Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-07-14
A First Rate Speech.

occasion of the opening of the Eric Rail.
road, after the President and other big
.spale faces" had made speeches, DR..
Wilson, Cayuga Chief Of considerable
notorielv, addressed the multitude. We
believe it was pretty generally admitted to
be the best speech OF the day.--We make
ON extract from il as reported for tho James
town Journal: saa=-s'ia
"FELLow-G -GiTIzENs:-I am Coyugan,
and regular defendant from the pure stock
of Native Americans, Cheers. ] Gentleman
have boasted here 10 nigh. about Democra-
cy; but Democracy was established here
long before the pale face came upon these
shores. Ny ancestors were Democrats
long before the arts Of civilization drove
them from their hunting grounds and the
quiet possession of their forest homes.
Cheers. The orator from Kentucky who
addressed you TO night, said that the pale
faces came here nero handful, and had
grown to be great nation; but he forgot
to tell you that when they landed upon
these shores, helpless and in want, the red
man fed them with the milk Of human
kindness; that he took them TO his wigw
spread before them his amplest 'hospitalities
and entertained them as brothers. Cheers
Fellow citizens, am TO the manor born
| have no foreign prejudices TO overcome.
[Cheers. My nation can trace its history
back to period when the territory dotted
by your proud cities and villages, was
covered by the primeval forest. 1t has not
meddled with the politics of the pale face,
and thinA that gentleman who hayeitalk>
ed here tonight about Wings and Demo-
craIs had better left their politics ntshome
fCries OF good, that's right. u The pale
face hns completed mighty work. He
has overcome tho most imposing natural
barriers; he has pierced the valleys of the
Delaware, Susquehannah, ChemuDg, and
Allegany, and levelled the hills which
were roamed BY my ancestors centuries
ago. TCheers. Now their descendants
marvel at the doings of the mighty pale
face. Our little ones are frightened at the
fire, smoke ard speed Of your iron horse,
and run to US Tor protection. Cheers.
But / trust the spirit Of my ancestors looks
down with pride upon the doings OF the
mighty pale face They cannot but be
proud to see him accomplish his great
destiny; to see him fly from hill TO valley
and ride upon the wings of the lightning.
ECheerr,1 1.-The N. Y. Tribune lis to be
believed, he has carried his enterprises
even beyond this world, and receives com-
munications from inhabitants Of the other
world. Il tried short time since to get
communications from my friends in the
land of tho Grent Spirit, but they had
learned the language Of the pale face since
they had arrived there, and could not under
stand the idiom OF the Cayugan. [Uproar-
ious laughter. .,.s-s s.s.ss.- g.-.,
But, fellow, citizens. in behnlf of my
tribe, come 10 congratulate you upon the
completion Of your great work. Your
passage through our territory amazed my
people; oil nature seemed 70 bow as you
Numbered along, and the gigantic oak and
lofty pine bowed in token Of Triumph
GCheers But the heart of the Cayugan
is warm, and he gree;s and welcomes you
to his country. prolonged applause.I
Dr.. w. then presented to President
Loder banner from the Cayuga tribe,
Upon which wns inscribed the pipe of pence,
.tlfeir national semblem.s He accompanied
the presentation: with few appropriate
remarks to which Mr.. Loder briefly res.
ponded. - y. aiz .s55as5 - 'ss-s.5s1f