The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-02
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mr.. Cox On the Puritan .

The speech of Mr.. Cox. member Of
Congress from Ollie, to the New York
Democratic Association, large portion
of which was published on Saturday,
gives very spirited and faithful account
of the Puritans. We we're well aware
that that pestilent sect is q odious to ma
ny portions of the North rs ia the South
But the important fact remains that the
Puritans are the masters of the North -
They fill the principal offices ofthe Uni
ted States, they dictate it's policy, they
have brought about this war (as Mr.. Cor
declares, and thoy compsi che ooaserv-l
atives 70 support it Of what avail Is il
then for Mr.. Cox TO dsnounce them a.
long as he permits them to rule over
him? II he and his party would pu.
down Puritanism they must put it down
with blows not words. If the deeds Of
the Conservatives were equal to their
-ifthey had little Of the audaci-
ty OF their enemies, they would crush
them like an egg she'll. For with all the
noise the Puritans'make they are but
minority in the United States, and with
all their impotence they have but little
OF the courage of their Round Head an
cestors. They have contrivsd to make
the Democrats do their fighting, while,
generally. they have filed civil offices and
staid at home and made fortunes out of
the war.
Never was country 30 demoralised
and ruined by faction as the United States
has been by the Puritans. They have
converted its religion into deism, its free
dom into hcentiousness, and bankrupted
1t alike 10 power, purse and reputation -
Their success or their defeat 10 the pres
ent war viii equally involve the humili-
alton and purity of their own section
In no event can the United States be what
1t has been. And yet these architects Of
its ruin reign supreme and the Democrats
are their tools and slaves.
THE NEW YoRK DEMOCRATS.
We are not at all surprised At the facil-
ty with which the Northern Democrats
have vaulted from the position 81 equal
opposition to the war to feryent support
OF Abraham Lincoln and his Stars and
Stripes. We expressed the opinion at
the time that not the slightest confidence
could pc placed in anything they should
nay or do. John Van Buren,, in particu-
lar, Is begotten by the most unprincipled
politician that New York ever saw, with
the singie exception Of W. H. Seward,
and he could not be the legitimate SON Of
Martin unless he was entirely unreliable |
In every word and action. II is matter
OF little Importance, however, what thew
may say or do. They cannot be more
united than they were ct tho beginning
OF the war; more furious and intent on
destruction. We fear their arms les.
than their arts. They have been sIaurh-
tered IKE sheep whenever they have ip-
vaded Virginia. and we verify believe .
ike rate awaits them in future. Thev
may howl themselves hoarse about the
stars and Stripes (msaning thersby, cot
ton, rice and tobacco, We will accommo-
GATE them by Southern plantations six
rect Tee by three as fast as they coms on.-l
There Is no use putting on masks any |
longer. They deceive no ono; thew ONLY
add the gnilt If iypocracy to their osher |
immeAsurable crime.
We are prepared to sec New Yorl
make another gigantic struggle for Aha
preservation Of the Commercial ST. ,rsn
acy. Perhaps she il beginninrl Il az
that # the rebellion. - herlov. born 80.
dies term it. is sucoessfal, The West v;,iA
secede and then what VII, become of II.
nf
tn, hs =. nnerlca. Heaven, grant
.i;.sd '' "o's' sppf0.snsions may b re-