The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-08
ALLoF KITH AND KIN AT LAST.

Those natives Of the south who happened
to be Just budding into womanhood ana
manhood at the commencement OF the great
civil war can well remember the strange
notions among the southern people, those
who had never been north, as to what
uortherners or the yankees" looked ike.
II was thought they were beings OF an al
together different mould and appearance
rom the southerner or even man himself,
and the youths and blacks were somewhat
astonished year or two later to find that
the yankee" was just abont such an
animal as the southerner. The same cru de
ancies doubtless prevailed in the north as
to the southern people. Time aud little
intercourse corrected these crude and ig-
norant fancies of the sections, but the close
of the rebellion left many other views
entertained by the respective peoples
of each other equally as vide OF the mark
Since then the intercourse between the cit
liens OF the north and south has been stead
ily on the increase and they ate beginning
to get accurate notions Of each other. DC
casionally noltherner writes back home
from the south that civilization, refine
ment, progress and hospitality exist here,
indicating by penning such truths that they
axe still news 10 many northern and east
ern people, and now and then q southerper
has something of the same kind to say
ab )ut the north.
1t is amusing at this late day TO see q
correspondent Of leading southern paper
writing back TO his iour nal that mo south
ern man can see Boston and its people
under favorable circumstances without feel
ing very much at home," and again that
"all the most striking characteristics Of the
people OF Georgia are possessed by the
Boston people," il the correspond
ent has been correctly quoted. Many
other illustrations are occurring daily
OF the fact that even yet the two sections
do not thoroughly understand each other.
The same ignorance Is manifested in the
east as TO the west, the idea being there
strong aud prevalent that west OF the Mis-
sissippi river no refinement nor civilization
need be looked for.
II is unfortunate for the progress and
/ fraternal relAlOns OF tne OOuh'r1 tuas tuo1'
crude ideas yet exist and that the people o
the various sections continue 10 grope IL
Ignorance Of the truth that the people o
the United States are ali Of the same stock
with the same manners and customs, thu
same general intelligence and the ssm'
character Of business and progress
ivepess. Such ideas being yet enter
t.ined il IL unfortunate tha
the intercourse Of the sections Is not more
extensive and cordial, that the citizens Of
the various states may see for themselves
that they are common kindred. With acom
mon DESTINY and that there isno policy nol
profit in sectional vrsnRliDgs and sntiipa
rhies. A few more nstional sHPOsitions and
q goodly number Of excursions vonld soor
c5nvinos ell the sksptics that the correspon'
dent referred 10 and quoted touches
bat general truth when hsrsmarks that eli
The characteristics Of the soutbernsr ars
possessed b. The Esv Eoglsnder. sod vics
verss. Itvfn be q great day f0r the Union
when complete knovledss and frsternity
exist IN every ousrtsr Of and towards all
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