The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-31
sou THERA CHIN AIRY.
NOBILITY OF SOUTHERN PEOPLE
No Irridescert Dream.
BY REV. {. II. WHITAKER.

! ana i'eOl lil@s nave ever E3Q QlStlIctlEc
characteristics which make them pc
culIar and separate from others. The
Arabians gave us figures the Fhoeni-
clans the alphabet the Greeks, art
the Romans, law. The ambition OF
the French IS military glory of the
English, commercial supremacy and
southern Chivalry" is phrase which
is common among writer's and speakers.
What is Southern Chlvalry?" l. it
but an '.irridescent dream" Of the poll
tician and the writer Of fiction? No
it IS that high sense Of honor that has
characterized our people as brave, gen
erous, sincere, upright. In the events
which led to the Revolution and the
! founding OF a nation they bore q prom
lnent part-the first declaration of in
dependence was formulated and signed
on Southern soil The first command
er-ln-cilef the first and greatest presi-
| dent, the author of The Declaration Of
| Independence" the "Father Of the
Constitution, we're all typical South
elners-able, upright, honest-and the
list may be heightened until the ear
grows tired of hearing.
In the war of 1912, The second war
Of independence, though they had no
commerce. 10 ships and no sailors, yet
they entered into the fight for Free
trade and sailors rights" with a self
sacrificing spirit and patriotic devotion
which contributed immensely to the
success Of that war.
They have been charged with living
il Z luxGry which is destructive OF
manhood, but in every contest have
shown themselves IeSdy to maintain
the rights which they have dared to
assert In the council-ch&mber, on
the battlefield, everywhere, they have
taken first rank but everywhere Ii was
and IS honor. In college life, where
many things arc excused and condOned,
thev SIT for themselves the same high
standard Of honov; there is no cheating
At xa,ninations, 10 deceiving Of teach
els to secure grades which they do not
deserve, but there, in b0yhood, they
are Gentlemen first and students after
wards
They have faults-no one denies or
excuses them-the result Of their nature
and disposition. They have blood.
warm. living blood. houl ding and
cour.ing through their veins, causing
every nerve and fiber to thrill with life
and excitement lmpulsive, often rash :
aulck to resent an insult, but generous
and equally ready to forgive and repair
a wrong.
With them It IS honorable to be law
abiding and peaceable. Several times
in oar history, the strong arm OF the
national government has been stretched
i
/ it TUNED southwark.
Ask the victims Of the horrible So
lena Witchcraft inquisition' and the
consecrated and devoted Rogers VIII
liams the meaning OF New England
!. t0leration then turn sOCthWard tf
beautiful "Maryiand, my Maryland,'
the ASYLUM Of the prosecuted.
Bot did their life and habits unfit
the Southerners for hardship, toll ano
suffering? Turn to the pages Of lis
torv and read there how, for four Ions
wears. they toiled and battled and dled
For the right. as God gave them tc
see the right - overcoming difficulties
fighting against odds such as mortal
had never met before, defeating the
finest armies on which the sun had eve
shone. And when it was all over an(
they returned to what had once beel
beautiful and happy homes to find oni,
smoking ruins, with chimneEs standing
as silent sentinels over toe graves o
buried hopes. and looming above then
a. 4 dark problem requiring aimoS
str,crnatnral intelligence. did they 81
down IL hopeless despair? Not nc
meut bar shouldered tie new IesroE
sibilitieS with the same Vim with Hhlcl
thay had entered into the iormcr cor
, t!ict and have not only malntalne
! themselves BY the labor Of their oW
! hands. but have won such success 8
attracts tie notice o. the world. Al
will eyentally settle the social probler
which was thrust upon them
Man advancement II civilization
|. education. and refinement Is measure
: hv his treatment OF the gentIer Sc:
. Woman is the slave of the savage, tt
L social equal Of civilized man: to tt
J Southerner she is his delightful con
panlon. She sits enthroned, the quee
! Of his heart and home. He will NO
and toll ii need be-" but she must
: treasured like a precious jewel al
J. shielded like delicate plant from eve
y blast aud frost.
= THIS is Southern Chiyalry.