The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-10-14


been slnlosl everything Ior wrsirFn New
i0Ek. and aell The state nay KloEy IN = lhs
uniFeFsal Yankee nation" ID all moi he
lnappnpiale, IN lhis ennne1lnn. % sci
1oNa d same extension. The brief rharsr-
leEislirs of surh T.eoplr. murh u whlrh
ne have faund drsxn 10 our hand. ~ Inc
lorrihle pen vi Millas. 3. .n
The character of lhe Yankee has inllu-
enreSl and continues 10 influence that Of
esrTy pan Of lie nation, and their name.
from provincial designation, lprohably
derived lrnm Ieagsss. The Indian name Cor
Eagfisk.l has heroine, among Foreigners,
The popular apprllalion ~ The whale peo-.
pie. Such Is The performances ii llseir
character and civilization, thai the other
states are beroming like the iankees,
while lhe Yankees arr keeping like Them
selves. n is in New England. that you
lind most original. operative. and dislinei.
" marked American character. There
should lhe traveller and observer. begin
and end his tour; lor whoever leaves the
Yankees out ol his - United States as they
are" will find he has lell Ilamlei OuI Of
HsmleI's tragedy. ... ..
lIisin New England. that Yum will find
Jonathan at home. In the other states
there is mixture. greater 90 less, al foreign
population; but 10 New England. the pop.
ulAliOn il homogeneous anil nali,e-tle
emigranl does not choose To settle there.
/ Il is no lubber land. there is mo- getting q
half dollar day for sleeping, IN Con.
neclitui, Massachusetts, or Vermont. In
the west, he may scratch the ground,
throw in the seed, and leave the resl 10
nature. ... s..
Cape God, which is but heap olsand,
YET maintains thirty thousand people. and
there is not beggar among them. All lhC
tariffs that could be devised. never woult
, ruin in New England. were they framed q
propriO muiO Of Georgia and South Tar
elina- While the Yankees are themselves
they will hold their own, let poliiics twis
about as they will. Shut their indnstr,
oui from one career, and il will force il
self into another. They have perseyer
ance, that will never langnish, while an,
; thing remains TO be tried, aud whena Van
kee says " Ill Try" the thing is done.
J.. In European countries, he that is bori
!, peasant will he peasant all his life. Blu
ON beholding the most rIs,ical clown Of al
Z Yankee land, il would not be safe 10 aiiirn
o that he would not he numbered, at som
future day, among the most eminent me
Al OF the country. There is no burying
r man Of genius sHere; the humblest birtl
J. shuts out no one, ether from the hopes O
m ,he facilities Of rising !. thai station "a
e which his native talent has qualified him
Il Rare indeed, is i, 10 find an individual VIII
Il cauuo, read and write. Every on sha,
4. therefore, ,iia, modieum Of knowles,
10 placed within bis reach, which will en-
As ble him To obtain more, should his wish
he aspire. Clowns, properly speaking, the
n. are none, among the Yankees fank
e. is empha,ically civil man, though ]
lie civility may not produce bows and gr'l
re aces, and unmeaning compliments
nd may be too direct for all this. =:
A stirring spirit, stirring deeds, a 81
oh ring life. form the common theme OF
of praise. He puts every man upon his a.
no juh,ess. lf man be called good IN
,e. presence, then comes the question, Go
he. for phat? But with this predomin;
I'D inclination towards the useful, the Yanl
lrk is no despiser Of those arts which ado
in- and embellsh life. The liberal scien'
MS and the fine arts, have no where IN
led country received such encouragement,
IN. in New England. The cities, the tow
&c, the villages, the country seats, the PRIV
The dwellings, display more elegance and ia
ale than those Of any other part of the I'm
m No wonder then, il the western part
, of New York should largely par,ake oil
lief liberal characteristic oftheir faiherland.
shows the Yankee spirit every where.
her The Yankees, too, are distinguished
lie boye all other men, for certain capac
: which is called confira,ee, iaru
,lly which enables an individual 10 turn
ON. hand to any occupation. or TO devils
i, Of scheme for any sudden emergency.
we'd Yankee farmer, is a sort oil Jack oil
ded trades, he no, only delyes the soil,
ye,, goes to market, but he is carpenter, 81
in maker, weaver, cooper, soap-boilei,
iyh- more trades than these. He turns VIC
ash. en- bowls, makes buckets, sets up shoe
his weaves baskets, manufactures brooms,
and invents various kinds OF washing
Of chimes. II is Yankees main study, Il
.wel improving" every thing his very
lion guage brea,hes this spirit, for among I'll
shall he who occupies house, is said I" -
ma. prove it," The patent office at Wash
hose ton is SO loaded with Yankee mventi
his as to prove that they would, If they &C
has improve and help the whole nation.
,ha, I.ardner, in his lectures in this couI
... volunteered his testimony 10 this CHI
H. ,eristic, by saying. "this fact is !
...... strikes the attention Of every intell
i,lly stranger coming from Europe. More
l,ni elites in mechanics and general SCI
mia. have been presented to me, Says be
own this country within twelve months. Il