Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-22


Al, ratr,d which their Journals
a belieye' is the characteristic % ~
nj die south, determined as 'eey may iii me
80, tbir struggle IN the cause u 80 - G,tlity
ority of our arms eonylnGes mem NJ y, ;IIstratons
supe'lO''-i -. a. DESTROY the Union. Inc luus''a'
OF their @..'l - ~ f,isehood Of the preienee tna'
reAe'l. l. term mated their auimosity wiz Ue -
Nosu ~ and their return TO Their auegi~n0' Nv
80 80 e7.o,r,c,; ,ble - PhiadsiPhtd InqH''s''
-, - the dissolution of the Um0h' " wa
-.,,,ssr,en, among the initiated to Wa''h run
eOu--Y- Of the Senate and House OF Represents
'ae ,..,,or If Northern toward Southern me"'-
u'sS '' ,..-s from the South, intent on listening
-, were not apt TO mark the peeuliar sci
" 'N' N-,-,,'sr, men, but there we're not "AnNDe
why u o,,, residents Of the city to call their
S0u''. Once pointed out it became PeFn'F''
.,;l,o and unmistakable OF the many suaNe'
,o.,.,a Of washington society. southern ','-'DN
..,,sel 10 the Northern side oil the enAinO''''
'a's'' 80, conversation with Yankee Congressman
- ,bev lid so their manner was niO'' nav
ou' iy;oy orders to his servants than Oh gen
u -,,re-s;,, with his peers Ga the other panO,
n Northern men TO the Southern side VI
- House was Of very frequent Occurrence
'U $50 ;,,sreourse with save-owners aud Save
AlU ,,.s marked by a Difference and ooSequiOuS,
.,h,.b eould not be misunderstood and rsse'HO'''
n''S, .,D,oscb Of q servant to his MASTER
"a - the supercilious airs Of Northern
-. southern witness Of this servfty wal
-l-;,.5 As,onish1neut soon gave way to dis
.,s, The slayih demeanOr Of white men, claiming
-.,,lcnep and holding tbs highest positions IN ID
to5i, IL nothing to crafty southSrpers hA9"gA's
.f,om childhood TO the inequality only u ia'' ~
,,,ld not understand that the representative n''H u
nooulouz wealthy and educated North ieI' III '"' p'
s,nce OF men from their Own section oil the
sense Of inferiority; and they naturahy a'Ou''S =
e.,,,irg Of Northern Congressman to Interested m'
tiyes-the desire 10 win over southern melio''S
s,ne scheme Of plumber. But no sOiauon ., '"0 r.
ale served 20 remove the nauses peeasi0neN " VIZ
serviliy. AL.i
In soei life the case was much the same as IN 'hs pA
Of Congress. Society based upon wealth aequlreu
,,,sms,ized cheating, and having neither past nor
f,nre as bat too glad to receive into its highest G.
.ls. tbe transient guests from cline where loiu
s..DJ.r3 Of morals and q more stable organizAto
founded uOOn the aristccraey Of race, obtained
s,nthsrpers were ever welcome in Northern nous
holds. despite tie hideOas faint OF slavery WhA'n W
e,rried with them. The honOrs shoWered upon 'u'
sr, more startling than agreeable, and soon oeeA
;,,nr,.,hls from excess either Of quantity or mann
Tole., the soutRerner found it convenient 10 man
"a pleasures 70 which the loose morals Of the ana
household invited him, he was soon compelled % Oea
bastv retreat to the purer atmosphere Of MS own eOu
tv. Pleasure enjoyed at the expense OF al presl'
oo'eep,iOps Of .,e sanctty of the freside' was Of
s,or, lie and too bitter taste for the man OF non
He returned 70 bis Southern slaye-holdng homo WIZ
feeling of relief and security, which indiSposeo nlHi
renew his acquaintance or repeat his visHs NOR
ward.
This consciousness Of inferiority preyed upon
vanity Of the North Great in all things material Il
could not rest easy under the sense Of moral suoees
TO a people so much poorer in the worlds g0Oos u
themselves They hated the South for the suineI
reason that the South was in every manly virtue
above and beyond them. Unable and indeed un"ill
toemulale these virtues. theyde'ived some moments
relief from the papgs Of seleleeognizsd degradation
ssDersing the Character the physical resources the
cal Institutions, in IA word, everything APPertAnin9
tbs South. hefchuges Of ignorance, brutality
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