The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-08

out of every hundred in the North b,
men of debased and depraved manners
vulgar, and unrefined,- NOT half civil
zed, misshapen in feature, deformed in
mind, and ignorant of the duties ant
obligations they owe to society, and t
their God,--it is but fair to suppose tina
there are also sixty out of every hundre,
in the States of the South who are thei
peers in all these bad qualities. Accept
ing this as great fundamental truth. =
then what did Mr.. E. G. Lindsey near
in his remarkable and insulting speech
made before the Cancellation" meet
ing, when he impudently stated that
"he kneae some Very fine Yankees -
Does he know the full force of the in
suit conveyed to a Northern man in this
gratuitous sneer- 'some fine Yankees ?''
What would Mr.. Lindsey, who appears
to be very learned and able gentleman,
and is now extremely loyal, although
he acknowledges that he did once "hate
the American fiag"-what would he
think were he to heara speaker in PHI
adelphia, at public meeting say that he
knew there were some good and honest
Southern people-that he had actually
met with Southern gentlemen, in the
course ofhis travels through the world p,
Would not Mr.. Lindsey, the Norfolk ora
tor, feel very much as if his people, as a
people had been subjected to graver in
suit. fine would not he knows little of
the force of expressions and the power
OF words. This meeting was called to
conciliate. 1t was to heal the wounds
caused by just such foolish remarks as
are ofdaily use in the mouths of men of
Southern birth-and it was well attend
ed by Northern men, who went thither
in good faith to listen to the language Of
courtesy and kindness. They were
gratified with the utterances of Mayor
Tabb; and pleased with the fiowery re-
marks ]. Barron Hope, for that gen.
tleman in loving his state with Honest
devotion and pride, only does what
every other true American should ex-
emplify in his conduct, but the re-
marks made by Mr.. Lindsey, were an
insult to every man from North Of
Mason and Dixon's Line. All felt it,
and we were pleased to see from the cold.
manner in which his entire speech was
received that there Were others beside
Northern-born men present who re-
GREETED that Mr.. Lindsey had consti-
tuted himself a peace-maker and "Con-
ciliator-in-Chief." His conversation
with the North Carolina planters was
equally gratuitous and insulting. Who
ioes he mean by Yankees? Does he not
know that when that epithet is used by
southern man, it is intended to convey
'corn, derision and contempt? Who
gave him the right to style any
portion of the great American
people in public speech "the
Enthusiastically did he not define
Who and what he meant by Yankee =?
Does he not know that such is the con-
emptuous and derisive title applied to
he entire American nation by the Eng
lsh? Does he not know that it is disa-
reeable to Northern ears Does he not
now that whenever it is used it is in
ended to convey an insult ? Then why
id he use the term in the presence of
entlemen from the Northern States ? |
he people Of none of these States ac-
ept this title, though it has been used |
gainst some of the States frequently !; |
ut always as term OF, reproach. 1t has
ever been accepted by them, however,
8 a title of honor, and its use has. per.
APPS, been the cause of more bitterness
feeling than any other slang term
yer invented, and all know what it
leans, coming from the lips of south
IN man. Mr.. Lindsey was very un-
Apply in his remarks, if he intended
lem to be conci&iatOry, but if it was q
age Of defiance he could not have
loseE better language for the purpose.
is the usual language of the saloons
nd the streets. "Some few Northern
zen are pretty clever fellows-I have
let one or two with whom could asso-
ate, (which, of course implies that
ine-tenths of them are The vilest scum
creation, lower in the scale of hu.
anity than any other people claiming
be civilized. We care but little, per-
nally, for Such remarks az those of
r. Lindsey, nor do we suppose does
~ other Northern-born citizen or So
urner in Norfolk, for they all feel that
ey are the peers Of the proudest that
o Southern States can produce but
think 1t a very bad method to adopt
conciliate good feeling. You shake
lnds with a gentleman, and at the
me instant spit in his face. We did
ok to see Mr.. Gilbert C. Walker, that
'rthy and liberal-minded gentleman,
se from amid the throng and rebuke :
narrow, sectional and insulting Ian /
age of this speaker-or Chandler t
nored as highly as any of Virginia's s
N sons-hurl back. with properscorn, .
insult to the land that gave him and c
ousands of others, the brightest intel t
is IN the South, birth. But, no, they G
me not, although called for, and the :
n Ia