Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-09-15

come. Well, the prospect is very good
end inyi lag and if there is any dan!
of a dissolution Of the Union-in fact. if
there is any weak spot in the Union. 1
think it would be a good thing to patch it
over with an additional layer of populs-
ton. Applause. There never would be
any disunion, If We could only attend to
1t, and see where the weak places are,
an9 mend them in Time.
Bat there is another exception to the
rule have laid down. Central America
viii prove abundaplly sufficient to carry
emigration soulhward. even across many
parallels of latitude. She offers the grand
inducements Of commerce of climate
unsurpassed in salubrily, lin the central
and Pacific portions, Of fert le soil.
which yields three crops year. and,
more than all, lands SO cheap that every
maa may buy. We hare already, begun
to move, aud what 10 some men seemed
to be the umbilical cord Of an embryo
Southern Empire. is likely, by these
means, to be cut of. if il is not cut off al
ready. Laughter ] Everybody knows
the physiological consequences.
Well, sir, wisl, now to say thatlbefe
is higher power than man s. in relation
to this matter OF Freedom in Kansas
1t seemed at first to the whole North
that the project of establishing Slavery
ther= would exclude Freedom, and the
whole North was intimidated by it.-
There was the greatest reluctance m an
ifested to emigration in that direction,
from the North. Everywhere there was
fear; everywhere despair. sa. Or if1-
There WAS silence deepas death, s1l
''z ,7fsWh'ie We aoased on our path Z ar
And the bolaest held his breath
Fora time, sAi - sTsa lasEiL .
Six months Of persistent effort in xriI-
ing aud speaking were required 10 induce
the FIRST colony Of only thirty men togo
to Kansas. Observation-Disclosures im.-
srcsseis with tses isae,s an shSs,ssas. wss
destined 10 be slave State; but as soon
as the first colony had reached that Ter
ritory. and had founded the famous city
Of Lawrence. the whole train of Northern
emigration was turnei from Nebraska
and from Minnesota to Kansas. And
they have filed Kansas with Free State
men such men as are fitted for the high
position they occupy: fer Kansas is the
geographical center Of our possessicns.-
Its position in itself makes it the arbiter
of our fate in all coming time, destined to
give law to all between the Missouri river
and the golden gates of the Pacific. and
to make its power felt all the way be-
tween the British possessions and the Gulf
of Mexico. Never were more noble men
needed fer more noble work. 1t was
necessary that Plymouth Rock should
repeat itself in Kansas. The Puritan
character was needed there; but how
could il be had, except by such discipline
as made the Purilans; for if it was nee.
essary that they should be elevated ike
the Pilgrim Fathers Of New England, il
was also secessary that they should have
the training OF the Pilgrim Fe,hers.-,
They were peculiarin their early history,
anl peculiar in their late history. They
hal theiI early educationamong the rocks
and mountains of New England. L have
known of great men in times past, who
came from hills and mountains; but
never have known them to be raised on
Wilton carpets. These men received
their early training among the rugged
bills Of New England. where they waged .
ncessant war on ice and granite, on snow
and gravelstones. Its there where they
acquire their energy and their power
And, sir, I think tie Yankee race has at )
east an octave more compass than any
,ther nation on earth. l kno,0 Yankee
loughface is half an octave meaner than ,
my other man. Laughter. rs-s.s
Sir, some Of the best of this Yankee :
ace went to Kansas. They uere1sligma-
ized, six months before they arrived
here, as thieves and paupers- Well. if
uch men as those who have built Law
ence. and Topeka. and Manhattan, and
)ssaWatomie, and Quindaro, weretbieves
nd paupers, what do you think we re-
peetable, well-to-do people, viii accom-
'lish in the Old Dominion, where we are
ow becoming acquainted with some of
be ''6rst families?" These Free State
hen Of Kansas have been reyiled by their
nferiOrs atbo:h ends Of Pennsylvania Ave,
ne, many times during the last three
ears. The other day, in the other end
{ this Capitol. such men were denomi-
ated Slaves. Sir, we are slaves! admit
!; Jut oar only master IS tie Great Jeko ,
nh. These heroes in Kansas, having
II their ancestors the Pilgrim Fathers,
sons Of sires who baffied crowned and
litred tyrany,' disciplined in their early
ears by the rugged teachings OF adver
ty. seem to have been well prepared
n their high mission:
But the disciplin- of worthy examples.
New England education. and Of pow
rty and adversely, were net enough
he discipline Of tyranny was requisite l
II their perfection. This disciplin has !
s-.s .e -r4 4a.d t.~I si1 % a
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