New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-02

ufi Under of mo 0dV, VIII n'Lhf " wv D'''
AND 70 sav-if Won banish i,om such people ali
amusement Won but p.ake tbcm mad for other aeil''
non. other excitemen,s when, having nothlns hire
70 do ut home their overfowipg, eNuoer@nt nat'.res
pour forth over wpon sthers while in all society the
imaeirs!ien sees ips, evils, wrongs, which thsir
idle " consciences,' not better empioyeu' III
srire them to overthrow; but more espe-
cially does their philanthropy overflow upon
evils not 80 much at home, Tor tbey are
bliud 10 what they tee there hourly, as
upon Europe, Asia. Africs, where they mt read Oh
ills, evils, anG crimes, and aggrava.e aggrahadne
hon, they loom mp III The maze oi dis,ahoo' ny
up." When no railroads existed, no telesraphs' 40
trrnpkes, even no newspapers--when the south
then was further of than Africa itself ID now, .he
Puritan element Of NewEngland devoted us pasnioh
for agitation excluding from the use oil 'he oao'
box all such as did not belong to the congregation,
10 The parish church. The sinners al nome were
then the exclusive objects Of attention from 'he
san,s Freemen in Massachusetts, had TO be nieh,-
bers of the church, and OF course All hot chui'h
Members in the governed, never the S1Neti!ps
glasses. Judge Story computes that hNe-siA.hs " u
people OF Massachusetts thus DISTINGUISHED Inc
rereral Court OF Mas,ac usetts ordered mat 10
person shall take tobacco publicly, ana that
every one shatl pay penny Tor every tlne Oh uh'E
tobacco in any place. Ornaments OF goa, sh'ef,
ak and thread also slashed and emDrodeted gar
ments silver girdes, belts, &c.. were FORBIDDEN ny
law: wearing of lace was prohibited; sleeves were
10 reach to the wrists, and not 10 be more Than an
I'll wide. Long hair worn by men, Ike women
hair false hair, cuils of hair, Nc, were contrary 10
law. Persons fined for NOT gong 10 inc Oh"
S,undn., Congregational Church. Such legislation,
such in.srtereicc with conscience, and private right,
aud liberties as these made Massachusetts, 700 hot
for all bat Puritans, and hence the hgnt oi Aosf'
Williams 70 Rhode lsland-that sinh, as Cotton
Mather called il, OF Antnomilns, NneDao'istsi hh'T
Sibhaari,ns ArmeEans, ard ooclhiane' Roger
Williams then started and laid deep the fonnda-
tons of civil and religious Liberty and Law,
which Rhode Island, with but few exceptions,
has yindicatcd throughout her lifelong history.
The spirit of Liberty the rights OF man, me rights
OF conscience State Local, Municipal, Seii-Govern-
ment, as Roger Williams land them down IN Ia.
charts OF government have since hls day Infused
Themselves more or iess, throughout New-Lngland
Even the Puritan, tie old standing congregational
order of orr bo, hood, IN these latter days, mas
broken mp into Untarianism, and tniver'ailsm, ana
R.ntists Free VIII BIptsts Quakers, shakers, A.,
while the Episcopaans who were scarcely tolerated
NJ first and whose "taiechlsn and " frayer
Book were our horrors, are now powerlhi orbihi-
cations; but, nevertheless, the kindred element
of old England, and Of New-England foriah-
ism, is ever interfering with, and agitating
about everything aud anything that little concerns
us We have seen il within the few years past
attempt 10 revive, MOI only IN states. but IN the
Federal Government, the sumpuary laws, not e1-
actly such "a forbade kissing our wives ana emil
drerl OF dressing our h:r, short long, or Dlgh
necks. Ac.--bui laws which forbade the drinking
of q GLASS of wine or cider. or beer, save under
their prescriptions. But four or 1--we tenis
AGO. no man ooud be Christian, or worthy
member OF society, who drank wine, or CIDER, or
becr-or. ii he did, ne was 10 be prescribed
therefor from all elective places Of honor or
trust Then, only then, If man was sound on the
Maine law he might own iour hundred ana odd
slaves as Gen Tsy Tor did, and be elected by them
even 20 be Pres dcni oi the iniied states, whlie
now If he only says slavery in another State Is
ht,ft IL the business OF
people OF his State, he is uni. 10 govern, while
now he would be it II only sound OIL the negro, ~
drinking daily whole bottles OF runi,or selling whole
barrels " stryehmre even-to every body. Hence,
aid nj The start, must neyor expect
20 ,top theeleinsnt Of Putitatsn agitation, only
10 change IL, tOconduci II of, on DR.. Frank
Inns Lightning rod intoithe gro1nd-NegTo az
tation u certain 10 drop, when II ceases To
politically pay-usi ~ we nave seen the blame Law
dropted when Il elected nobody TO Office; Just as
The Blue Laws OF Connecticut, or the law Of Massa-
cLusetts that es,oppod all bu, churrh members from
voting, or that punished men for kissing their
sUss.heafts, If they met ibem 10 the street, OF
around the corner. The New England Puritan
mind must have something TO work upon. Alassa-
cbusets unsi forever and forever be The cradle OF
i.ay aud olo,ies, aud itcs, "a. she ever has been.
The Puritan element there must forever rock some
cradle. Tie Negro to-day Is IN thst cradle, but
tomorrow It I1sy be, some other PEI. some
other darliug. All We can hope to %
Snci ohangelngs, Eanaiicsm thu. changing, such
mrn with 20 little stability oi purpose OF principle,
we NAV we can. We niust divert from these negro
nurssres-in'O some other. simpler, Detier-pay!hg.
and les socially damaging calamity. Tie only way
10 do il. is AZ tie ballot box The moment the ele-
tion tail them, that moment the politicians will
desert them. Bat never, never expect TO be with.
out adtst'op agitation, dstN0h. III every aogl0
TODAY. were transferred from earth 10 Heaven the
mere Puritan would on tho instan. become unhappy.
Il, the pursuit Of other toric or agitation The
color OF your aat might become A. cXcitsbls 10 him
a. the cri of the hair TO his fathers IL j. 40
sssy 10 form parties upon the leugtb o the petcost
aud the width Of The hoop as upon the Maine Law
Bloomcgs n1ced came near, very nrHr, al one TIME,
of LAYING the founda On Of some great parry Oar
duty fellow citizens Is simple, constitutional nnty:
10 uphod the Constitution aAd lie laws against all
who rebel agsns; ihsm IN arms, moral 'oc!ai, or
p,lifiCa: % mind or own bsincs,, and 20 III other
peopes business alone 30 attend 20 Our own States,
towns couniies ciIic, famhes aud 10 LET o her peO-
ne attend 10 theirs The Ssce,sonls under taai Con
.,itucn II to ne fought with the ,a'tOuchbOX' the
AbolIi ousi with the ballOi-bOX Every r0wei not ~
the Federal Constitution granted or implied noi q,
voa or expould il, or a. the Puritan ssp-cslled con
silence" choose. 10 eSpouud 't-bnt "a the legally
organized tribunals % the colu,ry eXpouod ihi'
power. II S.ate Power, Comfy Power City Power.
Hone power, tlc Power 81 lDe Fanny, reserved 10
ia tor the exercise Oh which, when M .0l Dmden or
regulated by tle State, or tie MUNICIPAL aithoINy
/ we are accountable 10 God, and 60 God alone.
TIL Goyernneut 10 no. Consoiida,ion--s not
Federal DespoIs:n--in which King, OF q mere ma
iority. can rule over through he lara vi he Con-
s,iiulion or ia which ohe ,uan t.p bend another
mans -,c.al organization ~ SIS 0Hn idea 81 morals,
o, r.nces-but 4 Republic 11d created ~ he the
greatest Republic OF earin By TOE free, but limited
rorkirg. ri the FetcIal Constitution alone. Hence,
! lei or SatchwOiis H. suoh words Is these. What
Franklin s4a " G,Ed your own business, and lei
o,her peoples hr,,ucss mind Itself WHAT Jack
syn ..i " lie tEion must ana shall be IRE