The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-28
1.-MANHooD.

It seems to me that the central trait OF the
for iais yiritv. He viii forgive % almost any % Vice
in a man who is manly !; he will admire vices
which are but exaggerations Of the masculine:
If you will fight, If you are strong and skilful
enough to kill your antagonist, il you can
govern or influence the common herd, if you
can ride dangerous horse over rough coun-
try, if you are o good shot or an expert
swordsman, if you stand b. your own opin-
on whiskey, If you are devil of fellow
with women, if, in short, you show vigorous
masculine attributes he VII grant you his re;
sspect It may be taken a,, for for granted g;,.91;e
looks upon man as the lord Of creation, and has
the ld-fasboned ideas as to what is the proper
sphere Of woman. Ii the high-toned gentleman
continues to be influential at the South, it will
be a long time before the .'strong minded" OBJ
tain much of footing there long time be-
fore they will establish female suffrage. Next
to our supposed passion for putting the negro
in Northern life SO abhorrent to the Southern
ers, of both sexes, as the movement in favor OF
woman's rights.
u.-GENERosITY.
1t was not that Yankee generosity which
sends pundits to convert Hottentots, founds
school systems, hospitals, military. commits
sions, and endows colleges with millions. 1t
was the old fashioned sort, the generosity of
the Arab and of the feudal noble, feeding every
beggar who came to the door, setting, bounte-
GUS tables and keeping full wine cellars. 1t
was the profuseness not of philanthropy, but
of good fellowship. Even before the war there
were single States in tn ) North which gave
more to missionary, educational and charitable
organizations than the entire South.
But the Southerner was more than lavish
he was good natured and easy in his business
small sums that he would not use pennies /; he
paid loosely at long credits, and was careless
in his collections.
IiI-CoURTEsY.
shall never forget the grace and kindness
Of man, who must yet be remembered in
Charleston as one of it's most finished social
@ op stne ct the
table which would have pleased Brillat Savarn;
all the others were well known citizens, rever-
end. end and respectable; ! was the Youngest and
versation and Withdrawn little aside, when
Colonel John Alston observed me and OWNED
my stranded situation. He did not know me; it
was the first time that we had ever met; but he
instantly came toward me and begged leave to
wait on me. 1t was not the deed so much as
the manner which was SO exquisitely ingfatiat-
ing There was an e71epresseneent in his ex-
mere appearance fills me with respect and in
terest; you are obviously worthy OF my atten-
tions." Ihave sometimes thought that i would
be q fine thing to bea handsome ouns lady;
and felt at that moment as If were one.
Well, this hospitable act toward perfect
stranger. this courteous advance toward o wall
flower, was characteristic Of the man. and, in
general, OF his caste.
e at V.-HONOR.
Notwithstanding his thoughtless lavjshness
there was high sense of honor in the s'chiv-
alrOus SouthrOn." He did not mean to de-
fraud any one. I have known an expensive,
generous fellow to cut his throat because he
could not meet note which was coming due.
1 have known another bankrupt to put his
wife and children into buggy, and drive
with them into the sea, drowning the whole
pa rty. do not assert positively-I only give
it as my strong impression-that such trage-
dies Of wounded honor were more common in
Dixie than in Yankee land. The honor of
Southern students is not college honor as it
is understood at the North, and perhaps in
Europe; 1t comes much nearer to the honor of
good citizens, and the honor Of the gentleman
OF society. The pupils are not leagued against |
the teachers for the purpose Of passing frau
dulent examinations by the trickeries or steal |
ing prepared lists of questions, carrying fur |
tive copies Of lessons into the recitation rooms,
mutual posting, and purchased compositions.
A professor Of the Charleston Medical COL |
lege assures me that he has never detected |
such cheat in thirty years of tuition A pro-
lessor OF the University at Columbia 8. O., told |
friend OF mine that he had known but one |
instance. and that, in that case, the two crimi-
mails were forced to leave by their classmates.
The ''chivalrous Southron" undergraduate. at |
least while sur1 1ounded by his native moral |
atmosphere, considers himself gentleman
first and student afterward. When one re-
members the strength ofcollege esprit de CORPS.
these facts exhibit an individual self-resDect
and uprightness which is astonishing, and
which must, suspect, fill the faculties Of Yale
and Harvard With envy.