Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-08
From the Richmond South.
NLW ENGLAND AND THE UNION.

No man familiar with the political history of
the county will deny .hat New England has been
tbe.source Of ali the evils that have vexed the
the pence and disturbed the security of the Uuion
he colonies had scarcely uchiey ed their ndepend
ence, when an outbreak IN New En- gland threaten
ed the sacrifice Of those liberties for which our fore
fathers endured so much of suffering aud priva.
tion Atterward, the Federa.sts of New England
availed themselves of the embarrassments Jt the
country. during the war of 1872 to concert meas
ures tor The overthrow of the Cont ederacy, and a
vo'untary resumption of the yoke of British do.
nIr:on. Since that time, every dispute from which
me Repubilc suffered IN Its interests 3r its honur
nas been engendercd of the corruot intellect and
mIi bad morality Of New England In the day OF
t' greatest vIS0r, there was II priucipie Of evil III
Pdrtaaism from whicA, when IL ripened into rot
'e"hess, was propasated all the isms thar have
since swarmed over the land. There is not a false
religion. Il false philosophy, false Iternture or u
false system o! poIitcs in the country, of which
the origin may no, be traced to New England
Federalism. AbUlitiODism Know-N Nothin sism,
Unitarianism, Observation-Disclosures and thnus.
ana kihdred impostnres, buVe all the prolific
womb, in which brood of unborn de wills are nuw
struggling for development and delivery
For 50 iauch of positive calamity, New England
mas ihdeu'nihed the country Wy nothing of real nd.
vantage to our interests or our honor. Her appa.
reht prosperity il the only exponent of so much
Flnnder, which she has realized by the agency OF
special bountics and protective tariffs Talk OF
she energy Ui New England character Itamounts
10 Uthug more than the enterprise of an indyid-
ual who combines tho virtues of q miser with the
genius of tootpgd. Blockade the Treasury at
Washington that Yankee ingenuity even Shall
DC baif4d IN the tempt to punder tho vaults Of
sCvernmeut--awGy with Protective Tariffs fishing
bountes and Navigation laws-aHd New England
with its vaunted energy, will exhibit the deere p
! ude Ot starvation. II will shrivel up and pine
away, like any other parasitic when abandoned to
Z in ma. N, -
symuUl Of lie productive power--"tho thing which
oy lazy contemplation of four inches round, by
an overweening pride feeding and engendering On
'tselt, turns all into excrenent and venom. pro-
ducng nothing but fybaue and cobweb". Consult
the census, and the figures of arithmetic will con.
vey still stronger idea Of the in nherent depend
ence Of the New England poyulace.
So much for New England in respect Of mate.
rial value. We know it claims to be the Attica OF
the Union but where are the achievements Of its
genius? What work has it produced, in these
latter days, which will be read by future genera
tiuns? The histories of Prescott are clever com
piatuns, and will survive until they are supersed
ed by some shorter and easier agency of nforma
ton in tho same department Tho poetry of
LOngellow is the feeble and almost inaudable
articulation of a sycophantic spirit of imitation
without originality, without vigOr, without any
excellence beyond the attainment of laborious
mediocrity. The Philosophy of Emerson is an
awkward afecation Of German transcendentasm
and the theology OF Parker the phrensied utter,
ance of an internally inspired intellect These
the representative men Of New England Liter.
ature. Hawthorne spurned their association, and
employed The best energies of his incom parable
genius in dscredling the source of New England
Civilization. Webster belongs no. to their class,
but by lifelong connection with other communities
was enlarged and liberalized to The proportions ol
of genuine man. His politics only were the
property OF New gland for he took them as
lawyer receives his brief, in consideration of an
adequate fee. His mind was developed under the
influences Of the heroic age and his nature was
expanded by cuatact with the spirit OF the South.
In no sense, except as statesman, was he pro-
duct OF New England bigotry and hypocrisy.
Ii it be that the Union suffers SO much and gains
50 little from association with New England, why
not adopt the maxim of Scripture, and lop OF the
offending member? 1t is the best policy 10 cut out
the cancer before the system is infected by the pOis
On.
We cannot doubt but the separation would be
equally agreeable to both parties. New England
is British in tus ct in cuteas much SO. in fact.
the djacent province of Canada. Boston is n
suburb OF London. Charles Sumner is acquey to
the Earl of ShalesSury. The North IRertcdn
Repiep is a reprint OF Westminster and tho Edth
burg New ngland women get their fashions
from Regent street, New England authors sell
their copyrights to British publishers. and appear
in their own country under the patronage ol an
alien aristucraoy. New England Abolitionism is
an importation Of Exeter Hall philanthropy ana
Clapham cant. In short New England Is a BRIT
sh Cghny, in all except tho arbitrary d!sunct'ohs
of political class lfcation.
Now, the identity Of interest, sympathy OF ieel
ing and humog ogeniety of character. are indlspens'
able conditions of political confederation. In each
and ali these particulars, New England stands
apart from the rest Of the Republic. It is an alien
;. g. d.