Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-07

GENERAL STRoTHER, virginian who
adhered to the Union in the late war,
thus records his opinion OF the State of
his birth, in Northern magazine. No
doubt it will win him golden opinions
among the "Soeial Aristoeraey," in
which he confesses himself, as coming
from a lower social stratum, pd7Venu
SOCIETY or THE NORTH.
In the northern states we have social
arist0cracy far more elegant in its habits
Of life, more cultivated in its tastes and
refined in manners, more elevated in its
humanities, more jealous in its exclusive
ness, than any class to be found at the
south. But this patrieian society at the
north maintains its life within limited
and subordinate sphere. Its fashionable,
luxurious, aesthetic, philosophie, schOlas
tic, but not political. In the conduct Of
the government and the great enter
prises OF the country, it has neither
control nor influence. 1t is completely
overshadowed by the power, wealth and
ability Of the great working people of the
country, the Representatives of republic
can liberty and equality, who control the
government of their own choosing
administer the laws of their own max
ing, and tolerate everything that is not
strong enaUgh to excite their jealousy.
! In the south the reverse is the ease.
Here the dominant class Of slavehOldit z
| landed proprietOrs wields all the power
Of the state, political, speial, financial,
moral and religious. is Interests frame
| the laws, its opinions govern society.
| There is no "peoplen in the south 10
I thwaTt its policy or question its autho-
/ ity. The negro is its unreasoning chat
! tel /; the mean white man its dependent
and retainer; the middle class OF shoi :
I keepers and merchants its subservient
! admirers and imitators; the expOunders
| OF the laws, human and divine, its parti-
sans and participators, with the FERNS
/ and phraseOlOgy Of a democracy this
I class has the tastes, habits, opinions and
\ authority of fendal sEsstoeraey.
j zaU4HERN MANNERS.
! Those who expect to find among the
] southern gentry that propriety OF man
ner, that nicely Of dress, that famllafl Y
/ with uolite observance, that acquaintsnc
/ with the elegant arts and lighter SOCIAL
i ACCOMPLISHMENTS, the oEisnssi luxury of
/ e0uippage aQd living, the palatial resi-
dsncas that pertain to northern society,
will be greatly disappointed. Where
these things are found at the south they
| are excite and exceptional, not eharae-
teristie. The true southerner is rural and
souirely in his tastes ard manners. He
| takes delight in horses, dogs, guns, and all
| exciting sports, including games Of
/ chance. narcotic stimulants, and politics.
he scorns the arts Of the petitmGitre
and the ostentation Of the pdrvenu, and
affects 8 republican simplicity in his
style Of living. he Is social, hospitable
and brave, opiniOnsted, overbearing,
/ and easily provoked 10 violence. In his
department he exhibits a certain Gigni-
I fed confidence, derived from the con-
lsciousness of power. Like the centurion
! Of Capernaum, he has been accustomed
to say to his servant, do this, and he
doeth it;p and to his neighbor, think
4 this, and he thinketh it." with g servillty
as ready and unquestioniDg.