The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-07-04
THE "YhNkEES S."
How the yankee" Howl. Il Regarded In
Canada.

How h yankee" Howl. Is Regarded In
Canada.
Who are "Yankee,p" There ARE bad
Yankees, just rs there ARE bad English
and Scotch. and eyen rs thorc arc bad
Canadians. But, ~ n class. there are
no more active, energetic, ingenious,
intelligent, thrifty, reliable, better edu.
Gated people on this continent than
these same Yankees, whose very name
Is taken MS n form of reproaoh by those
stolid Tory incapables at Ottawa who
write, to their country's injury and dis.
grace. NJ. p. after their names. The
world Is in y fermcnt with the activity
Of these people, and almost every house.
hold Is daily feeling the benefit OF their
ingenuity and go" Every man Of
sense in Canada would wish to have
more Of them among og citizens for
almost everywhere they are leaders In
industrial enterprise aud active helpers
In every good work. They aro too cos.
mopolitan 10 look with a jealous eye on
young Canadians who cross the lines.
and II we give more Of our sons 10 them
than they give back TO us OF theirs. ours
Is the loss IN both ways.
The small tribal iealousics fifty voiced
BY these political marioneltes at Ottawa
lind no echo among tho great mass Of
Canadians. The men who are thus n.
preached whether across the lines or
In our own land--arc ''our kin;r Of
the same grand old race, with the anne
language and literature. aye. aud to u
large extent with the same history anil
traditions. We trade with them. We
intcrmarry with their daughters We
welcome them 10 our homes, and we
M welcomed with offusiye yat most
genuine hospitality 10 their. England
herself covets their best men, and would
fain keep the Lowclls that come as ,k.
itors ami make them permanently her
own. They no doubt sometimes steal
u clrrgymen and oilnn run away with
both our sons and daughters. but VIZ
do our best TO pay them back In Kind.
and Ne all discover that such mutual
inierchanges. whether Of conrtesies or
lhcfts, are advantageous all round.
And now. IN the midst Of all this,
when we are only too thankful 20 have
Yankee with bis Calling in the
Northwest. IL seems VIZ have many who.
with souls 20 small that II enclosed IA a
nutshell thny would escape AZ q mag
COTS hole. hav. nothing better or more
s.cmly TO say or do than 10 shout
Yankee agaiust a political opponent,
as Il insult could no further 20 aud
scornful contempt could find no more
fitting or effective exrle,iye,
We should be sorry IL any wsre To
Judge Canadians IN general by the con.
duct and talk Of such "lewd fellows u
tha bassr sort" We arr not 80 pro
vincial in our ideas. nor 10 small aud
local In our prciudiccs as some Of our
unfortunate representatives would give
the outside world TO believe we ARE.
Besides, We rather think that this "Ysa.
kce" cry comes chiefly out IN occasions
when the shoaters ale scsroels uspon.
siblc agents ''Th sons o. BeliaL.
clothed with infamy and w%ine,'' are moi
yet all dead. and thsy sometimes. a. Of
old. even yet not only make night hid.
rous. but turn legislative halls into some
thing more like resorts for drunken rsys-
tcfers than places whore the country's
.'bcst" are Understood TO do that coun.
try's beat and highess work Rrests
Glots.