Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-02-22


towns ard villages, and are treated With q
generous hospitality. We never hang them
Tor entertaining opinions" mob them
because they are not sOun! ON " Puritan-
i.m," OF send armed vigilance committees
TO prcsen, the alternative Of fleeing the
country or nkinsa coat Of tar and feathers.
No. sir, no such barbarous indieussies ever
dissraeod the soL Of New Enslani.
Again We are accused OF entertaining
strong and decided opinions, upon questions
Of religion. morals, aud political economy.
To this We plead guilty; and when you de-
mand a surrender OF these God-ei'en rights
We answer. no-they will only expire with
the last man OF the stern old Puritan race
Mr.. Chairman. IN pursuing this discus
SION. | propose. very briefly, to speak OF
New England. fr-,, a. 10 her territory and
Popalai'on' secondly, her moral and social
condition and thirdly, OF her wealth and
industry. doing th'', | shall Use the
standard OF 'o"Par''oa' - often ro'O''cd 70
10 settle questions OF TINS AInd'
In order that the House. the country ana
the world may jad'e between US sna"
institute the COMPARISON between New Ing
land and her most vehement aseu.ers' Lei
South Carolina "eore'a. AIabana' Mr''''-
'pp', Florida, and louisiana stand W aud
face Massachusetts,, Connecticut Rhode
leland, New iamp'h're, Vermont ana
Maine. New England hasa territory OF
6j,ojS miles, and shorc.llne upon tho
ocean OF i.eO5 miles, being more than
third Of the whole Atlantic coast She
has the b., na''sablc waters ani harbors
m the world. Her inland streams abound
IN water Posers and iae'lii'e. tor driving
machinery. Her population, by the eensu.
OF 1850, amounted u 2.50j,09j. Bot - |
prefer to teal in results rather than ,heo-
ric,, shall p.ss At once TO my next point.
In my references 10 statistics, AN obliged
70 refer to the census Of 1850. The reli-
gious habits Of the people can be deierm'n-
cd by the attention they give t' tho we'll.
recognized institution. OF Christianity. The
rvgard paid 10 the Sabbath aud the ins'ltu-
,ions % the sabbath are corrcc, index
from which u Judge the religion. character
Ct a community. by the ccnsu. OF 1850.
the value Of church property IN 'Nes Eng
land Wa. Sl9.s1j.9is' value OF the same
in the az aforementioned cotton Saic',
g. .729 ,0IG. In Ncw England there were
l.l5l churches 10 every loo square miles
in the az cotton States, only els 10 the
,ame ara Of territory.
From the same authority IL appears, ,hA,
10 the New England S,aie- therv - an an.
nual circulation Of 81 l.Gs3,92i copies OF
newspapers. while the .iI seeding State
circulate but @S.5isJO5l copies. In N'w
Eneland there are jO.yll Inhabitants who
can neither rad nor write N the SIX eo'-
ton States Ia 100. In New Ens land there
are lI,gOj public schools, l9,''O teachers
and C32,ij9 scholars IN tho 'ix cotton
StAie-, asa schools. i,yaO teachers, aud
III. .ji3 scholars. From thu. 10 appears
that there arr tour times the number VI
schools and scholar. in The New England
Sute. tina, there are in the seeding States.
From the number returned as attending
school during the year in each Of the States,
It appears 1Oi ,5l2 scholars attended IN The
New Eugland States, and s1I .9OI in 'bs
.iH cotton States. Academies aud grammar
school, in the New Enelaud States OSo'
aud -, ,Cji scholar. attending the same
in the s'I cotton States oo' schools and
222,jOl scholars. In New hnslanl i'''-'
rruary schools and i'i'a'' scholars IN
the Fix cotton stats l.+-' schools ahi w.
80 scholars. Ia New hns'And the nuu''e'
Of Libraries. including public school sun
day school. college ana ehuteh ''o'A''e''
- 2.ls5, containing l,.-o,"7' volumes 10
the seeding State. total Of libraries 2'''
conninin: 81 ll,O'9 volumes. Prom m''
it appears New England has ten times a.
many Libraries and about six time. as many
volumes a. the 'tK cotton States Ne"
England has more than one'iour'h o' all the
library volumes IN the whole Un'on The
whole amount to 4'oSo''i volumes !
Tre!er 10 make no ,u''ne' eO"~s"" uPo"
the statistics but leave them 10 'ieaS '0'
themselves.
now ra~ TO SPEAK OF 'he "e''u' anu IN
da''ry Of New England l adn" '"A' ''
III a'a whole '' not na'u'',,y :" P'O'a'