Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-06-27

at first cold, often Iiiiia prepossessing; his
IDEAS are narrow, hut practical; he con-
ceives well that which is suitable, bot has
little sentiment Of what is grand AMI noble
He has not the least particle of chyalric
constitution, and, nevertheless, he is adven-
turons, he takes pleasure in a roaming lie.
He has an active Imagination that brings
forth original conceptions which they here
call Yankee notions. II is not poetry, il is
whimsicaliiy. The Yankee is.thc laboring
ant; he is industrious and sober: heis eco
montreal; on the poor sail of New England
ho was formerly 50, even to soriii avdrice.
trnnsplanied to the promised lands Of the
West, he remains measured still, bat counts
less his coppers.
10 New England he has n good deal Of
prudence; but once launched into the tfea-
sures of the West, and be becDmes a spec
ulator, gambler even, although he has
horror for cards, dice, and every thing that
is play of hazard, or even Of address, OK
cepting the innocent game of nine pins
lie is cunning, subtle, sly, always ealcuat.
ing, drawing vanity from his tricks, by
which he SURPRISES his in1ttentiye or con-
filling purchaser, because he there sees
proof of his own superiority of mind; he
has, moreover the mental restrictions for
keeping his conscience in repose; all cum
ming, as - il, he expedites his business,
because he well knows the value of time
His house is sanctuary that no does not
open 70 the proiane; he is little given to
hospitality, hut when he accords it, it Is
with pr 'digality. lie handles words with
ont effort, being, nevertheless, not bright
orator, but close logician. For to become
statesman he needs that expansion Of
spirit and of heart which causes us TO CON
ceive, and love the nature of another, and
that naturally induces MS to take the part
of our neIghbor, all in benefttiug our
selves.
The Yankee is individualiam incarnate /;
with him the bump Of locality and separa-
blity are developed to the highest degree.
But if he is an inferior statesman he is a
gifted administrator, man of prodigious
business. If he is little fitted to govern
men, he has not his equal for acting on and
arranging affairs, and giving them their
highest value. There can be found in nc
part Of tho world more consnmmate mer.
chants than those of Boston. Buitis above
all as a colonist that the Yankee is admira
BILE. Over him fatigue has the smallest
power. lie has not, like the S9aniard, the
mower of supporting hunger and thirst; he
has the much greater one Of being able, al
ways, and in all places, TO eat and to drink
to know how to protect himself from III,
cold. as well as his wife and his children
Indifferent Of personal comlor, TIL he ha
well provided for his family. He attack
nature, body TO body, and the mos! tenacioI
Of the two, he always subjects her III
obliges her to surrender at discretion; he
causes her to produce what he wills, an,
fashions her to suit himself Like Her
cules, he conquers the Hydra of postlIen
tial marshes, and brides the rivers.
In the state of Massachusetts, whic
counts $50, 900 souls, the House Of Repre-
sen;atives Is composed of nearly six huf
} dred members; the smallest village mus
|, have It's representative.
. More hardy than Hercules, he extern
his empire not only over tho earth, but owe
the sea, ne is the hest sailor in the work
The ocean is his tributary, and enrichin
him with the oil of her whales and all hC
; smaller inmates. Wiser than the hero
the twelve labors, he knows no Cmphal
who can seduce him, n Dejnneira who's
; poisoned presents can observe his foresilh
ed penetration. 1t seems he is rather a
Ulysses who has his Penelope with who
he counts, and to whom he romans immut
bly, faithful. He has not even need 10 std
F, his ears, when he passes near the Syreni
and the most tender passions arc depdcno
in him by religious austerity, and The PR
occupation of his agricultural work. Liz
Ulysses, also he has a sack iull of axpedent
Taken unawares, at night, in the forest, /
tempest, in half an hoar, and withol
: other assistance than his knife he constrnc
shelter for himself and his horse. d
. ring the winter if he is surprised by OF
Of those tempests Of snow unknown with Il
in the twinkIng of an eye, he constrnc
for himself sleigh, "a ag44 ng gi Indian. with j
INKS Of the forest trees.
Thus 10 the genus Of commerce. nv Il
aid of which he draws grain of that viii
sends from the earth, he joins the genius
+ The labor which enriches it. and that Of \
mechanic which fashions the products of
He Is an incompatible pioneer, an unriva
led colonist. II is the Yankee who i,
impressed his signet on the United Statc
during the half century that has inst n,ssc,
THIS has been offered by the Vrpini,n
IN the councils of the republic, but il remr
It has predominated over, and even ecl,nsn
him in his own territory, for it is pecess,r
IN order that the Virginian should tear him
self from Southern Incidence, that the Yar
kee should hear to hin, even to his ow
door. and in spite of him. An examp,e !
| The activity and the enterprising hunlor 4
New England.
Without the Yankee the cotton fslds =