Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-05

cient, liberal and tolerating conservatism
hen every form and development q
ianatlcism sprung UP in rank and mos
luxuriant growth, till Aboli ionism, tn
chiel fungus of all, overspread the who'll
of New England first, and then the Mid
die States, and finally every State in tn
North west.
Certainly, sir, the more liberal or non
Puritan element was mainly, though no
altogether, from the old Puritan stock
or largely crossed with it. But eve,
within the first ten years after the landinl
OF the Pilgrims, a more enlarged and to
Grating civilization was introduced
Roger Williams, not of the Nav Flower
though PuritOn himself, and thorough,
imbued with all its pecuiarities of can,
and creed and form Of Worship seems vel
to have had naturally n more liberal
spirit and first perhaps of all men, some
three or more years before "the Ark and
the Dove" touched the shores of the St
Mary's, in Maryland, taught the sublime
doctrine OF liberation of opinion and
/ practice i'll religion. Threatened first
with Punishment to England so as ia
remove as far as possible the infection
OF his principles" and afterward actually
banished beyond the jurisdiction oi Mass
achuNetts, because, In the language OF
the sentence Of the General Court, "he
Ofoaehed and dl'uIged divers new and
strange doctrines against the authority of
the magistrates over the religious opin
Ions OF men, thereby disturbing the peace
OF Tue colony. lie became the founder
OF hhoue lHIanu, and, indeed, of a large
part OF New England society. And,
whether from his teaching and example,
and IN the persons of his descendants
anu those OF his associates, or from other
causes and another stock, there has al.
ways been large infusion throughout
New England OF what may be called the
f@ge' v V"l'dmS element, as Distinguished
from lhe extreme Puritan or Uoy FIower
ana /'(ymo"# Horh type of the New
HhSi"naer AMI Its influence, till late
years mas always been powerful.
STr, l would not deny or disparage the
auSterc virtues OF the old Puritans OF
England or America. But | do believe
'haI' III the very nature OF things, no com.
huhlty couid exist long IN peace, and no
government endure long alone, or become
great where that element in its earliest
or more recent form holds supreme con-
troll. And 1t Is my solemn conviction
that there can be no possible or durable
reunion oi 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
mlNchcvlous element, AboIionism, has
has been utterly extingui>hed. Sir, the
peace OF the Union and of this continent
demands It. But, Fortunately, those very
elements exist abunlantly in New Enp-
land herself aud to her look with con.
Hdence to secure to them the mastery
within her limits. In fact. sir. the trnc
voice Of New England has. for some wear,
past. been rarcly heard here or elsewhere
in public affairs. Men now control bcr
politics, State and Federal. who. twenty
years ago could not have been cho en-
seclectmen in old massachusetts,. Bui
let her remember her ancient reoown. let
her return from vain .plo,ious admiration
of the stone monuments of her heroes
and patriots of former opn IN ,,on,r,u,
of the noble and manly yirtpns
which they were designed to commemo,
rate. Let US hear less from her Of the
Pilgrim Fathers and the Nay Flower.
and of Plymouth Rock, and more of
Roger Williams and his compatliots, and
his liberation. Let her Danish now and
forever her drcamers and her sophist,
and fanatics, and call back again into her
State administration and the national 4
councils cher men Of might, her grand .
IN soul some OF them still live
and she will yet escape the danger,
winch now threaten her with isolation,
men, SIR while am in eXorably hos .
tile to Puritan domination in religion or
literature or politics, am not IN favor .
pi the proposed exclusion OF New Eng .
Iahd' / would have the Union as it was +;
ana hrNt, New England as she was. But T.
II New England VIII have no Union with
'iaVehoIderS ; II she Is not content with
'lhe Onlon as 1t was" then upon her
own Mead Is the responsibility for Seces-
'lon' And there Will be n more coer-
non now. !, ut least, will be exactly
consistent.
Ana now, sir, can the Central States,
New York, New Jersey and Penn,ylva-
Ma consent to separation? Can New
\ ork clty? Sir the trade of the South