They have been a Christian people. exalting law and order and holding religion and knowledge as the chief instruments in the advancement of civilization. They have been intensely patriotic and liberty loving. The institution of human slavery was repugnant to them. and they were strongly antislavery prior to the civil war. The underground railroad had many stations in that portion of the State. where countless colored refugees found succor and asylum in their search for liberty. The story of Mortons youth is familiar to those who have lived midst pioneer surroundings. It was the story of many of those who have achieved place and power in the history of the Republic.
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