, 1843-05-20
GFor the Radical.

has character UhafetcGShed Cy a VA w.,
q Yankee"
Such is the extraordinary concIu-
sion of an appendix to a report now
before the public, of a committee re-
speeding a difficulty between achurcfl
IN neighboring State. and its former
Pastor. The appendix alludedto. pur-
ports to have been written by the
Pastor in question, in v~indicaticn of
himself.
Now it is not my purpose TO en-
Quire which of the contending par
lies were in the wrong-wheiher the
flock had a bad sEeIhcrd, or the
shepherd a refractory and migrate
ful flock. Neither ami disposed to
start the question, whether it would
be more sinful in 4 layman TO procure
his own embarrassing" by an indi-
vidual at home, than for a clergyman
to obtain a similar piece o. service
Ivy an exparte procedure on the part
of a committee of newborn friends
a thousand miles from the scene of
controversy. And | do not intend to
contest the point with the reverend
gentleman, whether a dIsrePutab!c
act, would be rendered NEE disrepu-
table, as he would seem to imply, by
being performed by a yankee.
But my object is to inquire whcth-
er there be any modesty, rroPriety or
iustice in this disrcspectiul allusion TO
the New England character. This
sort of slang has, in the main, ceased
to he heard in the wes., since the
place of the old flat-bnatmcn, hun
~ters, and traprcrs, has been occupied
by intelligent, honorable. highminded
men. Aad members Of Il libcra! pro
fession. and especially nl a branch OF
it that not onlc di>c'aims all narrow
scctarian objects, but proscribes and
denounCeS sectariani,m as incompat;-
bic with the universal b~cnevolcnce OF
, christianity. are the last men in the
world who should lie guilty Of doing
any thing to revive that a%ntiquated,
contemplate, and narrow minded pre-,
ljulicc against the Yankees.
Who are the Yankees? are they
an inferior variety of the human race
or are they our equals by nature.
whose vices have made them Z re.
rroach and Il by-worIl are they hea'
thens, too degraded to be subjects o.
our sympathy, or worthy OF the bcne.
VIOLENT labors Of the christian! No.. no,
ao-,hey are the children Of the Pu-
ritans--the defendants Of one of the
nobiest and furest bands Of pilgrims
that ever worshiped at the altar Of
the living God; and whose transmit.
ted virtues still ~elevates and enobles
the moral character, and refines the
religious sentiments OF their pos,
tcrity.
BY the same pilgrim fathers, the
principles of civil and religious llber.
ty we're planted in the new word;
and the spirit of patriotism and de-
t~estation of tyranny infused by them
Into the feelings OF their immediate
defendants, prepared the way for the
establishment Of our freedom.-
And whose names shone most con-
spicuously il the early stages of that
eventfuI struggle which secured 10
to us the privileges of Which we now
so proudly boast9 Let the history
of such yankees as Warren. Ian.
cock. Adams, Franklin, and their il,
lustrious compatriots, answer.
What portion Of the Union furnish
ed more soldiers to spill their blood
in defence of American liberty than
any other in that glorious contest?--
New England. Nay, more--Massa-
chusetts alone sen and maintained a
greater number of meE in the field
than all the middle and southern
states together. BY whom has lite.
nature, science, and the arts been dis.
s%eminated, and the gospel sent into
every nook and corner of our wide