Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-04-09

the church' w mere, tnen, Is the ground
for this exultation on the part of the
North?
In this age of material progress you
have seen the North outstrip you but,
with true Christian patience and Chris
tian devotion, you have adhered to the
great work of regenerating the heather.
(Laughter.) Now, sir, when was there
ever class of men SO devoted and so
self-sacrifcing I have read the history
of the Apostles; I have read the history
of the Reformers, of the Scotch Coven-
anters, of the Huguenots, and Of the
Crusaders; and l tell you, not in one or
all of these have | seen any such heroic
self-sacrifce for the good of another race,
or for the good of other men, as do see
in the history of these slave States. l
have seen Fox's Book of Martyrs, but
there is nothing in that to compare at all
with the martyrs of the South. The
census of the United States is the great
estbook Of martyrs ever printed. Laugh
ter) Other books treat of martyrs as
individuals the census of the United
States treats of them by States.
THE EMIGRATION PLAN IN VIRGINIA.
But, sir, there begins to be an enlight-
ened idea in these border slave States
upon this subject. A year ago, when I
proposed to plant a few colonies in Vir-
ginia, several journals in the Old Domin-
ion threatened me with hemp and grape
vine if | should ever set foot in that Ter
ritory. Well, I thought I would make
the experiment. l went into western
Virginia and into eastern Kentucky. l
addressed numerous audiences in both of
those States, and everywhere where l
asked the people if they had any objec-
ton to their land being worth four or five
times what it was,4hey said NO. (Laugh-
ter) l asked them if they had any objec-
ton to the manufacture of plows and wag-
ons in Wayne county. There never had
been a manufacturing establishment be-
tween the Big Sandy and the Guyandot.
Everything was imported. There was not
newspaper published between the two
I-fifi6;f4rs ff6fh4 : 1 asked if they had any objec-
paper published there, and an to naess JEeBs=
and churches and the mechanic arts es-
: tablished in that county. With one voice
= they replied" none, whatever" We
: welcome you to our county and all its ad-
: vantages." At every meeting we were
2 welcomed by the unanimous voice Of the
: people; and now l believe that there are
t at least twelve newspapers in the State
r of Virginia advocating these colonies
a coming into the State. The sagaciou
e statesman who is the Governor of thu
y Old Dominion, gives US a most cordia
: welcome. Well, the prospect is yer,
d good and inviting; and if there is an.
n danger of a dissolution of the Union
e in fact, if there is any weak spot in tn
is Union, think it would be a good thin
h to patch it over with an additional laye
'e of population. (Applause.) There nev
l. er would be any disunion, if we could OF
N ly attend to it, and see where the wea
E. places are, and mend them in time.
9p KANSAS AND ITS PEOPLE.
b. Six months Of persistent effort
E. writing and speaking were required
We induce the first colony Of only thirty me
x to go to Kansas. The people had b
he come impressed with the idea that Ka
sas was destined to be slave State b
in as soon as the first colony had reach'
IN that Territory, and had founded the +
- nous city of Lawrence, the whole ira
en- of northern emigration was turned fro
IS Nebraska and from Minnesota to Ka
tn sas. And they have filled Kansas wi
yes Free State men-such men as are fit
ta- for the high position they occupy;
to Kansas is the geographical centre of c
the possessions. Its position in itself NAL
bic it the arbiter of our fate in all conf
you time, destined to give law to all betwe
bur the Missouri river and the golden ga
yer of the Pacific, and to make its pow
an felt all the way between the British p
Gus session and the Gulf of Mexico. Ne
ose were more noble men needed for %
'ths noble work. 1t was necessary that 2
Gus mouth Rock should repeat itself in K
the sas. The Puritan character was neet
but there but how could it be had, exc
my by such discipline as made the Purita
self for if it was necessary that they she
ace, be raised like the Pilgrim fathers Of \
pir- England, it was also necessary that t
lens should have the training Of the Pig
lese fathers. They were peculiar in Il
had early history, and peculiar in their
ID of history. They had their early educa
ding amongs the rocks and mountains Of