Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-08
Titles or Nick-Names in the United
Gtnfas-

Mr.. and Mrs. Pulsky, part of Kos
suth's train during his tour to this country,
heve published book entitled "White.
Red and Black" and Sketches of Amerl-
can Society.
Not having space to insert the chapter
in full under the above heading: we eon
dense from the same what Is SAN ~
farance to the nick-names aPPHeu u ou,
:.. ,,or as well as our cities and
States. o,,Y
nv, ON account of his inf1exible character;
his diplomatic successor in the White
House, was known as the Little Magician;
and his son, John Van Buren, remains I'M
til now the Prince. General Harrison was
Old Tip, an authorization of Tippecanoe.
where he had defeated the Indians under
their prophet. the brother of Tecumst h !;
General Zachary Taylor was designated
by the name of Old lack, Rough and
Ready; Henry Clay as the Mill Boy of
the Slashes, in remembrance of his origin.
Webster was the Great Expouuder-the
God like. or simply Black Dan; Corwin
is the Wagon Boy. Thomas Benton. the
great Alissourian, is known as Old Bullion.
Douglass. the Democratic Senator from
Illinois, the Little Giant. General Scott,
Chippewa, from his victory over the
English in The late war, and Hasty Plate
OF Soup, from an expression that slipped
from his pen. General Houston, San ia
cinlo, from the battlefield ,on which he
defeated President Santa Anna and all
his army, &c. The cities and States have
their nick-names; Washington, for instance
is the City of Magnificent Distances; New
York. the Empire City; Philadelphia the
Quaker City, Baltimore the Monumental
City Boston. the City of Notions, or the
Puritan City; New Haven. the Elm CT, ;
Buffalo, the Queen City of the Lakes !;
Pittsburr, the Iron City: Cleaveland, the
Forest CITY; Cincinnati. Purkopelis or the
Queen Citv of the West ST. Louis, the
Mound City Louisville. the Fall City !;
New Orleans, the Crescent City. The
State of New YoIk, bearing in s arms
the rising sun, with the motto Excelsior
is the Empire or Excelsior State; Con
necticut, the Free Stone State; Massnchu-
sets, the Bav State Vermont. the Gteen
Mountain State; New Hampshire the Gra-
ute State Pennsylvania, the Keystone
State Virginia the Old Dominion. or
the mother ct States aud Statesman De-
Iaware. the Diamond State; Sou h Caro-
lima, the Palmetto STATE; Texas, the
Lone Star; California. the Golden Re-
gion Mississippi, the Bayou State &; Lot
siana. the Creole State; and Kentucky
the Dark and Bloody Ground. The in
habitan'S Of Florida are Cow Boys; tao e
of Ohio called Buckeyes; those of Iowa.
Haw keves those IF Illinois. Sue kerS; the
MissourlanS. PukeS the Indiana people
Huosier<; the Michiyanians. WOLVERINES;
and WisconSinnans, Badgers. The au,
thors correctly say, all those nick names
are familiar to- and frequently used by the
Americans. and not onI, in jest--in the
same way rs they collectively accept the
designation OF Y0pkcce if this word i
used in cou,radis;incton of English. In
the States themselves, the SOuLherner>
and Wcstcrncrs disclaim this appella'iun.
they use it TO designate the New Eng
huder-whilst in New England again,
every State di>owns it except Connect
cut. which is proud to be the original
Yankee State.