The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-10-15
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DEVICES OF YANKEEDoM.

DEVICES OF YANKEEDoM.a
lfessrS. Editors You have doubtless heard
of the yankee who went many years ago to
New Orleans with cargo Of shoe pegs, and
finding the market fully supplied and no chance
of "sI eculatng" went to work aud sharpened
the other ends Of the pegs ard sold them for
Oats; if you have not, will give you myrea.
sons for bringing him to your notice at this
time. -"lt,
A body OF. the citizens of St. Helena, seventy
one in number; have pledged .enfselses never
to employ cG .ster oWasl by Il citIeii OF the
North, or manned by a Sorthprn crew. Such
a course is worthy OF our highest commenda-
ton, and it is to be hoped ttlut their example
will be followed through thelength and breadth
of our State, for we have no Toonibs, Cobb,
Stephens orany other submission organ grind
er to lead us astray orlull us to sleep WlleiI we
should be up and doing, but my object M wri
ting at this time is to warn the good citizensof
St Helena, and the sea- board generally to-
"BEWARE OF IMPOSITION
The Notion" vendors; the inventors of horn
gun lints, pewter watches, wooder sirtrt.legs'
&c, can sail under false ,mes assell as colors.-
they can paint names and places on tie sterns
of their Schooners a!ld Sloops and decaise the
unweary. such as Charleston, GeorgctoWn;1
Combahee, aud Savannah they can aiso hire
negroes IN either Of these places to work their
crafts during the winter, notwith standing their
profession Of opposition to the institutions Of.
the Southern States and in the spring when
the caasting trade is over they can pick up,
white men of the same stripe as themselves, to
carry their vessel home to Taunton, Bedford,
and other hot beds of Abolitionisn in Mass:l.
chusetts; their pockets filed with our nloacy
aud our negroes disafscted by their presence
and pernirious teachings. mustatall fprs
remember the Striped pig" and the many other
devices of Yankeeland too numerous to fhea-
ton. = y 80
MONEY is the god Of Yankeedonl, whose
Unsuitable appettes can only be appeased by the
incense of tanaticisn. kindled on the aliars of
the South and her institutions.
Now there is another species of Non infer.
course whichl would suggest, and which il
properly carried out will lead to others-it is
this All the Northern Newspapers, Pcriodi-
Gals, Reviews and Magazines should be discon-
tinued Immediately we have plenty to- read
at home, Newspapers, Periodicals, Reviews and
Magazines, and !gotd ones too, let us at once
drop the missiles OF our enemies aud keep our
money at home; for one am ready and willing
at anv moment to sign and abide by the follow
ing pledge: (; 80, &c 8,
eve the undersigned. residents Of tie Town
of Camden feeling that the period has arrived
when the safety of our institutions depends up
on a. separation from the North, they ceise
their unjust aggressions upon our honour and
rights; and that as Soutllernors we should as
far as practicable adopt system of noninter-
course-sok mnly pledge ourselves that from
this date we will not subscribe for or take any
Northern or New England Newspaper, Maya
zine, ncriodicaf or Review, except such as we
have already Subscribed and paid fol, on such
as are Of s,riictiy commff feidl ndiare we fur
therlnore pledge ourselves TO do all IN our pow
er to prevent our neishbors and friends fron.so
doing until sch time as our Bretllren tonce) of
the North shall come to Il sense OF the wrong
they have done, and still aare doing to us; to
all of which we pledge our most sacred no lor."
By this means. we will touch their pocsets
where alone their souls, hearts and sympathies
are to be touched Write on the margin Of
every paper sent; you from Aie North '.cease
your aggression" and return it q At SO ne tu-
ture period you may hear norefrOm me OH this
subject, till then am,
Yours respectfully, 4. d. 4.