, 1861-02-04
NRW ENGLAND

There has been good deal Of wTetehel
twaddle indulged in Of late about exclud-
ing New England from the United States
about smashing the present Union and |
reconstucting it by leaving Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut out in the
cold-and, most wonderful of al, about
separating the Northwest from New Eng
Land, as project quite distinct from the
separation Of the free and slave States. To
all Of which we reply, unmitigated non
scnse. We will not pause to discuss the
wickcdness Of the suggestion, n,-the miseza-
hle aud essential meanness of the idea-'
nor to show how easily New England:
with her enormous wealth, her vast manu-
featuring power, her. extensive maritime
interests and her unsu1lied credit could
maintain fourishing independence, and
suffer less by . disruption Of the Union
than any other particular section Of the
confederacy. These things are within the
domain Of facts and figures They are mp.
parent to every one gifted with ordinary
common sense. But there are facts higher
and more potent, which fetter ths North
west to New England with hooks Of steel,
and which lead the one to say to the other
in the fullness Of affection, "thy people
~shall be my people and thy God my
<sGod."
Foremost among the ties which bind
New England and the Northwest, is the tic
ofkindred. Senator Hale struck well
directed blow when he exclaimed: "Be-
"fore you cxpel us from the Union give us
q back our jewels. Give us back the Sem
"ator from Illinois and his great principle
"ofPopular Sovereignty, for they are cur" !"
But Whatever may be the affection Of Mr..
Stephen a. Douglas for the home Of lis
childhood and the tombs Of his ancestors,
{we trust it is earnest and manly, the
average love Of the Northwest for the
land Of Plymouth Rock, Benning-
ton, Bunker's Hill and Boston Harbor, is
high and fervent. Weclaim share in the
deeds Of heroism which marked those spots
for they were our ancestors who fought
and conquered Mnlitudes Of our citizens
can point to the names Of their fathers and
grandfathers on the revolutionary roll, and
trace their movements from this to thai
field Of battle IN the war Of independence
How can it be otherwise when Massachu
sets alone sent more troops to the cont
mental army, than all the Southern States
together, aud when three-fourths Of The
immigration to the Northwest has come di
rectly or indirectly from the six rugged
commonwealth, constituting New Eng.
land2 With the kindred Of. blood has
come the kindred of ideas. Churches and
schools, industry and self-reliance, love o.
God and hatred of depotism, have descend
cd TO the people Of these States from tht
; patriotic ancestry Of Lexington, Concord
and ;6aratoga, whose lineage goes bacl
through C1omwell's pikemen, and shows
no towards in its entire history. But it il
not in the wariike achievements Of New
England principally, that she claims tn
allegiance Of her children in the West
Her victories OF peace sutnumber he
trophies On the battlefield, and appeal re
slstlessly to the admiration Of civilized be
ings. 4 sterile soil and mountainous ter
ritory converted into vast andpicturesqu
abode Of wealth and comfort, sending fort
streams Of prosperity to every quarter Q
the Union, creating literature, railways an
cotton gins with equal facility. for the ae
commodation Of distant States, turnishin
capital. for the West and brains for tn
South, adhGng through evil and throug
good report to the principle Of impazti.
liberty, yet loyal to the Union under all re,
ations- these, things are mighty in thei
influence on the minds Of men not.inebrif
tedvith slavery. They would be suficien
apsrt from the ties of kinsh;D, ta ;n,ne1 m
cannot tramn1e nnon Nov Ene,s,d 7r;.,,ar
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pnt % IN mt cont;nno n , s+..;a
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