Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-02-18
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crow CU, of slaverv. They are deeper
and viii always be the chief obstacle In
the way of iuli and absolute reunion
They are founded in difference Of manners.
habits, and social life. and different TO-
tions about politics, morals and religion
sir, after al, this whole war Is not SO
much one of scciions-;ls OF races. rep
reseniing not difccncc IN blood. but
mind and Its Development, and different
types of civilization. II Is the oil con-
tilct OF the Cavalier and the Roundhcag;.
the Liberals; and the Puritan OF rather
At Is a conflict upon new issues and ele-
Gnents represented by those names Il Is
a war of the Yankee and llle SoutLren
Said . Boston writer the other dav. en-
logizing a New England officer who fell
at Fredericksburg: This Is Massachu-
setis' war: Massachusetts and South
Carolina made it B1; in the beginning
the ROundhcad ouiwiited the Cavalier,
and by = sEi!iiui use of slavery and the
negro united all New England first. and
;itterwar1 the entire Nur:;i -nd South.
and finally sent cut TO battle Ccit and
Saxon, German and KnickerEo,ie7.
Catholic and Ep;scOpaliar, and even q
part of his own household and Of .h- de-
ccndants of his o9sn stock. said NJ.
jefferson, when New England :hrcatr ned
secession some sixty ye;,rs ago: "Eo,
let us keep the Yankees 70 quarrel with
Ah, sir he forgot that quarreiiing - a.
ways \ hazardous experiment: ani after
some time, tie cOUHtr-mcn of Adams
~, -L,-----1--,-
for the cOuntrymcn Of .TatfTs0n. But
every day the contents now tends again T.
its natural and original ol,men;s- In
many parts of the Northwest might
add of PENNSYLVANIA, New jersey. and
New York eity-;hc p7eiudices against
the " Yankees has alHaya b-cn almost
a. bitter rs IN the South. Suppressed for
4 little while by the anti-siavcry sentiment
a;ii ihe war, II threatens now to break
forth in one of those great b.: unfortunate
popular upriSinEs. IN tic midst of which
reason and justice are for The time utterly
siienced. l speak adsi>e,Iiv; and let
New Engiani heed; else sha. ani the
whole East, too, in strur-ie for power,
NAV learn vet from the Yves. the same
lesson which civil war taught to Rome.
that e'-UigH'o inlp-,r' G,cIao. Passc D5T'sclrsas
Gliji. g1;I.l i0gF ji.I5. The people Of the
West demand peace, and they ho-in to
more th.la suspect ti;at Ecsy England :
IL the way. The storm -ares: ami they
believe that she, not s,ayerr. : ilIe cause.
The Ship * sore tried and pass myers
and crew are now ainos; ready to p-opi-
iiate the waves BIZ throwing the iil-oncned
prophet overheard. in plain En"iisll-
not very clasic, but most expressive
they threaten TO set New England ont
IN the cold
And now, s:r. /, who have not drop
OF New England blood IN INV veins. bri
was born in Ohio. and am wholly oi
southern anccstry-@,itii = Sigh; cross OF
PENNSYLVANIA otCL-irisii-wouli spa.:S
4 word 20 the men Of the Ncs: and The
South, in behalf Of New England Sir,
some years ago. IN the mids: OF iiigh SC
tional controversies, and speaking "a &
western man. / said some things harsh Of
the North, which now, i: a mora ca.l:o-
lie spirit - 4 United STATES .aan, AMI fa-
the sake of reunion, world recall. Ely
proluiices. indeed. uroa ;his Subiec: are
rs strong rs amy mans; bnt IN th.s, the
day OF great na;ion.;i hnin;liaiicn and
calamity, lc: the voice oc prejudice be
hUzlcd.
Sir. they who yyouli Czciudc New Eng
land in any reconstruction cf the U-n;on,
assume that al New England are e. Yam
KEGS " and PuTi;ans; and that the Pnri-
ian or Drar,nati~:.! element. or tvpe OF
civilization, has always held undispu.2d
sway. Well, Sir, Yankees, certainly. they
are in one sense ;-ani - - Old England
we are ail Yankees, North and S0aih;
and to the South Just nuw, or little while
ago, we of the middle and western States
are or were Yankees, too. But there Is
really very large anil most liberal and
conservative non-Puritan element IN the
population of New England, which for
many wears struggled for the mastery and
sometimes held it. Il divided Maine,
New Hampshire and Connecticut, and
once controlled Rhode Island wholly i
held the sway during the Revolution, and
at the period when the Constitution was
founded. and for some wears afierwarti
Mr. Caulhoun said. very justly, in lS4-,
that 20 the wisdom AMI enlarged patriot
ism OF Sherman anl Ellsworth OF the
slavery question we w2ro indebted for this
a admirable Government and that, along
with Patterson, OF New Jegsey, "iheir
nam 5 ought to BE- co1r.,ve1 On brass. ard
live for ever" anf Mr.. w, b=ter, Il
1890, IL ora ri II - ,.-tial h's.n.l, s-o-i-