The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-19

Probably our .'Moses" may have tho good
fortune TO SEQ it. KAPPA.
The Influence of Climate and Institutions
on Character.
The following very interesting letter
from the distinguished savan, DR.. Mott,
was addressed to the editor of the Mo.
bile Register &C. Aduertiser:
Mr.. EDIToR: Permit me to thank
you for your c17tiquc on my article in
the last number OF De Bo,O's Commercial
RerteaV, on "Climates Of the South in
their relations to white labor" as it
gives me an opportunity of making an
important correction in the publication
alluded to-
Mr.. De Bow, in passing through Mo
bile, requested me to write an article on
the above subject for the forthcoming
number of his Revicw, and, to obhgc
him very hastily wrote it one night
and sent it to him by mail the next
morning. mention this as an apology
for not celebrating the several points
more fully, but there is no opinion there.
in expressed that has not been deliber,
ately formed and long maintained
But my object at present is to draw
your attention to an extract you criti.
clsed, and which has been so changed in
printing as to pervert entirely my mean.
ing. There are several other msprints
OF less import which will pass over.
Again DR.. Mott says:
StJt ,nnsF bo oo,, c,,oo1 Al Al
climate of the Gulf States, particularly,
is unlavorable to mental cultivation and
high intellectual development The
people are full of genius, courage, chival-
ry, and all the high qualities that adorn
humanity. Such characters as General
Washington. Patrick Henry, Stone.
wall Jackson, Gen Lee, the Lowndeses,
the Rutleges, the Pinckneys, and many
others of the South, can no more be
grown in erhemc Northern latttudes,
than cotton, sugar, pineapples and
oranges, and yet the heat Of the climate
for four months of the year puts a stop
to steady, plodding, intellectual labor
and the South, in my opinion, willnever
equal the North in profound learning
and general literary attninments Too
much time is lost out Of each year to
keep up in the race"
The words | have italicized, "ex.
treme northern ATTITUDES" are not mine,
and do not express my idea. 1t should
have been the New England States.
do not contend, nor do l believe
that such characters as Washington,
Patrick Henry, General Lee, Lowndcs,
Stonewall Jackson, ct III on,nc genus,
cannot be produced in extreme northern
ATTITUDES, but they cannot be in New
England. Such moral products do not
depend OH latitude, but on the insttu.
tlons or social organization OF country.
In plain English, the chivalry and high
tone OF the upper classes at the South
ls the result OF African slavery. 1t has
been the result of cdSteS of the relation
of master and slave. These men of the
South have been n species of aristocra,
cy, as President Johnson calls them ap.
preaching nobility. They have been
accustomed to look down upon an infe..
rior class, and TO command; they have
had wealth, and no one can deny that
they have been proverbially brave, gen
erous and hosptable, to an extent Who'll.
ly unknown in the farming and manu-.
featuring districtsof New England.
do not believe that tho highest de.
velopment of character can take place
to any extent in other countries than
those in which castles or grades in socie.
ty exist Where lies the tone OF chiv.
airy of Great Britain, ever ready to
MAINTAIN individual or national honor at
any cost? Is it not among the nobility
and landed arstocracy of that country?
The House of Lords is composed of the
finest body of gentlemen in the world,
which serve as models for others, and
influence to a great extent the whole
tone of English society, and which,
NAV add contrast rIainfnllv with tba