Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-11-14
purI,ss sns Cavalier.

The Soathcrn newspapers are began Ing
% ring the changes, - before the war, %
the absolute differences ia race between the
people Of the South and the people Of the
North, especially New EnglaRdsrs. Tho
Aapdoodie is being served up BY way OF q
healing ointment for the mortified pride OF
the lost cause" When plastsssd Oh wiih
cemmendseie thickness. it has q Modifying
safgsnee. How soothing Il must be TO n
fellow after he has been soundly thrashsd
by Another, whom be pitched into with the
hrag that be could whip six OF his sort, to
be assured that he 's the better mao after
ali
Bat admltsiag what is 90. true, that The
North 10 of Puritan descent snd the South
Of Cavalier descent, what i proeed--that
the latter Is superior 10 the iurnor By
no means. Compare the achievements OF
the two sections. The North has furnished
of the great brains of tLs century 6vs 70
one Of Ihs seath. The North has htOFa-
sure Of It's ewa. enforcing recognition in the
old world, while the literature vi ihe South
ls ia is swsadling Clothes. The inventive
geisias ef the Nerth has revolBtiohtsd una.
tertai comfort aud progress, while the IN
vsntiye gcnius Of the South IL alinos, IN
sbeyanee. The discoveries Of the North in
sciences, in art. and in agriculture its per
forinances in painting, in sculpture, and IA
architecture, and lta advances in wealth,
Ia popalation, and in education, piacc that
section Ise-eminsntly above the south in
the sanae passioalars.
Its neither the true policy nVr the real
Interest of the Soath to deery the ideas
which have wrought saoh grand results. II
should rRihcr practice on the Latin pr0-
verb Fas est Ct dt hSsts aeeeri lit Is right
70 be taught even by sn enemy II North.
err ideas haze been able TO rrodurS oonse'
qacacs 80 SURPRISING those generated by
Southern ideas, II lnList be because the tsr-
ner are superior 70 the latter, Then what
last cause has the South 10 cling 10 the less
prolific modes Of thoaght and principles Of
actiens The soata has batchsrcd lands,
let il now learn agriculture; 1t has eseheWed
manufactures. let il nov foster maanfae
tsros; il has despissd labor, let il pew ap-
preciats labor IL has neglected education,
lei Il baEld up sdaratioH. Create ratlroadsi
teuHdries, machine shops, e0tton-mllIr, sg-
rieaisural implement sEnporiHms, hackel
faetoriss. bsoosn fketoriss, and the Thousand
and ore enterprises which give strength
and durability 20 material progress. To
aras Axslast sach undertakings that they
are sortharn ideas 10 mere fribhhps a
ditisrsat spirit should Hnimste the south
Il should
sts.ias assn tsusA sbsss'ss 'as fesse
lls csfssisn ~ On hsstA u eFsssdi
Tbs AsssEt Sssihs sAssssl u tisut~
Esgssss ths Pr,ekss, sad sssuss iss fsss
We hoped To see the absurd distineiien
abost the diiFersRee 10 race botEeen the
Eer,h anA the saath ohli,sratsd by the vaE,
and fefsotten. No good sgn como Of bring
ms 10 light the old rabhish. Il has played
its part IN iomeatlRg EAisa sentiment
sbsat superiority. History doss not sup
port ths asssmpsion. The Cavaliers were
ihrashed by the Psriians asder Cromwell
10 Abe cid world and havs been besisH
again By the puritaas under Grant, 10 ihs
new warid This naght 10 settle, IN tbs
saiads sf tho soaihsFn people, even thesi
unSaandad estimate u he SURPRISING nist
.asy srowess ef the Cavaliers The Pari
isns. n the dwsllefs Of the keFth nssi D.
- dnbbed, hars sx6eilsd the Gasalssras