The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-01-01
The Growing Popular Sentiment:
of tlsc West.

and western States. there is growing
sentiment in favor Of Union without
New England. In the West this feeling
is creeping out through the leading Jour
mails, to an extent that may well alarm the
men of New England. and the farther the
administration goes in its present course,
which is known to have been dictated by
New England, and the more ontrages that
may be committed by holding bogus cleo
tions in the South, and dividing States for
the purpose of packing the next Congress
with men favorable to the perpetuation OF
New England rule, the lore manifest and
general will become this sentiment. The
people are now beginning TO think seriously
as to the origin of our troubles. the pur-
poses Of the New England So called states
men. and the inevitable tendency of their
policy. and opinion Is fast becoming preva-
lent that we can nevcr have harmony in
our national councils. nor harmony be
tween the individual States, nor between
the States and the Federal government
while associated with the pestilerous rop-
ulation of the Puritan States.
If the Representatives OF the States per
sist in their present course, New England,
we honestly believe, viii be cleft out in
the cold" The people of the middle and
western States will rise up in wrath end
vote to cut off the diseased limb, rather
than lose the W hole body.
And why not? What ground is III, re
for hope that TIE New Englanders viii de-
sist from their present purpose. or that
tley viii ever permit the rest of the peo-
pie of thls country TO i've IN peace? We
say there is no ground for such hope The
Puritan elel..en; has poisoned every stream
social, reiig ons or political, with which
it has ever mixed. 1t is essentially a reyo-
lut.onary element. When it Goes rot it
se!: revolt. it provo kes revolution. When
IL cannot control the actions ana opinions
OF society. it seeks to overthrow that So
cieiy-when it has the power o enforce
lis dog as and sabse.vence to It's desires.
it compels obedience to is bigotry. regard
less OF all laws and al righteousness 1t
has nexer existed in peace in community
with diiiereat sentiment. and never will.
Even when il fled from the alleged prose-
culion in Europe. to its kindred cold and
sterile land Of New England, it could not
exist in peace, but like an cnraged rattle
snake, turned and Bit itself; bat unhappily.
like that reptile, did not die of its own
bite. The pious, psalm singing Puritans,
who came over in the ''Maytlower," to es-
cape persecution soon set about persecutin-
one another, as well as swindling the
aborigines.
The majority ruled the minority. in mat
iers of opinion, with rod of iron; they
banished, or tortered or murdered all who
would no. adopt their pccuIier dogmas; and
those who fled from tyranny became the
meanes: tvrants known to history. The
early records OF New England would dis
grace a community of Hindoos or IIotten-
to,ts, and, in later years, even down to
recent date, her legislative records attest
her treason to the constitution, and her
intolerance Of constitutional liberty
Tracing the course of New England
from the landing Of the Pilgrims to the
breaking out of this war, there is little to
encourage, willie there is much to discour-
age the other States in the matter of fur
tier association with her. With her pha-
risaism, intolerance, and notorious diShon-
esty and t,ickery, she had disgraced the
American name abroad, and with her hy-
pocrisy and eff ,ris to force her sentiments
upon the rest of the country. she has in
volved us in a most dreadful civil war at
home. She has probably, succeeded in
destroying the best government ever de-
vised by man" but fearing that she has
not succeeded, she is now doing all in her
power to place such destruction beyo
doubt. Prof ssing philanthropy. she is
outraging every sentiment of humanity
and deceucy; protesting patriotism. she is
the laws and the liberties of the
peopc under foot; protesting the religion
If the Prince of Peace, she is revcling in
blood and slaughter, and counseing the
exterminatior of mlIions. And while she
8 doing all tins, she is aiming TO secure
her own political supremacy in the future
over all that remains of the country and
the people.