New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-25

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II there are any citizens OF New York or New
England who fancy that their distinguished
names will make al unpairiOtic policy popular
We advise a study of history. When british III
Justice moved Congress to declare war III lsl2'
IL Is not the most honorable fact In the history
of Massachusetts, that the Governor OF that
State refused to obey the rcqulsltlon OF the
United States by calling ont militia. one doe"
not now remember with enthusiasm the TACT
that public meetings of citizens in Newly ork
and Boston at that time declared the war
"waecd without Just cause and an ailront t0 the
Divine Being" and affirmed that they had no
confidence in the existing Government ot the
United states" There j. not a schooboy now
who does not rejoice that the honor OF the
young nation WAS indicated 10y the war oil
$50. and we forget II we can the names ana
the behavior of those who preferred coEardly
submission Ia British insults.
# was about thc same time. too, that Josiah
Quincy violently denounced the admission OF
Louisiana a~ q State. and maintained that the
Constitution gave mo- authority 90 form state
r.om new territory go throw the rights and
.Hbettc, ol thi. people into 'hotch-pot With
% thr W Ia men of Missouri. nor with the mixed
. lto1-h more respectable. race of Auglo-lii
. piuo-Gnlln- Americans vino h1~k ON thc sands
| ~ I'm nc mouth Of the Ni.,i~-ippi.' The cNpan-
sion of ,hc Union. which Mr.. Qdncy and som"
Other Eastern men SD violently opposed seemed
wise and patriotic 10 the great majority OF the
peoplc. and there are very few i'm these days
who do not feel chat the people then had higher
conceptions of duty than tho person, who con-
| .id.r.d Jefferson and Madison "Jnso states
men.
| Coming To later day, we have only TO re-
member Nh. spirit shown iu some Eastern quar-
! fer. about the war with Mexico. History does
NOT forget Chat There was some honest ana
patriofic ground for opposition 20 the any cNa-
| ton of Texas that it was not prompted Icy me
sort of cpwaIdly Scld~mcss which Napoleon
ascribrd to ,hopkccpcrs, but by hostility oil
Northern men To slave institution, and their cN-
tension. But IL did not content some Eastern
people to continue opposition 10 the wa ony Is"
long as ID was possible to prevent II. They went
further. aud denounced the country and ITS
cause even after the Nation was engaged m war.
| History cannot forget that thcs" men car
rird their pomp of conscience and pride ol
opinion 40 flr that they became effective allies
of n foreign enemy. Nor were they ever FOR
given by the great majority of the people. Tor
conduct deemed shamci1lly unpatuotic. To
the end of their lives they never recovered the
! influence with the country which their character
would Otherwise have secured. Their conduct
! contributed greatly 90 bring about the tremru-
dous reaction against anti--laveIy opinions
which made Fugitive slave Law possible, de
| priycd Mr.. Webster of the Presidency. buried
! the only party that Was not wholly Sub-erv'cnt
| ~ the south and gave MS the ten most disgrace
! ful years of our history.
To-day there is no Thought Of war. The
question i, simply this: Shall lhe United States
protect Us citizens and extend its legitimate IN
| hucnce and its trade with other American ma
| tionsl Sundry men in NcW-Enslaud and Now
! York. who appear to think that wisdom and
moral sense will die with them, ar" fast getting
/ thcmsclvc, into an attitude of hostility 20 their
own country and It's r,htiul interests, and be
! comin, the American allies Of British interests.
! They dcnounce Mr. Blaine with ierociouS
malgnity because hc has been conspicuous IN
defending American citizens against the British
claim OF perpetual allegiance. and IN striving to
extend the influence of the United states by
legitimate and peaceful means. l. an American
statesman to be oStracizcd aud hunted to death
because hc cares for his own country more than
for Great Britain Outside of this centre Of
foreign influence, and the city of Boston, the
large majority of people at the North heartily
approve the course of Mr.. Blaine. and wish to
have American interests defended by him IN the
White House. Already the course OF British
,ympathizcrs and tools has kindlcd a strong
feeling. If they persist in it, they are likely to
have rs little consideration and As little Of pub
lie esteem rs fell TO the lotof the Blue light
F,d.r.tlfst. - of earli,r DAYS.