Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-11-06

stream, and railroads would be the only resonrea
ieii 10 preserve the united Interests of the nation.
| our though IRON be n thousand times more cohe
she imam water, yet there is no IRON which
could bud together this Union, when God has
| taken the natural bonds from it. Sir, look at
TIA river ana tributaries, IN Imagination at its
mouth, ana see how like noble and magnificent
tree 1t spreas its branches over the Land. era.
ohng US TO SIT down and enjoy the comforts of
earth, her peace and quiet. under its cool and
refreshing shades; stretching far out to The
east, to the west and TO the north. AMI. SIR
II stands there inviting The oppressed of all ma
ttohs TO plant themselves beneath its shades. il
teaches US powerful lesson. When we look
al this great work of all Almighty Ar.ifcer. II
'eaches Us not only to revere Hin whose ON
hiScient hand has created. to perpetuate the
happiness OF his children. this great stream and,
vast valley, which has TO fulfil, this axal,s5
mission to the world
Sir. every drop of that vast river clinas Ia is
helShbor with tenacity worthy of the highest
order Of animated creation. There is no striv
ing 10 disnnte its parts. bat it flows tosether in
unison, a powerful ana hen:fcent stream. !.
should be our effort as American citizens to
hihi ourselves together, and cling 10 those pr,n-
cipies Which form the basis OF our government
we may be divided into parties on man,. oses-
ioAs, out II VIII make no difference with us as
brethren and freemen, so long as the Inner
Mississippi ponrS down lis tide of sober brown
the Missouri rs tarhld yellow. and the Ohio its
peiiucid green, to mingle to rether in one COM
moa flood to fructfy the valley and bless ITS
people.
This land. sir, is boon to all. In our cities
every dialect Of Esgope can be heard, EXCEPT.
perhaps, the Russian. Even the noble but per-
secuted and dowutroiden Magyar. has been
driven TO seek resting place on the plains OF
fertile Iowa. 10 those people who come from
otheF laais we owe II as an especial dntv. to set
continual example of hro;herly lore. and not
let them see us antagoaiSticai to each other, but
that We are brethren. with common ties COM
mon impulses. aud with nothing that can ever
separate or divide Us. We may then eSncct,
when they become citizens of the United States,
that they will be Amer;caus-,lot Germaas. not
lrlshmcn, not Spanarls, not French nor Eng
hshmen. transformed, but Lex ally metamorphos-
ed INTO AnERIcAN CrrizENs. havln. cast off
every allegiance 10, and even the name of their
mother land
Fellow-cltizens. we will not have lived in vain
five live as Americans should do Every tree
that grows and -four shes AMI decays unnn the
banks of this river. from the slender pawpaw 10
the migh;ies' sycamore, has mission TO fructfy
the earth, and SO shall there never live upon
this soil one true. loyal, American heart which
shall havehved IN vain; and the influence of the
American people, 81 their institutions. will live
and swell the tide Of prosperity in all coming
time.
Fellow citizens, you may think have taken
wide and dlscursive range III this matter. |
had nOthagt to speak of bat our great valley aud
river, and these have an important bearing upon
our action IN this Convention. We are assem-
h'ed for national purposes though geographical-
" It may be local. Blu, it is to the national
heart of every man That have thus taken this
wide scope, in speaking of the subject, in order
that there might be an uprising of national feel
Ing which should utterly oyerwhem every ris-
Ing Of sectional teehnS-every manifestation of
sertiona| prejudice.
In the course of his remarks. Mr.. Drake was
frequently Interrupted with enthusiastic bursts
of applause.