The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-02-25


therefore, the Constitution vas league with
death and a covenant with hell. 1t wound up
with the demand stNo Union with slavehol-
ders" zstc.,s nc rztse5
Perhaps Wendell Phillips may no. bo con-
sidered by some as a representative of the Re-
publican party. But he does truly represent
this Administration, with its proch nation of
liberty Look at the votes in Congress or my
motion on yes: erday, to lay on the table reso-
luton by Thaddeus Stevens [hisses] to raise
$50 zoo martial negroes Misses Why,
one would Judge from that that the white race
in this country, like the Qankee's call was
stpretty nearly gin out" TGreat laue hter;
vo ce, .9They went re get the niggers cheap,
so that they won't have the trouble to colonize
them I cannot any especial difference
between the republicanism that sustains eman-
cipation proclamations and the real old genu-
inc Congo Abolitionism TCheers.] They
are two separate links of the same sausage
made out of the same original dog. TGreat
and continued applause aud laughter
p / refer to these volumes to show that over
thirty years ago, the popular instinct feared
that the Union would be in danger from these
insidious borings of these Puritanic reptiles.
The riots then consequent upon such euuacia-
tions, were the instructive outgushings of the
Union loving masses. fearing a speech too free
and cause too reckless for the stability of the
government.
These extracts are the germ of the power
now overshadowing the land. We may learn
from them, that the reli. ious element was in
vokcd as the ally of this crusade against slave
ry What though slavery was part of the
practical structure of society South, no matterl
What though it was part of the Providentiai
order; just as it was in the time of Moses and
the Saviour. no. matter. Moses sought not to
abolish it; Christ and his apostles meddled not
with it, but taught those general rules in
which it might be regulated, outside of civil
government But new evangel was preach
ed by the Abolitionists. Applying the old
doctrines Of Puritanism to our established or
der, it began, on moral grounds, TO undermine
the structure of our civil society. d5uat
I8l 1t might at first sight, seem anomalous that
New Englanders who have prided themselves
on their local self government, beginning with
the town meeting, should play the meddler
with the concerns of other people far distant,
even though to do it, they ytook the name and
doctrine of religion. But such is the contra
diction of this Puritan character, that when
ever it enjoyed blessing it did not want it
extended. Laug hter. 1t was ever inter
meddling to forbid its extension. In illustra
tion of these facts, allow me to recur to tie
colonial days 81 ~
7 1t is susceptible of proof, that the reason
why the Pilgrim Fathers could not live in
cace in England, was their tendency to prop
gate their creed Extensively. They came
iit,.s, is nonuarlv believed, to escape per-
secutiou--sFhen thcy=caine what did they uG. C..
The Emperor of France, in his Idees Ndpo-
leon iepnes, S(page 40) answers the question
when he says 1t is aalmost always seen that in
time &C trouble, the Oppressed cry out for lib
crty themselves, and having obtFined it, they
refuse to grant it to others. There existed in
England, in the seventeenth century, religi-
Gus and republican sect, which being persecu-
ted, resolved to go beyond the seas to an un-
Inhabited world, there to enjoy that sweet and
holy liberty which the old world refused to
grant. Victims of intolerance and certainly,
these independent men will, in the new coun-
try, be moro just than their oppressors! But,
Inconsistency of the human heart! the very first
law passed by the Puritaas founding new
society in the State of Massachusetts,, was one
declaring the penalty of those who should
dissent from these religious doctrines" This
ia the testimony of all history, as l shall pre-
sently show. -
Before they lsfs England, King james said
of them we doubt not with some truth, that
they were pests in the church and common
wealth. When the Mayfdwer and tho Speed
well were on the sea with their freight Ct Pill
grims, the same pcrvcrsity among themselves
ST. says, THAT these vessels contained the
Pilgrim wheat sifted from the three kingdoms;
but, he says that it needed sitting once or twice
more [Laughtcr] One of their leaders
said: tOur voyage hithcr (from Holland to
Dartmouth hath been as full of crosses as
ourselves of crookedness" LauShter.] Later,
in 1921, he again said, what was no doubt
true, ''that they were yoked with some i'll con,
ditioned people, who will never do good, but
corrupt and abuse others" Oliver, in his his
tory, proves that the captain Of the Mayfower
was bribed by The Dutch, who had settlem epts
in this vicinity, not to land the Pill lgrims in or
near the Hudson, where they inten ded to set
tie. daughter, and a voice, chats true
II there are any praying Knickerbocke rs here
II cries of s'plenty," and laughterl L hope
that may not be considered intrusive upon
spiritual concerns, if I suggest that it is not
too late, even yet, to give thanks for that
pieus fraud which led to this happy riddancei
lGreat laughter.
There is do doubt that, when exiled, as soon
as they learned the Language. in Holland, they
began to wrangle with the Dutch about their
creed. This will account for the anxiety about
their presence in the island of Manhattan. It
is mista E to suppose that the Pilgrims left
Holland on account of religious persecution.
The reason which they gave for leaving Ley
den was that the Dutch would not observe the
Sabbath, and the fear lest their children should
grow up to be dissipated Dutchman. Laugh
teri But there were other reasons. They an
ticipated poverty, and were greatly influenced,
as is sometimes the case yet with their de-
scendants, by worldly considerations. Laugh
ter In the language of the time, their hope
of wealth mingled largely and freely with their
hopes of heaven. [Laughter.l Adventure to-
ward New England, by the northern company:
was not inspired by the yield of geld and silver,
though visions of s'mines which lay hid in the
earth," were not wanting. But their treasures
lay in the sea, and their divining rod held Its
hsok and line ELaughter They came here
to serve God and catch fish. Laughter J.
When the Pilgrims went TO James for their
charter, he asked: '.What profits do you in
tend :" On being told "fshing,"' he replied,
ironically, $50 God have my soul. ''tis an hon
est trade, 'twas the apostles own calling
FLaugh,er. 1t is pity to spoil the poetry Of
Mrs Hamars alont the PILGRIMS by paintipo