The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-01-30
i {" Loyal, Governor and a as Copper
lealy (.Olcrn0r.

! We have on former occasion contrasts
ed zthe -. works. The loyal" Cow ~:
ernor of Massachusetts, with those of the
''copperhead' Governor,of New Jersey, in
the matter of extending n cal supportto
the national government, in its present
great trials and needs, and the recent mes
sages of these two Governors afford occa-
sion for making another such contrast
Gov. Parker, of N. j., the copperhead
Governor of "copperhead' people, as
they are called, states the result Of the
work fthat state since the war commenced
! in support OF the Government in substance
as follows:
New Jersey was the first 10 place he
entire Quota Of /" three months men III ne
field, fully armed and equipped, after Pre-
sident Lincoln, on the 18th of pril, 1861
had summoned the loyal States to the sue
cor and defence of the Union The mum
! Der of regiments which she raised for the
three, years service compared well With
! that OF any other State comingin the same
category with respect 10 the proportion OF
Its arms bearing population. She was the
/ first to procure her fall complement OF
men un ier the Subsequent call for 30O.>
! GEO additional TROOPS OF the nine
months men she furnished her appropri
ate contingent, and a: the last call of the
! Government she raised by volunteering
more zaen than were obtained from the
whole of New England by the draft Or,
as Gov. Parker modestly states it, there
have been credited to the State on her as
| signed quota about five thousand men,
| being nearly two.thirds of the required
| number; while the draft in other States
! yielded only about one third the quota in
men and money, calculating three b,.n-
/ drcd dollars as representing mGn.'
To this should be added also the fact
which Gov. Parker scarcely aludes to
that when The late invasion Of Pennsylva,
MIA by the army of Gen Lee spread SO
much CONSERVATION Throughout that State
the hastily organized lcyies of New Jersey
were tho. first to reach the scene OF threat>
ened attack. The gallantry Of her troops
on many stricken field, from the open.
ing battle OF Williamsburg on the Virginia
Peninsula to the last battles that nave
been fought in the Southwest, has already
received general rccognilione
Gov. Andrews, CT Mass, on the other
band, complains erievously Of the burdens
thrown upon MS state in the way Of tax
ing away her laboring population. admits
that the state has been behind in raising
her quotas and goes into lengthy argus
ment to show that it would be lust for
l.. L
man has profitable employment a. home
to go into other states and buy up re-
cruits. lie a, CUES in this way:
"Nhenever one community can furnish
volunteers for our armies, and other com.
nunities can afford TO pay them to come,
| but cannot afford 10 spare their own men
from their own industry, the simplest POI
| Utica! economy teaches the wastefulness of
refusing to allow the balances to De adjust
ed by the laws OF supply and demand.
Not TO Go SO scenes 10 me, as ii would
seem IN mechanics, to reject the use of the
lever, and to insist On moving all bodies by
dead lift
That is 20 say, that Massachusetts,, which
by the nature Of her pursuits, is in happy
position to make immense money by Tx
ing heavy government contracts, should use
that money to buy up men in Illinois,
where we are not SO happily situated, and
thus shirk out of the duty Of fighting en-
tirely. The widows and orphans of the
men thus bought up by Massachusetts,
would remain on the hands OF Illinois to
take care of: Massachusetts being happily
relieved of any such incum5lance.
New Jersey, like Massachusetts, is a
manufacturing state, and her proportion of
able Bodied men to her whole population
is no greater THAT that OF Massachusetts.
How pitiably, in the light of these facts,
stands Massachusetts, by the side of New
Jersey in the matter ofreal, effective loy-
atty
The g moral re desire to deluee from
this contrast is not that Gov Andrew is
less eaanest than Coy. Parker in support
Of the war; but that while he is no more
loyal, his loyalty is of a vicious stamp
thai; emasculatesi it. Gov, Andrew i, loyal
only SO far as tn. Government ca rres out
the views and policies Of his own party :
Gov. Parker is loyal" in spite Of party.
because he loves his country. As the
source of The loyalty of the latter is as cx.
allied as that of the former is selfish and
groveiling, SO it is no wonder there should
be the same contrast between the fruits of
their loyalty. a.r-