, 1853-12-31


vain hopes Of sudden prosperity, 10 over
whelm US like flood but each striving to
live and so 10 do in the sphere that is mark
ed out for him here below, that he may feel
that his duty has been done, and conscious
of well done present., fear not the dread
and coming future. u rs1l..
Doing as well as we can with our pres
cnl advantages our growth will be gradual
and Permanent, our abundant resources
will be developed our wealth will be in
creased and we shall soon find, that the
dress of the ffontiersman is too small and
coarse for our expansive growtb--we shall
need laTg,r and more elegant vesimenls.-
We shall put of the territorial and assume
the garments Of a state, no longer confined
10 one poor delegate upon the floor Of con-
gress, allowed 10 speak his mind but not to
prove his faith by his votes bdi entitled TO
Two senators 10 one Or rperhaps more repre-
sent aiives, each not only talking but Vo-
ting man. When this has happeped-ss,
railroad OF no railroad, happenit will-we
can peacesbly await its coming each in his
own vocation and when the glad tidings
come, that the work is done-the railroad
opened, let come 10 the miner in bis coal
shaft at Bellingham bay, the farmer as he
works in his potato Geld or harvesIs his
wheat, 10 the ship builder as with adze and
rule he forms his craft, 10 the lumberman
as he cuts the long and laperiRg stick for
masts or fw The log 10 meet the moving
saw or to him who with "bob and sinker"
fishes for cod in the Strata Of Fuca or draws
the seine for salmon in The bays Of Admiral
ty Inlet, to all let il come asa source Of pride
that their labors have contributed 10 place
their country in such position that this
read has come as matter Of necessity.
In this belief you may think me too san
guine but independent Of The numerous
advantages we posses, which when well
known will induce emigration to this terri
tory, aud partially Known have already in
duced many 70 come and make their home
within sound Of The surf the Pacific. There
is a popularity in our position to which
for moment will allude. We are the
advance Of the emigration, the first ripple Of
The wave that is 10 food with living tide
the soil our feet now press upon ripple
that breaks upon beach beyond which Il
cannot pass. The shore is reached at-last;
here IS the bafriar--hero the boundaFy.--
The statue Of the God TeTmipus, is here
10 be raised, and We may pour libations on
bis altar. All ahead is sea-wide, expand
ing, trackless Westward has American en-
terprise, American Testlessness and Ameri-
can endurance, followed the. setting sun As
day after day he has gone down upon prai-
rie and mountain, showing that the end Of
their journey was not yet, until at last he has
rushed 10 his bed in the bosom Of The ocean,
gliding with bis expiring rays the land that
is to set bounds and limits 10 that enterprise
and that endurance. - tsy.
To the west no farther-to the north
there may be land we desire, but We DO not
possess--the tide must stop but the reaux
will begin and deepen over the spots left
bare in its advance. No outlet can bo
found and restlessness, lore Of change, de-
sire Of xploralion must cease. On this land
the tired foot Of the wanderer will rest in
peace, here to 6ud that home that long he
has sought for. ai. D. l1-s-
This Territory then must be settled and II
future acquisitions should open 70 our coun-
trymen new lands. to occupy and to explore,
they too will be settled and as long as foot
ofland remains open for settlement, will SET
llement be made. sg5es..-
The continent may yet be ours. Well
has poet from the land Of Purilans, the first
settled Of our country as this our territory
is the last, expressed this idea when he said:
"Isee the living tide roll on i ia
Il crowns with flaming towers,
The icy cspes Of Labrador,
The Spauiar1s land Of Bowers,
Il sieams acFess The sPlinleTsl ridge,
That parts the northern showers
From eastern rock 10 sunsrS wave
The continent l. ours"