Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-21
Yankees.

The English call all Americans Yam
kecs, whilst the people of tie Southern
States apply the term to the inhabitants
Of the Northern States, and particularly
to thoseof the New England States. All
agree, however. as to what traits make a
Yankee. all agree as ID the Characters
tics Of Yankee. "A real genuine bona
6de Yankee is a man supremely selfish,
ofno enlarged views or feelings, no social
qualities, but cute, cunning and tricky and
in hot pursuit of the almighty dollar" - =
Place Of birth does not make one Yam
kee. To an Englishman. the word Yam
kee suggests certain qualities of head
and heart. To a Southerner, the word
Yankee suggests a man Of. Northern
birth. Now we are Of the opinion that
the English use The word in more cor
rect sense than S3utherners do. Because
all must admit that there are Virginia
Yankees as we'll as Vermont Yankees.
4 Virginian who advocates such here
sizes as the Maine Liquor Law is SO FAR a
thorough Yankee. "A yirginian. who
devo}es all the energies Of his body and
soul to the acquisition Of property is so
far a Yankee. "A Virginian who does
not appreciate and admire candor, frank
ness and sociability Of manner is so far
a Yankee. A Virginian who objects to
the Democratic party because it is too
Southern in its tendencies is so far a
Yankee. A Virginian who sees nothing
good in the institution of slavery is so
far a. Yankee Thus we see that place d
birth does not Of itself constitute a Yam
ffkec. For everybody knows that Virgin
ia has>plenty Of citizens possessing
Yankee traits:>On the other hand every
body born in New England, is not neces,
sarily Yankee. Indeea~there are man
men born and raised in the Narth who
much less deserve the appellation "Y-an-
kec" than many born and raised South
Of Mason and Dixon's line. The chief
difference is that in the North the Yam
kee element preponderates in Society
whilst in the South the Yankee element
| is only found here and there. But that
We have Southern Yankees no man can
deny Politically considered. the Black
Republican party is the genuine Yankee
party Of our Country-because it ad
vocates Free-soilism, Free loveism, Free
niggerism, Fremontism, Maine Liquor
Lavish, Agrarianism, Greelyism, and
all other isms Of the day, in word-does
not take comprehensive views Of national
politics. And in close proximity to this
party stands the Know Nothing party
because it likewise advocates narrow
selfish and unconstitutional yiews:of ma,
tional politics. In opposition to these
political Yankee parties stands the Great
National Democratic Party of the entire
misunderstanding and sustaining Con-
stitutional, Conservative and Compre-
hensiye views Of national politics. = Fl.
| Were we in search Ola Yankee poll.
Ftician, we would not necessarily, have to
go to Maine 10 find one. No, not at all.
We would refer. you to John Minor Bolts
or Henry Winter Davis as real genuine
Yankee politicians And. coming near,
Ter home, would refer to John 8. Garlic,
or Benjamin H. Smith as true specimens
of that school Of politicians. And last
but not least, we would refer you tosthe
venerable expounder Of Know Nothing
ism of kanawha, TO wit the Editor Of
the Kanawha Republican, in common
Parlance, "old Sleepy" s'E :.