The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-03-01

pen to us? Dc. we feel too strongly the
value Of equal rights and Of general edu-
cation +? Is New England 10 far ad.
vanced for the age 2 She has been IN ad-
vance sometimes, III IL true. ] have been
taught by history that New England be-
gan the revolution. She is not ashamed
of it. There is Lexington, there is Bunker
Hill, there is faneuil Hall, there are Ad-
ans, and Allen, and Warren, and Greene.
We are not ashamed of them. Whatever
reproach Senators may think they bring
to us, We will bear proudly And ever
since then she has not been backward.
do not boast of it. l only repel this ad.
monition that is given us and this tempest
that is threatened. Ever since then we
have not been backward in social and po-
litical progress. We have taught oui
children the honor of labor, the equality
of men, the value Of education and the
blessing Of the reign Of law. We have
striven to do our part in maintaining
them, l believe it happeDed-am | moi
right, sir THAT in the last contest for O
Republican Government, the first blood
shed for the cause Of the country was by
New England. The streets of Baltimore
received the blood of Massachusetts, men,
rallying at the first trumpet-call to thu
defence Of their capital. New England
is not ashamed of that. 1t was q spe.
cies Of admonition and kind of tempest
to which her sons have been accustomed
not less than those of other parts of the
Union. 1t happened then, as it had done
before, that she was foremost.
What then are our other sins? We
have sent out, it is true, since the found
alton of the Government, every year,
thousands and tens of thousands of our
citizens, who have in peaceable manner
emigrated to the South and the West
with their families. They have built up
homes. They have carried schools with
them. They have carried equal rights.
They have carried observance of the law.
They have built churches. They have
founded States, and those States some.
times have sent back to us the sons Of
New England, representing them with
high honor here. They are here now. l
see before me Senators from many States
whose birthplace was in New England.
Illinois has one, Kansas has one, Indiana
has one, Louisiana has one, Michigan has
two, Nebraska has one, North Carolina
has one, Oregon has one, South Carolina
has one, Wisconsin has two. These States
find no need to admonsh New England, I
trust, in that respect. Although New
England thus has been the source and
instrument of a constant tide Of emigra-
ton of this character over the country,
she is not left entirely destitute. She has
still shady population. lam not alarm
ed at the drain upon her. When l look
around upon New England men represent
ing the States of New England in this
body, with the exception of one State,
which | will not name, think they may
be safely trusted to maintain the rights
and perform the duties the Constitution
has given them without admonition and
without much fear of any great tempest.
When all that we have done has been to
stand side by side with our brethren in
other States in carrying on this war and
securing its just fruits, l am at loss to
know what is meant when we are threat.
ened with whirlwinds and storms, and
when this is supposed to be fit time to
admonish New England for her conduct
in the course Of the rebellion or since
Why, Mr.. President, New England can
not be overthrow. She can breast the
whirlwind and the storm. She can stand
admonition, because the principles uron
which her institutions are founded are
principles that no storm can overthrow,
that no admonition can tarnih h, and that
no event short Of the hand of Omnipo.
tence can disturb in the least degree.
They lie at the foundation of all true So
cial progress, and the people that is true
to them builds its institutions upon an un-
rock. We do not boast of it.
We are only instruments in Supreme
hands, which will carry on their great
work in spite of storms or whirlwinds.
The same Ruler who has brought us thus
far over the abysses will be with us still.
Qui transtuln sustinet. The one incrus.
ing purpose that rules through all the
ages will, l doubt not, manifest itself
more and more in national unity and ma
tional harmony. have said this. sir,
with considerable regret. l dislike to
refer to the history of part of our coun.
try, because l am one Of those who be.
lieve in the unity of the nation; and that
New England, in any sense that is differ.
emit from the national sense, is no New
England. She is only one part Of the
common whole. But have felt obliged
not to boast Of New England, but to de.
fend her; to pay some attention to what
are called the admonitions and the threat.
enings Of tempest and storm with which
she is to be visited because she believes
in the power of this Government to pre-.
serve in peace what it has secured in war,
and in the right of her representatives to
act and vote freely as they think best for
the common good Of the whole country
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