The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-04
THE fRREPRrssrsIr NEW gs6EAYpER.


hopeless isolation and which Will be brought
u1.on New England by the eventual separation o.
the Northwestern and Middle States from the land
If tie Pilgrims Chained 10 a barren rock, with Il
,uilnrc devourius her liver she woald cxpiate hei
crimes against humanity and present exampl,
Of the final sribaistions of sinners, which would
prove a perpetual warning to sll mankind.
We wish We could sha,e these pleasing an,icipa-
tons. But, in the itst place, the wicked rarely re.
ceve their deserts in tins world and III the
second place, have grave doubts Of the capacity
Of the Western and Middle States TO reduce New
England to tia, state Of solitary punishment which
wuall prove beneficial TO the rest Of the world
The lock has not been invented that Yankee can
not PICK Try it, by all means; hut II you shut
him out at the door, he VIII come III by the VIM
dog, on Chamber like an entTTpfiSihg giihiaisih,
upon the looi and come down through The chimney
lie has many lives as cat and II yo' tie hiin up
ia a bag and send him to amlll-pond 10 he diowned,
ten 10 one that he back before his execuiioner and
pasriHg away ia ms old corner with as much COM
Ios,re and gravity ii nothing had happened
1t would be pleasant 10 get Id Of this elastic and
pefvsding nuisance, bpt ms lat well expect TO
he lee IRON mosquitoes and fevers IN swamps Of
New Engianders where anything is 10 be made. The
Middle States and the West shut out New England |
Why, the former once separate from them, of
different colonies, different race. and hating the
very name Of them, and yet they could not keep
them out The more they execrated them, the more
the Yankees delighted in them, beguiled them with
respondent tinware, made love to their daughters
aud sisters ana became their sons-in-law and their
brctersin-law. Thus, i'll process of time, they got
possession Of the whole country, that there
lew families in the Middle States Northwest
which cannot trace their pedigree by either The pa
leInal OF maternal ancestry, TO Plymouth Rock.
Sons Of the Pilgrims The very name indicates
that they not to be kept III place, and least
Of all, the Land Of their Fathers. 1t is to
them that their country is as unproductive a
grindstone On the contrary, il is their traditional
glory and pride. On that grindstone they sharpen
their wits, and holding the world to be their oyster,
they 20 forth to open 1T They Just the cuteSt,
sharpest critiurs alive The finest Sheffield cutlery
cannot be made keen. They rejoice in their
smartness saints do in virtue. Fixed local at
tachInents, they have none. They look upon New
England a mere base from which to operate upon
other regions. As soon as they hedgcd, they fly
away 10 seek their fortunes elsewhere They keep
nothing at' home but reserve class of manuiac-
turers, shipping merchants and old maids. Even
these would not stay if their union with the North
and West was dissolved. The land, it is true would
become a wilderness; but it is the people we want
TO punish and not the land. The land has been
punished enough already i'll being inhabited by such
a How VIII the North and West keep the peo-
pie OUT Nothing but sword and fire have kept
them out Of our own Eorders. We fear that even
here, after the is over, they will come back in
IL ~
IN hungry myriads upon every living thing.
The New York Herald complains that New Eng
land. with small population, has a preponde-
rating influence over New York and other larger
States in the councils and contrives to make
them bear the buItLens and peliis of the war while
she rsaps the profits This is the sweet simplicity
Of dotage. What charming provision Of nature il |
Is that as man grows cid lie grows green DID the
venerable SaWney OF the Heraid ever expect New
England to do anything else Didsbe suppose that |
the Sons of the Pilgrims going bear the bur
thehs, and leave other people the profits Of war
Wa should like TO know what passage i'll New Eng
land history furnishes the foundation for such an
stipulation. We can easily imagine the indignant
scorn with which 1t viii be received by every TIM,
New Highlander Ii Is the vocation Of New Eng
land to be smart, and he who questions hor |
smartness sfabs her character to the heart 1t l.
not smart to go and be sed tor the purpose of put
ting money into other mems pockets. A smalt REQ
PIE prefer that other folk should be killed Tor tL.i
eehooi provided other folk fools enough to sub
NIT to the operation.
The He7affs complaint is as urmauiy a. it is
senseess Ii the giant permits the dwarf 10 become
MS master, the presumption II that the dwarf has
Lhe most brains, and Is entitled to the ascendancy
A horse Is more powerful animal than man, but
The man ndes him ior the same reason that New
England rides the Middle States and the West-I
ahese latter are money making and farming peo,lt
Well enough at sheir counters and ploagh sails but
not overstocked with genius Yhey need a master
and New England supplies the need For this, they
should be thankful Moreover if as they say, their
population is 50 much larger than that of New Eng
land, it is obvious that they ought not TO look to her
Tor lighting men. She furnishes them with IDEAS
and machinery; but her human stock is small and /
she is compelled to be economical i'll its expenditure
What would become of the world if the race of the
Pilgrims should become extinct if the seed-corn Or
he civilization religion and progress of the world
should be exhausted Who would enlancipate the AZ
lcans Who would evangelize the dark places of the
'arth Who would disseminate light and liberty
lmong the down-trodden masses of Europe What |
Fould America do for an Athens Or the Northern |
x Tor an owner and a master
And this enterprising and exemplary people they
'ropose to shut out Ill the eoldl DO they not fear
Dat the same smartness which has proved too much
or the stupid, vicious masses of the Middle States |
7hl contriye to make lodgment among them under
my and all circumstances Do they imagine that
he New England cat will not always alight Oh his
Get We have no sympathy with their tribulatiors
sxecrating the New Englanders as they profess TO
10, and having the power to crush the Puritan
pit, they have permitted themselves to become the
'lihng tools OF a minority, contemplate in num-
ers out nendiike IN malice and wickedness They
ave become possessed of devils, and now, when ,
hey md themselves, like swine, rushing headlone
MO the sea- they eager to get rid Of the motive
'ower II the devils had led then into green pas-
ures and smooth rivers they would have considered
Aem dengods, and gruRted out thanksgiyngss
II matters little to us outside barbarians what be-
ONES hereafter Of New England if we can only ex-
iade Its internal influences from our own borders
I - cue % the consultations Of this war that for ,
hree years and more We have kept it out in the :
oid' 80 lar as our own fresides are concerned Its
looks, It's newspapers, its pedlars its wooden nut
negs and oaken hams, its political and religions
= pusgery Of every kind have been confined to
'e'se'h Hcums. II It has made them bleed at
very pore uey have deserved it, and we are glad 81
- ~ mas not fingered much OF our great staples. |
ana VAL not while the lasts The only fear MO
gave Of Its intrusion viii come with peace a1s
egisiator who val then devise am efIic,ep, ,, |