Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-05-30
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A CHAPTER OF HISTORY.
Origin of secessions.Nsw England
the Mother of it.

IL is said to be wise child who knows bis own
father. She certainly In an unnatural mother
who denies her own offspring. New England,
the prolific mother of 80 many errors, heresies,
and isms, denounces with extreme bitterness
a political dogma Of the present period, which
is a part OF her numerous progeny, dogma
conceived, incubated ard cent out to this
breathing world by herself secession. She
now disoWns 1t, denies her maternity, and tries
to fasten IL upon South Carolina as her pet and
progeny. This unnatural conduct deserves ex-
posure, and II becomes our duty to make this
At three different periods has New England
maintained the doctrine of secession; at the
period OF the purchase OF Louisiana; at the pe.
riod of the annexation of Texas, and at the
period of the war Of 1912. For the first time,
New England enunciated this doctrine in 1896
sixty-fve years ago. II our readers will pa
tiently follow US we, will proceed to establish
what we have asserted-and establish, too, the
additional fact that the idea Of sectionalsm was
first injected into the Northern mind BY the
public men Of New England, ,a 7t0
The late Matthew Carey in his Oliue Branch,
states that the project OF a separation of the
States was formed in New England shortly af-
| ter the adoption of the Constitution; and tina.
| In the year 1876. a most elaborate set of pa
| pCTo Wub puullSuCu III uoWbpdpcE hb E1HTtIOfu,
Conn the joint production of an association OF
men of the first talents and influence in the
State, the object Of which was to encourage the
project Of separation, and to foment the preju
dices of the people Of New England against
their brethren of the South. An extract which
he quotes from one of the papers is precisely
in the style and temper of an incendiary Abo-
ltion address of the present day. H'
THE PURCHASE OF LOUISIANA.
10 1903 the following resolution was passed
by the Massachusetts Legislature:
Resolosd, That the annexation of Louisiana
to the Union transcends the constitutional pow.
ers of the Government Of the United States. II
forms new Confederacy, to which the States
united by the former compact ere not bound to
adhere. lt,la - .
| Into this brief but comprehensive resolution
is crammed the whole State Rights creed
| The Government 10 pronounced q compact be.
tween the States, and from it the right of Sc
cession or withdrawal for just cause, results
as a necessary logical deduction.
The Federal clergy Of Massachusetts were
then also In the field, proclaimng dieuniOn, and
some of them received the thanks of the Sen
ate for their traitorous effusions.
| In the Massachusetts, Legislature, In 1905, o
member exclaimed, "In word, consider Lou.
isiana the grave of the Union" sa %
In 1911, on the bill for the admission of Lou.
isiana as State, Josiah Quincy, jr, said, and
after being called to order, committed his re-
marks to writing: Hlt- I.
"If this bill pass, 1t is my deliberate opinion
that it Is virtual dissolutionIof the>Union; that
it will free the States from their moral obliga-
tions, and, as it will be the right of all, so II
will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare
for separation, amicably If they can, violently
ls they must" ID Joe erg .H ..u HerI
John Quincy Adams, in describing the Fede.
raj disunionists Of Massachusetts, says, among
other reasons for dissolving on the annexation
Of Louisiana, was the following: 13av
"That il was oppressive to the interests, and
destructive TO the influence Of the Northern
section Of the Confederacy, whose right and duty
| it was therefore TO secede from the body poltic
and to constitute one of their own" s' .,.a-
Secession here appears In pyopria persona and
by name. But this is not all. The New Eng.
land people medtated something more mon
atrous and shocking. Says Mr.. Adams: 'os
"That project (that Of the New England Con-
federacy) repeat, had gone the length of FIX
ing upon q military leader for its execution; and
although the circumstances Of the time never
admitted of its execution, nor even of its full
development, yet had no doubt in 1908 and
1909, and have no doubt at this time, that II was
the key to all the great movements of these
leaders of the Federal party in New England
from that time forward till its fnAl catastrophe
in the Hartford Convention" .t.5 ari
In this celebrated letter upon the Hartford
Convention of Dec. 30, 1928, while President of
the United States, Mr.. Adams said:. s. is ,r'
"This design of certain leaders Of the FEEDER.
al party Ito effect dissolution Of the Union and
the establishment of Northern Confederacy)
had been formed in the winter of 1904, imme.
dately after, and as consequence of, the acqui.
sition of Louisiana. Its justifying causes to
those who entertained 1t were, that the annexa-
ton OF Louisana to the Union transcended the
constitutional powers Of the Government of the
United States; that IL formed, IN fact, q new
confederacy, to which the States united by the
former compact were not bound to adhere
This plan was so far matured that proposal
had been made to an individual to permit him.
self to be placed at the head Of the military
movements, which IL was foreseen would be nee.
essary to carry 1t into execution"
In letter to Mr.. Jefferson. Mr.. Monroe
shows that under the threat Of Eastern Feder-
aists to dissolve the Union If more Southern or
Western Territory were admitted. he yielded to
Mr.. Adams in the matter Of the Florida treaty.
Mr.. Adams says that the design of North
ana was annexed. Mr. Monroe reminds Mr..
Jefferson OF the early opposition to securing the
navigation of the FLYER Mississippi to the
Southwest. Massachusetts was at the head Of
that conspiracy. The attempt to shut up the
mouth OF the Mississippi twas an EFFORT says
Monroe, "to give such a shape to the Union as
would secure the dominion over Il to It's eastern
section" Atthat time, he adds, Boston ruled
the four New England States. A popular ora,
tor in Faneuil Hall (Harrison Gray 0ttis)
ruled Boston. Jays object was to make New
Yorka New England State" s5l r.t.
Mr. Monroe then notices two subsequent at
tempts TO circumscribe the Unon--the Hartford
Convention and the restriction of Missouri
On this issue (the admission of Mssouri) he
says they (the Eastern Federalsts) were willing
to risk the Union. The Boston Sentinel, the
Federal organ of the day, of Nov. 18th, 1903,
will confirm Mr.. Monroe's letter. To pay
fifteen millions for louisiana in order to secure
place Of deposit for western produce, that pa
per exclaimed, was indeed insufferable, aud Il
advocated shutting up the. Mississippi to the
people, lest, If they have that, our New Eng
land lands would become desert from the con.
tapion Of emigration. B s.l y, - av.,I ,
Mr.. Monroe, In the letter to Jefferson, says
| that the Federal party Contemplated an ar
rang ement on the distinction solely between
slavehoidipg and non slaveholding States. pre-
Stunning that on that basis only such division
might be founded as would destroy, by perpet-
uai excitement,r the usual effects proceeding
| from difference In the pursuits and circumstan-
cea of the people, and marshal the States, DIFF
fering in that alone,in unceasing opposition and
hostility to- each other" orbsrl.fg i Hss,
How prophetic and how truly have the trail
tors in the Republican ranks carried out this