Freeman's champion., 1858-02-18
Organized EmigYatioaTA, New So
cial Era.

journals everywhere, see the
force and Importance Of the idea Of
which EliThays representative
man. We clip from the Chicago
EiJune theft following pugnant article
relative to 'Thsyer's late speech in
Congress-: so hro fNI1o a,i ''7ioa
cell Thaycfis,hc apostle of anew
social movement; and we are among
his disciples, lOrganizcd emigration
in the hands Of the resoiute,' Shrewd,
energetic, hard-working, money-lov,
ing, and God-fearing Yankee race,
will prove the social and political re-
generator of the Continent. 1t will
push its columns, peaceably into the
darkest places Of North America with
in the next score Of years. Troops
Of Yankee men, ruddy with health,
and itching all over with industry,
armed with the implements of hus-
bandry, the scales and yard-sticks Of
commerce, and the saw, plane, and
hammer of manufacturing industry,
bearing with them also, the in0titu-
tions--the schools, churches, and the
philanthropic and literary organiza-
tions which Christianity and Demo
cracy have suggested-will be the
heralds of a higher civilization--the
civilization of labor-in Guatemala,
Honduras, Yucatan, and Nicaragua,
as we'll as in Kanzas, Missouri, Vir-
ginia, and Tennessee. Central Amer
lea will be Americanized when it shall
become more apparent that she af-
fords the material for American farms,
and shops, and homes, not by the bull
let's Of "grey-eycd"" candidates for
the gallows, but by the planning me-
chanics and sub-soil plows Of Saxon
thrift. .''' '4l'i 'hN'..'' i'i ''.'-.' ''
"Mr. Eli Thayer is the head and
front of those noxious j" Aid SocieI
ties" which sent men to Kanzas in
| 1S54-5, in contravention with the
laws Of latitude; thus compelling
Missourians to go over and shed their
blood, and pull off their scalps. MIR.
Thayer, we believe, was the origina-
tor Of the Mw England Emigrant AID
Company-a moneycd corporation,
which never gave dollar to Kan
aas emigrant, and never invested a
shilling in the settlement of the Ter
ritory; which it did not expect to re-
turn large pccuniary profit. 1t
grew out Of the aroused energies Of
northern Indignation which succeed
ed the passage Of the Nebraska bill
Mr.. Thayer and his coadiutors seized
upon this feeling, to establish pow
or in the controversy which should
outlast the excitement of the move,
mcnt, by appealing to the steadiel
motive Of money getting when the
public wrath should be resolved into
its elemental vapor, How far this
was successful, may be inferred from
the fact that every iire-eater ant
doughfaoc in both Houses Of Con
gress emptied their vials ofwrath an(
D. .N.H..a -. |. A 4
Jugs of sham Indignation on the "Ait
Society" The Senatorfrom Illinois
hald it to bo not only the cause of al
the trouble in Kanzas, but a mos
diypputable proceeding per Sc, Th'
fact Of it's being u speculation on
large scale, in his view only aggrava
ted the original Nervousness Of send
ing ont tmen to arouse the noble quail
tiles of Dave AtchiSon to q pitcl
where his virtues became uncontroll
able /; aud much more to the same
logical purpose. Probably the New
England Emigrans Aid Company re
ceived more windy obiurgation ant
downright curSing than any associa
ton Of capital and enterprise sine
the landing Of the pilgrims. 1t nev
or claimed tho character Of q benevo
lent institution, nor go far as we ar
advised, did,it ever secure one amonl
those who were familiar with it's op
erations, but It's results have bcel
among the most important in tho his
tory oI tho country Not tho leas
important is the demonstration tina
organized emigration will pay, in tn
face Of tho most formidable obstacle
which can bo arrayod against it. il
! tho language OF Mr.. Thoyer, at !
: greater than Senates and Cabinet
combined au0u HusWuoq au Nti
IorrAnd what il this terrible sociu
: engine, before which, as Mr., Thaye
exhibited It's parts in the House 9
I, REPRESENTATIVES,, tho gentlemen ofth
; Gulf wore dumb with amazemcnt
I Simply characterization of capital, in
teligencs and labor, for the mapufsc
! turo Of Statos, Of which, says Nj
Theyer, tho surplus population Of tn
North, ifuscd economical aIy,will max
. ttght pcr annim. But the surpris
= Which attenacd Mr.. 7'rhayer's quiz