The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-26

the .eadl1g errors that have prevailed res
nectlng the people of the two great sections.
Inc point that We are as much too cautious
and prudent as the yankee is over reckless
and adventurous is we'll taken. as we are
even now suffering more from our timiditv
n this respect than the yankees ever have
or ever Will from their temeritv: and If we
could but exchange "a little of our prudence
Tor their reckieSSneSs In business ventures
we think 1t would be greatly 10 our credit
and rebound UNNECESSARILY TO the material
interests OF this section at least. Our South
carolina contemporary says
The SOutherner lacks adventure. He
undertakes with caution. He is afraid of
losing something that he hath already. The
ankee will shoot Niagara if he takes "a
notion. and if he comes out alive he will coax
his next neighbor into the venture and sell
out to him. Nothing ventured. nothing
gained. IS ms philosophy, while the South
erher repeats 10 himself, with sage plecau-
ton: \ bird in the hand's worth two IN
the bush. The Yankee will undertake 10
make Il razor, a poem, a pumpkin, a crop of
cotton, a sermon. or a political speech with
the ,ane sag .f,oid that he puts his money
INTO futures. or III stocks and mines he has
never seen, railroads in South Africa or
Dakota, Or that be would buy a share in the
CheOl 5 and turn 1t INT a SHOW. The South
erie r, on the other hand, inlpulSive and
heady "a he is esteemed by his Northern
brethren. counts the cost OF every step he
takes and Is the essence OF intidelity. doubt
Ing even often that there is such a thing az
the Cheop>. and, rolling his quid with a sly
wink at his brother SOutherner. doubts the
other darned fish story about the Nile or
It's existence if you push him much OH a
venture. And yet, how very strange. the
one has won the universal reputation pru-
dence. caution, and judgment, while the
other Is esteemed a creature Of impulse.
chlyalilc, lndlscl Get, generous, off-handed
to a fault III whatever he does. when in
reality he is cloSe-fisted to a fault. In action
the Southerner has dash to a splendid de-
gee, yet, after all. we venture the assertion
with the facts before us, the Southerner's
tiEer quality as d soldier is his Steadiness.
But for this he would have been whipped at
Manassas and time and again during the
war when he won the day. The Yankee
discovers, we rather think, his distinguish
ing quality in the capacity of ~rallying from
defeat, and he has this, to our studlous ap-
plehension, to a splendid degree. This
makes HIM what he ls-a decidedly great
'institoOtiOn ON the field Of fight or in the
business avocations Of life. He is not over
come by defeat. He is not afraid OF loss and
laughs ut his ineXperience. his rawness and
and his rashness; puts hisfailure behind his
back and tries again, and continues to try
until he wins or goes under TO rise no more.
So Yankees usually ,csl ect ctfolt, and when
"a neighbor falls. remembering this same
r%aliylng quality. they give each other a
chance, where the Southerner would shake
his head and say, He has gone up, it 5 no
use. Hence, any man who undertakes any
thing Govel or out Ofthe usual line, especial
" it ii cost . cents more than common. Is
set Town as a dreamer if not a fool, and
many a wise old codcer winks over his lett
shoulder as he imbibes, with his MAJ iii his
eye. AID quotes as If from Holy Writ. y
tto. AMI his money, you know.
Now, there are splendid qualities on
both Siaes OF the line, and it Is emit ely use
less for Yankee or Southern to underrate
each otile.. They will be somewhat, indeed,
very much benefited by taking counsel with
each other as n.en of sense, and profit BY
each other example and peculiar qualities.
Inc >outiCiEer wants a true appreciation
OF money such as the Yankee has, who be
lleveS and acts aS II money Was made to
make money with, 70 use, to set on foot
o eat to venture with and not t.
keep and look at.