American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-06-09
PURITANIsM,

1t is interesting to a student to note
the manner in which class, sectional
and religious characteristics are in
Aoritcd by offspring; and handed
Town from generation to generation
Or successive ages. Especially is
MS interesting to an American citi-
EN- in studying the character, posi-
,ion and ultimate aims of the present
dominant political party. Wcycnture
the assertion that in the history of
the world, there have been no more
remarkable instances Of prosperous
yiliiany-Successful Hypocrisy and
religious intolerance than are pre-
#.led US in the PuritanS, who VAN
agtshcd and murdered Charles LIST,
and in their descendants, who have
tliumphed over us and are now in
power, on this continent.
"gromwell with
-"No,hing to back his suit at all
Bot the plain Devil and assembling locks
cuthused his followers with a tanati-
l.lmdiutolerant hatred ofthcir King
and Governments. And with the war
cry " Kings are but men " and amen
able to the laws, succeeded i'll over
throwing the regular and legitimate
authorities of the Island, and i'll plac-
inc himself at the head of the Brit
ISL nation-ever pretending to have
a most sacred and scrupulouS regard
for the laws Of the land and the
rights of mem
Charles may have been tyrant
and a weak and dissolute PrinCe-but
England was never ruled with such
an iron hand, with such entire dis
regard of her Constitution--and the
natural rights of man as she was I'M
der the reign of the Lord Protector
Ct the Commonwealth, Upon his
death, the royal family, whom he had
cviled were recalled, and law and or
der restored to the Island. His mis-
cradle followers, shorn of power,
LAUGHED at and sCOrned of men, emf
Grated to this continent His revO-
lution, tho for a season success,
WAS one Of those violent movements,
which went 50 far beyond what was
inst and desirable, that its ultimate
failure was an inevitable politicalne-
ccssity.
The war which has just ended in
eur accomplishment, inaUgurated by
the descendants OF the Pulitans of.
England was solcmTiy declared by
them in its very inception TO be Simp-
Iy and solely for the preservation OF
the territorial integrity OF our gov
eminent and the yindication Of SIT
urcmacv of the Constitution and the
laws. The attempt on the part of
the Southern States to break MP the
Union has proved a failure. Our
people as one man acknowledge
that the secession movement has been
an abortion, and the principle upon
which il was based is forever settled
againSt them. They accept the result
OF the war as final and conclusive,
and EXPRESS one common desire to
perpetuate the Republic in all its in
togrity and glory, and to live under
It's Flag. But this same Puritan par
" with peans Of Liberty on their
lins are attemptin@ou social and
ltical slavery, with the battle cry of
Union and Liberty they have well
nigh ruined the one ard lost the 9th
or, marching under the banner of Re
publicanism, they ale eSsaying the
establishment of a consolidated DcS-
potism. There is no truth in them,
no consistency, no impulse save
hatred Of then enemies, no instincts
save seif-lovc. They are true to the
fathers from whom they are descend
ed. They are the h~pocrites of his
tory. The cut-throats Of this CONT
naut, the p;,L. ockets of toe 18th
-. Protected by a generous
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