The passing of the patrician South. From: National Review | Date: April 21, 1997| Author: Buckley, Reid | COPYRIGHT 1997 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A Camden, SC, denizen bemoans the apparent passing of Southern civility, love of tradition and the nurturing of eccentricity. Southerners once revered family, had fine manners, believed in honor and held good humor in high esteem.

AMONG the characteristics of a patrician society are reverence for tradition, a prickly sense of honor, pride of family, disdain for riches, and a tolerance for -- a glorying in -- eccentricity.

On these five counts the sorrowful conclusion must ...

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