The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-06-19


to be applied to the purchase Of plate to be
presented to the officers of the boat as testi-
monial of their appreciation, &c.
The excursion, as whole, is one OF the
grandest railroad festivals that ever came OFT
in this country The hundreds who particlpa-
ted in it will return to the East with truer no
tions of the great West, and of the magnitude
and extent Of our country.
AT meeting of the guests and passengers
ON board the steamers Golden Era and Galena,
on the excursion to the Falls of st. Anthony,
on motion of the Hon. John A. Dix, Cover
nor Joel A. Matteson, of Illinois, was chosen
temporary chairman.
On motion of Hon. John A. Rockwell a
committee of three was appointed to nominate
permanent officers for the meeting. The chair
named Mcssrs. Rockwell Bacon and Dix as
such committee.
After a short absence the committee report
ed the following and their report was unani-
mously adopted:
For President
WILLARD FILLMORE.
Vice Presidents:
EDWARD BATES, of Missouri
FRANCIS P. BLAIR, of Washington, p. C.,
NATHAN X. HALL of New York,
WILLIAM JtRvs of do
Secretaries:
Dr. k Bn of co of Chicago Il H. VAN PAs eF
On motion of the Hon. VIM. j. Bacon the
following persons were appointed committee
| to report resolutions
VIM j. Bacon, John A. Dix, L. Bacon, !
J. NJ Stone, John \. Granger, Charles Hnd-
con. John A. Rockwell, Chas. p. Williams,
and Jacob Campbell, Jr.
The Committee through their chairman, re-
ported the following resolutions which were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we hereby offer the expression of
our sense Of personal obligation to Messrs. Farnum
and Sheffield the for the construction CT
the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, whose genius
formed the pIan and whose lavish lberality and ex-
ecutive ability have done much for the success OF
this unparalleled exhibition the directors OF the
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company, who
have so readily and with much mnnlicence coop
Grated in the enterprise and to the directors and
officers of the several railroad and steamboat compa
MES from New York to Chicago, who have borne
their share in the expense of bringing about thou
sand invited guests from the Atlantic States to cete-
rate the completion of continuous line OF railway
communication, connecting the harbors OF New York
and Boston with the Eastern bank Of the Upper Mis-
h sissipp
= Resolved, That in The event which this memora-
BILE exhibition is designed to celebrate, we recognize
a new achievement of the enterprise, the skill, and
D. the voluntary and efrew ardng industry, which
l. the natural results Of perfect freedom and Christian
IS civilzaion assurance that ere long no barr-
If Of desert mountain, no breadth OF praine or
depth of Forest shall interrupt the iron track the
resembling trains IF cOmmei from ocean TO ocean
=, and chez ing omen that the ties of sympathy, OF
common interest of mutual dependence and OF rari~
I otto afe con and pride, which bind into great ma
y ,ionaIitv the States of the Atlantic the centre and
1t the Pacific, stronger than the mountain ridges o
ga Resolved, That have seen with joy which
we cannot adequately express, and with new feelings
of exuIlaon in the grandeur and destiny of our com
n mon county, the exquisite and varied beauty and
'd the bounllesS physical and capabilities Of
70 the regions through which have passed; that we
t. contemplate the mnItlp ying population and the grow
N ing over and richness Of these new States, not with
20 any sentiment of rivalry, Tut with gratitude to the
~ God Of our fathers, who endowed them with then
III m i,h and has rewarded their labor and self sac
I'll rice by giving to their children goody heritage
b. and that the cheering welcome and the lavish hospi
lr tally which have everywhere met from the pho
Ct nccrs Of the advancing uillipns with which this
no gion is to teen, demands and receives from us
~ hearty acknowledgement.
III Resolved, That, especially in times like these
~ when the question of mans capacity to govern HIM
to SELF and Of mans nalenable and sacred right t.
at freedom, is assuming so great an Importance IN eve
nv portion of the civilized worhl rejoice that herr
i is safe and blessed um for the exes and luigi
" ,ives of freedom from every European land, and tina
here is fair field for the demonstration of VIII.
p perfect liberty and perfect civil equality, under TIT
id light Of Christianity and aided by the inventions
10 science and the universal diffusion of knowledge Cal
he do for the elevation and advancement OF the huma
IN race, and pledge ourselves to do what in US lie
IL for the development Of these great resources and h
perpeuation OF the institutions bequea'hed 10 us o
lis a freedom loving ancestry.
~ Resolved, That we congratulate all who are inter
u es,ed in the noble work whose successful opening w
n have been summoned to witness, on the achievement
&c of an enterprise Of great public Importance and pr"
isinr such ample peculiarly results; and we hail tn
II" advent as we shall rejoice in the completion OF ever
H. kindred undertaking in progress or in prospect DE
signed to rive as with iron bands the interests, tn
As welfare, and the union of this great Republic
,rt Resolved That the editors of newspapers at CHI
" caso St. Paul, Dubuque, Galena, Rock Island, D'
~ venport, St. Louis, New York, and throughout tn
IN, Union generally, be requested to publish the iof'go
III ing resolutions
'et The meeting was addressed by Leonard Ba
g- con, D. d., Hon. A. j. Parker, Hon. >.
Ter Dix and others.
lui The meeting then adjourned.
DIS. At meeting of the guests of the Chicag
he and Rock Island Railroad Company who wer
So passengers on board the steamer Galena COZ
by vened in the cabin of said steamer on Thur
pr. day evening, June Sth, 1854, Hon. John \
nd Dix of New York was called to the chal
cr, and Messrs Dr. Ray, j. A. Bross and a.
In. Evans appointed Secretaries
'y, Tie President etotod that the object of Il
ice meeting was to adopt suitable resolutions wit
lrd regard to the Captain and officers of this boa
Get On motion it was resolved that committ
ed, of three be appointed by the Chair to repo
en- resolutions to an adjourned meeting to-morro
'ok evening. The Chair appointed as such COZ
the mittee the SECRETARIES Of this meeting. A
ION journed.
md FRIDAY EVENING, June 9, 1854.
the The guests of the steamer Galena assemble
at pursuant to adjournment. Hon. John A. D
ght in the Chair. J. A. Bross in behalf of t
ent committee offered the following resolution
st. Resolved That as expressive of our obligations