Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-05

Jsr-ey and Ss~ York Ciry-the prs'ua,ss -.
the Yankee bas always been .lr,a-t =. f.,,.-
as in the South. Suppressed tor q lis.ls vhIlslv
the anti slavery seutiEeat and ths va !,
threatens nov 70 break forh IN one OF tho.s e..
but unfortunate popular gprisnes. n he usd.t.I
which resson and juszcs are ior Toe ;ime uff~lv
slensd. lspcak aisis~dly: and les Ne. E.s
In h.sl else he. sDd the whole Eat. too. in
tie struggle for powe, may ss-srn yet from the
est the raIne lesson which civil var tas- ht 20
Rome. that esEL0sss insperi sresss. ro<ss yrisei-
PEN. abs, guam, Roma fsri. The people of the
West oeua4d paacs. snd they oe.iu 70 more than
suspect that SS~ England - Ia the way The
storm ragcs; aud they believe that she, not
slavery. Is the Cause. The ship s sose triea: and
Passengers and cre~ are now almost ready TO pro
ptlate tie waves by throwing the Ill Onened
prophet overheard. Ia plain English. not seiy
classic. bar most exDressire-they threaten ~
"sei New Eagland our IN lhe cold
Aud nov. s.r. /. who have not a drop Of Ne-
England bloOd In my veIn-. but ws- boru ia Oa e,
aud am wholly oi ,ulhen ANCESTRY wiih asli.lt
cr..ss oi PenH-s lsauia Scotch Ii-h, would @Ds.k
word 10 the men OF tie Vest and the SOUTH N
behal OF New England SIR. some Years ago.
Ia The mdss al high sectional controversies. aI.d
speaking as Me-teTn man. 1 said some tliags
Harsh oi tie North. hich uow, in a more tao-
nc spirit as Caiiei States man. aud tor the axe
OF reunion, ! would rec al Nv prejuoices, iII-
deed. upon THIS subject as strong a. any N ,ns;
but Ia this. the day OF eTs,t nAt0HAi b1ni.i.tiOn
aud csiAHi.y' let the voice oi preaiice be
hushed.
ST.. they who would exc ule New England IN
ans reconstruction VI the UHlon. assume that All
New Euglsnders are Yankee" SUD Purltzus:
and that the Puritan pragmstical element, Or
type VI cnil'z stlon. has alSays held undisyuteJ
sway. Well. ssT. aIkees certainly. they sfe an.
one sense: aaG 50 10 OLD EnAl aBa ~e are al
N..rf Ia .rlS nd fl.s - =
how, Or lllte While ago. ne Of the n uals
Or Western States. ai>o. are. we're. Yankee,
too. But there s really very large and mot
liberal aud conservative non Puritan element IN
the population Of New EngIaI.d. which Tor man,
Years strugg led !ur the mastery. md sometimes
held Il. ltdiviIsd VI ,ine. Ne~ II ,mgshire and
Connecticut. ani Ouce controlled Rhode Island
wholly It hed lhe sway during the Revolution.
and AZ the period when the Constitution ~as
founded. and ior some years aiteiward Mr.
Calhoun sad and very justly, ia l-I1. thai -
tie wisdom aud enlarged ptsTI"t~n Of Sh-rmsti
aud Ellsworth on the slavery Questi. Ne are 10.
debied ior thu admirable Government; ahd that.
along with Pit,er-on. OF New jersey. ..the.r
u;mes ought ~ be engraved on br.ss, aud i've
forever"
And Mr. Webster. IN 1880. Ia one OF those
grand historic word paintings in which he wss -
great IA ,s,er. said oi " ,ssachusetss aud South
Carolina. =" ii and in hand they >tooI around the
\ lminISlraiiou VI Washington, ard felt hi- owa
eat arm lean them Tor support " iLdeel sir
u Was not tai some thirty years ago that the iar-
row, pte~umptUous iHieTmeIdiing aud fanaficai
spirit Oi the old Puritan element BEGAN TO reap
pear in iorW very much more aggressive and
destructive than al hisf. and threatened 10 90
t'in abso e IN isterN in church. aud school an1
State little earlier il n IL struggled hard
but the conservatives proved 700 strong tor n:
and 80 lons a. the great statesmen and iurists
OF q e Wing and Democratic psrtes surynei 4
mule out small progress, though John Quincy
Adams gave To It the strength ol his great a. me
But after Their de sth il broke ia az a foot ard
swept away ihe last sesti.e 0i tie ancen' llb
eral ami tvlers,ting conservatism. The, every
form and de' eloi ment of ianAtci.m spruas ~
IN rank aid most luxuriant growth. tlll A,,sli-
Il pni~m. the cliet fungus OF ali orer~t.re,d the
whole of Ne~ England fr-t. and then the Md
dle States, and hi.aliy every State IN tie North
Certainly SIR the more LIBERAL or Ion. Puritan
cement Vas mainly though not together, from
the old Puritan stock. or largely crossed With Il.
But even within tie hrst ten wears after Ihe land
ing OF the Pilgrims. a enlarged and tolsrA-
tlhs cisiliz ,tion vas Introduced. Roger VII
liam> not of the MAy Fiower. thonsf q Puritan
himself. and thorough imbuei with all lis Leu.
liarties OF cant ana creei and form Of worShia.
seems vet 10 have had mutually a more betf
spirit; and. frst perhaps Uf ali men, some three
or more wears before The Ark and the Dove"
touched the shores of the 81 VI iry's in VI ~
lauf. tausi the sublime doctrine Of tolerstlon of
opinion ami practice in religion Tire 4tenef
first with b4n>hment 10 England. 50 a ro re.
move - Ear as possible the injection of III. prin-
cip.es and sfterWsfd actu ils punished ,uud
the lIrsdic ion "f M,>s ichnsetts because. in
the language OF the sentence of the GetertI
Court. "he broachei and disulged divers new
aud strange doctrines against the authority of
IN ,ei>trates over the religious opini"us OF ness
theepy disturbing the Te'ce "f the colony he Oe
came the founder oi Rhode l.land. and. indeed
ot large part of New England society Aud
whether from hi- teaching and ex le ana IN
the per-ots o. lis d,scei danis aud those oi IL,
a>>Ociates, from other causes aud auofhsr
stock there has ALWAYS been large infusion
throughout New England oi what may be called
the RogeT Williams ,l,meHf 80 di-,ing he'd from
the extreme Puritan Nsy Floper and PIy.
mouth Rock type al tie New Englsnder: ani n.
influence. al late .ear-. has alsays been row
erul
SIR would not deny or disparsce the auriere
virtues of he odd Puritins OF England or Amer.
ia. Bui DO bel eve that. IN the very nature Of
things. 40 community could exist long in peace. .
ami NJ Cove VeTIIuieut endure long y one or become
great. where thar elemet "a ~ earliest or IT, more
recent form holds supreme coutroi And ui- nv
solemn CONVICTION that there ,au he uo r,os-,l,l.
or durable reunion of these States uuiil IL .hail
have Teen again suooi dinaiei 20 other and more
liberal cDn>eIVatisc elements and above Il
unul ~ wort and most fni-chievous sIeyel.,r
ment- Ab"iit'uLi m, 10 teen utterly extia-
guishei. 81. tie Ieace OF the Union and al
this continent dem md II. But Eriut ,s-lx tho-e
very eicmen Nst abundlHi ; co. New Fnrlnng
her>el: and 10 her | look with confidence o. 40
cure 10 them the m tsterv within her Iimits l.,
tact, sir. tie true vOsce OF New England has for
slme wears past been rarey he iri here or .se
where ia ublic affairs. Men now G. ntnl ier
politics and are III high places, State aud Fed
erai. WIN. twenty wears ago. could not hs.e been
chosen Selectmen IA old VI ,ssachu-etts But iet
her remember az last her ancient refown. 10, her
return from vain glorious admiration OF the stone
monuments OF her heroes and patriots of a Tor
mer age. TO generous emulatI, n Of the nolae and
mtnly virtues which they We l,s ssnd o com
memoraie. Let "a hear ie-z from her of tie Pl
grim Father ard the Nav Flower. aud Of Piv-
mouth Rock. and more OF Roger Williams and
h cOmpairi0ts, aud his toeratou. lie; her h u
i~h now and tore, e. her dfesrers and her -otsi-t.
and her fanatics and call ick again into her
State Administration ana into the Nstionsi
Councils "her men OF might. her grand IN soul
some II them $ III alis.-ini she wti vet e-caf G
tie dangers which now threaten her wth isolA.
tion.
] hen. sr, while | an mex Drably hostile 20
Puritan domination ~ religion or literature O,
ps,litics. IN favor Of the proposef excl,,-
sion OF New Englsnd would h,ve the Uuior
=. it was aBt fs.l. New { icltnd "a shs ~.