New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-26

their growth in morality and pety as missionaries '0i
for the conversion OF the heather, aod ecro woman
knew OF Louisiana lady who nOggeu neEIo moilat
with her own hands until the sufferers back was vast
sore Of bruised and bloody tlesh osso soot,ment
Audacity vehenence, reckessness passion sehllme1lt
prejudice vanity wlmwhans ahsurdlties, cuiiutre,
inO ~ at the South he kicks out Of the
traces with freedom unknown 10 our steSuy ,s
society; ne is bull in Mrs Grundys ehna-s :,
stranSes Of all he believes that he is like the rest OF inc
world or more accurately that the rest OF the "ou
TIis REMARKABLE parsonage moro striking in character
and habits than the strange people whom the BTonto
girls brought out OF the depth OF Yorkshire mas
found no worthy painter Even Mrs. stowe has Dut lay
sketched two or three Southern portraits q Louisanl
the type OF langud Gentillty without VICE MIN, IA
shadow a Virgiman-the type OF wellDTel Jonlly anu
good-nature, also without shadow T q,
shrewd coarse humorous, and well enough herENa is
more distincvey Southern than her Uhce ION ID
honestly African. Her Mrs St Clair CONSIDER I1eI G
the hard-working careful, Southern housewife ana HIS
tTess OF plantation. -,.,o, "a
authortatvey political power to get fair treatment i'll
terature Pcople have not described him; they nave
folt driven TO declam abouU him they nave preaGeo
for hun preached against NM Norluorn p go bis
not done justice TO his virtues, nor southern PonS " ~
The romances OF Dixie produced under mixed insp.
ration OF Mandy pambyIsm and provincial VANITY sIVns
I'm polysyabes and feeble in perception OF chaIace
deserve better than any Other results vi , o
am OF the native eplthet OF pOWeriul I.
The novelist evidently has but two objects IN view flIsd
10 present the SOuthron the flower of genthy sec
Ond, do fine writing for his own glory 80 ~
three works by Kennedy and by the anhoIGssoI pt
Harand" are the only exceptions TO tins RUE Not uIi
the SOutherners get nd of some OF their local ~
until hey cease talking Of themselves only IN spulI vi
selfaduaton not until they drop the idea that thy are
Romans and must write in the style OF CICERO VIII lheS
he allie 10 so paint their life that the world sa crown
TO see the picture Meantime let us pray tlal ltuo
Southern novelist may arise Tor he VIII DC hpIG ~
furnish ua vast amusement aud some INSTRUCTION. his
day is passing I'm another generation ms materal TlI
he gone the chvarOus sOuthron" viii be rs dead US
the slavery that created him. ..s W.
| How shall we manage this eccentric creaturef we
have been ruled by him we have fought hiiD oeite
him made him captive; what treatment shall We
aot him4 My opinion is that 10 would be goOd Doth lo
him and for MS if we should perseverngy attempt 10 put
up with mis- oddities and handle him as pet lie resel
bies the ideal white bears described IN the rear OI
Orr's Island" "there amt kinder creetur IN tIe
whole world il yOul only get the right sde OF h.
Is true that he has wanted TO eat us, when Is eAsPc
ing, il is true that he still talks OF eating us al some c0
vnent season. which is ridcuOus but believe that ne
suffered too much i'm late struggle 10 seriously thhA
of renewing liz hold that his snOrts are mere eIeC
| ton buncOmbe. 49,, -,,..,. -. ,t4ro a,+
terv even would sOOthe him amazingly; aud II united
with good government would in the end be sure 10 recon-
struct him as quiet citizen and sound patriot Inc ke
Dubcau party while firmly maintaining the integrity OF
te country and the great results OF the war IN the al
yaucement Of human freedom ought 20 labor zeaousI
Tor the prosperity the South treat endery It's Wouhde
bride forget the angry past, be patient with the per
unity.
| Mr. McCarthys story Of MY Enomy's Daughter IN
creases in interest with the development Of the plot ana
challenges attention by the crpness and racy aroma OF
its STYLE There are aso good papers in this number on
Change in Population" "Queen Isabella H." and
Lighthouses" beside the sweet bats more or less en-
| ticng OF the usual allowance Of fiction and humor.