Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-08
Foe !he Nav York Heraid, I

In the last SESSION of the Senate let il not be forget
ten, the chairman CT ev>EY important committee was
\ ew E:gauder, the presiding officer was New E:1
gRrder, and all the le i: lion ground Ont vas either t
benz Il; New England interests, CT to supply food tt
New Eng aud bgo'ri25 and hates. TIE trade OF NeH
York CITY was TO be destroyed by Imposing du1ic!
which would force foreign merchandise up 10 Canada
and thence, by snuGgllng into the United States; 7l5
New England was to avoid the heavy burden OF take
ton, in great measure, ty placing the heaviest excise
duties of internal revenue upon to ticI il which
| her interests in-igLiGcact Her six Statee with
aggregate population OF three million ooe hundred
and tbiT Thousand three hundred and oCe accord
ing to the census CT 1860 are rerreeeled by twelve
senators, holding Inc charnanshps Of ell the most in
p0rtaEt committees OF TIE Senate Of the UDon while
New York. with population OF three million eight
tuadIed aud eighty sven thousand fi7a hundred and
forty two according to the same ceDsua has but two
members in the Senate ard tLesa two upon every &C.
casion in which they attempted to defend the inter
ests Of New York and tie Central States were Rough
y oVerri1den and voted down by the "BIacz RapQoIi
can Squadron" from New England.
Thus it is Tat history repeats ITSELF The Pur;tars
to this c0uatry under pTetence O. sire to secure
religious liberty bat s00ncI~Lad they obtained il
lo1 themselves than hey conmonced blsnl2g Qaakers
nCncontom6te, Wich>s and all others whose practices
ascendancy Of the Black sGaii Squadron" in cur
Datcnal affairs, provoking cgl rather tbsn
submit to i! out they given chance 0!
power than We fad tbs " BIa:k Republican Squadron 3"
in full sweep, with the black flag hosted against thu
tights Interests and opinions of every section of tie
Union Our whole government to day is ore Of YANKEE
ideas and iba l3erAblt sort or Yankee philan-
thropic notions. The ccp;Go thtoWn d0wa by TIE ex-
IRENE South, IS it rUs1ed out of the Union is no.
welded more fercely and renorseIy b? the extreme
northeastern section Of our people.
When vii the day cone, it may he e6ked il aI ch
tbs great Central and Western States wii assert Their
natural supremacy, aid crush Cut the extremists or
cornerme CT 'ie c5lt!G@n, Us We mag ell them one
faction OF ihse resng C tie sOutbeaS ard lbe otber
the northeast corner OF the Atlantic s.aboard FL
Then will the day that We CT TIE Centre and
West shall be Alnegic.ns,'' and lot YarkgeF," in
the eyes Il lrope, AID Indeed Of sl the world Wei
a:e called " Yankees" Aow--evcn By Southern
foes, who knew better, geographic --nzrely because
1t is aeen that are The hetos OF Iarkee oigugchy
patiently submitting % Yankee rule and fyhting out
war which had its origin il Yankee intolerance and |
bgotry. With seven Euad.ed a3d fifty thousacd more
popua,ion tran tie six NV gland States put 10
gether we haze but two Representatives in the Senate
Of The United States, ahi NV England las twelve
and not coneo with fo.ting the greater part OF
he burdens Of the war, wli.c al lie time runirg
ne trade aid msrino Of greatest c:-y-te great-
EST city on The contiIent-Nvw England has Cap
jed the climax o. ber CppttS3!Ols by so arranging it.
hat while hut tw&lge ard hall ptr cent Of her popu-
lasion las Zen eoroei for tbs comiug draft no less
han twenty Blk per cert OF cur paTuls t!On 10 iLe 6
en- districts CT New TX have been enrolled for tie
anne purpo e! DIS this reatly mean that the lives
wo and a iIat ton titjzans OF New York are but
worth the LIE OF oGe ha8sGeou2etts RAD O: Will The
Jay State assert tat Of her lanky soIs is able TO
7hSP two AMI something over CT Our New York ath-
atss The questicn il per:iue1t one los as things
r2 n = progressing, 10 tell ho1 sooa thes.
I1estions may be brou st 20 yefyspractical lest
he oDy remedy for ID. evils is for the Cenre and
orth"rn sta,cs 10 Make Strong asuce tf.usive
nd defensive, dueiog ha PROCESS Of the Chicago C3n
en.ion, and to place upon platform, oppcssd alike
0 SCuth oetern and NORTHEASTERN extremists, some
ODSeFTatiT3 SQ!CiEr Statesman WAC shall be thp |
igorous exPoneas OF rational, anti corner policy.