The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-18
YANKEES AT VALPARAISO.

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A correspondent OF the New York Express,
writing from Valparaiso on the 20th OF May,
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We have Valparaiso inst now all alive with
Yankees, 'esos guapos hijcs del uorte'-t those
bold northern republicans, as the press here
denominated them--and truly Valparaiso for
days past has presented land extraordinary
scene. Young America 'has r~evelled wildly
here-the streets have been filled with the
b ys' for ten days past, and still they come, till
the theatre, the public walks, the squares, the
streets and hotels are OVERLOOKING with our
countrymen, touching in here to refresh on
their way to tEl DorOdo.'s
The light Of 600 to 1900 young Americans
cannot be put under q bushel, in such a place
as alPuruisc, aud like as in Rio, when not less
than 1900 were on shore in one week, the au-
thorities have given orders to The police to f,r
bear to interfere in any of their ffolies4and a
trolic they make Of it truly. American songs
are sung at the theartre-in the streets, on the
hill tops and no Use tops, and other celebrated
: tops ill the music of : Old Dan Tucker,
Uncle Ned, and : Mary Blane,' are being
sung and whistled by children, boys and girls,
who have suddenly learned that F. Yankee
Doodle can send out others besides sailors,
while native Chilians and European foreigners
look with Ostonishment upon the hundreds and
thousands Of respectable Gas they term
them) young men, who are emigrating 10 Cal.
i%lornla. J find that nothing so much surprised
the people in Brazil and here as the orderly
well behaved character Of all the Americans
whom they see on their way to California.
The English officers Of HIM. ship-of-the.
line Asia, cannot be made to believe that the
most OF these young men are mechanics at
home. Last night some young mechanics
sang several American songs on the stage at
the theatre-dressed In black coats and pants,
white vests, kid gloves. How handsome they
are { que buenos ntgo } said the Uhilian girls,
those are gentlemen, said John Bull. So they.
wefes young gentlemen mechanics from Ban.
gor, Maine, all the way from down east. ;
SerenadeS have been the 'order Of the night
and the few American families resident here
have been in e,siacies with the sweet singing
Of these : ~orpleln minsIrels' as they wake
TO sweet words and soft notes in the dead hour
Of the night. You should be walked tip at
Two in the morning 10000 miles from home,
Il you would rightly appreciate the beauties
Of New England, Fortunes and lone life to
the orpheOns, say |,
Americans Vabfofi.-l cannot refrain from
translating a few notices from the journals Of
Valparaiso, relative to The appearance, conduct.
aud impression which our cOuntrymen present
excite here. alo s .4 4
II should be borne in miDd that 1t is the first
time those people have seen Americans s en-
massc,' having only heretofore seen our naval
officers, merchants, (aDd but few Of ihem) and
seamen, and they have now had the cppor-
tuuity to see the people : face to face,' and
mark what they say of them.
from the Conme-cio Of Valparaiso and other
papers q JMgy nth, 1916
The brilliant example Of tho mass Of the
people of the United States who now crowd
our streets and FIJI our pablo places Of resort
are the first practical explanations which Chill
has seen Of the advantages which California
will enjoy in being occupied by the United
States. This transition, this stream Of the
North American people, which now sets from
the Atlantic to the Western shore Of their
own sOil, which now flows round South Amer
lea, shows in the most conclusive manner the
spirit which animates this great peoplein those
States created by their, and tIeir example.
This current will leave light, gold, ideas, ex-
ample and men, on It's route.
The books OF 'ChevOlier' and De Toque-
Vile are dumb show in comparison to the
lively example, which we see daily arriving
at our ports, Of what the nation 10 composed,
and destined to DO the Mother Of Nations,
These masses Of men, dressed in brOad-clo,b
and silk vests, who now throng our streets en
route for California, are Of the masses Of the
people OF North America, They are the very
meR whom the arissOcracy Of Europe denomi
'Plebians.' Compare these people with
ours as they pass before our eyes, and then tell
as, u you can, -four people exhibit The equal
ny of character necessary 10 make them I'M
derstand and profit BY institutions ike theirs,
the most perfec, Of all representative republics
To compare tho capacity Of the Spanish
colonies with those cseatsdhy ahe Anglo sax
on is 10 Ieiec, the very rUdimen,s OfAmtriean
History, There is nothing moIe apparent
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