Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-31

4 an dear sir,
HOur very obediont %servsut,
WILLIAM II SEWARD.

AhAA NEAN hNNNlAuA W. NNhIF
WILLIAM II SEWARD.
One som " jmcs may he AZ a loss 10 know
What exactly is meant by this phrsse, "New
England principles and sentiments Per
heps the following descfit ton taken rom a
review Of The Marquis Of Lothian's new book
on America, comes near the mark
In the language Of Theodore Parker one
OF her %favorite sons, the love Of the almighty
doilar" is the ruling passion OF New England.
This is the heart, soul and body OF all her
policy. Tbs is the one principle OF ner 10y
atty. Ii the Union take the almighty dol.
lar from her pocket, then it deserves to be
destroyed, and she is ready to seceie. Bat
only let the Union restore this t%utelary god,
and then though It rob all the world beside, it
Is more glorious than the sun, and blutS out
secession like q star by the full blaze Of noon.
The almighty dollar" is, indeed, the grea,
light that rules by day in Yankeedom, with
out whose presence all is darkness and de-
cay IL is the one idea Of New England,
which abSorbs, directs aud rules all the rest
less energies of her TOO active soul.
Never is this iusane worship more frantic
than wheu "the almighty dollar assumes the
shape Of broad and goodly acres. Hence
'the battle of the territories" But the Yam
kee, always a subtle c%asuist, never fats TO
seek land and plumber under the holy guise OF
ph'lsnthroPhy. The poor negro is the pre-.
text Tor his pltiless philanthropy. In the name
OF this poor outcast OF earth the battle OF ter
ritories is fought, aud the fair domain Of NJ
braska is "won TO freedom But, 10 the
very FIRST law enacted by the worthy descend
ants OF the Pilgrim Fathers is to exclude all
negroes from that goodly "inheritance Of the
saints T.
God made Of one blood" be piously re-
minds us. "sll nations" This is his favorite
Scripture; the key note Of all the pr, echinrs
aud the pratiugs Of his philanthropy. But
why does he always fail to quote the whole
verse? HE made Of one blood" we are told,
'all nations, for to dwell on the face OF the
whole earth" Alas bow little this last
clause suits the purposes Of Northern phiian-
thropy The poor negro may, indeed, dwell
where he pleases, or perish at his leisure, pro.
vlded he do not appear in the presence of
good New England, Was It not enough that
the poor negro had been excluded, by law,
from the States in which he bears rule But
must he also be debarred from entering into
the very territory which was fought for and
won in his nsme2 Aye, even 30, is the sol
emn legislative response of the plundering
philanthropists Of the North. 1t was in the
name of the negro, but not for the negro, that
they won the goodly land Of Nebraska and
robbed the South Of its rights under the con.
s%titution.
Land, land this is the game Of oil such
philanlhropists. For this they exterminated
the Pequods; for this they fought "the battle
of the territories" and for this they now
strive to exterminate the people of the South.
Why not let the South go2 Sha merely asks
ITO be let alone" Why, then, not let her go
in peace2 1t was in answer to this precise
question that Henry Ward Beecher, true to
the instincts and traditions of his Puritan an
cestry, exclaimed in Exeter Hall, "Why not
let the South got o that the South would go
But, then, she must leave her lands for US
o that the South would gol o that she would
plunge into the depths OF ocean For then we
philanthropists of the North might just enter
in and take quiet possession Of all her fair
and fertile plains.