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

/ together. But when | look al II. a<sa,tshea vs.
nearly three hundred srons. frcr, here
of the great and noble region thai ,r sectons
to nhabn, feet that LOOK I,pon - npet
hody-apon no body whose feelings ana ;eseeai
/ and mind Is bound up in narrow Limit sIsals-s
/ there IS here national mind, the fssh,sa. est
dictates Of an enlarged patriotism .nI u II md
bings of a national heart. 4ie tarOs-
Str, ii the paternity of nh who - $3.50
IN this hall could be told before th;s
what would il ieveiope? p4rhars Il rra..'i hsw
that no State OF this vast cot,FeIar,.r 11l D.
/ been III existence twenty years. wonIa a~. aas
I lts representative in this bedv. + ~ II. ~ ma
ne now the gray haired Representative IS g r
sunny isle; there can find the man ,rha !. Ems
utte7S the poetic tones OF the GaeEe u ,oa-ue
other side OF the house see the natiras = 1ne
most every natIoh OF southern Europa u.
has bfo"-'t MS here together. from the nor,a -.
from '"G S"A'n' (he east and the west but one -
pulse which looks TO a grand nai;o,si - "a
that is not ours alone here in the hr,1s
+ the Nsss.sS pP, but belongs 10 the vhaIe -,
no, SIR. when we look nj tine NISSAN th,t So,
ley has 10 E1hl to The world: in IL in,slIa..al,
and nora aspect, IN rctaTeare to its ultlrn.,s =
d"hptl9h from every Io-m u tyranv. - -
representing an oblec. which belongs 10 H. -,
S.r. N there man IN this assefnblv-no -
not ask 1t. for know :hese IS none .urh-.Ia.sa '
there man In the valley We inhaDit vhnsr -
Has become so fur Garkcasd by obsolete ana -
gone preludices, that lie vii consent 10 adm. "A
one moment, mat he regards the object vh;eI
has brought this convention together, a -.
or sectional onc, Cr in any other light tfan
tiolll one. ~
Sir. villa; h this river which rms D., our L.,
I Taking rs rise 10 lake Itsska, no.nt n ), :.
Irene northern laiEtude-am5st the bivhpst -.
n ;Ar tuloa-lt 1 rws through tie who's - -
the temperate zone, aad covers n spare AMI -.
distance Of thir'y-six hundred miles nj n.
charges itself n the Gl.f Of Mexico pprhsn,
there may be men who live on tie nlrvin If ,h.
great river whose N IDS are so eramued thai 49,
could he placed in one of the muscle shells yrb;ri
are fo1Hd within ItS bed, who VIII call our oh;ers
local and sectional aEG tot national obiprf ii
Let then look al the streams Of light wb;eb a.
from the horizon on the clear and cold n;~bs.
over the points from wh ch this river emansfss.
Iet them see these streams spread over the whos
arc. rising to the very zenith Of the heavens. W
them view those scenes which transpire on N.
+ banks Of this noble river from ia source IA i.
mouth, where the southern sun gives warmth "a
the magnolia and the palmetto. aai illlmipes Win
resp!cudant Eight the heautsous rerdare hi then
see those things, all that the human mind could
ak for. ard then say If they can that with ,hs
national stream, the improvement Of il il not a
HaAt.'sI0i "tsBfN'. 'Ai ttGN GthV vi wafer Witch
h5Its down the stream, rchukes with withernr
rabukc, the man who could utter s1ch ssaf.
mnnt.
Whence comes this mighty gathering az water,
ia the valley Of tac M.ss.ssppi? FFenas. H1se
yol ever studied this matter, 10 take in the broad
comprehension Of this IHsgaty valley which w.
nhlhIt? Have YOU ever looked upon tie nan
where, in the far North, the sotrccs Oh this nigh
~ Stream interock with taose winch turn Tie
Other way anil emerge into the frozen sea-
Have you eyer- realized that the Eastern riTs
which trckie down to the vast evuarse of the
Atlantic? Have you ever realized. that Tie
mighty SOURCE in the W-st. which also swell our
IN Ghty stream, p1s7 six miles through the -atps
Of he Rocky Mountains, through solid rocks On
ether SIDE, twelve hundred feet above fham amt
IN Texas where the distant waters pass through
! the Rel River to increase This tarrentf sir The
mind Is filled with aSt0niSHmeHt as IL looks uran
such an eXPanse eff country as that which irrIga-
ted bv this world OF waters And what are the
statistics connected with tbs r.rer. N IFS course,
! which il follows from il source to the place
where ~ its scare Of month; il emptes itself in
! to the Gnif-a distance Of two thousand miles
il receives tha waters Of ten thousand niles Of
direct Tributaries. All Of which are wotthy of note
4 md OF this tea tECg.sand miles, five Thousand
are nari.-ah.c but Il Il further. these Tributaries
receive other tributaries which ARE Indirectly
tributary 10 the Esca: Mississippi of eight thor
sand mules IT which five thousand are I'M like mar
ug7 nayjcabIe. hrs 5 T, tie tributaries. tirert
and Indirect Of this great Stream amount ten
thousand mills Of revigahe waters. But. are
Tol aware Of the fact. fcliow-riizeRs that no ess
than eighteen States aud three Territories OF tins
mighty CTpansc, contribute 10 the value Of tbs
great river? -Four ef these are Of the original
Thirteen. which existed in tie first orgar;zs':m
Of the Federal Government. ard border On &C.
Atia9tic coast Maryland, Virginia, PennsyIvana
and New York. SIR. no common boundaries
ngm in this vaiIev-tae great lakes the ice-hvEd
regions of the North. the laUre-covered Ale
-Aanies ~ the East. the snow capped CcraFllr-
ras on the West, and the ATLANTIC and Cuff Of
Mexico on the South, hem ii i'm with walls which
The invader can never pass.
And mere il il that the human race haFe- -
deed, found happy place Of rest First and
foremost, the An-Eo-saNoas are here where they
have found garden spots on which to i've. An
area O. three millions IF square miles, OF nearly
One-haI OF the cOniI1ent -are ample scope not
the pioneer. Here. too. was fond every variety
of climate and SOIL for the production Ok every
useful vegetable: unlimited mireTai resources
aud comforts OF life aid a bpandleSs exP1nse fof
tne cultivation IT the human mind. Ana. sI,
now lon- has il been since these regions which
now are % densry peopled, were aH uHprcdHc'-
French and Spanish priests uc4nderinz thus Ms
siSslppl. i few entered here and there, but fhsr
numbers were never large. l. but three quar-
ters OF century since tHe people east oil the Al
fearil4n e. saw thiS land, which stretches over 10
he peaks Of the mountains OF the opposite sdc
Of the continent. What has been the result ~
that time? They looked from the Top OF Laurei
II u. and they saw the image OF inhaity written
on tie territory which lay before them hai
thew been French, Spanish or anything ou' An
ylo.S.> ,rgs--or perhaps | should say American
Savons-the sight would have appalled, thcrlt ana
thy womb have zoae back G-lIu 10 Their homes
aud told these whom they left 'heTe w4- arezlcn
100 large too vast i@ cxcut. for them to cope WIZ.
Bat. Sir. to ->o. with AMERICAN >aEons- va sM-
ifs Gu. Ihgy say 4 stream next, and wbas ne
been the result? Why. sir, sky enc years a.
IN 1879. " here was tie centre Ct The repFese"a-
tive population of the United States Of Amerieas
1t was - miles east Of Washington tNF. DIS
ST.. the siItam Of emigration had begun ,e ~"
through the gates, ard over tiIe PEAKS y 80
mountains. and IN @ single decate. IN isVo, - -
chHn-eI t. thirty miles west f Washington -lAy
tv miles It had travelled westward IN tns' ia 10
Ia 1870. il was seventy one miles west In 80
one hundred and eight miles in 1870. ore Dun
dred and sixty. and news where i u - ie7if
Planted down i'm the vcagz safe CT uAo.
y ell, Sr, where VIII il b. IN anather aess .',-
and "nare, before yoa, sir, shall have sen -
grand children? ~ II proceeds noFs"ea
WestW 9rd In its travels. we may See 'he ~ W.
i shall h. here. in yOfr hsw and beaHfd.a e's :.
burlngt on. faS westward movement - -.
continued, II has cOutu and u VIII coa's
1t has already. 20 waiting for anything 80
Il a.oQg. with orc bound zone around tnr ~.
Mountains on the other side Already 'hefe -