Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-26
From the New York World. Jan "a.
PURITANISM IN POLITICS.
SPEECH OF HON. s. S. COX, OF OHIO


B3oreMe Young MEMS Union Democrat
&c AsSociation-Must we iedve Ncw I'm
gland out of the Union2-We Disuni
ting, DiSorgonizing, and PeStifcrou'
Spirit Of Pu,itoniSm-A new hiStorJ
Of Tie PHyrjms-HiSses for Genera,
Batler--BoSton EgotiSm---7H TIE Trans.
cendentoiiSts stealiny from tie Hindoos
New England Brahmins Overhauled.
The rooms of the Young Mems Union
, Dem ocratic Association. at 932 Broad
way, were crowded last evening to their
fullest capacity, so that all the aisles and
entrances were filled, to listen to an ad-
dress from Hon. S S. Cox, of Ohio
(. The audience was Of the most intel ligent
and enthusiastic character Among those
present were Judge Barbour, Judge Nc
Gum, Hon. E. +. Norton. Hon. James
Brooks, and Gideon j. Tucker. The hall
Of the Association has been newly arran
ged, painted and decorated, and is well
lighted, warm and comfortable Over
the speakers latform is glass jet form
ing the word "Union." 1t is the inten b
tion Of the Association to hold weekly or
mi-monthly meetings here, to be ad.
dressed by the most prominent conserva.
tive orators of the country. The. course
promises to be most interesting and eff.
fective.
Hon. Luke f. Cozzens, the President
of the Association, introduced Mr.. Cox
in few appropriate words.
Mr.. Cox was received with great ap.
plause.
He began by saying that we we're sur.
rounded by the Constitution as by a
mound; that reptile had been boring
that mound, and the dcluging ocean OF
of war had swept in to destroy. Pnri.
tanism is that reptile. Cheers. 1t
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 better policy. Meanwhile
new schemes of division may distract us.
Strife may come between the people Of
the North. fear it because the reptile
brood still lourishcs. 1t is not confined
to New England. 1t has its Chambers
in Michigan, and its Grecleys in New
York. Their policy has for the present
made the Uninm IMPOSSIBLE That's So |
| tear new alliances among the States and
fresh conflict among the people. speak
as Western man, ever opposing all
schemes Of devsion-still opposing them
bat speak to warn. The erection of the
Mississippi States into republic, stand.
ing in its resources, besought by south
& east, choosing for itself its own cheap
est, best outlets to the ocean and mar.
kets Of the world, Is no dream. 1t is the
talk of every other Western man. Yves.
tern men fall into the scheme with a ia
ciity shocking to the olden sense of ma
tionality. | speak of these schemes on
ly to disapprove and to warn; as in 1861,
in my place in Congress, | warned Of
similar schemes. Cheers. Governor
Seymour Tgreat cheers means much and
well when he says the Western and Cen
trail States desire to stand in the Union
protected by all the muniments of the
{ onstitution. They will in time restore
that Union-let New England do as she
please. a voice, Let her slide" -
They do not inten to desert the ship; but
they do not intend to be controlled by the
Constitution breaking, negro loving phGr-
i,aism of New England. (Hisses. Tn
less that section reform itself speedily,
new alliances may unhappily be made
without her.
| warn and entrcat the Democratic
young men of New Y orll not to counte.
nance any scheme Of dismemberment; but
give the best proof of your loyalty by
boldly declaring what will take place in
spite Of us, if the Union breaking spirit
of New England continues. Democratic
and Republican organs in the West give
similar warning. Jefferson Davis under
stands the elements at work. Corn at
ten cents used for fire wood in the West,
with no hope of relief, is but an item in
dicating the unrest of the West under It's
present disability. The West is aware
that New England is getting the benefit
and itself the burdens Of the war. For
tunes 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
purchases. They are robbed by tariff on
what they buy; robbed on what they sell
Mr.. Beecher boasts the Yankee has an in.
telligence which turns to gold all it
touches. This rapacity, mingled with
Puritanism, is making men study the
census. New York asks why, with a lar
ger population than New England, she
has but two Senators aud Nav England
twelve Ohio has 435, ,294 more souls
than five New 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 OPP
press 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 corn? Are the laws of economy sus-
pended for class legislation? Is free trade
good when it takes off the duty on mad
der and coloring matter for the benefit OF
manufacturers, bu. bad if it lets in free
cotton and wooden fabrics? Is it right to
tax whskey made out OF Illinois corn,
and let the tariff remain high on Rhode
Island screws? Do you understand that
public meetings West are resolving no
longer to be tributary 20 New England
cupidity, and that men cry so wildly -
"New England ianaticism and pecula'
tion have made disunion. New Eng land
stands in the way of reunion. Perish New