Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-06-10

Contrnstcd Trn'te IN the North and d
south Of England.

south of England.
The series Of papers which the Times
recently began TO publish upon the
characteristics that distinguish the
north and south Of England is 80 inter-
estlng, a. well as amusing, thatwe hope
when II Is completed we shall have an
other describing the speciaitles Of tho
East Anglian. the western man, and,
above all. the man Of the Midlands and
the Londoner, In some ways, the most
separate of them all. Owing, partly, we
fancy, to accident, and partly 10 the
marked opposition between their poll
tics, the contrast between the northern
man, and especially thc Yorkshire man,
with his self-asscrtion, his indepen-
dence and his republlcanism, and the
man Of the south, with his comparative
smoothness, his readiness 10 obey when
he is led and his tendency 70 untruth,
has struck the general Imagination.
The intense self-esteem Of the north
ern, especially as TO his own virtues, his
consciousness Of his ego and his raci-
ness Of speech. arising from his care
lessness OF giving offense, his general
masterfulness, In fact, have increased
his perception until II has gradually
pervaded all literature, and men who
never consciously spoke to n northern
accept John Browdie as typical, which
he Is, though only Of the good side Of
his countrymen. The real John Browdie
has a grand difficulty In forgiving, is
apt when he encounters stranger
mentally to smell him as a dog does be-
fore he win accord him amity. and, like
the Scotchman, whom he Ia In some
ways 80 unlike, never quite forgives
him for not having been born north of
the Trent. The best description OF him
In literature is perhaps Currer Bells
Mr.. Yorke.
The southerner Is far less dominant,
though be has a tenaclty Of his own;
his hatred is perhaps meaner, but less
vindictive, as n his memory were not
quite so perfect, and he has much less
felicity in expressing himself, being eT-
sentially, we fancy-;hough, curiously
enough, this Is not apparent in lltera-
ture--a less humorous man. Charles
Dickens, the greatest Of modern Eng
lish humorists, was essentially, by
birth and mental habitude, Of the south.
Even in his religion there Is differ
ence, the northerner inclining to n We
hement Professionalism, the southerner
when not partly Celtic, being either a
strongly convinced but not vehement
professor or deeply tinctured with
secularist Indifference. In intellectual
ability there Is little 20 choose between
them, nor. curiously enough, in the bad
peculiarity OF cunning OF the good pc
culiarity OF ndroitness. But the north
erner Is, II we omit the Londoner for a
moment from the calculation, decided
ly the more efficient man, partly, no
doubt, because Of his dominance, eff
cheney depending mainly on the power
Of securing obedience. but partly also
because he cannot bear the sense, even
10 himself, Of not doing his work we'll.
The southerner is more content 20 be
Just as efficient as circumstances re-
| quire, being In disposition, though not
| always In fact, comparatively a lazy
being. A world Of YorkshireInen would
not be a pleasant world, or Of Wiltshire
men a stirring one.
DIR. Jessopp. who knows them well,
implies in all his writings that the ma
tives Of East Anglia are on the whole
the worst product among the men OF
England, and In some respects his judg-
ment cannot be honestly gainsaid
Without the burly independence Of the
northerner or the smoothness OF the
southern man, the typical East Anglian
tends TO be, like his Saxon and Danish
ancestor, a boor, with a vein In him OF
acridity. often improving into keen
ness rather too self-regardant-thou
selfshness, in sooth. is Of no county
and as often degeneatlng into habitual
spitefulness. He would not "'eave 'ari
a brick" at the stranger for the world
nor walk ten yards 20 put him in his
way. He dislikes humor, particularly
farcical humor, which he characterizes
as "jeerin' and "feerin'," and has in
him a vein OF querulousness, which In
Suffolk Is so strong az TO impart a spe
cial tone 10 his voice, which in the rea
people tends TO be the shrill voice OF the
natural virago.-London Spectator.