Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-12-30
DR.. Bellows on Union Saving.

speakers at the dinner of the New BAG
land Society in New York on THURSDAY
evening, and made a speech which created
a very decided sensation, from the lash
ing which he gave to the New York
Union meeting. Dr. Bellows prefaced
his speech with a eulogistic criticism on
New England character, the leading traits
of which be said were the fear of God
and love of liberty He continued as
follows:
I do not see that New England has
changed. Take Jonathan Edwards and
empty him out on a reform-dish, and I
do not know but you would have a VIM.
Lloyd Garrison over again. Laughter
and applause Even Roger Williams.
by some species of TRANSPORTATION, may
have appeared again in Theodore Par
ker. (AppIause.) I do not know but
that James Otis and Josiah Quincy may
have reappeared in Wendell Phillips
they had monsters in that day as we'll as
we have now. I do not ike the old ones,
and I do not ike the new ones. Ap-
plause.) But I like the soil that tends
to produce such men. You cannot have
roses without thorns. You cannot have
a strong soil without great big, ugly
things against which you bark your shins
and break your knees day after day
. Laughter and applause.) know she
has not sent out all good men-she has
= turned out a great many bad men into
other parts Of the country. and they are
!, extraordinary bad men. { Laughter.
Whatever she has to do, she does up, a
t We say sometimes, very jroion. Ex-
f cessive laughter New England ha.
r furnished very large proportion Of all
: the staple on which hangs the main chain.
: on which the great blessings of this
5 country depend Go where you will
2 you viii feel one of these New England
: staples in every community, driven SHARP
{ into the rock with the tremendous beetle
and fastened into the rocky buttresses o
Gods truth. And in that New England
man, wherever you win find him, you vii
find a man refecting the attributes of the
Being that made him. Applause. D
New England men all over this country
furnish governors, statesmen, ministers
physicians, lawyers. schoolmasters.
But the New England character car
be about as bad as it can be good. Tht
best things are the worst when spoiled
The most attrocious pirates and the wors
slave-drivers, the most obeisant funkey
that We ever had in this country, hag,
: been New England men. (Immens
laughter and applause. That Is, how
ever, by no means the staple. ( Renew
! ed laughter.) That is the exceptions
fact. l was surprised, looking at the las
census-it has grown old now wa
amazed and COMPOUNDED on looking at tn
= number of New England men in the cit
: Of New York, in comparison to the NUN
Der of Old England men. If my memor
! serves me right, there were but thirt
= thousand New EngIanders-less actual
= than the number Of ( ID Englanders.
: look around to see what these thirt
- thousand New Englanders are doing
It seems that they ought to be thre
= single gentlemen rolled into one. an
weigh ton of common folks Blu
- among the professions, who are the Pres
Il dents Of banks? Who oacupy educ.
Il tional positions? speak not in dispa
= agement Of old England; but, if yo
" should call out great regiment Of rel
,e resentative men in the city Of New YorI
II and drill them all, you would find o.
n the homespun. { Laughter. IF yc
could see down to their skins, daughter
& you would get an odor of baked bear
! and brown bread and if you should di
miss them to their homes, instead Of di
persing as an ordinary regiment, tbs
would keep their ranks and take the ros
10 Boston. Great laughter.
You might as well try to keep dressir
p out Of turkey as keep politics and Il
q Slavery question out Of dinner. VIII.
r. the safety Of the Union and Of the cou
ca try are threatened because Of them.
at do not feel safe about the integrity Of Il
Ill Union I bless God for every pbysic
cd difficulty in the way Of disintegrali,
I'd Of these States. But ] am afraid Il
1t world Is not as much governed by It's j
teresls as most people suppose It to /
h, / am dreadfu..y afraid that it, passio
n are proyokingiy powerful and amazing
p influential. am afraid that the polite
q ambition and all the causes that a
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