Demoine courier., 1856-08-21
Great Truths Beautifully Told.

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We make ,he following extract, from
an Grafton. recently delivered by Geo
W. CuRrIs, on .he 'Du,ies Of HE Amer
lean Scholar to politics and the times"
Young scholars. young Americana
young men. we are called uponet TO do 2
Rrea, Duty Nobody 10 released from IL
Itisa work 10 be done by hard strokes,
and every where. I see ! rising sn,hu-
siasm. bu, enthusiasm is not an elections;
and ! hear cheers from the heart, brl
, cheers are NOT voters. Every man la5o.
with his neighbour, in The street, e, the
Iplow, Of the bench, early ard late, a,
home aud abroad. Generally we are
concerned in elections with the measures
of Government. This time IL is with
the essential principle Of Government
itself. Therefore there must be no
doubt about our leader. He mus. no,
prevarica,e. or stand 10 the fog, or use
terms to court popular favor which eve
~ d~emagcgue and traitor has always
used. If he says he fsvors the interest
of the whole county, let him frankly
say whether he ,hiuks III sin,erest Of the
whole country demands he extension OF
Slavery. H hedeclafes for The Union,
lie. him say whether he means a Union
for Freedom or for Slavery. 1.-The swears
by tine Constitution, let him state, 90
that the humbiest free laborer can hear
aud understand. whether he believes the
Constitution means to prefer Siavs La.
Dor 10 Free Labor in the Na,ionat repre-
sentation OF the Territories. Ask him
as an honest man in a great crisis if he
be for Tie Union, ihe Constitution. and
Slavery Extension, or for Liberty and
union. now and forever. ono and insep
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Scholars, you would like 10 ioiter In
the pleasant, paths Of study. Every
man loves his ease loves 70 please
his taste. Bu. into how man, homes
aloag this lovely valley came The
news OF LIE xington and Bunker Hill
eighty years ago. and young mealiks as.
studious, fond of leisure. young Iovcrs.
young husbands, young brothers and
sons, knew thai, they must for.ake the
wooded hillside, the. river meadows gold
en- with harvest, the twilight walk along
The RIVER. the Summer Sunday in the
OLD church. parents, wife, child, mis,res.
and go away to ancersain war. Putnam
heard the call al his plough. And turned
to go wlihou. waiting. Wooster heard
~, aud obey ed.
No, less lovely in those days was this
peaceful valley, mol. less soft this Sum
mer air. Life was dear n lore as
beautiful to those young men. as it's to
US who stand upon their graves. But
because life and love were SO dear and
beautiful. those men went, GU, bravelv
10 fight and die. Through these very
streets they marched who never return
ed. They fell and were buried. bu, they
can never die. Not sweeter are the
flowers tina, make your valley fsir. no,
grsener are the pinss that give your river
it's name, than the memory of the brave
men who died for Freedom. And YET,
no victim of those days, sleeping under
the green sod OF Connecticut. is more
truly a martyr Of Liberty than every
murdered man whose bones lie bleaching
in this Summersun upon the silent plains
Of Kansas.
Brothers! the call has come to Us. l
bring il 10 you in these calm retreats. l
summon you to the great eight Of Free.
dom. call upon you to say. with your
voices. whenever the occasion offers, and
with your votes, when the day comes.
tina. upon those fertile fields Of Kansas
in the very heart Of the sentiment. the
Upas tree Of Slavery dripping death
dews upon national prosperity and upon
free labor shall never be planted. / call
upon You to plant there the palm of