Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-05-05

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the North and South.
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The adroitness and pious er,c. -.
which the everlasting "Yant" .... ..sa
and inevitably diddles "Jobno.s
every transaction between them i an y
equaled BY the imperturbable do.S 81!
with which johnny" submit. tc.
swindle. Closing up . var !. e
cunning and doplicity were an ovsrtassa
for skill and daring" Yank , piooss,
cures all his own debts, and q n;or',-
repudiates all of Johnny,s.y f..
credness Of the national obIir.t;o, y
pending entirely on the pedigree q =.
creditor. "Yaok insists that Cuff. :
quite as good, if not better, than : vs;..
man in "Johnny's" country, but tai..
ine care to let Cuff know his pl.cs !.
his-"Yank's" country. He shsda ~
ter tears yer taxation without renre.ss
~tation, as applied to southern pesros.,
but puts the taxation screws remo.s'
lessiy to johnny while denyipr n.
any voice whatever in the national cam
ellis. "Yank's I" present dodge i re..o..
ed commercial intercourse between Il.
sections. A year or two ago, be voulS
not let Johnny " have an ounce Of ami.
nine for twice ito weight in gold. il 4.
ague was shaking his ~toe.nails ii: -
" Johnny is beset from the rising ofth.
sun till the setting of the same by Yaa.
kee peddlars. And Johnny listens "a
the Establishments of scamps. who I ~
months ago, while be was 10 the tr,pohes
fighting for his supposed rightfal bose.
independence, were raiding through ia
country, applying the torch to what shev
could not appropriate perhaps the iden.
teal scamp that robbed and fred bic ON
house and drove his helpless wite "a
children to the rocks and caves for "a.
ter. Johnny" listens in stnpid So
respectful admiration, and asks no Inner.
tinent questions, but carries what little
the spoiler has left him and ofers-it on
the altar of restored commercial inta,.
course. s'g'
What sacrifice is " Yank prepared 10
make to this end? What does be bsy
of the South, that be can possibly obtain
anywhere else 7 Go ask your Louisville
and St Louis and Baltimore manufacturers
and jobbers. where their patronageoomes
from. and they will tell you from the
South. The writer hereof, speaking for
the city of Louisville, is prepared 70 q
sert that hot one dollars worth Of goods
and ware are sold to purchasers across
the Ohio river from Louisville, TO ten
thousand dollars worth sold to parties
South. Notwithstanding Louisville has
contributed largely to the bulldog Of
railroads through Indiana, the sales books
of her merchants aud manufactures in
the large majority of instances, are On.
incumbered by . single. IDdiaDs buyers
name. Yak" will goa thousand miles
out Of his way, rather than patroniss
rebel enterprise, and "Jobnnyy will 70
far to pstronize men who jeered and
at him when be passed mans.led
and starved and naked through their
streets . prisoner, few months 40. 10
preference to dealing with his fellow suf-
when they offer him superior in
~
Fortunately for the whole isoatk this
variety Of the rae Of = JohaDys' i RIP.
idly disappearing. The nice little,gs game
Of "heads l win, aud tails you lose" has
well nigh exterminated them ; aiewsnors
of the copper will exhaust tbsir pile,
and We sincerely trust they msy have 10
successors. Every day adds % ~ listof
Southern merchants who hsve beeope
with Yankee overseeing, bid
faith, intolerance, selfrigbteonsnesa and
.apacity. And every dollars worth Of
withdrawn from Northern and
added to Southern enterprise, by. inst
that much reacts in increased advantages
to every interest of the South. The prof
its of the Southern trade have heretofore
been expended in developing the natural
resources ofthe North, while the mineral.
oleagenous and agricultural wealttses
the South have been comparatively neg.
Let it hereafter Be employed 10
the varied interests d tho
Let Southern capital, Southern
snergy, and Southern enterprise b en-.
in the South for the a~dvsncsueDe
Of Southern interest, and int few years
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