The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-24

phrase SWhich 31s wantonly insultlpgato2
sNortherneefffs,'s 4 You l"will make prompt
dlsavo will and iG gentlcmans, Apology.
a1yrsel tlityopI snoI'id at not' Fl
Sp{sth f. WIG rms
j so ; I, ,vazo he Tho De wll
Ewherci In tho Insult. There has never
yet beer 10 case where tho insulterS saw "
ta9 inS5ei ssyen ts IL III
e snhq4a 8lSn s nes Ban
unnccessa and unjust. Els letter Wa -
10 ofrend Any one who can lead English
could und erstalid and apEreclate his rel ,s
erence to the difference In customs y PC.
tEad againsts Was incaied forand
/ am surprised that he came back ut syou,
with tnme anende h 4, p l.it
You are hooked and amazed" at stl lt,
anything shoclsing) until you discover y',y e +
that he has lived III the North. All !! that
explains II All What could you expect
has lived inSlthe( North? And you decide
b that This sentiments have not been; in1-
proved by his Northern asso associate
Y GU fail your second article.to duo 10Y
s'..rhis letter Of our Northernized core,
spondent2 puts "a bad taste In the mouth"
and you &turn5hWtth delight TO you're re-
&Welnnn.''s 4. who, after accepting the. hos
pitality.o f the North, announces through q
4 Tie public press " that "a visit $to the
North istlSg oodtthng to make, g z, sogth
applaud sl,er,S and compliment her on that
sentiment, and acknowledge tito de your!
own md END TYR With the very n'lcillled
y9 Nopt IL
not even iclzeii that they arc welco11lte:
70 their cold 3bfcad and frleid manners MAJ
s.rhe whole tonas of your article Is c9n-5
$erner5 who 50 con siders It. forSitslias been
widely isctlssea by n,fny,of them nA ~
to ONT o. t8S3the insulting "
with ,l},111oreR READY pen than mine VIII
kindly undertakeSt he task. s 54 Y. e
Your arts not ct Il. te rst u nobb fhf
5llapspens 10 be the iast straw. 4, Nsys
tylieader 81. vt oo4 senst tlye " Yes,
sensitI have had vlrginlatis,n
TlRs nto III me oyas nil o taatI aow @en
II 1nd myself I'M the company Of Virglniin
people, especially OF those belonging q
the patriotic orsanlzations.$an the North,
is mentioned, my flesh begins to burn. end
@of,s the blow. The IRNorth horn people are
content Is live III, vlrginIa, lf Ylrginials
&Will just let us uOne.&SInerc5 uie t5Ilitly5
charming people In Virginia, and many
of their ways are lyery pleasant, but
deny most emphatlcally that theys,,aree
any more warm hearted, fcultnred refined
or hospltaIble than the y pe ople5 of he
( North. have vet 70 see heplaee North,
Fast. South or West, where is! drawn tn
boundary line OF good iSbr ding. It 4 s
confined to no section and Is ullar, to
no one PEG ple | KIN oW people in the North
who are Just az cultivated and elegant
as any 7 have ever M It in ~ irginia, Y and
3I%know some il Virginia who are Jus t I,
could possibly exist In. tho u North. II
Nirginians could Just drop Virg lnin as an
adjective, and giveSus "a title less Of the
%"Virginia gentlelnan,''n' Virginia hospl-
talty''@ business, 81 and S 6 We US ~ ust the
plain gentleman and plain hospitality,
they would mnko5g a be tier appearance
before their neghbors and would greatly
allay our nausea. 5sf s .
And now, with 4undest regards to all
Virginians and to The Times Dlspatch In
Darticular,I again subscribe myself. N
I ONl1 OF THE D F2IyE5ss5TGD YANKEES.
Richmond, Va, i
(Thls communication IS printed s4as \
\ courtesy to a ortliern Ia VI AS she does
not specify her charge that he Times
Dispatch has used Insulting language, we
have no comment to make.-.I1d. T.-D) n
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