The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-29

they should have to keel UP I.,an.
commercial legislation lot th.n Sa,,,oa
tase. though 1t was bringing un H., w
10 the verge OF ruin; thar "hhs ~ s,oI,s.
tneir ne,ghbors fattening OF, w. os from
they should be themselves 49,, night
reapiag what small adVah'sse devised
get ou' OF a system whicn Virginia
"tn,,id have the bread saatched rom ~
&. oraer that Massachusetts hiens
Az Az -, tur,le-soup. and hang her ioo"',
-, domask think that t"c mr.,
a.,ca, tgIno,ite would nave ~.
-,.as, a, such an idea. lie Wou'' -.
have realized. that 1t would DC n.'u ,or,-
hta eniIgbtened posterity that d
" can do MS wrong 80 e,id that
Might not the South nave 80 In
r ,hertv and Union were me .i'"ts 80
,be,r way, but II thls - oo
So mean II is not easy I" -
nh, we revolted against KING "" -
Tor and we wish our ancestors "a
~ alone Why did they not se0euo a..
orce7 They had perfect rlgnt " W -,
"a ovo. II the Constitution had croPpeu
80, hoa,.on hearing in letters or goin'
A.. 40 state shall secede from th'@
1-oto, under any circumstances th'S
,rnuld eth have been justified in dong So
- ,oes nrovocation had produced me
-,a,rv ,,l,ich their northern oppTessors
.n,ohroted every Fourth Of July. with
carnival of bombaSt ana winch H'es''
as il was. even the Briishers hao e"'''e
TO consider justifabie.
sunnose IL would not have seemed 70
.benn possjbie that any objection couiu
80 hoen raised to their doing so. But
they appear still to have chung 10 ue
1-nion Things went on from bad 10
worse "protectionisn" and "ADol'Noh-
len, " the forces inimical TO the southern
interests ard rights, growing in aggressive
nee and mower. The selfishness OF the
Protectionists was sanctiied and the zeal
Of the Abolitionists sharpened, Dy the
fact that their objects conceded. Like the
priests of Bel, they offered up the sacr'-
flee with much religious pomp ana loud
invocations Of their deity and then took
care TO secure the Offering for their own
OF the Personal Liberty
Bills which were passed 90 nullify the
Fugitive Slave Act, by certain State Log
isiatures. our author says truly that thy
broke the Federal compact. and might
have been held to have destroyed the
Union"
one reason why the Union held together
so long, thinks the Marquis Of lothian,
making the northern Democrats. especial
" in New Yori the allies Of the South
on most occasions, was the social one.
"the South was completely TIE fashion
&. II Is only in that part OF the Union
that you can find anything approaching 10
the country gentleman Of England. II
Is only there that you can find families
which. holding the same lands. generation
after generation. for n long period Of
years, have acquired the self-respect the
habits of command, and the elevation Of
character which arise in a society which
has been for some time in the possession
Of power. and the refinement which gen
orally follows upon the possession Of
her editary wealth. II is only there that
you can find a class OF men who can
feel themselves strong enough to hold
their own against the wirepulers who
exercise so baleful an influence in the
North. 1t is only there that an esprit de
corps can be found which can
enable the more elevated classes to
profess and give effect to an opin~
ion which is independent Of the
Glamour of the moment. 1t is only
there that the manliness and frankness
which are supposed to arise from an
open-air existence. and the habits of field
sports. can be developed in any degree.
The blood Of the old cavaliers OF England.
coursing In the veins Of the Virginjans
and Carolians, was as much reproduced
In them as that Of their opponents. the
Puritans, was reproduced in New England.
There may be difference of opinion
as TO which of the characters. Cavalier
or houndhead-or as l called them he
there can be no doubt which is the most
attractive"
However. she Southern Ascendancy
rested on something more than fashion. -
adds our author. "Sir T.. b. Lytton, in
me Last OF the Barons, puts into the
mouth OF Edward ~. whether
with any historical foundation or NOT.
the sentiment about the dreary barren
SPOT on which he landed when making
his last successful throw for the crown.
and on which Henry ~ had
landed when doing exactly the same
thing, that If it could grow nothing else.
1t could grow kings. / think something
Of the sort might have been said OF the
South. From the South came the
statesmen and soldiers of the Union.
THE single State of Virginia might
set up Walhalla with population SD
perior both in numbers and quality TO
any that could be supplied by the whole
North put together; and the other South
ern States. though yielding the palm TO
the old Dominion are not unworthy 10
be her followers and colleagues" An
interesting contrast Is drawn. further on.
between the two great States of the
Confederacy," South Carolina and Viz
ginia. They stood TO ono another in the
relation of Sicily and Tuscany: the one
ardent and hot-blooded, intolerant of op-
preston, quick to resent an injury, and
always ready TO strike a daring blow.
the other not. perhaps. less sensitive
or less high-spirted, but possessed OF
more seif-controi, checking the Impulses
OF passion by the sentiments Of associa-
ton. capable OF any amount OF venture
when the occasion arose. but anxious not
10 force It on and willing to endure
much rather than break up what memory
has endeared to her. Like her Italian
prototype also. she abounds more than
any other region OF the land to which she
belongs in the genius Of her sons. Both
Tuscany and Virginia have been fertile
in statesmen; but where Tuscany pro-
duces poets and painters, Virginia pro-
duces soldiers.
England may well be proud of both
her children; and it is a pleasure 10
feel that these two, perhaps more than
any other States of America, possess
the English blood most unanoyed."
But though Virginia took the lead in
1887, she did not do so In 1861. and thus
missed the opportunity. II she had pos
sessed the man, Of giving 10 the Con.
federacy one who could have held the
place Of the great Mississippian Presl-
dent who IL was the opinion OF the
Marquis will he thourht 70 he ono Of
the ve1y foremost statesmen Of this cen
fury. end. In fact, stand on as high a