Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-01-21

Hon. y. y. Cox, of Ohio, Before til,
Young Mems Union Democratic Assoc
ciatiOn.
Must zoe Lsaus Nsp England out Of the Union2-.
The DiSunitin0, Disoy9ani7ing, and PsstifeY-
Gus Spirit Of Puritanism "A Ne,o History O.
The Pilortms-Hisses for General Butler
Boston Egotism = The IranseendentGIist
Stealing from the Hindoos-New Englant
Brahmins Oueyhauled.
The rooms of the Young Mems Union Dem
ocratic Association, at 932 Broadway, were
crowded last evening to It's fullest capacity, Sc
that all the aisles and entrances were filled, tc
listen to an address from Hon. s. s. Cox, oi
Ohio. The audience was Of the most inteIll.
gent and enthusiastic character. Among those
present we're Judge Barbour, Judge McCunn
Hon. E. P. Norton, Hon. James Brooks, and
Gideon J. Tucker. The hall Of the Associa tion
has been newly arranged, painted, aud decora.
ted, and 10 well lighted, warm, and comfortable
Over the Speakers platform 10 gas let form.
ing the word "Union.n II is the intention OF
the Association to hold weekly or aemi monthly
meetings here to be addressed by the most
prominent conservative orators of the country.
The course promises to be most Interesting and
effective. lu T.lfI
Hon. Luke +. CUzzens, President of the As.
socation, introduced Mr.. Cox in few appro-
priate words.
Mr. Cox was received with great applause.
He began by saying that we were surrouude d
by the Constitution as by mound; that rep
tile had been boring that mound, and the del
uging ocean of war had swept In to DESTROY.
Puritanism 10 that reptile. (Cheers) Il must
be crushed and the mound rebuilt. But it will
not be done by the present Administration.
(Great applause.) We must patiently wait
and work for two years and for a better policy.
Meanwhile new schemes OF division may dis
tract Us. Strife may come between the people
of the North. fear IL because the reptile
brood still fourishes. Ii Is not confined to New
England Ithas its Chaudlers In Michigan and
its Greeleys In New York. Their policy has for
the present made The Union impossible. ("That's
SOY l fear new alliances among the States and
fresh conflict among the people, speak as
Western man, ever opposing all schemes of di-
vision--still opposing them; but speak to warn
The erection Of the Mississippi States into
Republic, standing on It's resources, besoupht
by South and East, choosing for itself its own
cheapest, best outleta to the ocean and markets
of the world, is no dream. 1t Is the talk OF
every Western man. Western men fell into
the scheme with facility shocking to the old.
en- sense of nationality. speak OF these
schemes only to disprove and to warn; as In
1861, in my place in Congress-, warned Of sim
liar schemes Of division. (Cheers) Governor
Seymour (great cheers) means much and we'll
when he says the Western and Central States
desire to stand in the Union protected by all
the muDiments Of the Constitution They will
In time restore that Unon-let New England
do as che pleasea "a voice, "Let her slidep
FNhau N m inland IN haoark ha ahfn k,,kk a.
do not intend TO be controlled by the Constitu.
tion. breaking, negro-loving pharissism of New
England. (Hisses.) Unless that section re-
form itself speedily, new alliances may unhap.
PLY be made without her. warn and entreat
the Democratic young men Of New York not
to countehance any scheme Of dismembermgnt
but give the best proof of your loyalty by bold
ly declaring what will take place in spite OF ne,
If the Union-breaking spirit Of, New England
continues. Democratic and Republican organs
in the West give similar warning. Jefferson
Davis understands the elements at work Corn
at ten cents used for fire wood In the West,
with no hope Of relief, is but an item Indicating
the unrest Of the West under its present disa
bility. The West Is aware that New England
Is getting the benefit and itself the burdens of
the war. Fortunes are made In New England;
wages are high, and contracts plenty; while
the West is charged with extortionate rates in
transportation and In the price of their purchas-
90. They are robbed by tariff on what they
buy; robbed on what they sell. Mr. Beecher
boasts that the Yankee has an intelligence
which turns to gold all It touches This rspsc-
ity, mingled with Puritanism, Is making men
study the census. New York asks why, with
o larger population than New England, che
has but two Senators and New Eogland twelve!
haa ur0ua a..
England States; yet those States have ten
Senators to her two! This State equality was
made for wise reason. If New England uses
It to oppress ten millions of Western farmers,
let her beware! Why are we In the West to
pay fifty per cent. more for goods and lose fifty
per cent. on wheat and corn2 Are the laws of
economy suspended for class legislation? Is
free trade good when it takes off the duty on
madder and coloring matter for the benefit of
manufactures, but bad If it let's in free cotton
and woolen fabrics7 Ia il right to tax whisky
made out OF Illinois corn, and let the tariff re-
main high on Rhode Island screws2 Do ou
understand that public meetings West are re-
solving no longer to be tributary to New Eng.
land cupidity, and that men cry out 80 wildly:
"New England fanatioism and peculation have
made disunion. Perish New England to let
the Union live." (Great cheering, and voice,
"We've had enough of herv') There ls a
legend of 81. Lawrence lying on red hot
gridiron, and begging, that as he was su6icient-
ly done on one side, to be turned over on the
other l fear the West will never be canonized,
IL 10 requires such double sacrifices.
But these abuses may be remedied by new
Congress- They would be borne, but unhappily
they are associated with an element harder TO
master--P PaSitanisn. (Hisses.) This is bread
In the bone. IL 10 the same now as IL was
hundreds of years ago. Like begets like. Gen.
GRAFTON succeeds generation with the same
stamp Of Puritanic character, taking success
for justice, egotism for greatness, cunning for
wisdom, cupidity for enterprise sedition for lib
erty, and cant TOR piety. Pufitanism would re-
form mems morals by statute and make Para
discs by politics. Il would practically unite
church and State to propagate its moral and
religious dogmas, New England may be cum
ming In invention and energetic in industry; she
may boast Of her libraries, schools, churches,
press; she may subsidize the lever, pulley, cyl
lnder, and wheel; she may study, as the worm
does, how TO draw thread fine, and, like the
spider, how to make the web; she may boast
Of jacquard In every factory; but with Il all
che does not understand the mechanism of the
State, Her ideologists have produced confusion
where others produced harmony. (Applause.) y
It is not smart to array the Union against her
self. II 10 not smart TO build factories and de-
stroy the source Of cotton which runs them.
Her schemes of emancipation--her Morrill,
tariha--her prOna anAndiam M hiOhar Iaw--ara