Northern pohti-
clans, and the Winthrops, Eyeretts, Fillmores,
Hunts Changers, Weeds, aud many others OF
that sort--have proved conveniently conservative
nnd meridional, in obedience 10 social quite as
much as political influences In public life they
have been oyerbearng md dictat5riul, and men
fit only to rule in bar-rooms have borne supreme
sway by the mere force Of buster in either House
of Congress. Whether there really existed
peculiar charm in the home circle of the South.
ern gentleman is a problem We cannot decide
but there is no doubt that il seemed charmed to
many Northern man ard woman, who under ITS
influence were transformed IL if b. magic. And
so il has been that both in public aud in private
life the South has been supreme.
Shall we not admit the true reason 81 ms
Southern success' Shall We not own that 1t
was due TO force Of character, 10 viii, deter
minnton, and skill, on the one hond, and
10 al utter want Of tone, selfreSpect, and
proper sectional zeal. on the other Such
is the truth The spirit Of domination en-.
pendered and nourished on the plantation,
amid real slaves, was boldly transp!anted 10 the
social circle, ard ercrtcd against the Northern
men who served the state WITHIN these IL"
years, certain prac'icai s"'"oern urgunnnl''
the true plantation stamp nave soue"na' suil'n eo
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