The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-10
two Civilizations"
Atlanta Constitution.


Nashville Christian Advocate upon the
proposition that the north and south
have different civilizations, and comes to
the conclusion that there is no essential
difference.
Naturally, this northern writer de-
votes considerable space to the status of
the negro. He calls the attention to the
! fact that within the memory of M, n now
living New England favored slavery
and prosecuted the aboitionists. The
prejudice against the negro in the north
was SO strong that John Quincy Adams
+ said that Desdemona deserved her mis-
fortunes for marrying a nigger.' This
prejudice is still verp active. If in the
south negroes are barred out of white ho-
tells and made to ride in separate cars.
their status is practically the same IN the
north. In 1890 the Rev. Dr.. Hector ana
his family, educated colored people.
were turned away from three hotels in
Massachusetts, on account of their race.
They were also refused ride in a stage
coach for the same reason. Or. Hector
found on the cars that no white person
would share his seat with him. The St.
! Paul Press Club blackbalIed an editor
because he was negro. Hunt up ne
gro in Boston and you Will find that his
social status is just what it is in Savan-
nah.
Leaving this phase of the question,
our friendly northen critic says that if
there is any difference between the sec
tions it is because the south is almost
purely American, and after paying a
tribute to us as a Sabbath-loving people,
he says:
SIN the north for any man who desires
to be a governor of the state, or mem
Der of the legislature, OF the mayor of a
city, or even alderman, to announce his
adherence to christian principle, and his
loyalty to christian institutions is to an
nounce his defeat"
In more general way he thus sums
up his conclusions
"The true state of the case is, there is
but one civilization in the country. 1t
| is the same north or south. Two civil
izations are such because they present
distinct characteristics ofpeople varying
essentially. Is this the case between
the north and the south? No. The peo-
pie live in the same kind of houses, dress
similarly, worship the same God, sing
the fame hymns, observe the same customs
of society, eat similar food, consult the
same authority tor fashions, and so on
through the whole minutia of things
concerned. 1t is common in the south
to see business partnerships between
northern and southern men in which, for
the life of me, am unable to distinguish
which is which in the question of civil
ization. We of the north hear some
what of the young bloods' of the south,
high-spirted young men with peculiar
notions of responsibility, honor, etc.
We have the same kind in the north.
EAST young men, they are. They are
not the products of civilization of either
section, but of individual tomfoolery
and prodigality. Can the other civiliza-
ton match our sons of United States
senators figuring as horse jockeys, dog
fanciers and other respectable loafers of
''upper-tens?' If SO, lead them out.
These are not ''sprigs'' Of the civilization
peculiar to any section to which they be-
long, but come out Of that hotbod of good
for-nothingness found in aristocratic cir
cles that have never given greatness to
the world. Such products OF character
remind us of the old Spanish proverb:
"Grandfather, farmer; father, trader;
son. gentleman; grandson, beggar."