The daily union., 1856-12-31
GOV. SHADES SCHEME FOR YASKEEFYISe THE
GREAT WEST

GOV. SHADES SCHEME FOR YASKEEFYISa The
GREAT WEST.
The late letter Of Gov Slade intended 10 correct what
he terms MISREPRESENTATION to the object and ten
deney Of his educational enterprise has excited good
deal Of surprise SO far from producing the impression
which he desired his denial of the tendency Of his enter
prise to operate Of abolition propag has
provoked two gentlemen Of standing and intelligence
from Indiana and the other from nnosto address
letters detailing facts which strongly corroborate the
objections urged by against the enterprise 1t will be
from of these letters that as early as ls4s which
about the time Gov. Sade naugurated bis enterprise
he ayowed its object to be to Yankeg the people of the
great West and snake them in Everything much like
New England in all their notions as possible" This dec
laration understood by at the time meaning
that the object OF the undertaking. amonga other things
was to aboOnse the great West From the other letter
will be that the enterprise has resulted providing
for Illinois hundred female teachers who are
strongly imbued with abolition sentiments.
We are by no means disposed to underrate very many
Of the characteristics OF the New Enganders but when
the process Of thanksgiving the rising generation Of the
West through the insrumentaes provided by noto-
rious aboitonst as Governor Slade carries along
with H. In mind, the necessary consequence of abo
lidOnizng them feel fully justified in protesting
against its adoption without careful scrutiny.
would not be difficult the rise and progress of
abolition sentiments in New England by examination Of
the process by which the ducte minds of the young
have been impressed Governor SHADES enterprise was
evidently intended naugurate the system Of anti
slavery propagandsm in the West and he has labored
assiduousy and efficiently for nine years in carrying it
effect lie to have been the chief in the
enterprise, devoting his time and energies TO the work.
collecting funds for its support appropriang nearly
half for his own salary and expenses which amount to
nearly two thousand dollars annually, and disbursing the
residue pretty much according to his discretion He
been the grand superintendent of the association
Quoted the teachers after being prepared under his
pices to their fields Of labor kept up constant commun
cation with them in their homes and supplied them
with athery counses in their mode Of teaching the young
idea how shoot 1t would be strange if the fruits Of
such an enterprise managed and controlled by such
as Governor Slade did manifest themselves in due
time in an abundant crop of abotonsts But return
to the subject present only to call attention to the let
ters before referred to
WASHINGTON CIry, December 2s, 1856.
DEAR SIR l was much pleased at your notice of Gov.
Shades scheme to ndoctrinate the duce minds of the
children of the great West with abolition notions and
astonished at reading, in this mornings Union, his
disclaimer of any such intent
In the winter OF l847-s was member Of the leRisla
ture Of Indiana, and upon his application gave him
the of the hall address explana
tory of his views in the female teachers enterprise He
delivered long address; and at this distance of time
recall his words but distinctly remember the i'm
preston made upon myself and others with whom
vesed that his object was to ndoctrnae the rising
generation with the peculiar notions of New England
other words to use his own expressions ito Ysnkeefy
them and make them in everything much like New
nglanders in all their notions possble for said he
the searer they approach these model people, the
peect will they be- and the better will il be for them
selves"
This appeared to be the substance if the burden Of
his song and distinctly recoect that an old gentleman
originally from North Carolina remarked TO me- latter
Governor S. had concluded his exposition OF the notpe
which governed him in the euSerprse) that If be had
known bo-s that II was scheme Of Yankee Propagan-
dsm of Yankee notions subjects Of ethics and morals
be- for one would have voted against giving him the hall
From that day TO this hayo viewed the scheme OF Gov.
BE- III Ss%
auspices being anything sss than obo''ons' is snprsmeiy
ridiculous.
that they make thing they subsidiary 10 the lead
ing idea ruling New Engand-the elevation OF the
negro and the depression OF the poor laoore and In fac
Of all who do think they do upon the idosyncras
which has governed their and political action for
nearly half century past
For the Union.
Ny attention has just been called to the letter OF Mr.
Sade published in your paper Of the 27h touching bis
great project Of enghtening the masses OF the South and
West bv srbdng them female teachers and touching the
charge that this phlanhropc enterprise used by him to
spread abolitionism In those countries.
Mr. Sade denies that he has any such object in view IL
may be so but II is there is something strange 10 the
fact that OF the hundred and ten fifteen lady teach
ers that he taken out TO Illinois during the past ten
years there was single that not jealous Alb
oltonst ! guaranty that Mr. slade cannot now point
out one case among all those ladies who DID not 20 to Hi
uos with abolition septiments, and f ave) are not now
sboltonists.
The writer OF this article has during s that time re-
sided In that State and has had fair opportunity o. being
informed upon that subject and has personally known
many Of those lady teachers and heard Of the sentiments
Of many Others and be has yet seen or beard OF
that was not abotonist yet this may all have been
accidental and not by the intention OF Mr. Slade
AN ILLlN0IAN.
"AN INTERESTING LEGAL POINT"