The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-02-06


and, in the persons Of bis defendants
and those of his associates, or from 9th
er causes aud another stock, there has;
always been a large infusion throughout
New England of what may be called the
Roger Williams element, as distinguish
ed from the extreme Puritan or May
flower and Plymouth Rock type of the
New Englander; and its influence, till
late years has always been powerful
Sir, would not deny or disparage
the austero virtues ofth old Puritan of
England or America. But do believe
that in the very nature of things, no
community could exist long in peace,
and no Government endure long alone,
or become great, where that element in
its earliest or its more recent form holds
supreme control And it is my solemn
conviction that there can be no possible
or durable reunion of these States until
it shall have been again subordinated to
other and more liberal and conservative
elements, and above all, until its worst
and most mischeiveous development,
Abolitionism, has been utterly extin-
guished Sir, the peace of this conti-
nent demands it. But unfortunately,
those very elements exist abudantly in
New England herself; and to her look
with confidence to secure to them the
mastery within her limits. In fact, sir,
the true voice of New England has for
some years past been but heard here or
elsewhere in public affairs. Men now
control her politics and are in high pla-
ces, State and Federal, who, twenty
years ago, could not have been chosen
as seectmen in old Massachusetts, But
let her remember at last her ancient re-
nown; let her turn from vain glorious
admiration OF the stone monuments of
her heroes and patriots of former age,
to generous emulation of the noble and
manly virtues which thew we're designed
to commemorate. Let US hear less from
her OF the Pilgrim Fathers and the May
flower and of Plymouth Rock, and more
of Roger Williams and his compatriots
and his liberation. Let her Danish now
and forever her dreamers and her soph-
lists and her fanatics, and call back again
into her State administration and into
the national Councils of her men oi
might, her grand in soul"-some of them
still live-and she will yet escape the
+ dangers which now threaten her with
dissolution.
I Then, sir, while l am inexorably hos,
I tile to Puritan domination in religion OIL
literature or politics, am not in favol
h of the proposed exclusion Of New Eng
q land. I would have the Union as it wal
, and first, New England as she was. Bu
if New England will have no union will
l shareholders; if she is not content will
"the Union as it was," then upon he
+ own head be the responsibility for seces
ston. And there will be no more coer
y cion now. |, at least will be exactl,
n consistent
And now, sir, can the central States
New York, New Jersey, and PennSyl
!" vania, consent to separation? Can New
g York city? Sir. the trade of the Sout
> made her largely what she is. She wa
the factor and banker of the South
, 70 cotton filled her harbor with shppny
!, and ber banks with gold. But in an evi
~ ~ hour the foolish, | wllnot say bad, "me
:, of Gotham" persuaded her merchan
- princes-against their first lesson i
. husiucss-~t she could retain or fore
= back the Southern trade by war Wa
= Indeed, has given her, just now, nev
business and trade greater and NOR
>, profitable than the old. But with dis
=" uniOn that, too, much perish, And lt
;" not Wall street, or any other great il
y terest, mercantile, manufacturing, G
l. l. commercial, imagine that it shall hav
~ power enough or wealth enough stan
i in the way of reunion through peace. =
u y A little while ago the banks said tht
~ - they we're King, but President Jackso
:" speedily taught them their mistake :
o o Sir, these are only of the royal family.
:" W princes of the blood. There is but or
!" y, king on earth Politics is king.
,' But to return: New Jersey, too,
" v. bound closely to the South, and ii
% - South to her; and more and longer ths
W " any other State, she remembered bot
" her duty to the Constitution and her il
" u terest in the Union. And Penusylv'
81 MIA, a sort of middle ground, just b.
u y, tween the North and the South and e:
~ ~ tending, also, to the West, is united /
~ ~ nearer, ifnot stronger ties, to every Sc
vi VI tion than any other one States, unless
Ill be Ohio. She was-she is yeti
}" keystone in the great but now crumblin
:, - arch of the Union. The people Of Pc
u. w nsylvania yre quiet, peaceable, pract
~ ~ cal, and enterprising, without being Al
Nv " gressive. They have more of the hone
10 old English and German than any othe
= The industry, enterprise, and thrift
y, Pennsylvania are abundantly able
u take care ofthemselves against any cor
o.. ." petition. In any event, the Union is
Wv w more value, many times to her than al
y. local interest.
'e But other ties also bind these Stat
- Pennsylvania and New Jersey, esp
a cially-to the South, and the South
81 them. Only an imaginary line separat
q the former from Delaware and Marylan
W W The Delaware river, common to bo
,Hi M Pennsylvania and New Jersey, flows in
' W Delaware bay. And that great watt
',si shed itself, extending to Norfolk, an
~ ~ therefore, almost to the North Carroll
hu line does belong. and must ever helon