Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-03-07
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To hasty or shallow observer, the i'm
piscsble hate wherewilh New Eaglsnd Ia
regarded by the Slave Power and its North
ern EerViIors may well seem unaeconht able.
Surely he will say, these people forget
that q very large proportion at all times,
and often a majority, Of the people Of The
six Eastern States hnte sHstaihed' etery
pretenslon and backed every effort Of the
opagandists OF Slavery. D6 they moi
know that he Annexation Of .1exas, the re.
pndiation Of The Missouri Compact, the
frauds and Atrocities Of the Border Rufhans
in Kansas, and even tie Lecompion Con
stilution, were sustained by New England
voices Hnve they forgotten that Pierce
WIS New England President, elected bv
a majority Of the New England votes I?
ard that Clifford, the only Judge from New
EnRIaid concurred in the d ed Scott de-.
cision? Why, theu, should New England
be more obnoxious to tbe Slave Power
than Ohio, or the States north and vest Of
Indiana? II she can tolera'e and remain
associated with the latter, why not with
the former -'" """. ll.@
The shallow observer is wrong, while he
Slave Power is hns far right No matter
how many Of the sons Of New England may
for. party, or office, or pelf's sake, consent
| TO wear the livery and do the work OF The
Slave Power, NV England is nevertheless
the desdIs enemy Of that Power and steadi
" working toward IT'S Destruction. Her
Pierces aud Clffcrds and Toucevs aud Sey-
mours Fnav mean all that they profess, aud
even think as they vote. and vet her influ-
ence. her spirit, her ideas, are perpeiualiy
undermining ahd threat tening TO topple
down the entire fabric Of slaveholding soci
ETY. and policy. Not her Members Of Con
gross in Washington. her Electoral Votes
for President, hut her Common Schools, her
abnndaft Newspapers, ber BectHre-rooms,
her POPULAR Intelligence, her spirit of in
dnirv and investigation, are the real, the
formidable foes OF any system which de.
marIds for It's successful working the stag.
hation Of fnte|letti the disfranchisement Of
Labor, and the prevalence Of stdlldity and
dehssement in the Geld and aronhd the
work bench! Danish or hang every Abo.
litionist tomorrow, and New England
would still he word OF fear to the slave.
holders 80 ]6ng as she persists in making
scbooffbooks Ghd s6hdfng forth s9sfMs 6f
teachers and preachers to stir the depths of
thought and bsnish ignorance from the hut
Of poverty and harrow with remorse the
dehs Of dissipation and Critic, no.
Yes, Ne@ England regarded as d whole,
has fairly earned The honoring hatred where
with she is insiinctiTely regarded by the co.
boris of Oppression and all the imps Of dark.
ness. Though scme Of her eharac, sristies
are repusiye and more undesirable, it is
not for these she Is most contsmned and
vituperated. Though greed of gain or
love Of place has impelled many of her
children TO renounce her principles aad de-
fame her institutions, yet no one mistakes
their voice for hers. or denbts that her in
fiuence, on the Shole. must ever be felt on
the side o, Intelligence, Justice, aud Free
dom. Lust and greed may transform ten
thousand Of her sons into overseers Of plan
taii0ns, captains Of slsYers, or doctors 10
pulpit or at bar of that lever law which
dOomS one man 10 wear out bis life aa the
chattel sf another. yet nons mistake, ttese
for her true representatives,, or marvel to
hear them advocate her election from the
Union as peace Offering to the offended
majesty Of Slavery and Rebellion. All ia.
instinctiyely feel that she Is hoHored alike
ey the i0Te Of Eef tfffsI aa6 tie tats Of her
apcstate progeny.
In the elections about. 10 be held 10 New
Hampshire and Cenhecticut, those port IONS
Of New England Sfif jhdke between her
good name and her u0aparing reyiIera,---
The current conception Of the Yankee
character hf lis tTaducers is thai Of the
most sordid selfshRsss, the most alject
cowardiee, irrsdiaied BY =. glss6R Of low.
animal cunning A 'Ysnkee' u one Eho
would sell his fathsr's honor, his mothers
good name, for base iuere, only taking care
to exact the highest market price. That
snch persons may he found in New Eng
lsndA( alas ; where naylheyz not be ~
is very true the Southrons have often en-,
cOGntered them inIestibg their plantations
TO pedde rawbides and shsckles. and sngarr
ing every White who viii listen to them
with accounts Of iksir engagement at hGd
ing Slavery so mild, so patriarehAl, SO be;
nignant, and 90 utterly unlike the harsh,
fsvohine porlraiihFes Of Mrs S'oWs and
Wendell Phillips The question to be de-
H cided b, Were these peddIers fair ssmplss
Of the race from which they sp3esng D. Did
they truly represent to the South the dwel
lers by the Ksanebee, the MettIhfsg, Che
Connecticutl Has tho blovd u B6bEeF
Hill and Saratoga degenefstsd into thisf !
The Slave Power says % ths Mlddls and
North, western States, I'VE afe q W6f @ith
you because w loatbs 6td dteea w salASs,'