Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-17

a"d pitifrl pleading Of MIR. j. S. Cox, of Ohio,
Grading Western DemocraD against New
England and Tho Puritans. Take few sam
pies here and there:
1HE WEST WANTS RELIEF.
AS a western man, r, present
irg the capital of the leading State of the
Nor th west during these past six years, have
not been unob:ervant Of the signs IN, ,thstquar-
tor. | have persistsntly opposed all schemes
Of secession End divsi n. yet oppose them.
Bat | am far behind the impulse and sonti-
men. Of theWest The erection OF the States
watered by the Mississippi and its tributaries
into an independent Republic, standing on it's
Own resourc Gag, mineral and agricultural, with
soil so fat that if you sickle it With hoo
it will laugh with harvest-[cheersl- Ia
teonnca.isa with which would be enough bY
The South and the East, yet choosing for itself
its cheapest au! best outlet to the sea banded
together by river and homogenity of inter
ost-is becoming something more than 3
dream. 1t is the talk of every other West
ern man. All fall into it with facility which
IS snockiug to the olden sense Of natl ,nalitY.
The Western farmer who is
selling bis corn for tan cen's per busbol, il he
doss no. use ii for firewocd IS not easily sat
iStleJ that there does not exist somewhere q
way through which those who act for him
at VIA. hirgton may afford him relief. At
least nc will, tho relief cannot be pros pec-
tive.
J-:t SO; and therefore, Washington fees
il needful 70 promise that Western farmer
tho prospective destruction Of Vicstburg, and
TIE immediate reduction and suhjugation Of
Mississippi. Arkansas, &c, &c. And, ttore-
I fose, tho Western farmer gives time, and
hopes on, ard suopends his Southern sym
pathics" and ssnds innumerable hosts down
| the river.
MR.. cox on WESTERN GRIEVANCES.
NJ. 8eecher has bnasted that God has given
The Yankee that intelligence that knows how
t, ,urn to gold all it touches. Laughter.
It is bis insstaite cupidity, mingled with his
| Pn;itanism which is now making men
I study Inc row Census which makes
New York wonder why, with less population,
New Engiand has twelve Senator'S to her two! !
Ohio, too. pnnders the TACT that her popula-
tinn is greater, by 435, 29+, then five New
England States, yet they have ten Senators
while shc has two The West is beginning tn
ask whether this politicsl equality among the
| S:at.S, m.3e for q wise reason, ia to DO used
fer hn' oppression; whether to that source is
attributable the partial LEGISLATION which fos-
ters msnu acture and burdens the consumer !;
which hampers the free interchange and en-
terprise Of this great emporium; which shuts
off the competition Of the world, and gives to
New England fabrics the monopoly among
tsn millions OF Western farmers. Why are we
To t.ay tifty per cent. more for goods, and lose
| fifty pcr cant. On wheat, and corn, and pork !!
Fifty per csnt should say ninety per cent,
a3dn.: the cot Of gold; in which the tariffs
are paid, to the custom duties, which the con-
sumov at last pays.
1t is sad to think that such imposition
should be practised between friends and
allies but those little affairs are no longer
any business Of ours. They uuss sssttle them
| as best they can. Here is more of il; and at
the recitAl one ia tempted d reslly to feel for the
| Western nen:
Is it right to tax Illinois whisky until the
m.nufatare is stopped, to crafty the INC bers
ni iiainc, anil lot the tariff remain on wood
scfcw., u earich Rhode Island company:
| Uae il made in tho West and the other in
Nav England; but is that the reason why the
ono should bs hurdsnsd by an internal tax to
destroy, while tho other bears an external
ak 70 foster : Do you wonder that, at public
mca;ings West, it is resolved that the Missis.
sinpi Valley shall no longer be tributary to
Va. kaa cupldity and folly, and that men
msiIy cry cut, New England fanatic;sm
and spcculatio have made disuuion! New Eng
lani stands III the way Of reunion! Perish
New England that ,hs Union may live!"-
That the Union may live At. cosxing
COY! too lste, too late! Kill New England
| you may, but tho Union is dead and gone to
,s place. Not cvan " Illinois whiBkey'' can
revive the corpse
Ma. cox LOVES NOT pURIrANIsM.
But these &C. ,ncnhic abuses can be righted
By another Congress. TIE evils arc teInpora-
ry. They wnuld hs borne, but unhappily =
thcr snc,ncd t, be accompanied by en- ele-
! mont harder to msster--the Paritanism OF
New England. Ilissoa. This ia bred in tho
bone. IL IS tho same now tn t it was hum
hredg Of years fg,. Like begets like. Gene
ration succeeds generation with the same
etamp Of Puritan character; taking success
for justice, egntisIn for greatness, cunning for
wis,into, cup'dity for enterprise, ssdlion for
liberty, and can't for piety. [Applause.
The West do not complain merely that thei'
interests are sacrificed by Now England
c.pi.1l,a.a tor their eggrandizemcnt; hut they
decst me ite. Of Puritan politics, that sins
should be re:orInod by the State, and that the
S'tsta should unita its functions practically
with tha Church, for the propagation OF moral
AMI religious dogmas.
/. would be hard to decide from this ex-
tract, whethcr Mr. Cox detests Puritanism
because Puritan r, inciples are morally sb-
horrert to the West, or because Purita
principles are found by the West not to pay
There is certain mixing up in it of principle
and inter cat, Of Puritan sentiments and pay
irg speculations, which leaves us in doubt
But however that may be, it is their own stfair
again. We havo positively nothing to do with
it. IfMr. Cox and the Wost hate those Puritans
so much, why take up house with them !?
| why lie in the same bud, and sail in the same
| boat
| ENGLAND THE SOURCE OF ABOLITION.
Speculative discussion abou. higher Law
than ,t. organic political law, poisoned poll
tics and hegat aspsritios of sections The
first ha-angue of George Thompson, in this
country, under the auspices of the Fessen-
dens, Of Maine, and Garrisons Of Massachu-
so.ta was predicatcd on the idex that slavery
was a sin sgainst God, and that no Christian
peopla should tolerate it hold in my hand
the letters and addresses by George Thomp-
son during his mission hero. In his first ad
6ross, at Lowell. October S, 1884, he laid down
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