Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-04-16
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men llvlngs made speeshsin BROOKLYN, o
few nights ago in'whieh he gavsth fol-
.lcSing scspisal cAsiratnte or the Copper
head portrait OF Yankre -, -a:s.sss
There lies coaped up between the River
81. sL@wTsnee and the Atlantic Ocean
.piece Of land a few hdndIedg lies broad
and hung. whichappears to have been made
up fson waat WAS lett after he rest of the
sentiment was matlc. Its ribs stand ont
past all covering. 1t has SAINT enough to
rcour all creation- There are net within its
territory many large and navigable rivers;
but tasrs are. many small streams m ossl
'nimbls. that have keptthemsslvcs In good
heart apparently by lsaping over lodges and
rocks since the food. The indigenus pro.
ducts OF this country were principally In
Clans. Ice and trees. It's wild fruits were
mostly chestnnts and whortlsbefries. -
Ahoat the time Of its discovery a plague
.bailswept from 1.-THE Indian inhabitants.
An ntemps was made to pspnlats at by
commercial companies from the Fest. but
The climate OF the sell proved toe tough
for iudians or for traders. This tongue of
land seemed made up en- purpose to be
w,!dsFness, II hal peculiar attributes for
keeping people away from it. It's summer
was but short; its winter long; its soil
meagre. its rocks innnmsrable. Il was
bouosied north byperrstualc cold. east. by
psrpetasl fog. south by perpetual water !,
I'd only on the west Was there . land open.
ing through which its people could run
away. If there should be people there. :,
IL was apparantly on purpose to settle such
acountry That such racs was raised up
Natura ISIS tel! us that every species Of plant
has its own insect. and every animal its
own parasite. There seems to have BEEN
something created TO live on the shore of.
Nav England; and that animal was cal led
. Puritan. Laughter and applause1.
: Puritans ave nos described In books of
natural history. SO far as [ have consulted
thsHs: but they have been largely described
in political speeches and newspapers; anil
HIVE believe them-and IL we may not be.
lisvs Political speeches and newspapers
what may we believes--the puritan /. a
tough. gaunt. wiery creature. devoid of
taste. and ofall the finer affections, aalex.,
elusivsly endowed with holy eombativs.
ness He is always to be seen. they tell
rs, when at leisure. with his eyes roolleI
up. anil q saniimonious face; and wh.nev.
81 his eyes are turned down, it is to finl
fault or money as the case may be, He re-
CARDS all men wrong bat himself, and his
business is to make men right Therefore.
he Is regarded Is the moral tinker of the
universe, and is forever menling rips in.
conduct or putting patches upon morals.
Like sea bird, always upon the wing. he
hrestiess and going. never SO happy as in
Storm. This creature infests the whole
western hemisphere. and is regarded as the
anthor of more radicalism, and fanaticism
aai agitasions. than all the rest of the pop
ulsion put together. No other creature
could live in New England: for he is tough
er than tile stones. dryrr than the sand
more obstinate than the season. Indeed.
we are told by naturalists. that within the
Fast 80 years the winters have grown SEN
sibly miider. Even the winter could not
stand the bullying of the Puritan
tLaughter and applause 80 = ..sssss
50 long a. the contest was, bstw cen him
and nature. men were content - Within
one bundled years there has been . great
many nuisances introduced upon this con-
tineDf; The Hessian fly, weeviIs. curculios..
weeds. and among them the vigorous C,n-
ad athistle. the very Yankee of botany,
pro1iiic.7 thriving with million seeds and
every seed cure. and growing ten times
faster when Jon cut it mp by the roots
than when you let il alone But among all
these annoyances none has been SO much
depIored IS the Yankee Puritan. He is
the plague of the continent, He goes. ev-
eryyhers. Engages in everythine.S and is
always and everywhere the same pfying.
teasing. impeninent, .'rheadiipg, irritating
creature that he was an, : Eagland. and
seems likely TO lie everywhere TO the end
Of the world. No creature ever lived with
such rare qualities for making the people
angry with him.. Disputator in theology,
and agiiator in politics. fault finding in
moral and social reforms. he is forever
prying up mems houses to see If they o
not need new foundations. He is the in.
ventor of oil the gimcracks and mode IN
Inconvenience AMI new ways to grind.
screw, twist, turn. knit, sew. dig and pillow
Tor every month In the year and has made
enough new machines in the last fifty years
20 reach round the world, He, has made
50 many inventions that he has exhauste ed
the patience Of the South. and it has been
determined to hunt him back to his den, |"
as Mr.. Cox of Ohio elegantly expressed it.
and 20. shut him up there = by himself. -
Cwogid sngg est that all the Yankee inven-
tfons scattered over the land be collected to.
ge.i4f and male into a wall along beside
the Hodsen River. and no Yankee shall be
alko~est<o BE eatside Of THE veil OF his own
buildings Pms Jeff 40 1hm sdxeSit is
hoped that they would preach to each 9th
ser, anil pray at each other, AMI rsfsrA
each others morals. until they shall lift
themselves to- such sffiaent nights that.
upsFadrentaTe. some wiady day the whole
stosk may be blown away past ell lemsm-
bfanee. g y! aFss7sFos9 "
~ "A dollar in goM lsbuy About q
peck of Confederate notes in Richmond
the rebel Capi,sl--aed one. dollar Of Uncle
Sans ssgraanb acks' 'ew III .huv. lrslf nect