Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-29
THE PURITANS.

The copperhead press is constantly TEEN
ing with abuse of the Pmitans, and their
descendants. No epithets seem to be too
vile, no basencss too low for this purpose
and whilst, as a rule, there is not a word
of truth in these charges, it is ungcnerous
in the extreme The people who have
made the rude, rocky, barren hills Of New
England blossom like the rose" and whose
industry, perseverance. skill genius, has
done more than that of any other section, to
bring prosperity and glory to this nation,
deserve better but, the better the man,
the better the abuse" holds good i'll this as
in other cases.
We have been led to notice these sland-
ers of a noble people, because If is charged,
" that in their opposition to Slavery they
are not so much actuated by sympathy for
-Four Millions of Slaves, as by a Jealous
hatred of Three Hundred and Forty-Seven
Thousand Shareholders" The idea that
any sensible man envics the situation Of
the Shareholder, is rather prcpOsterous :;
but let that pass The Puritans and their
descendants, dislike the unjust privileges
which the Three Hundred and Forty-Seven
Thousand Shareholders possess, over the
same number Of any other class of citizens
of the United States. As white freemen
they would be entitled to three Congress-
men, but they sent twenty i'll addition, and
had the same number Of Presidential Elec-
tors. This power makes Shareholders
arrogant, and the patronage which it yields
has made dough-faced democracy just what
it is, party sympathizing with rebellion.
These sycophants to- the slavcocracy, can
see no injustice i'll giving to Three Hun
dred and Forty-Scven Thousand Slave
Holders, as much power as Two Millions
of Northern Frecmen possess.
Again. 1t is often asked when did the
Puritanical Abolitionists commiseratc
wrctchcdncss, except by long faces, hypo-
critical cant, and pharisaicaI prayers
When did the poor go from their doors with
their wants relieved! No, no, their sym
pathics only go up for the slaves and that
costs them nothing" These mtcrrogato-
ries, with their base insinuations, can well
he answered by asking when did the no.
ble-heartcd sons and daughters of New
England refuse libor0i aid to the needy or
destitute, at home or abroad? When a
Southern City was burnt, what place sent
the sufferers the most money? The answer
is, Boston When the yellow Fever ragged
in the cities of the South, what place gave
the most literally to relieve the sutfcrings
Of the distressed? The answer is again
Boston y few years ago, Norfolk, in Nir-
ginia, was scour ed with Yellow Fever
4 Howard Committee was appointed by
the citizens, to receive and use all gifts
sent for the relief Of the sufferers That
Committee reported that Boston, glorious
Old Boston, had sent them Nineteen Thou
sand DoilarS A larger sum than had been
received from all the cities South of the Po-
tomac. SO that one single city in New
England, the descendants of the niggardly
Pmitans, gave more to relieve the suffer
ings Of a distressed Southern City, than all
the cities in thirteen Southern States com
bined, where, according to the Copperhead
press, all the liberality and greatness of
the land reside
Surely this one historical fact places the
enlightened, liberal sons and daughters of
New England, above the reach of the vile
ISLANDERS of ii base partizan press.