The Van Buren press., 1867-08-09
Hon. s. s. Cox on Boston.


at the Tammany celebration in New
York, at which he made the following
reference to Boston
why do you allow men unacquainted
with your interests To tax you? Why
do you pay without getting your equiva-
lent IN the satisfaction of spending youl
own money? Why do YOU allow the
dyspeptic Radicalism of Boston to tell
you what to drink, and when, and how
you must behave ON Sunday? APP
plause. The solution of these questions
lies in the fact that Boston rules by hei
ideas, which are crystaiizcd into laws
4 Combining the mystigogue with tn,
I demacoguc, Boston elses out, with the
foX's cunning, what she lacks in fumer-
ical and commercial strength and humane
and Christian charity. Are not the no
tionS ofWendell Phillips the law to Con
gress2 Is not Garrison received in
England as the eXpounder of American
/ institutions! Do not ber satraps swing
their batons over the South Arc not
\ her Senator's the law givers to New York
and TO Georgia? WhyY Because she
assumes much She believes, dares and
does. Every Boston Radical believes
himself annointed of the Lord. He
derOgates from you when he arrogates
to himself The meekncss of New York
was Illustrated when one Of the annoint-
ed, Butler, came to regulate your cleo
tons from the Hoffman House, though
he did not succeed so well as All apostle
from the City Hall. Laughter. Bos-
ton honors the President. it seems. Not
because she cares to make display for
Johnson or the Executive, Tennessee or
the Union, but because the display hon
ors Boston. That's So" and ap-
plause A Boston clergyman, in ac-
cordance with this idea, recently prayed :
Il thank Thee, O God, that Thou didst
permit us to be born in Boston laugh
ter and, therefore, that it is not neces-
sary that we be born again" Great
laughter ~
"What spectacle for this era! Ten
States discrowned, at time when even
Francis Joseph, of Austria, crowns Hun
gary, and assures to her an autonomy OF
government with liberal rights when
Germany consolidates her power by the
extension Of her liberal ZOlyerein when
Napoleon assumes the virtue of liberaliz-
ing speech and press! We have four
States that helped make the Constitution
s0rr0wfng WItn their orr younsr eiete-s, at
the beir of their liberties One of the
four, old Virginia, mutilated and shom of
her glory, leads the sad procession. She
bcseeches for her sisters their ancient and
written privileges "No," says the sa-
trap; "your Governors, Legislatures,
municipalities and Mayors, your clothing,
food and drink, your property, liberty
and life, are at my mercy" NO." says
the Radical /" bow to the sword and
breathe through Congress, and then you
may live" The five Generals in the
South, unconsciously it may be, are do
ing the bidding of Congress, which does
the bidding Of Boston, which does the
bidding of Wendell Phillips. When they
fail to extend the market for Boston
crackers and the sphere Of Boston
crotchets, they will be discarded--
Laughter They are but the Congress
sional hangmen Of States If the Presi-
dent interferes. he is threatened with the
flowing kindness Of Congress, accord
ing to the gospel of Boutwell, and Butler.
Kisses.
"Do you ask if thereis to be no end to
this? Will Radicalism perpetuate itself
inlS6S? Shall wrong breed wrong for
ever? My answer is, that would soon
believe that the universe were without q
first cause sooner believe in the fables Of
the Talmud or the book of Mormon,
than in II continuance of such degrade
ton among such people While Radi-
Gals are forging instruments of torture
Cor the South, we will redeem the North
Connecticut, under the auspices Of Gov
ernor English, heralds the dawn
Cheers New York will follow cheers
and her example is magnetic Radical
ism hangs by thread. She might hang
by something stronger. Laughter