Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1870-09-03

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,fthe pollen Of the Rib1is, n We
understand it Alright. From What
We cuh gather in reviewing its
leaders, ;SrrFa Thst Year, Ne ina
sNte It's itostuIate to BE- though
my Theoretically expressed, the
superiority Of Southern ciNiliza-
ii6m7 without questioning this
asS,hnptrSn at present, we wish to
STATE, and we hope not m%is,statc
the ipductTHSs urpn which the Ed
itors base thIfr E6htTcal GrGd.-
The assumed position EcihS grant
ed, the TibRaS afgt1t9 FOR What
we really conceive to aHiiS'Hhht to a
separate nationality, -tfGGgh on
this point not with Its SsycAl Eefd-
ness, INDEED, It rather WAVES any
distinct Nita Of absolute political
separation but urges thet the PEG
pie of the South at present should
keep Their civilization intact aud
free from vitiatiOn or contamina-
ti3n from its admixture with what
it believes to be- an inferior and
,oarser type, and then shape orr
curse according TO the "eXigcn-
les OF the situatiOh.7 Here, we
think, is the fault Of the TribHne'S
logic. The civilization of the
North, whether OF tho same char.
acter or whether inferior to that Of
The South, is cminently aggressive,
and We ~ not uf& this term alto
gpthpH ~ ~ Intensive Meaning, FIR
tRGie is no civilization, however
pure, now existing, that cannot I've
improved by contact and admiX
lure with another, even of an inte.
rior type. What vt Wish, hdwty-
or, to asset il; that il tkE h,%bnns'S
rolity Sli8|Ild be adopted, WHIT il
Claims as a peculiar type Of en-
l;ghtenmctIt would be Merged f.
ually in the aggressive tide Of the
hUtt tntIgttlG H3ftlr NNN what
wis lift of w6Rid bt96iRG mere.
y the tItyIiliat tlrafacttFistIe of a
few EfGle old gentlpmeii wIio will
ilatB lStlatHd thtrlStl1ts from the
aggtGssive inhitcticGs around them
Tilt 7FtbaAs, with its PrUcrusteal
creed; would bsttacise, or bring III
to Its Jth standard with It's ioc
trinE Of Southern Hnity then It goes
too far or not far enough, and We
are inclined to think the latter, i
it I've in earnest, as we suppose
and that it should take its posi-
ton at once in favor of peaceabl,
separation, as the only solution o
the difficulties it so elOquently an,
earnestly deprecates.
We differ from the TrijMc il
, regard to the "twO civilizations,
We believe III c6mm6n With tn.
North, we have one language. ON,
/ civilization, one literature. Their
! are provincial peculiaritirs an,
f habits, it is true, that diStiug lisl
each section from the Othu, la
= among cultured men these nitro
ly disappear, especially wbr 50
Cial communication is estab ne,
y between the true gentlemen o.. tlr
North and South We bcIicy
II further that TIE more Universal an,
the more constant our int rronrS
e with the north becomes te MOI
It that People will assimilatr maily
OhF hSbitS and modes If thou.',
9 with their OWE, and the more p
S durable our connection WITH
n government itself will he, uultI N
! shall be more united as Il pppl
u than ever. From this bell W
$ argue that %G Sh0alt uHfB &j,Ftf
y true hfeh Of Gle E5Fji, We care II,
e under Wilt party name, To reset
T. the Constitution IRON the mnov
NJ tors and ScOundrels who have has
y " perverted it from its origin
le spirit to secure the permanence
S; power based or fSfseA0Dd and ii
tUl honor.
If ~ otRET Ftlatl5R Could ca
'e exist BetHseT the North and Son
u than tIat Of c3udder5t and CO
quered, the friJusss logic won
ar be undiieweiaBle. but We see bra
er and OutspOken words coming thi,
u, er and faster from the North, a
what is better than words the
he creasing condemnation of the l.
lg lot With its "silent thunder" pr
flying thu b6iftfcaf atmosphere
fected With RaIffcar miaSma. q