Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-01-09
From, the Partueket r. l. Chronicle.
YANKEE ENTERPRISE.

fANkEE In ENt NAo4I.
The Inhabitants Il New England are proven
bal for untiring and successful enterprise
They are frightened at no rval-s'op?ed by
no obstacle. ubdued by no competitions
Wherever interest calls them, upon lihd or wa
ter, under gone torrid or frozen, there DO ,hey
yo with a determination 10 be uceesstu', II
success BE- possible. Nor is the spirit which
influence them crushed al failure-it may be
hen, but il is not broken-if unsuceessful.,he
look for cause, and try again, adding perse'
versnce TO the attempt.
What people are most often 10 he met with
on the fishing ground? The Yankees What
peopl- in the Pacific, in pursuit Of oil or furs!
The Yankees. Who is he who bar,ers lumber
and onions with the West Indian, beads and
red cloth with the O,aheitan, rank oil with the
Holander, corn with The Greek, rum, tobacco,
snuff, and cas-, iron muske's with the Afrie ans,
cotton with the English and French. picked
fish with the Russians and Danes, -four with
the South Americans, opium with the Chl9ese,
and dry knock, with the AIgerine! Why the
Yankee. If freight is 10 be carried from one
foreign por, 10 ano:h.r, who takes il for far
thing less in pound than any other msn? Why
Jouath an is there, his Goa, is OF, he is ready
for Job. and his ship for freight; so he
whivks i, up and is of, brfore the Frenrhman
can make a bow 10 the shipper, or John Bull
6nisb his roas, beef He is every where II q
prospec, of gain opens that way. and few
days Of hard labor is no task for him, il money
is 10 be found at the close.
'What long LEGGED brig is that: said the
ain nf an English merchantman, who was
entering the port Of Leghorn. as he pceped over
the ATRIAL, ard beheld vessel which hove IN
sight some IL hours before, row close on board
Of him. Il dom know replied he mate, 'hu,
the fellow must be crszy-who'd ever think OF
putting cloth on ioo'h-pick spars with this
breeze-s,udding sails fore ard aft! What
brig is thai shouted the captain through his
speakine rrumpe, Ten Sisters Of Dennis,
Shubo Nickerson, mas,er' Where the deuce
is Dennisa' ooh, down east 'What cargo:'
{ Lumber and Stone ware Now who bur an
inferna, Ysnkre would think Of bringing stone
ware 10 L-ghorn?' mu'tered the captain. as he
threw down his trumpet. And sure enough
who bu, Yankee would think Off? Ye, these
Eas'rrn vessels poke their bowspri,s into al
most every por, in the known world, with a"
outward cargo tina, costs them nothing bu, the
demolition Of 'hei. own forests, and freight
home tina, builds towns and cities where those
fore sta grew With ruth they may he called
the most en,er2rising portion Of most enter
prising people.
The s,atr Of Maine has for the last fifteen
wears carried on trade with IN Spanish West
India Islands, to a greater extent than any ma
ton in The world, and during the first FIVE years
exchanged a cargo OF lumber for cargo OF mo.
iasses, without the aid Of single dollar in cash
They have crossed every oeean-iraversed
every sea-visi,ed every people in search OF a
market And, during the war, their sailors
ware The hes, ha, could be found in the Ameri-
can navy Educated in he school which Is
laugh, upon he Banks Of the Newfoundland,
where the frat lesson taught is to learn 10 fish 3
months without knowing the value Of a dry
Jacket, they were appalled, BY no danger, SUBJ
dued by no hardships. inlimids'ed by no foe,
and after seeing manv brush upon the Allan
tic, thy took "thcir land tacks on board" eros
sed the countries TO the lakes, and gave Perry
and M'Donough iifi q 'hen re urned o their
homes again to peddle lumber and fish and
become wealthy