Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-02-18
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Carolina: - Hand in hand they stood
around the Administration OF Wasdfng-
+ ton, and teit ms Own great ssTn lean on
4 them tor support" Indeed. sir, 1t was
not TIL some thirty years ago that the mar
. row, presumpiuOus, iEteTmedjiing and
! fllatical spirit OF iie old Puritan elzmen:
began 70 Tcarpear IN a form very much
more aggressive and destructive than at
first, and threatened 20 obtain absolute
mastery - church, AID school. and state.
1 \ Hale earlier il had struggled hard
Z But the conservatives T-Syed too strong
. Tor il and so long rs the great statesmen
and iurists OF The WhiS and Democratic
( parties -ITvived, II made but small prog
ress, though john Quincy Adams gave 10
it thc strength Of ms great name But
I after lheir death !: broke IN as \ Good, and
/ swept away the last vcs;isc Of the cncicnt.
I liberal, ard toleraiing conservatism.
/ Then every form and development OF
! taraticism sPrans up n rank assd moss
luzuTiant growth, iii aboii.ionism, the
( chief funTg q: all, oyeTs2read The whole
of New England firs:, and then the Md
de States, and finally every state in the
Northwest.
Certainly, sir, the more liberal or non
Puritan elernen; was rlairlv, though not
altogether, from the Old Puritan stock, or
! largely crossed with II Du: even with
In the first ten years after the landing of
the Pilgrims, = more enlarged and tolera-
TIM civilization was introduced. Roger
Williams, 70: Of the Inayfiower, though
a Puritan himself, ard thoroughly inbucd
with al Is peculiarities OF cant and creed
and form of worship. seems vet 20 have
. had naturally more liberal spirit and,
first perhaps Of ali rn-n. come three OF
more years before the Ark ani iha
Dove touched the shore. Of the s. Ma
rvs. in MARYLAND, taught the sublime
doctrine OF freedom Of opinion and prac-
ice IN religion. Threatened hrst with
bani-i.Gncnt - England, 50 - 10 s.renove
rs i;lr rs possible the infection Of his prin-
ciples :: and afterwards actually banizhed
bcyUnd the jurisdiction OF Massachusetts,,
because, IN the language Of the sentence
oi lie General Court, .'he broacled and
diyuiged divers new and strange doctrines
2-a;nst The authority Of the MAGISTRATES"
over ihc religious opinions Of nCn, there
by disturbing The peace cf the ccIonv, he
became tie founder Of Rhode Island. and,
indeed, Of q large part ct New England
society. And, whether from his teaching
and example, and IN the persons of has
dcccniants and those OF lis associates. or
from other causes ard another stock,
there has always been n large infusion
throughout New England Of what NAV be
called the Roger Williams element. rs
NIayfiowe- and Plymouth Rock type OF
the New EnelandeT; and It's influence,
ti!i late wears. has always been powerful
The Speaker The gensiemans hour
has expired
Mr. Valiandigilam- asl, fo- & short
limc longer
Ilr. Potter. IhoPe ilsere will be no
objection from ihis SIDE Of the House.
The Speaker. Ethere be 10 objection
the gentlemen VII bc allowed tu-ti.cr
tune
There vas no objection and i was
Cr,,crCd accordingly
Air Tal:andighan'- 81, would not
DENY O. dispaTge iie austere virtues OF the
old Pur;;aras of ENGLAND o. America.
B.it do believe that, II li,c vor- nature
Of ;iin-s, no community could exist long
IN peace, and nO Government c-d.l-a lo-u
aione, or become great, where shat ele-
ment IN Is earliest CT Is more Teocoe1t
form holds supreme control And i Is
my solemn conviction ;h&t ihcre can be
no possible or duIatis Tc--Iion OF the
States until j; shall have been again sub
or,linated TO other and more liberal and
conservative clements. and above al,
until its w-ors; and most IniSci.iey0rs Dc
yelopmcnt. abo,iticn;snl, has bcch utterly
cxiinguishcd. Sir. t..c pC;.ce o. tae Union
and OF ihis continent demands il. But.
fortunately, those very elements exist
abundautly in New England herself; and
10 her lock with confidence. 20 secure "a
them thc mastery within her limits In
fact, sir. the true voice Of Ncw England
has for some years past been but rarely
heard here or elsewhere in public affairs.
Men now control her politics and are in
hinh places. State and Federal, who,
twenty years ago, could not have been
chosen a. select men IN old Massachusetts.
But let her rcmcIn5er II last her ancic,t
rcnowH; let her turn from vain-g'oTi0ns
admiration OF the stone p.on=nlen;S of her
heroes ard patriots q iorm,E age, to
generous mutation o: the aoble ana
manlv vir;u.s which they wcT, designed
to c,Iaznemo-aio. 1t - hear ics@ from
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