It's the English.

Shure, they're the consatedest people in the whole worrld.

An' now, thin, who's the wisest people in the worrld ?" "The Americans," said Franklin promptly again.
"Wrong agin.

It's thim same d----d domineerin' idjits, the yally-headed subjecks o' the Widdy.

An' pfwhy are they wise ?" "You'll have to tell," said Franklin.
"Then I'll till ye.