Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-02-11
PURIrANIsW IN POLITICS.
Speech of hon. SAMUEL S. cox of
Ohio, Before the Young Mems Demo
cratic Association Of New York.

rounded by the Constitution a. by a
mound tdat a reptile had been boring
that mound, and the deluglBg ocean Of
war had swept in TO dcstory. Puritansm
Is that reptile. it must be crushed aud
J the mound rebuilt. / fear new alliances
among the States and fresh conflicts
among the people. lspeak as a Western
man, ever opposing all schemes of division
still opposing them; but l speak to
warn, The erection of the Mississippi
States into Republic, standing on its res
sources, Iesought by South and East,
choosing Tor itself its own cheapest, best
outlets TO the ocean and markets Of the
world, is no dream. u is the talk of eva
cry other Western man, Western men
fall into the scheme with facility shock
ing TO the oldeu sense Of nationality. /
speak Of these schemes only TO disapprove
and to warn as in 1861, in my place in
Congress, | warned of similar schemes of
division. (Cheers.J Gov. Seymour(great
choers) means much and well when he
says the Western and Central States de-
sire to stand in the Union protected ty
all the mum ments of the Coustilution.-
They will in time restore that Union-let
New England do as she pleases. A voice,
Let her slide They do not intend TO
desert the ship: bat they do not intend
to be controlled By the Constitution
breaking, negro-loving pharisaism ofNew
England Unless that section reform it.
self speedily, new alliances may unhapp;-
lv be made without her. | warn and ems
treat the democratic young men OF New
York not TO countenance any scheme OF
dismenberm6 but give the best proof
of your loyalty by boldly declaring what
VIII take place in spite of us, ifthe Union
breaking spirit OF New England continues.
Democratic and Republican organs in The
West give similar warning. Jefferson Da-
Wis understands the elements at work
Corn at ten cents used for iIewood in the
West, with no hope Of relief, is but an
item indicating the unrest Of the West
under its present disability. Ths West is
aware that New England is getting the
heneft, and itself the burdens of the var.
Fortunes are made in New England; wa
ges are high, and contracts plenty; while
The West is charged with eXtortionate
rates in transportation and in the price OF
itheir purchases. They are robbed by ta-
riff on what they hny; robbed IN what
they SCI Mr Beecher boasts that the
Yankee has an Intelligence which turns
to god all !, touches. This rapicily
mingled with PR tlnisn. is making men
study the census. Nuw Yolk asks why,
with larger population than New Eng
land, she has but two Senators and New
England twelve! Ohio has 435,294 more
souls than five y England States yet thosl
States have ten Senators to her two,
1his State equality WAS made tor wise
reason. ! New England uses it to OF
ples- ten millions Of Western ,u-mers. LEI
her beware! WY are We in the West to
Tay fifty per cent. more ioI goods and lose
fry per cent. on wheat and corn? Are
The laws uf economy suspended for Clas;
legislation Is free tIado good when II
takes oil the duty on madder and color
ibc matter for tie benefit OF manuiactu>
Tcrs. but bad fit lets IN free cotton and
wooden fabrics? Is it right to tax whisky
made out of Illinois corn, and let The Ia
riff remain high on Rhode Island screws
DO you understand that public meeting.
West are resolving no longer 10 be lIibu.
taIy to New England cupidity, and thai
men cry out So wildly: New England Ia
nati5ism and peouialion have made disu
Mon. New England stands in the way O
reunion. Perish New England TO let ht
Union live" Great cheering and voice
We've had enough OF her"} There is !
legend OF 1T. Laurence living on red hoJ
grIdron, aud begging, that as e was sut'
hcently done on the one side TO be turned
over on the other ! fear tho West vii
never Je canoulzed, it it requires sucl
, double sacrifices.
= But these abuses may be remedied by
, new Congress. They would Ice borne, bu
unhappily they are associated with an Il
= emcnt harder 20 master-P PrjtWiSUi. Ihll
is bred in the bone. 1T is She same lOv
rs it was hundreds OF years ago. Like be
IS gets like. Generation succeeds genera
tiou with the same stamp OF Purtani
character taking success foT justice, egot
ism for greatness, cunning for wisdom, c.
Wdily for enterprise, sediliOn ior liberty
and cant for piely. PuTitauism would r.
form mems morals by statute and mak,
paro,iiises ly politics. Ii would practical
lis upite -, urch and State 10 pGopegat,
lis moral and re, e,,ieious dogmas. y ew Eng
gland NAV be cunniic in !rYenilSn an'
energetic in industry she my boast o
her libraries, schools, churches, press sh
may subsidize the lever, pulley, GyllnSsr
and wheel she may study, as the " orn
does, how 10 draw thread fine, and, hk'
+ the spider, how to make the web; sht
+ uEY hoast OF "a iacsggard in every factory
but With Il all che does not understand
5 the mechanism OF the State. Her ideolo
; gists have produced confusion where 9th
2 ers produced harmony. (Applause.l til
, not smart TO be informed on one side Of
= question. IL is no: smart to array the u,
f Mon against herself. 1t is not smart Il
Y build factories and destroy the source o
cotton which runs them. Her schemes o
\ emauoipatioH-he Morill to.iffs her pro
, pagRndism oi higher law-are not smar
in any sense 0! wisdom.
2 do not impeach a whole people 70
p the errors of part. In colonial times a
Endicott was relieved 10y Winthrop, a
in later times Webster stands like a gran
; ite rock repolling the wave OF Puritanisr
ItApplluse.) would not coniOund th