The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-01-27
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American Enterprise

American enterprise
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npon-time has been, when we boosted
that every department Of business was su.
peunlended and conducted by the skill, s-
gaoiy and enterprise Of sbs sons and daugh-
ten Of our own soil, aided. perhaps in some
instances, By the intelligence Of adopted
citizens; but by ONE means or other, we are
overwhelmed with an ingress Of population
that have monopolized our trade and busi-
ness, much to their own interest and emolu.
ment. tnumphing over the s~upineness,
apathy and Incidence, Of oaT native born
subjects.
To view this matter on a small scale, look
at our small villages and see who compose
the business portion Of the people Who
are foremost in business and who are most
prosperous! They are principle foreigners
who, by industry, tact and perseverance,
have commenced with a penny and accum-
uIated thousands. 1t is much to their credit
chat they have thus taken the lead, if homes.
" has marked their cou.se but much to
The modification of our natives. who through
their want of zeal, energy and shrewdness,
have carelessly aud indoIently succombed to
foreign adventure.
We seem to have lost sight of all our
puritanical and republican principles, and
blind TO our own interest-the willing vic
Tins of foreign craft. We seem to idolize
lionize and patronize, avery thing foreign TO
the neglect and even contempt of every
thing American.
The advocate OF every parsonage from
Kossuth down TO the itinerant jeweller and
petty dealer in tape and needles, is hailed
with open arms and enthusiastic welcome,
as the home OF the pilgrim and the land of
rest. Nothing can be popular or fashiona-
bic, without the liable of a foreign pass
This is all fortunate enough for the success
full monopolists. But, take a look at the
stupid American, see him replenish his
fashionable wardrobe-he avoids the plain
and neatly fitting dress of a native, but
trusts his legs six-lnches throngha shapeless
pair Of Dutch breeches, much to the expos
ure ofhis Informed anc es-in form and fit,
mach resembling the unftness of things
his body un%ceremoniouly envelloped in a
coat, that would be rejected f.om. the mu-
scum of a comparative anatomist. Be it
swalIow-tail, a sack ora "blouse,' it is ne
yer a fit and no comfort in it-none but a
dutchman can appreciate and feel at home
ia them.
No sculpture would risk bis reputation or
be mad enough to represent a living man in
the toggery of Dutch slovenliness, so disf-
CURING his personal identity, hat the mo-.
Their who gave him birth, could not refrain
from an involuntary desire to laugh at the
figure. OF all beings in the world we the
redoubtable liberty-loving people are the
greatest slaves TO the ~despotism Of foreign
fashions. Turkish looseness, or French
tightness is all the same to us, if it partakes
not Of the Anglo-Saxon. In fact our easy
Indifference will o 0 metamorphose us in
to the fac-simile of Dutch pictures, without
the recuperaiive power of native energy.
We are already made TO believe that cot
ton is w0Ot and cotton is sitk, and eventual
ly the perseverance Of the Dutch, will con.
vince us that Stops and kront, Is the proper
diet ofthe gods-the sine qua non Of gem
teel ~rotundity.
Natufalists assure us, that the lower Or
der of animals display 0 sagacity than
man, and often thwart AN their attemps at
Nature has given them an
to do so,-man the last work Of
creation, was by proxy deceived by a SER
pent, and his subsequent condemnation and
trial should IN a measure act as a check to
unsuspectng and gulfble p%ropensities,
In the scale OF Organization we are at a loss
where to place the Dutchmau. From his
peculiar attachment TO the monkey aud hand
wefsuspect his c%onsanguinity.
We would not pretend TO decide this
mooted point, but recommend the investiga-
ton OF the subject as one of interest and
importance. Indeed we do, " yaw 7"
Cottage Grove. TIMOTHY.
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