Litchfield enquirer., 1832-11-22
YANKEE RIIrTONS.

MdDy C0Xc0nO Or OOi, wears dUhee Buttons" without knowing it-for the Yan- kees can, and do, make them of as splendid or good quality, for use, as the British-and at az reasonable prices, regard being had to ei- ther. Indeed, there are few foreign buttons used and the manufacture of them in the U. States is, perhaps, w0rthas much as fourth part of all the cotton grown in the whole Ina : iion of South Carolina ;" and if we add the i" "mOuse iraps,''' g wooden clocks, hob nails'' and few other ' notions" the product is more valuable than the entire crop Of that whole .. uatiOn." This is a melancholy exhi- bition ofthe progress and exte0t of the :" Amer ican System'-but it is a true one. and cannot he .' nulliRed"-~-yet a little These an- kess," north andSwest sof .be Potomac, have many queer ideas. They think that water, and steam, and wind. may as wei! bs worked as black slaves. With the most of these odd fellows almost every animal fitted labor. is also made to do something for its ing, ex- cept the " whole swine." These the ''Pri- vileged class"
 We meet with the foIlowin" the newspa- per: of the particulars w ,n-ss nOtbing- but that Kankxe Utt--s~ used tn lieu of British bottoms, as .a. i've have before heard stated.
 am informed that certain gentlemen in
 
 of the nullifcrs. at One of their meetings a short :ime since, resolved that they would not wear Americans Cloth, nor employ any one but a nullifying tailor to make their clothes for them. On inquiry, they found there was only one tailor in CharlestOn. ny the name of R. who sided with them as to politics, and him they resolved to employ. Sundry pie ces of English Cloth were bought and carri- ed to R. and he took measure for each one of hts friends, and set himself at work in cutting out and making up their garments. As Amer ic0ta gilt buttons would not answer, R. was di rected tO send out tO England for the best kind he could get, and to have the figure Of the "p0lnaettO trec'' stamped on them. which he promised to do, and said he could get them in three months. The coats, as they were finished, from time tn time, were to be marked and laid up. until the buttons arrived. R. believing that Yankee buttons would an swer just as we'll as Eaglish, called on MT. F. lformerly from New -Haven.) and request cd him to sendyon to Connecticut and get fnF him the kind which he wanted. but enjoiped him to Keep the matter a secret. The order was sent and executed, and the buttons were received and sent to R. with their bill. They are said to have cost only S grocc. (bn' were charged by R. to his friends. at 2l dol iars.) and were soon used up, and the gar ments sent home. and the several bills paid h the meantime F. repeatedly called on R. tor his money. but he, by way of excuse fo' delay. pleaded nOn-pay ymcnt; at length F threatened to expose R. if he did not pay ana some one who heard the threat, went anC | named the circumstance to General Fl.
 1ne General soon called on F. and asked
 wnether It was true as reported, that he go
 the bHttd1s for R. which were for himself ana
 ms friends, from Connecticut :? +. observed
 that ne could show him the bill. which. at thu
 Generars request, he did. The General ol
 looking It over. pulled out his pocket bool
 ana pald Y. his bill. and said < for Gods sake don't say word about it.'' si
 iln.nk. Mr. Editor, ifthc above story as re lated to me by gentleman from the South , ls true, mat Charleston must be good splac : to sell Yonkee buttons. NiLea' Reg. Na.aas