Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-08
DIXIE IN THE NORTH
What q Large Number Of Southerners
Are Doing In New York.
THEIR CLUBS And SOCIETIES.
Close to the Top in Trade, Commerce, and
tho Observation-Disclosures Bank.
crs, Lawyers. and Physicians.
Correspondence OF the Dlspatch.)


Correspondence OF the Dlspatch.)
NEW YORK, January 5.-While many
OF the older States Of the North, Fast,
and West may be proud Of their repre-
sentation In the metropolis. not all OF
their citizens combined who have chosen
New York for n home present so com
pact a front as do the men and women OF
the South who have come here since the
close of the war. This Is due, not 20 any
spirit Of clannishness. such as IS TO be
found among the people OF other nation
%alities. but TO certain characteristics
peculiar to those who were born on the
other side Of Mason's and Dixon's line.
The common ruin In which all were in
VOWED after the surrender at Appomattox.
naturally, created a sympathetic tie be-
tween them. but "A stronger reason for
their attachment IS to be found In the
fact that since colonial times southerners
have been influenced by the homogeneous
ness which results from similarity of
nature and that method OF natural de-
scent in which successive generations are
more or less alike.
Family connections are widely distri-
buted throughout the States: "couslnship'
10 the third and fourth degree unites com
munttics sometimes widely separated, and
a broad acquaintance thus goes hand
IN hand with the freest hospitality. This
cminently social feeling the sOutherners
brought 10 New York.
Most OF them landed poor and were
like strangers IN a strange land. The
majority were planters or sons of
planters destitute alike OF profess
sional or business experience. Yet
all were possessed Of that sturdy
fibre which. having carried them
through one struggle uncomplainingly.
enabled them to start from the bare
ground. get their feet into n fresh furrow
AMI begin life anew, AS one glances over
the list Of the 5000 or 5000 southerners
who are said to be in New York, no Sc
Cond look is necessary 10 tell Will what
success their efforts have been crowned.
New York welcomed them in their adver-
sity and the metropolis has since had
reason 10 be proud Of an addition to its
citizenship that has reflected honor upon
and given fresh color to its society.
WRITTEN EVERYWHERE.
The names OF ex-Confederates are writ
ten everywhere. Numbers have assembled
the ladder TO the very top. Nine of the
big New York banks have southern men
for presidents. while those connected
with private banking firms may he count
ed by the score. The legal and medical
professions are graced with the names of
practitioners familiar throughout the
country. The Stock. Cotton, Produce,
Coffee. and other exchanges contain a
large membership Of southerners. while
the list Of merchants affords many an
example Of their successful enterprises.
In 1856. twenty years after the war.
a number Of gentlemen. each Of whom
could proudly recall the fact that an an
cestor had borne an honored name. ana
who believed in the maintenance Of the
old social life Of the South, determined
10 organize a southern club.
Its chief promoter was the creat-grand-
son and nameSake Of the first Chief jus
tice Of the United States-John Marshall,
of Virginia. It's first president was Albert
Sydney sullivan, the record OF whose lie
is a shining mark for all men. BY reason
Of his ancestry and associations his rcla-
lions to the society were peculiarly ten
der. and in his death. I'm lSN7. q powerful
influence passed away. He was succeeded
by Mr.. Francis II. Rives, under whose
administration the membership increased
10 several hundred. Other popular presi-
dents followed with commensurate
growth. until the Southern Society be-
came the largest organization Of its kind
in the city.
CONFEDERATE CAMP.
A few years later q still more distinctive
association Of elderly Confederates-"the
who wore the gray"-wcs organized
under the name Of The Confederate Nete-
ran Camp" They are old gentlemen now.
but they meet from time to time and too
often at the funeral Of one Of their com
radcs.
Another organization Of southerners In
New York is entirely political in character.
II has done good work during one or
two presidential elections. but in local
politics those Of its officers who promised
TO deliver certain goods" found they
could not always iii their contract.
The record Of southern men who have
scored successes in New York IS as long
II is honorable. II is therefore imprac-
Ccable here TO mention others than those
who may serve as illustrations in their
special fields of work.
Henry Il. Plant during the war was
president OF the Southern Express Com
but he came to New York compare
lively Il poor man. To-day he ia at the
head of the great Plant system of south
ern railway and steamship lines. and can
write on his checks the figures of a multi
millionaire. Ex-Governor Bullock. Of
Georgia, and Matthew O'Brien were his
associates in the Augusta express-ofice.
and glad enough at times to scrape to-
gcther the so that would buy n pound Of
coffee. Now they are both wealthy.
A CAROL1NIAN.
DR.. James II. Parker IS a North Caro-
llnian. descended from Old English stock
that found a foothold in the South before
the Revolution. When the war broke out
he enlisted as a private, and was promoted
for gallantry. When II ended, he was
left stranded. He graduated in medicine.
had no practice TO speak Of, and in 1870
TO Charleston. where he engaged
IN the cotton and naval store business.
Coming to New York. he was elected
president Of the Cotton Exchange. and
subsequently director and vice-president
Of the National Park Bank. In 1881 he
was made president Of the United States
National Bank, 4 position which he still
occupies.
Colonel John McAnerny, president Of the
National Bank. was educated in
South Carolina. When the war ended he
had nothing but his title and an old uni.
form, but he knew something about rail-
way supplies. hardware. and the mineral
regions Of Alabama. With this capital
he obtained a start. and has kept going
ever since.
Few persons know that Stephen Y.
White. THE Deacon" as he is called in
Wall-strcet parlance. comes from old
Carolina Quaker stock. He arrived
In New York in 1865. Since then he has
made and lost his millions, and thoroughly
typihes a class of men who don't know
when they are whipped.
OTHER SOUTHERNERS.
John ii. lnman, distinguished as a cot
ton merchant, is from Georgia. William
j.. Thompson. president OF the Lead Trust,
and identified with extensive coal and
iron interests. brought his tent with him
from West Virginia. General G.. NJ. Sorrel,
Of Savannah, the adjutant-general of
1.ongstreet's Corps. and one of the most
OF Confederate brigadiers. at the
close OF the war was pennilrss. He Is now
In control Of a line Of steamships that ply
tween New York. Boston. philadelphia.
ana southern ports. 1t is a noteworthy
circumstance tina many other ex-Confede-
are engaged In the business OF trans
.pOrtauOn. They SIN like 10 keep NOV
lsidor. Nathan. and Oscar Straus,
ru1lic-spirited Hebrews, are from Georgia.
Of them lately received the nomi-
for Mayor.
Addison Cammack. the famous ''bear" |
of the stock market, is from Kentucky.
Deacon White and himself are two OF