The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-06

ments OF the Southern people. In peace
and war 1t IN now acknowledged ny
friend and foe alike. that the southern
soldier was superior 10 the northern
certainly In the first years OF the war
and that our generals displayed hlih-
tary genius far in advance or those on
the other side
They forget that the two peoples were
radically different in their training ana
habits Of life The old cavaliers were
always a race OF warriors, and accustom-
ed 10 the sports OF outdoor lie. Inc use
OF arms and horses was familiar 10 them
from their youth; while the Northern
states were a nation OF shoPheePeiS,
wholly absorbed I'm the accumulation or
riches. Large numbers OF thenl-prooapiy
a majcrty--had never fired gun OF
ridden a horse. The conditions or lie
see N now reversed. The Northern peO-
pie have taken up all sorts OF games anu
sports-cven fhorse-racing. formerly al
most peculiar to the South, Is now pros
ecuted with great vigor and enthusiasm
at the North; their schools and coHeges
are athletic clubs, and transverse the
world in search Of foe. our young men
are in business at an early age, and are
compelled TO devote themselves 70 us
duties; even our boys must go TO work
when very young You viii rarely ma
among our school children white boy
over fifteen years Of age, while you VIII
see multitudes Of weel-nigh grown negro
men and women, and the spectacle Is not
a pleasing one
These advocates and defenders OF sla,
very will point you to our dlsunsulsnet
rators and statesmen, and ten you tnat
they were in control Of the government .lt
Of the country FOR the larger part OF us
these facts as fAl-
dence Of the olevating and ennoDilhg III
nuencos Of the peculiar institution, Tor
eottin., that the most famous or these
statesmen long ana
sought means 10 abolish II al
together and when that became
impossible by reason OF the fanat-
icisn and meddlesome Interference OF our
Northern neighbors endeavored 10 lessen
and mitigate it's acknowledged evils.
II is only within quite recent times
that we have been compelled almost III
self-defence. 10 praise and magnify
until at last we had come 10 peheVe ti'al
the country could not survive its destiuc-
tiCn.
plishment. and now almost the only eu-
l,qists of the peculiar institution are
those so-callod dialect writers and timer
ant lecturers who parade the old-tlme
darkey all over the country ana eXhlDiI
him and his manners for our admiration
and amusementIn a former COMMUNICATION
10 The Times. which YOU were kind enough
10 publish. ] said that II after more tnah
two hundred years Of intercourse with
these people We could produce only inc
grotesque and distorted car.cature' rs
portrayed by these writer's ana lecturers
we had no cause for pride or boasting
but rather for modification and selt-re-
proach.
They were faithful In peace ana IN Nar'
and deserve from as more consideration
than 10 be held up 20 the ridicule ana
derislon Of the unthinking crowd. IL Is
incomprchenstble 10 mo why aiyuo4y
should wish 10 revive and perpetuate the
memories OF slavery. II would be better
10 let them die and be forgotten. Let the
dead past bury it's dead.
A hundred years hence, the people theh
living and reading the jargon OF these
writers. will believe IT TO have been the
vernacular OF the country. and that we
were a nation OF semi-barbarians.
VIII nobody deliver us from TINS present
infection and the future opproprluih:
B. VI. PARHAA.
Richmond. Va, oct. !.