The following chart shows the relationship which would seem from the records cited to be correct: Sir Wm. Lovelace= of Kent | +----------+-----------+----+------+----------------+ | | | | | Rev. John Gorsuch=Anne Francis Richard Thomas Dudley | Governor of the served in N. Y. served in N. Y. | New York Poet under Gov. under Gov. | Lovelace Lovelace | --+-------+------+---------+----------+------------+---------+--------+--------+---- | | | | | | | | | Daniel John William Katherine Ruth Anne Richard Charles Robert m. m. m. Lovelace —Whitby Wm. Whitby Thos. Todd of Va. of Va. W. G. STANARD. RICHMOND, VA. NOTE—Since the above was written I have recalled the account of “The Interment of William Lovelace, N. Y., 1671.” This, in mentioning Thomas and Dudley Lovelace, as brothers of the Governor, corroborates the genealogy I have given.—W. G. S. THE INFLUENCE OF SLAVERY ON THE OLD SOUTHERN CIVILIZATION Now that the “Old South” has passed away as utterly as the ancient kingdoms of Babylon and Assyria, before the very memory of her shall have faded from the earth, it may not be without interest to thoughtful readers to endeavor to trace the cause which produced the striking dissimilarity between her civilization and that of the Northern States of the Union. That such dissimilarity existed is beyond dispute; it only remains, therefore, to attempt to explain it. Beginning National life, as did the thirteen original colonies, under the same general conditions; with the heritage of a common origin, a common language, and a common faith, what influence was it which, within the term of a hundred years, was potent enough to effect so great a change in the habits, the manners, and the character of the people of the two sections? Was the institution of Slavery mainly responsible for this result? I believe that it was. While due allowance must be made for climatic and other local conditions, the institution of slavery, in its direct and indirect effects upon the Southern people, appears to be by far the most important factor in the equation.