Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-12-03
CORRESP ONDENCE or THE PHtENIX.
sermon by Pres. Marshes Educntion in the
Pacific Sintc---E,ncuntion Day in New
fork--Thc seventh Rcgimcnt--Gcrmnn
Troops.
BROOKLYN, n. V, Nov. ~, 49,

tuition III Oregon, the object of which is of Il
highly bcnefcent character and equal to our
position as a new nation between the old civil
izations Of Asia and Europe. 1t is to keep
alive on the shores of the Pacific that same
bright blaze Of religious and civil liberty which
was first cnkindlcd upon the granite affairs Of
New England The object is, in short, to cdu-
cate the Youths of that region Of the Union and
prepare them for sustaining and pcrpetuatrg
the great empire of free institutions which we
have inherited, which seems so full of hope and
promise to the other nations of the globe and
which we cannot help hut think is vet destined
to fulfill that sublime prophecy that
Time uo5le,t 'G-priup :. tie last"
The need of education in Oregon and Cali
fornia is peculiarly great. y land bill granting
to citizens a section of land under certain con
ditons of residence, was passed by Congress
some years since, and in consequence the stream
Of emigration across the plains soon became
very great. Many Of the emigrants went from
Missouri.
The history Of Missouri is we'll known. 1t
was largely settled by people from Kentucky
and other Slayc-holding states. H. consequence
it became sla>c-holding itself. and as a cansc-
qucnce of this, the people became so sparscly
scattered over the soil. that churches and school
houses were not of such easy attainment as they
are in the more compactly settled lands @; the
free states. Religious instruction and iuicl.cc-
tual cultivation, therefore, were less common.
and to such degree. in fact as to be lamonia.
bly, deficient. It was hence no difficult, ta>, for
the administration of our general government
to make use Of such people to deraugc the
mc-honorod mode Of erecting our wild toni
tory into organized states, and to prove as far
fur as proof i, attainable, that the people are
incapable Of popular sovereignty and free iu>ti
tutors. 1t was through the uuculturcd people
of Missouri that the scandalous disorder Of
Kansas was chiefly originated and maintained.
chief object, then, Of the new institution
on the shores Of the Pacific, is TO suppl, tx de
fccts Of education incident to our new state, of
the valley of the Mississippi, from which the
omisrants to the Pacific shores usually 90 and
it is characteristic Of the high and di>injcro,tcd
views of New England to be thus sending forth
one Of her ahlc>t sons. with adequate means
on so benevolent mission. While New Eng
land dcprcca,cN and Goplores slavery she stands
ready with her son, and her treasures to repair
as far Il, possible its evil consequences.
These 'icwS were by no means given out ly
Mr. Marsh in pulpit ON a Sunday; but they
all lay half concealed in the back ground and
as We had been there so to speak, we could >cc
them all very plainly. as We doubt not did many
others Of the intelligent congregation present.
Mr. Marsh. himself, is evidently of that heroic
stamp which ranges above negroes cotton and
money, and is willing to devote his whole life
to the planting Of one single great idea MAY
hi, great idea grow and expand like the Cali
tornan pine. continuing in It's growth to the
,Hd of the world as that has, perhaps from the
beginning thereof lie calls iorassiS,ancc. and
we doubt not but that he will get it, much
as he wants.
The annual ceremony of military display
on "Evacualion Day" the day on which the
British forces marched out of New York and
left it in possession of its rightful guardian.
American troops, was observed on the 9itl. as
it always has been observed ever since the event
took place. In no other part of the country
are the fires of patriotism kept so brightly
burning by ceremonials Of pomp and public
display. Soldiers Of the last war with Great
Britain, stopped and grey, followed their guns
to the "BATrERY' and fired salutc-a salute
horoe NJ Eccdnr, and observation-disclosures f ;'',' '','''
-ancro,;or to ,Lo ,s,,t ibs ',o'': ,N'
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rho i n"hlic buiIdi,,s al,
al colors, while the long columns of troops
nrirciraI tbnrn,ahc,ro, 'a''v"S' NV
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