Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-21
sOUTHERNERS IN THE NORTH.
Some of the Results of Their Change of
Base-Infueuces for Good.
baltimore SUM

Americans are a migratory people. on
tn continent OF Europe. which is broken
up into many nationahties. different laws
and LANGUAGES make II difficult for the
inhabitants 10 change their homes from
State to state. But in this country,
whore the same laws ana languages eN-
tend from ocean 10 ocean and from Cana
ia u Mexico, anC where there Is one
government II y .lsy for n man VINO
has been brought up in one state 10
transfer his home To- another ana distant
one once the tide OF immigration liOWci
West almost exclusively. but In the last
quarter of a century there has been a
very marked movement of it from the
South to the North.
Many men. finding themselves with little
means and no opportunities To make
living. began 10 20 North soon after the
war from the Southern States as a mere
matter of necessity, because the work
was there and thr money was there. Then
southern Industries established northern
connections, or business houses in IN.
North wished 10 get southern trade, and
So men were employed IN the large north
crn cities who were from the South. y
little later. professional men found open
incs IN northern cities, and teachers were
called to schools and colleges, and
clcrgymen To churches in the North
As early as 1868 is was estimated that
there were over 5000 sOutherners in New
York city Since that time many more
have gone there. and tn southern column
Of invasion has reached New England anc
the West, iii IN all OF the great northern
! cities numerous men OF southern birth an-
education are To- b. found. They are IN
all ranks and walks of life. in every call
ing and profcssiOn-labOre mechanics
clerks, merchants, bankers. lawyers
physicians, teachers, engineers, clergy
men. even bishops, to the number, T.
haps OF a halt-dOZen. As one from th'
| South looks around upon the southern
man in any northern community one mus
| feel proud. especially IN great city Tx,
New York, where they are numerous
| enough 10 make distinct and definite Gle
ment in society. The inquiry naturallS
| arises. What is the effect of this move
ment upon the men who go North. upor
| the people amongst whoa they cast theil
lot, upon that part of the country from
which they have come, and, III fine, upoI
/ the country at large?
DEVOTION TO THEIR OLD HOMES
| Some people in the South imagine tina
their old friends who have gone northwart
! have changed themselves. SO as 10 haY
| lost their devotion to the States whenc
| they came. Not a few southerners Twin.
i'm the North have complained Ia the hear
| inc OF the writer that their people a
| home looked upon them as renegades
Nothing could be more untrue or unjust
| The strongest sOutherners that | know ar
10 be found among these voluntary exiies
| devotion 10 their old home strongly cha
| racterizes these men generally. II
| positiyely pathetic 10 see a few Of then
| meet at a hotel or waterng-place. or Il
| the home OF a friend. and hear them tall
| OF old times. old places. old friends. NJ
southern book OF merit comes out tina
they do not read IL. and their children
| who know nothing Of the South by ex
| per,ence. grow weary OF the endless itera
| lion of its praises that they hear daily
! Each one Of them takes "A local news
napcr from home" and reads the YER
| advertisements that Il contains.
A few of these southerners may hav
Welded TO the pressure of the prevailin
| opinions about them. Fewer still ma
! have crooked the pregnant hinges OF tn
/ Knee that thrift may follow fawning,
but the mass Of them are made Of firme
| sufY than that and hold Loyalty TO tn
traditions Of their fathers. or course