Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-01-23
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from the
Democrats Pen

Well, sub, We-all down mean IN thls
odd line state Of Maryland have a
sorta destructive accent that shows
whe'ah we come from at-that IS,
from some place below the Mason
sind Dixon line. And VEAL are proud
of such Identification and youall who
don't talk hathaway, must come
from up Moth som'ers.
Now, what makes me so an-fi'ed
mad is that some of these damned
Yankees" say we talk like the mig
gers. Now, note this, I didn't call 'em
''niggers;" those same d. Y's did that.
Z And what a direct turn-about that IS.
+ came mighty nea'h calm it some
thing else.
But when you come to think about
the way these colo'd folkes came o.
YER to these United States of Amer
lea, and if one could have been around
to listen to the lingo they brought
from their native shores of Africa, in
the early seventeenth century, you
all would have understood just why
the African jargon was not picked up
by the white people and adopted as
the state language.
What did happen? These black
folks picked up the language of the
South, and learned the English words
along with the southern accent and
they now talk like the white people
who took them in as slaves. Some
son-of-gun wants to turn it around
and say we-all talk like the ''niggers."
He'd better not come around here and
say that to me. I'd hit him with q
stick.
g Some people want to criticize that
expression, "you-all." They say we
all use it, no matter whether we mean
one person or million. don't sec
anything wrong about that. The Eng
lish language isn't as good as it
might be when it comes to pronomi-
nal reference, and if that "you-all"
helps along, why not let FER slide. I'd
like to see somebody keep it from
sliding. You-all bettah not try it on.
Well, anybody wondering what put
it in. my noodle to start up this lit
tie exposition? You know, these are
war times. Everything seems to have
i4s use, from rusty pin to steel
beam; from a piece of paper to an
air-ship wing; from a picture book to
q circulating library. So, this Southern
accent am talking about has started
an idea that is intended to strike
home that in this fight it takes "we
alp to win.
So, the South, bless her heart, has
contributed phrase which has been
taken up as a synonym for that u
nifty VEAL must form to combat sue
cessfully the arch enemies of this land
of democratic freedom; that phrase is
''We-All," and long may it wave,
over the land of the free and the home
Of the brave.
Here's the use that president of
an international corporation makes of
it, and | don't care whether the white
people or the "niggers" use it, it's all
there, all wool and yard wide. Here
it is:
"The Japanese attack on the
United States instantly changed
our trend of thought in this coun-
try.
Before that attack some of US
thought in terms of II, others
in terms OF we Neither of
those terms expresses our feel
ings today,
II represent only one person.
" We may mean only two or
few persons.
"Our slogan now is VEAL,
which means every loyal indivi
dual in the United States.
eve are facing a long, hard
job, but when the United States
decides to fight for cause, it is
in terms of VEAL, and moth
ing can or will stop US.
President Roosevelt, our Com
mander-in-Ch can be certain
that VEAL are back of him,
determined to protect our coun-
try, our form of government, and
the freedoms which we cherish.
There you area veritable contri-
button to big idea by the best peo-
pie on earth, speaking the sweetest
tongue that humans can wag, and
when they-all, and you-all and all the
rest get moving, those opposed had
better beware, as the immortal Will
liam once said: Beware of entrance
INTO quarrel; but bring in it, so bear
myself that the opposed may beware
of thee" So, let's all get together,
and there's no better slogan to yell
upon the breeze or to paint upon our
banners than the Southern slogan,
sub. "we-all"