Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-29


cause Of disagreement The idea is not only
false in theory but proved false by history The
danger OF disuni0n comes from radcalism Rad
ical views adopted in any section OF the country
will inevitably result in difficulties between sec
tons Nor is slavery by any means the only
subject on which radical views are possible. The
history Of our times ought to prove the con-
trary. There are plenty Of men among us-who
remember the threats Of dissolution from other
parts Of the country than the South-threats
carried almost into practical execution. IL Is
worth while to recall some passages out oil DIS
tory They may do good IN the way oil convine
ing people th,t after we have DESTROYED slavery
the millennium is not yet at hand, and II we wish
10 preserve the Union must still watch the
radical men of Massachusetts, well as those Of
South Carolina, to be sure of keeping the coun-
try from chronic attacks Of threatened dissolu-
ton. For long as re have among us such
men as the fire eaters Of Massachusetts, and Of
South Carolina. just so long we shall have at
tempts at dissolution Of the Union whenever their
tender eonsciences or their pockets are affected
bv the national policy. just as long as sectional
radicals refuse to adopt the doctrine OF compro-
mise for the unity of great nation like thu, just
so long We shall have threats OF disunion and at
tempts at it - r-s q
In the year 1909 the people Of Boston, Massa-
chusetts. and New England generally. were seri
ousIy exercised on national questions. Slavery
had nothing to do with il. On the contrary, up
TO the wear 1908 an immense fleet OF New Eng
land vessels had been actively engaged in the
slave trade and the people of Rhode Island and
Massachusetts,, in 1909, were dividing the enor-
nous profits they had realized in that business,
which was started by their Puritan fathers in the
18th century. and stopped in the 9Th century by
the votes OF Virginia, and other States less in
terested IN the traffic than the New Englanders.
The cause of the mental exercise to which we
now allude was the action Of the General Gov
eminent in establishing the embargo. 1t Is not
necessary to discuss the reason Tor this action
Enough that the United States ordered it, and
the New England people did not like it, We
give now some facts from history. without much
comment. fsre Hui1r f1HH sea-
The inhabitants of Boston memorlalized their
State Legislature, January. 18th. -lSu9--They
held a town meeting and there was much
treason then talked in Boston as there was in
South Carolina when Anderson was calamity
defending Sumter. The following is an extract
from the memorial of the town OF Boston to the
Legislature of Massachusetts,. adopted in that
town meeting:
"That they are constrained to apply to your
honorable body as the immediate guardians of
their rights and liberties for your interpositIon
to procure for them relief from the grievances
which they suffer. under the operation of the
laws of the general government abolishing for
eian commerce, &c Our hope
State, to whom il is competent TO devise means
of relief against the unconstitutional measures of
the general government; that your POW er is ade-
Quate to this object is evident from the organiza-
ton of the COnlederacy."
The town of Gloucester resolves, January II,
1909:
THAT to our State government we look for
counsel, protection and relief at this awful period
Of general calamity"
In Newburyport, handbills were posted calling
on the people to "be resolute, act like the sons
of liberty, Of God and your country. Nerve your
arms with vengeance against the despot (Jeffer-
son.) &c"
The Boston Centinel said:
EVERY man will presume that he is not bound
to regard it 1.-THE em5argo;) but may send his
produce or merchandise to a foreign market in
the same manner as if the government bad never
undertaken to prohibit it."
The Boston Gazette spoke for disunion.- 1t
said:
alt is better to suffer the amputation of limb
than to lose the whole body. We must prepare
for the operation Wherefore then is New Eng
land asleep2 Wherefore does she submit to the
oppression of enemies in the SOuth1 Have we
10 Moses who is inspired by the God Of our
fathers aud will lead out of Egyptf'
We cite these few specimens to show young
men and new politicians of our day page of
history which perhaps they have never opened.
If they will go back to the newspapers and pam
phlets of that time they will find hundreds and
thousands of such specimens as these extracts We
have made.
The hatred to the government and the coming
war continued and increased in New England.
We pass on TO the time when the war became a
fixed fact SO intense was the enmity that men
were prevented from subscribing to loans for
government purposes and the agents had to ad-
vertise that they would receive private bids and
a. &
Advertisement from the Boston Chronicle Of April H.
lSl41
"THE NEW LOAN. sffE
"From the advice of several respected friends
are induced to announce to the public that
subscriptions to the new loan will be received by
Us as agents until the 25th inst from individuals or
incorporated bodies. in sums of s50o and upwards.
- Applications will be received from any
persons who wish to receive their interest ia Bos-
ton by letters post paid, or by written applica-
tons from individuals in Boston, and the names
of all subscribers shall be known only to the
undersigned. .
GILBERT & DEAN, Brokers.
Exchange Coffee House
Boston. April ~
advertisement from the Boston Gazette Aprill4 lsI4
1.-THE LOAN
Subscriptions will be received through the
agency Of the subscriber to the 25th inst, nciu-
sive
ITO avoid the inconvenience of personal ap-
pearauce TO subscribe, applications in writing
will be received from any part of the State. 9
The amount. rate and name of any
apple INT shall at his request, be knpwn only to
the subscriber. JESSE PUTNAM
The Boston Gazette of April Ia, in which the
last advertisement appeared, thus remarked on
the war:
How degraded must our government be. even
in their eyes, when they resort to such tricks
20 obtain money which a common Jew broker
would be ashamed Of - They know right
well that the cause is so sneaking and vile that
nobody would be seen in the broad day light to
lend them money. Perhaps moneyed
men NAV be bribed BY the high interest that is
offered but if they withhold their aid and SO
force the gOvernmt mt into peace, will not their
capital be better employed. il employed in trade?
On the whole we think il no way to get
out Of the war, to give money to government
when the very thing that prevents them from
carrying it on is the want Of money.
lit Is very grateful to find that the universal
sentiment is. that any man who lends his money
10 the government at the present time will forfei.
all claim TO common honesty and common cour-
tesy among all true friends of the country"
Sympathizers with these sentiments existed
elsewhere. Of course Thus we find that about
that date the New York Evening Post said one
day: 1--WE have only room this evening to SAY
that We trust no true friend to this country
will be found among the subscribers to the Gala
tn War"
There were clergymen, not a few. who lent
pulpit aid 10 the factions who opposed govern
ment Rev. Mr.. Gardiner, rector Of Trinity
Church. Boston. preached. July %, 1872 a SER
mon. IN which he said:
let M, c,rsfforafioos vhafever my hreth,eo