New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-22
JUMPING ON NEW-ENGLAND.
DON NJ. DICKINSON, IT SEEMS LEARNED THE
TRICK FROM S. S. cox

TRICK FROM s. S. cox
Speech of S. S. Cox I'm New York. January IL, 1868,
before the Democratic Union Association. Coxs light
Years in Congress- =. 2s1):
Tho West is beginning to ask whether this political
equality among the States, made for wise reason -
be used for oppression; whether 10 that source 10
attributable the partial legislation which fosters manu-
aciure and burdens the consumer; which hampers inc
free Interchange ana enterprise Oh ms Sea d d v5
which shuts of the competition OK inc World anu 800
10 the New England fabrics the monopoly alhohs
wonder that az public meetings It is resolved that
the Mississippi Valley shall never ue tributary W
cupdlty and folly and thai men maay cry OUT lido ds
England fanaticism and speculation have made uis,
union. New England stands IN the way OF rc-unon'
Perish New gland that the Union may I'VE. Ihvre
is legend related of ST. Lawrence rs ne lay on me
grdirOn conscious that he was sufficiently done on one
side requested the cooks if not too announcement 10
turn him over and do him on the other. rear ,ho
West Will never be canonlzed II II requires such double
sacrifice reach the sanity calender
And this economic abuse can be nghted by anoiher
Congress The evils temporary. They would be
borne but unhappily they seem TO be accompanied
by an element harder TO master, the Puranlsm of New
England. This is bred in the bone. 1t IS the same
now that IT was hundreds Of years ago. Like OegeIs
like Generation succeeds generation with the same
stamp OF Puritan character; taking for justice
cgosm for greatness. cunning for wisdom cupidy for
enterprise. sedon for liberty, and cant FOR pety Inc
West do moi plain merely that their interests were
sacrificed by New England capitalists for Their aggra-
dIzement but they decst the idea OF Puritan politics
State should unite ITS functions pracucaly win the
church, for the propagation o. morality and religious
the dictates OF public opinion. which ever look TO the
interests of sections and men, are disregared Ana
the science of government. New England may he
counted smart In intellect cunning in invention,
her Libraries schools. churches and press. She may
understand the science which subsidies the lever tho
pulley the cylinder and the wheel. She may study,
as the worm does, how 10 draw thread fine, and like
the spider how 10 make the web. Sho NAV under
stand the mechanism OF matter. and may boast an
Archimctes and a jacquard I'm every factory But
such Smarfncss may be unable TO comprehend the
mac hineTy Of State II may brng-no. II has already
brought-crash and confusion where better minds
evolve beauty and harmony. 1t is not true that
New England IS smart I'm the sense Of wisdom IL Is
one-sIdcd information is the ranlest ignorance. A
man who reads The Tribune exclusively has crazy
activity OF mind. II is evidence OF smartness that
New England should array against her the ideas OF
the rest OF the Union. She has shown none In her
estimaie Of the formidable character OF the rebellion
She has shown none I'm her Morrill, tariffs ard her
sentiments OF emancipation. Is 1t smart 10 stop
factories and destroy the very sources OF the cot.on
own benefit, more powerful section, as she has the
West!
for the common defence and public welfare IS TO be
decided by the Drahmins OF Boston! 1t being also
being CT another and inferior casie-arc Obliged TO
ccnfess the Instability of the Rrahmlncal decision
IT is under Just such authorities that that
are not 10 be consulted. Had the Central Western
and border States been consulted, the proclamation
The boast that the Pilgrims were the fathers OF
the democratic liberty I'm this country, Is absolutely
untrue unless their prosecutions. which led 10 IT, may
be considered the cause OF such liberty. (p 2e5.l
The men OF birth and education among the PHI
grims and they were fcw did not intend a democracy
They had no faith IN IT, Up. 904.)
Now England voted against Jefferson at first, and
her pulpit revilcd him a. II did Douglas. She voted
against Jackson at first and her press slandercd him,
a IL now ISLANDERS Mcclellan Her Josiah Quinceys
denounced the acquisition Of Louisiana, a IN later
DAVIS her Summers have denounced the South Her
MafherS OF the colonial days. Numbered against the
Ouakefs and Rapsts because they differed In doctrine,
iust rs lately Butler closed the churches of New
orleans because the ministers would not pray as
Buter-the sant-dctatcd. (p. 295l
Her Marsellles Is a hymn OF apoiheosis 10 John
Brown horse thief and murderer Up. 296.)
This claim Of all the intelligence and conscience IN
the land which comes from Boston and IS echoed IN
Brooklyn Is the nf-shOot Of the Pharsacal cant
which has sung rs praise through lis nasal organ
for three hundred years. fp. 201l
New England may thrive for a while on inc war
contracts witch Keep her people busted and money
plentiful 30 long j. this seeming prosperity Is Kept
IN. her cry for slavery determination VIII De allowed
But day OF reckoning Is near al hand Her unseen
prOpagandsm Is working out It's fruits. p. JUL
:. 5. Cox VI. C. from Ohio, on the admission OF
Kansas, April II. 1869 Cong. Globe. vol 81 page
1860.
But they Olepubllcsnsl added 90 the force ana
fraud of the passionate fights Of 1b5ooo the cuhhs
Of the speculatOr, the zcal0try Of the fanatc anu h
corrupt venaiity OF Ncw-York and New-Ensiahn
polticss