Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-03-11

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People have been puzzled for q name mp
propriate to the base race East Of Mason's
and Dixon's line. Unionists and Federals
are the terms they employ themselves; but
everybody feels that they fall far short of
describing the thing as it is. Gen. Beau.
regard has suggested Abolitionists-but
this is technical and limited in, its signif-
cation, and does not begin to define the
universal depravity of the race. Yankee
is the only one word that meets the case /;
and is the synonym Of everything mean
that the imagination Of man can conceive.
We have constantly used it in that sense
for two years; and we are gratifed to find
that the reverend author of "The Campaign
from Texas to Maryland" who knows the
animal well, and thoroughly appreciates all
the detestable traits of its character, con-
ours with US. We subjoin his paragraph
Cd the subject, with hearty appreciation Of
the designation and the reasons for it:
"The next and last, is the only one that
will apply. YANKEE: The popular name
for the citizens Of New England. This is
what Webster says it means-and this is
what we want-a name for the people Of
New England. And, as their history is
known to the civilized world, the whole
world will understand US, and we will un.
derstand ourselves when we call them Yam
KEGS. It is the only name or word in the
English, or any other language, living or
dead, that can be applied with full scope
and force. Itextends to all their ten thou.
sand schemes Of deception and fraud, and
compreheuds their every act Of lying and
stealing, from the days Of Washington till
the present hour, in all their political, leg.
islatiye, executive, commercial, civil, NOR.
al, literary, sacred, profane, theological and
diabolical history. IS
tMe word has ever been used in con-
temptuous ridicule of their conduct towards
each other, and their dealings with the rest
Of the world. And there is no other word
in all the range ofhuman learning, which
will convey to tho mind # every man, both
in Europe and America, in Africa and the
Islands of the sea, SO many, and correct
traits Of character, as the word Yankee,
when applied to the Yankee. And thus
applied, it means meddlesome, impudent,
insolent, pompous, boastful, unkind, un.
grateful, unjust, knavish, false, deceitful,
cowaraly, swindling, thieving, robbing,
brutal and murderous.
aWith this name, we involuntarily asso.
ciate the story of the clock pedler, who
stole the land. .lady's counterpane of Of her
own bed, and then sold it to her-shoe.soles
made of birch bark, wooden hams, patent
medicines, chalk milk and wooden nutmegs.
1t carries US back to days Of yore, and ena.
bles US to look at the different phases Of
society, from the time they burnt old wo..
men for witches to the days Of the inaugu-l
ration Of the swoman's rights conventions.
Exhibiting the style of dress worn by Pu.
ritans in beautiful contrast with the fast
age that puts their women in breeches.
"This Yankee country has given birth to
Socialism, Mormonism, Millerism, Spirit
ualism and Abolitionism, with every other
De7ilism which has cursed the natioD of
Unionism. And, as there is, one word that
will express all these and hundred more
isaas, prefer to use that word and thereby
say all that can be said on this subject
the term is Yankeeism. And we will call
them Yankees; General Beauregard and
the newspapers to the contrary, notwith-
standing, Richmond Whiy.