The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-06-05

rolling, or churniDg, or knitIn Z, or sewing,
or blowing to show. His plows and wash
in, machines would bui d the Chinese wall.
The Puritan Yankee has at last exhausted
the patience of the SAINTS Of the plantations.
and tney have determined 10 hunt him
home to his den." as Mr.. Cox Of Ohio sags
and to shut him up there all by himself
We voult suggest, therefore, that all the
Yankee inventions be collected and wall
be built Of the carts, piows, reaPers, chnrns.
sewing machines. clocks, stoves, and all the
contrivances which the indefa,igab'e Yam
hee has invented. and that all the Yankee
books, spelling books. reading books. his
tories, Biographies, theological books. scen-
tifc books-be piled upon the top OF these,
and tha, it be rendered lawful TO shoot any
Yankee who attempts to scale the wall /;
and then il may be hoped that. left to feed
upon these, they may become refined be-
yOnd the body. aud peradventure the whole
stock may rise some windy day in blessed
translations and leave the world in peace /;
to sbudder at nothing any more. except the
remembrance Of the horrid Yankees i
Loud laughter and applause.) Laying
aside these important views, 1t may be well
TO consider-coming down into more sober
ways some of the facts and intiuenc 8
which are connected with the reputation
which New En- gland has achieved. The
American people are conglomerate people.
Even eaily in their history they were a
varied people, but only within the last fifty
years has emigration been SO great as TO
have very marked and appreciable effect
upon the population OF the country. That
there should be, among SO many men Of
various nationalitics. more or less national
prrjIdces, was to have been expected !; the
wonder is that there should have been SO
few. Ii has hardly amounted To an appre-
cable faction in the social machine ; TOR the
country is new. and all the men have been
needed for its development. There has
been work enough for all and prosperity for
all aud men who are thiivIn are seldom
given 10 hatreds. But there has been some
prejudice. Tn. sti ongest has been against
.he Alrican. The reason for that has been
both personal and political He wears the
badge OF his race in feature and comp exion.
His whole figure marks him not only as Que
from others, but differing outward
ly an! manife,tly and this will always
expose race to prejndice and injury. Bat
the preja has been more political one.
for his race is slave race, and slavery has
always ben regarded. by all nations. not
,nly as a misfortune, but rs a degra iation.
That stigma has passed over from those
Who are slave to those who are free Of this
ace. Next in prejudice stands the Irish
nan. 1t il. however, not against the Iri>h,
Is "a class, bu, az .,iast the Irish ust come
,ver, that this prejudice has existed Oniy
rs asains the ignorant, the rude, the qiar
relsomo Irish has it existed. The moment
Ihey or thcir children 20 70 our schools. ar--
betin to rise in our community, then the
prejudice is all gone. Next TO the negro
and the lrishmln IS the ankee. The
prcjn lice sgains' him i really wide spread
aud dee, rooted No who ha, lived
only in N.w England can form any concep-
ton Of the extent OF this prejudice in the
South and West. 1t is educ ite,i into peo-
pie Parsr.ts teach il to their children
children iutuse each other with il. Even
the slaves are inocu'ated with this preju-
dice. and most Of the specimens they have
Of seeing are not calculated 70
remove the impression. Lsughte aud
applause.) Indeed. the Yankee IS given
over irredeemabIy to reproach IN the South
His name hss become a generic term of
opprobium. So seldom is the Yankee men
toned except with objnrgations, that the
story is told of an old slave at Hilton Head
who was overheard praying most fervently
Ior the "d--d Yankees y He thought
hat was their Christian name F! (Great
The West. and particularly
he flats lying along the Ohio. Is settled
very largely from the South. This popu-
ation brought with it this spirit But the
arre emigration Of New England people
mas tempered the prejudice in the northern
portions it scarcely exists in the north
west. When. therefore. pll'ticians appeal
10 the hatred OF the Yankees it may almost
be said that they strike an original faculty
ln the southern mind. If Messrs. Fowler
aud Wells will look sharp at the head OF a
Sou hern man, think they will discover AZ
organ lying somewhere between the organ
OF love of v hisky and the organ of love of
tobacco. which may be called the hatred of
Yankees. (Laugh,er.) And yet, it will
be found that this feeling is rsher agsins,
class. against the ideal. than against the
real for when true and genuine man of
New England blood goes among them, and
approves his good fellowship. they accept
him, without pref udice. as one OF themselves;
aud the highest compliment that any people
can pay a stranger is to say. :. You seem as
it you were born among U.S." for be who
wraps home word around you. signifies
tlat ne PEI fCelNcS IN Nuu tlO>t iuAsitttS tudt
make home dear to his heart. But while
one BY one. New Englanders are respected
aud esteemed, the c ASS TO which they be-
long is always hated. Ii may be we'll Tor
us To examine some of the causes OF this
And may presume that 1t is
not newt is not recent. The Puritan
stock has rever been beloved. Ii WAS net
popular in England. Ii was respected, tol-
Grated, bat not greatly delighted in. in
Holland. In coming 10 our shores. our
fathers brought sterling qualities with thesn.
bu: they were not dressed In very enA,ag-
ing manner. The Puritan stock has never
been popular. Before the Union farm.
ei. during tho revolutionary war, the Yan-
kee was regarded just as he is now; ard
this J. no. the first nor the second time that
Il has been proposed to shoulder New En-
giaui out ol tue Union Sine is used 10 it,
The historical Puritan Is man 10 be re-
speoted and seare,l. rather tAsn loved. He
was bred in sch@bot realities rs'her than
of uraces. iie ass called to a work OF re-
si>tsGce. and ouly stern and rugged men
would be likely 10 side with him. They
brought hi,aer no eleyapces learned none