Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-21

errors Of part In colonial times an Endi.
colt was relieved by Winthrop, as in later
times Webster stands like ganite rock re-
pellng the waves Of Puritanism TApplanse.
would not confound the Parkers and Phil
lipses and the lesser spawn Of transcsndental-
ism, with the Choates and Curtises who have
cultivated the graces of civil order. / speak
of tina, ruling element in New England called
I Puritanism, which in Lancashire, in Holland,
ct Plymouth, or at Boston ever presents the
I same selfish phansaical, egotistic and intoler-
tapttyps of character. We find il in our poll
| tics to-day as the Tudors found it hundreds
Of years ago, ever meddling and only willing
10 concede when it can't help itself [Cheers /
/ Even in the time Of Elizabeth it compromised
with It's prosecutors to save the Presbyterian
but provided punishment for the Separat
/ lists. Hopkins, in his history, said it had no
correct ideas of civil liberty. II admitted
the dispensing power Of the King, just as
nowit camors for the dispensing power Of
the President You can not rely on the
varnished account the Pilgrims give Of them
selves, 1t Is false If they write the history
Of this war, the truth will never appear
Laughter. Their keynote is that slavery
Is its cause and must be extirpated The
truth is, slavery was meddled with and re-
buEutua HNipleuCt Wuhl was gwen III WThlu
aud malice. But it does not thence follow
lIhat-slaterywas the cause OF the violence
The doctrine Of the French socialist that
property is.a robbery, and therefore, should
he abolished, is a sample of the same fallacy
Abolition is, in the moral sense, the cause of
the war. Cheers 1t is the offspring OF
Puritanisn. The history of Puritanism shows
that it always sought to introduce the moral
elements involved IN slavery into politics, and
thereby threw the Church into the arena made
it wrangler about human institutions, divid-
ed Churches and begat sectional asperities.
Mr. Cox then read from a volume Of George
Thompsons lectures in 1884 aud 30, showing
by quotations how Abolition began. Even
then this English uteroper tainted US with
the cry of the "Union being in danger" He
urged war of determination then in the
name of God, aud promised the aid and con.
tributi6ns Of English Aboli,ionists. Mr.. Cox
read further from "a volume called "The Con.
siilutIan a Pro slavery Cuppact' BY Wendell
Phillips, Kisses to show that he held thar in
l1sT there was criminal compromise be-
tween slavery and freedom, and that the Union
should be dissolved with Shareholders. Per
haps Wendell Phillips might not be consider.
ed by some as representative of the Republi- !
can party But he does truly represent this
Administration, with ITS proclamation OF lib
etty. Look atthe votes in Congress on a
motion of the Speaker to lay on the table n
resolution by Thaddeus Stevens Thissesl to i
raise 10000 negroes. Kisses Why, one
would judge from that that the white race in |
this country, like the Yankees calf, was
pretty nearly gin eout" Great laughter |
a voice, "rhey want TO get the negroes cheap, |
fhen u can not 500 onv osnoo;oI H;gor
cnce betveon tbo Rennblico11isn 10, sns,ains s
sn,orcio,ion ,,rooIa p,o,io'a d ,b oI III
genuina Congo Abolit;onion tCbaosa T'n
The, ora 900 so,,ora,o i;nLs of a. 80,
o,,o ,odo nut ~ ,ba saro La,, TS-at1 9'l,'s
coo1t;nned an,Ionsal l'''' ''"N
These extracts were the germ Of that Abol- |
ton power now oyershadowlng us, The in-
huenee invoked by these m9n was the relig- |
ous sentiment in a crusade against slavery |
IL might seem anomalous that New England, |
which prlded itself upon its local selfgovern-
ment, should medde with the distant concerns
of other people. But such is the condition
OF this Puritan character that whenever il |
enjoyed blessing it did not want it extended |
In illustration Of this let me return to colonial
days The Puntans could never hvein peace
in England they would ever propagate their |
creeds olensiyeiy' King James said of them
that they were pests in Church and Common
wealth When the Mayiiower and Speedwel |
were on the sea, with the Pilgrim wheat thrice |
sIited from the three Kingdoms, their historian
says wanted sitting once or twice more =
One OF their leaders SAID their voyage was
as full OF crosses as themselves of crooked
ness Laughter In Holland, as soon as
tney iSSnrpeG l!he i,angnagei ihey began to
tfRnU mil n Ia ragln l..h 1ul.. al.