The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-02-10
"The Chivalric Southron "A Few
Kind Words About Him, by J. w.
DeForest, U. s.lA.'in Harper for
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sAlnu WOruB ABOUT Him, py j. W..
oDeForest, U. s.iA.'in Harper for
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tt tseems 70 me that the central trait
Of the q chiyalrous Souihron" is au in.
tense respect for virility. He will for.
give almost any vice in a man who is
manly; he will admire vices which are
but exaggeratious Of the masculine. II
you will fight, if you are strong and
skiIful enough to kill your antagonist,
If you.c govern or influence The com
mon herd, if you, can ride a dangerous
horse over a rough country, il you are
a good shot or an expert swordsman, if
you stand by your own opinions un-
finchingly, If you do Jour level best on
whisky, If you are q, devil OF a fellow
with women If, in short, you show Wig.
orous masculine attributes, he will gran,
you his respect. Il may be- taken for
granted that people which SO highiy
prize viriliiy looks upon man as the
lord Of creation. and, has tue old FASH
ioned ideas as to what is the proper
sphere Of woman, IL tie high, ,toned
gentleman continues 10 be influential al
the South, il will be a long time before
the "strong minded" obtain much Of
footing there. a. long time before they
will establish female suffrage. Next
to our supposed passion Cor putting the
negro on IN equality wilbaths. white,
there is nothing in Norifiefp life SO
abhorept to abe Southerners, Of both
sexes, as the movement in favor .Cf wo
mans rights. 80. -, Nv ..'1 '.
H.-GEEERosTTY.. n III
81 II WAS not that Yankee Ssity
which sends punditsto converI lten-
tots, founds school systems,, B6sPitals,
military commissions, and endows col.
leges with millions. II, was the old
fashioned sort, the generosity 7sofa The
Arab and Of The fsudal nobie, feeding
every beggAr who came TO the door.
seitingy boanisous tables and keeping
fun wine cellars Il was the "profuse
nesssnot Of philanthIopy, but df good
fellowship. Even before, tho war there
were single States ia the. North which
gave more TO missionary, educational
and charitable organizations thau the
entire South. g: -s3 srE
Bot the Sopiherner, was more than
lavish he was. good natnred and easy
liu his business transactions he had
such contempt for small sums that he
would not use pennies; he paid loosely
at long credits, and. vas. careless 10 bis
collections.
'fn.LooUarEsy. n
I shall never forge. sthe grace and
kindness Of man, who must yet be
remembered in Charleston as one Of its
mos, ,fnjsbsds social ornaments. | was
M asupper OF he1Li,erary Club; We
were standing or sitting around table
which would have pleased BrilIat Sa-
Sarin; all the Others were well,kpown
citizens, reverend and respectable; ]
was tbe youngest and only stranger
had dropped out of the CONVERSATION
and withdrswn,a a little aside, when
= Colonel John Als.on observed me. and
divinsd my stranded IsituaIiop, lie did
not know me /; il was the Gfst time that
We had ever met but he instantly
catne ktownfd me- aud begged leave to
wait on me. Il was not The deed so
much as tina sSmanserSshich was 40 ex-
gnisi'ely ipgreiistjng. There was a.,
Snprsssnent In. hif 'expfsssion which
( seemed toLsay l." Sir, ydar t,ese . D
peaance 6lls,me with respect and 10.
ieres, { you are obviously worthy Of
my ,attentiors", j, haze sometimes
thought that 1t would be q fine thing
TO be handsome young lady; and
felt at that moment as II were one
Well, this hospi:sble act toward per'