The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-04-15

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lad taken in the "Rihe Association BY the
ollowing letter, it will be seen that he has
balanced the twenty-five rifles with twenty
i've Bibles. A rife to enforce the teachings
If each volume. With all his fanaticism he is
IN able man:
THE REV. II. W. BEECHER TO THE NEW HAVEN |
~ ~ COLONY FOR KANSAS. lsS < |
4l55 o. -T BROOKLYN, March 2s.
G. B. Lines; Esq, Neu Havsn, Conn., f-o '.aa
DEAR SIR: Allow me to address you, and
though you the gentleman of your Company,
On the eve of your departure for Kansas IL
hope and believe that you will find a settle
nent there to be a means of great personal
You are not like the early set
tiers of New Haven going upon doubtful en-
terprise, to poor soil, in a severe climate. the
ocean on one side and the wilderness ola Con-
tinent on every other side. You will not go
far from US. In, our day we measure by time
rather than distance, by hours, not miles.
You will not be as far from your old homes as
one Sabbath is from another And yet you go
upon an erfand not one a0tit less Christian and
less heroic than that ofour common ancestors,
who founded New Haven. You are pioneers
of towns and cities; you are the seed ofChris-
tianity-the germs Of civilization You
will put down your feet in a wilderness,
in year it will be a populous place
And where the morning sun now. rises upon
herds of wild buffalo, couched deep IN wild
grass, in your own life time it will bring forth
the cry of multitudes and the noise of city.
Nevertheless such perils have been coiled
about the young State of Kansas that it is an
act of courage to settle there, if a man goes
with the true spirit of American Institutions,
To go there determined to transplant to its
soil that tree of liberty which under God, has
in older States borne and shook down from its
boughs all the fruits of an unparalleled pros
perity, requiyes heroic courage.
1t is a pleasure and honor to US to be in any
way connected with such an enterprise, by
furnishing to the emigrant material or moral
aid. I have personally felt double interest
in your company, because it springs from New
Haven, my fathers birthplace and home of
my ancestors A friend and parishioner A.
Studwell) } desires me to present to you twen-
ty-five copies. of the Bible. This is the char
ter all charters, the constitution of all con-
stitutions, the source and spring of Christian
manliness. This book will be at the founda
ton of YOUR State twill teach you to value
your rights,~and inspire you to defend them.
The honor has caused to be inscribed upon
them: '"Be We steadfast and unmoVable." 1t
is a shame that, in America, amidst our insti-
buttons anything else should be needed but
moral instrumentalites. But you do need
more. You will be surrounded by men who
have already committed the wickedest wrongs
and the most attocious crimes. They will
scruple at nothing by which slavery may be
fastened upon the young State. fTosend forth
companies of men with their families amid
those who have been bred to regard helpless
ness as lawful prey to Strength would be q
piece of unjustfiable cruelty. l send to you
! therefore, as promised. the arms required for
| TWENTY-FIVE men. | have not the least fear
that's hundred men bred under New England
influences will be too eager or too warlike.-
| You have been taught to create wealth and
not to rob it; to rely upon inlligence and recti-
tu1e for defense. And you will not be in any
| danger of erring on the side of violence. But
/ you are sent for the defense of great rights
] You have no liberty to betray them by cow
tardice. There are times when selfdefence is
1 religious duty. If that duty was ever i'm
perative it is now, and in Kansas. l do moi
saw that you have barely the right defend
yourselves and the liberties; say that it is {
duty from which you cannot shrink without
i leaving your honor, your manhood, your Chris
t;an fidelity behind you. But this invincibl'
i courage will be shield to you. You will no
j need to use arms when it is known that yo'
5 have them, and are determined to emplo.
them in extremities Il iisthe IS the very essence
that spirit which slavery breeds to be arrogan
towards the weak, and cowardly before tn
a strong. If you are willing to lose your live
YOU will save them. If on the other hand
: YOU are found helpless, the miscreants of sla
yerv would sweep you from Kansas like gras
y ON the prairies before Autumnal fires. If yo
: are know to be fearless men, prepared 70
emergencies, slavery like lion, will come vi
and gazing into the eyes of courageous mer
will stop, cover and creep away into ambush
II trust that the perils which, few month ag
hung ike cloud over that fair State, are lift
y ing and passing away May you find an Ut
obstructed peace! Then, let these arms han
- above YOU doors, as the old revolutionary mus
kets do in many New England dwelling
: Nav your children in another generation loo
4 upon them with pride and say, Our father
,4eourage saved this fair region from blood an
slavery. We will not forget you. Ever
81 mornings breeze shall catch the blessings
! our prayers and roll them westward to yo,
IS prairie homes. May your sons be larg
hearted as the Heavens above their heads; ms
: your daughters fill the land as the flowers {
the prairies only sweeter and fairer than the
lam in the of the Gospel and in the firm faith
or '''''''' '"''S A',' H1 s'' H. w. BEECHER.
ay Indiana Products Wheat -,
The value of the wheat crop, as returned |
: the Township Assessors, for the year loo
he was about eight millions OF dollars.
&C. rrb;rtv.one counties present a valuati'
- r. .1Oo 600. Flkhart and St J