The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-02-07
ThsYankees.
A Fen Good Words from one oftheir
DerOted EnemieS During the War.

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from London Telegraph, December 10.
! A highly imaginative Transatlantic
geOgrapber has lately informed the
world that America is, or shortly will
be country bounded on the north
by the Arctic Circle, on the south by
eternity, and on the east by the rising
sun, and on the west by the day of
judgment y There are set OF bitter
and bilious gentlemen, chiefly Of the
tory persuasion, 10 whom this kind Of
patriotic imagery is gall and worm
wood. They are miserable because
America is big, and because she uses
these laughably big expressions The
real reason why they hate her is be.
cause her government is free and the
success of it so wonderful but since
it does not do to confess these facts
they are always girding at her fanlts
of manner, and style-a practice which
is about as useful as TO rail at the Allie
ghany Mountains for being huge and
craggy. For our part, We experience
no more surprise or vexation at the
hypefboles Of our descendants beyond
the Atlantic, than we should at seeing
a likely lad split his trowsers in grow.
ing, or fine healthy baby reach his
plump hands out for the moon. The
thing is natural and even satisfactory
with tho young giant that we have
bred, and England, the mother of en-.
pires, ought 10 be heartily pleased and
amused at the glorious gasc6nades of
her mighty child. Is she to be an elderly
coquette, and vcx herself because her
sous outstride her, and her daughters
shoot up with beauty and vigor that
remind her how she agesH She ought,
if she were honest and hearty, to be
glad and proud Of yOungsters--the
like of whom history never knew-to
knit them to herself in bonds of firm
love, and aim at making out Of them
an Anglo. Saxon family OF empires
which should girdle the world with
the language OF Shakespeare, and the
happy influence Of the little matron
island? We like to read those ridicu-
lous sublimities wherein our imperial
cockerels crow themselves we'll nigh
off their legs with lustiness round the
old Britannia hen. What bird the
American chicken will be when all
the feathers come, If it can scratch and
crow, and flourish its spurs like this
in an epoch when it is but going
through the barbarian of a new civil
ization, aud has the best part of its
hackles to shoot. And il blgness justi
fes big words we should like to know
who is to blame these inventive and
fiowery patriots Has any other ma
tion 40 600 600 square acres of fat corn
ground for a back yard, which will
grow six quarters to the acre, as long
as you like to plow the old crop in ?
Has any other nation mountain of
solid iron to make plows Of, like Pilot
Knob, in Missouri, or seas Of oil under
the ground, and shores of solid copper
along the lakes? Does any other ma
tion double it's population every 20
years, and suck in the emigration Of
Europe without counting it: or carry
cargoes 1000 miles along one river
or venture on the impudence Of a Mon.
roe doctrine or fight a war with 1000,
900 soldiers and have them all home
again like boys after school, within
year? Or what other people collects
a revenue Of ellSOO0, 600 sterling, and
with 100000, 900 in gold at time in
it's excheqner, laughs at debt Of $500,
600 600, and engages to wipe it out in
tenyears? Mr.. Artemus Ward says,
he never knew o Yankee who didn't
talk about the Rocky Mountains ex
cept one, and he was deaf and dumb
but even he wrote book about them
Who is stupid enough to laugh at that?
1t is in the nature of the people; the
young giants must have gigantic top
les, words, policies, schemes, and say
ings and if we laugh, let it be with
hearty good nature, and as old folks do
at the brag and buncombe of the young
ones, whose strength and health are so
beautiful and full of the promise of no.
BILE days and works.