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Could flog the tars of France 



So handy oh ! 



They never met their match, 

 Till the Yankees did them catch ; 

 Oh the Yankee tars for fighting 



Are the dandy oh ! 



&quot; One Yankee is good for two Englishmen, and two En 

 glishmen can lick a dozen Frenchmen. The British can whip 

 all creation, and we can whip the British. That s the talk of 

 our true Britons. Don t you think they are full-blooded ?&quot; 



&quot; I must confess,&quot; he answered, &quot; that with all your suavity 

 to women you are as stubborn and inconsistent in your pre 

 judices as the worst of us. If the lady, w^hose seat my friend 

 was obliged to pay for, had but been of a dark complexion &quot; 



&quot; Oh, now, do not let us discuss that subject my friends 

 and I only go as far as the Queen s Head, which must be near 

 by now ; and if we begin on slavery we shall want the whole 

 afternoon to get a good understanding of each other s views. 

 But what did you mean by your friend s paying the lady s 

 fare ? I did not understand that before.&quot; 



&quot; What difference is it 1 He had paid for an inside seat, 

 and, when he most needed it, was obliged to give it up to 

 her.&quot; 



&quot; Ah ! I think I understand you that is the injustice that 

 you feel.&quot; 



&quot; Yes, sir, it is ; it seems strange to me that you do not 

 at once instinctively appreciate it.&quot; 



&quot; Perhaps you are not aware that there is no difference in 

 price on the outside and the inside of a stage-coach in Amer 

 ica, and the only right which one can have to a seat is that 

 of priority a right which is made by custom with regard to 

 men, but does not hold when a woman is in the case.&quot; 



&quot;Indeed! is it so T 



