Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-06-03
EBENsBURG, PA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1868

might be. He is supposed 70 regard all
men as wrong but himself his vocation
Is to put all things right. Therefore he is
tie moral tinker Of the universe. and is
for mending rips in morals, and putting
patches upon conduct generally, making
up the deficiencies he detects in proyidoncc
creation. Like the seasbigyl, he is everon
the wing, and never better pleased than in
storm. This character infests the whole
western continent, and causes more dis
putes, controversies, and excitcIncnts than
all the rest OF the population put to-
sether. No other pcisonagcs could have
lived in New England, and nothing else
could live there il lie did He was.
tougher than the stone, dri2r than the
sand, more obstinate than the seasons;
and, lntiecd. some liatura!is.s tell US that
since the Purit"ns settled ii New Eng
land It's climate has grown much lni!der;
even New Eng!al.,i winters could not
stand Tie ctcrI1al i.:la!r-iin.lng u .Ee l'u-
ritans
IS long rs this controversy b4tweca
natdre ana the l'uritan WAS confined TO
New England, men were patient I;ut
within hundred ye;lrs we have seen
great ialschiets Introduced upon the rest
ot the continent. There is tie Hessian
R,y, that las robbed millions Oh millions
OF do..srs from the wheat crop; there are
wueNiis, aF.ll ;yIights, and the uurcu.io on
trees n t..eu wa have the Canada this
tie, the very Yankee Of botanv-sharp.
hungry. and prolific. with million OF
seeds. and every seed sure 10 Sprou:, lrow--
ing zen times as fast when Won cut il up
by The roots rs when vou Il; il alone.
.ACicng all these mons have bccu 30 much
dep!orcd rs the spread oi the Yankee.
He Is the plague OF the continent goc,
everywhere c:1ca.g5ef in everything IS
always and everywhere the same dispu-
ting. meddling, reforming character he
was III England and ie III Nm Encllnd.
and seems likely 10 be un;i! he end Of the
world. Agitator IL politics. dispatant in
theology, tau.s-fnder i'll morals, pryine up
peaceful citizens houses 10 sc If the nn-
derpinning IS s;,tt-:he vcnier OF GIN
cracks TO every iousckccprr, he has al
WAYS some now wav ofgrindng, or screw
ing, or twisting, - rolling, nr cI,,Irning.
or knitting, or sewing, or p'owin- t.
show. His pIovvs ard w;ls',rL-,racLi,cs
would huild the Chinese wall Tic I'u-
ritan Yankee has al lnst exhausted the
patience OF the saints OF the plantations,
and they have determined t. hunt him
homc 70 his don, a"i tu shat him M
there all bJ himself IL would s,lcce-t.
therefor, that al ,lsa Iansee inventions
bo collected, and q wall be built of the
carts. plows, rrapcrs, chnrns, sewing
machines, clocks, stoves, and all the con-
trivances which the interchangeable Yankee
has invented. and that al the Yaukpc
books, spelling books, reading books. his
tories. Biographies, theological books, be
piled upon the top Of these, and that ii he
rendered lawful TO shoot any Yankee who
attempts TO scale tho wall: and then it
may be hoped that, left to feed upon these,
they may become refined beyond the body.
and peradventurc the whole stock NAV
rise some windy day iii blessed transla-
ton. and leave the world in peace. to
shudder at nothins any more, except the
remembrance of fLe horrid ankccs.