Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-01-06
NEW ENGLAND GENEROSITY.
by REV. DR.. STOWE.

n The Pilgrims and their descendants have always
been remarkable for their public spirit aud their
generosity in sustaining the institutions and up
pances of civilization, | know il 10 customary
to siigmaze them as avaricious, selfish and mean.
But how does This appear IL 1t seen in the inean-
ness Of their dwellings, in the pnrsimoniousness
Of their style of living the nIggnrdness of their
public improvements, the want Of regard for that :
which constitutes the ultinatgnI, the refinement
of society? Show me the part OF the UnIte1-
States which excels New England in any these
respects.
Is this meanness and selfshness seen in any at.
tempt to control the General Government as to
promote their own interest at the expense OF the
interest Of the nation ut large? If read Alright
the history of American legislation, the enactmens
OF Congress have never promoted New England
interests; but the wenIih Of New England has :
been repeatedly and lavshly sacrificed tor the Pc
cunlary advantage OF other. parts OF the Ubon.-
Emhargoes have been pui on, and enibargoes Ia
ken off; Tariffs have been imposed md Isr1ffs
have been removed change nfter Change lIas
been made, by every one Of which New England
has suffered aud so soon she has turned her
wealth and industry iIup the new channel towhich
the law has forced her, and she begins 'galn 10
prosper, The General Government enorcce Ano'h-
err change and she ngau mus, suffer. This Hue
tuang legisllrou has cost New England millions
on millions; iednced'her m st opulept families
To poverty. mud filled her streets with distress aud
YET, lnStehu Of fCpeIlng ugnnst Tue OOVefnilbHt,
at every new change, she goes resolutely io.wOrk,
with all her might, buff,:ling the waves which are
thrown III against her, aud adapting herself. as
speedily as possible to her circumstances Does
she conduct herself like selfish mean member
OF this great Conlederacy? | should think the
sefshBess and meanness belonged elsewhfre
Does she show herself avarcious SELFISH aud
mean in regard 10 public charities aud the support
of religious nnd literary institutions? Not only
are her own charitable, literary, and religious in.
stiuous known 10 be more nobiy endowed and
better naiuain & as whole than those OF amy
part o { the Union but she is continually sending
into Other States vast sums OF nuney for thu sup
port of similar Institutions there. Scarcely is an
education or religious enterprise started at the
South or West, but New England is solicited for
men and money to sustain il but when has New
England ever sent South West, for money. or
men TO sustain her charitable efforts
/ To the Theological Seminary of Prince Ed
wards in Virginia. Boston alone contributed al one
time $4,000, and this institution probably recev-
ed in nil not less than $4,000 from the Yankees.
For the Theological SEMINARY in Columbia, South
Carolina, something like sly 600 was subscribed
Ibv the same class OF people. Towards erecting
, the First Presbyterian church in New Orleans,
they guve $4,000 towards the second, $4,000 ;
and olher donations, amounting IN all 10 nearly
SS0O0O for the support of religion in that one cl-
~, and that, TOO Tor II form OF religion to which
q they are not themselves attached, aud which has
n ihuhne>eu very nlle vi ehheT e9'HFu''V "a e'a''
Il Jude them. When has this librrality ever been
!, exhibited in the Other directions? When bishops
= suici ell from the Congregnllonnists OF New Eng
= land donations Tor the establishment of Eplscopal
N institutions nj the West their requests were lber
d ally responded to-a charity which, perhaps, nj
some future time, may be rcciprocated, though ih'
ID Past las given but few examples OF such reclpro
"a cation.
,r During The thirty years succeeding 1900 there
IN we're given in The city of Boston alone for gener
al religious and charitable objects, and in the wa
n. fhat-admied of an accurate estimate, more thai
=. S2000,O00. During the same period, the Theo
ia logical school at Andover was endowed by ind
h.. yiduas in other parts OF Massachusetts, ut an ex
an pense probably of 100000. and the tire" cole