The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-17
ANCESTRAL BLOOD.
THE DISTINCT FORCES OF CIWLIZA
TON IN THE SOUTH.
Abe Cavaliers in the Old Cotton States
Lord BaItimOre's Catholic Colony
PrOmin ent characteristics OF
Southern Chivalry.
[Cor. Detroit Free Press. ]

Setting aside the black race for the
present there are four distinct forces of
civilization in the south to-day which can
easily be traced to the strains of ancestral
blood. coloring each its strip of the entire
web of southern society. one is domi
nant III one part of the south, another in
another.
The most difficult to analyze is the mon
grel blood of Texas which makes it like
the early northwest only in exaggerated
form-the New England blood strained
through the adventurous west mixed with
every other blood on the face of the earth
and the whole raised to fever heat. That
is Texas
Louisiana is dominated by the blood OF
the Latin races conferred at New OOrleanS
easy going pleasure seeking
Florida, settled by Spain $50 years ago,
has lost much of its early Spanish tinge,
and the dominant force is now the mos
cultured strains of Puritan blood, cold
polished and self-contained.
BLOOD OF THE CAVALIERS.
The old cotton states are denominated
by the blood of the cavaliers, in iected into
this region in the following order:
l. Sir Walter Raleighs colony, which
in the age of Queen Elizabeth, Shakes
peare and Bacon, landed at Roanoke
island, now in North Carolina. in 1884
the first English colony in America
:. The Virginia company, which
landed at jamestown in 1907, thirteen
years before the Puritans landed or
Plymouth Rock and flOurished under
John smith, Lord De La Ware and other
of the English nobility
3. Lord BaltimOres colony in Mary
land 1852, the first colony of English
Roman Catholics and the first to pro
claim religious freedom and to welcome
AL sects.
While Baltimore, Richmond, Savannah
and other southern cities pride them
selves upon their pure strains of cavalier
blood, none place higher value upon il
Than Charleston, 5. c., and its dominan
civilization may be taken as typical o.
southern chivairy.
LEADING CHARACTERISTICS.
Some of its prominent characteristic
are:
l. An apparent contempt for MONEY
matters. Money is regarded of less i'm
portance than breeding, manners an,
many other things The smell of the
shop, the talk of business. and all that
is not only regarded excessively vulgar il
mixed society, at the table and in Othe
places, but even In a merchants counting
room it must be approached only afte
other topics are discussed, and in round
about way that makes it appear as a mat
lSA NulbC ouOOAhindlO anu lnCtuCuldL
, Difference to women. This is appar
ent not in drawing-rooms only. but every
where. l have seen gentlemen rise t,
give their seats in sweet car to poor
old black nanny under circumstanc e.
where northern gentleman woult
scarcely have risen for the most captivat
ing woman in existence, Southern gentle
men view with establishment. the absenc
OF such amenities in northern cities. L
northern cities it is often at the risk o
fife and limb that one attempts to cross
street full Of teams In the south it i
quite different Drivers of all grade
stop their teams if necessary to let you
cross without risk
3. Regard for the reputation and feel
ings of others. Back biting is almos
entirely unknown in southern society
You seldom hear anything derogatory t
Others.
Isn't it the fear of the pistol tha
checks detection" you ask
Well, if it is, would not the introduc
ton of this little implement have {
wholesome elect in gossiping circles o
the north, where the bones of a neighbor'
reputation are too often picked with
relish? This trait of southern society
sometimes carried too far, as whel
written testimonials of good character are
given unworthy persons