The daily union., 1854-07-29

efn extremity OF Lake Huron 10 receive tntr annual
presents from the agents OF the British goyernment
What comment is this on progressl Thirty
FIVE years ago the Indian tribes living within terri
tory subsidized by foreign government and with
no friendly motive But let that pass The Indians have
gone to the Rocky mountains to their fathers and
are happily on terms OF amy with our ancient adversary
Chicago of the great cities of the lakes with seventy
thousand inhabitants did exist till 1881 We il
last Sunday in all its beauty and promise fanked by the
waters of Lake Michigan side and the widespread
prairies the other The aboriginal have disap
peared The forests they possessed disappearing also
and civilization has planted her standards and is erecting
the monuments OF her empire the whole face of this
new western world. ! trust my auditors and especially
the airer portion OF them will not set me down
temporary OF their progentors when ! speak OF having
been an witness TO this metanorphoss OF the wilder
ness into abodes of civilized you, ladies,
not very greatly the wrong side of fifty that
which may perhaps be called the right side if life has
been well spent There is period land in making this
suggestion feel sure of your sympathy when
little scrupuons TO the enumeration Of years. Su-
ice il to say we are of certain age and that phrase
understood by general consent to silence all questioning
on will not sure ascrbe to any OF that feeling
Of deicacy when make this voluntary confession. pro-
test that only motive is 60 do justice to the age Of this
young country which in half my lifetime at single
bound if we consider it part of the lifetime of
ton has sprung from wildness and barbarsm social
refinement, rural beauty, and ply steal power.
We have yet gentlemen, only reached the Mississippi
But the tide of population has flowed far beyond it, Iowa
the great State OF which have merely touched the
boundary OF the youngest of the American sisters
still west Of us. With know not how many hundred
thousand nhabitantsyou, iellowcitizens of Iowa.
tell yourselves from week to week how many people you
have rapidly is immigration adding to your numbers
with fifty thousand square miles and the richest fifty in
body in the whole Unonf the reports of the government
surveyors to be trustedno estimate be formed of
the rapidy of her growth the standard of wealth and
strength she is destined TO attain We have come from the
Atlantic the Mississippi river by uninterrupted
line of railroads If we had months later we
could have gone to Iowa City, nearly sixty miles further
vest by extension OF the iron track which has
brought us here 1t unnecessary for me to to you
eow-ctzens of Iowa, that railroad is now in progress
construction from Davenport, the MisSlSSpp where
we stand to Council Bluffs the Missouri by the
Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company, for the work
is going under eyes. The two rivers three
hundred miles apart The grading the first sixty miles
will be finished in September and the rils which
uary next One hundred and twenty miles ready
to be put under contract This road must and will be
promptly completed 1t is the great highway to Nebraska
and its speedy completion vitay connected with the u
ture prosperity OF that Territory. G
Let it not be supposed that to stop the Mssou
III river The character of the country still invites
ward, and we shall go Our surveyors and engineers
have been beyond Council Bluffs into Nebraska far
the Platte Nebraska river Others have been several
hundred miles further west and they report that has the
fertility oi soil which enriche Iowa greatly Gen
temen, may well come to the point a. We
the way to the Pacific and we intend to 60 there 1t
will require years perseverance, but the work will be ac-
compshed IN good time may reasonably expect with
the ordinary chances OF life to live to it. So long
the rich soil is spread out before may continue
the line working The country as it is
tied and Its productive powers developed will furnish
the means OF sustaining the work The State of Iowa
provides all the money TO grade the road through her
territory by subscriptions within herself She has
ceved single dollar from subscribers the seabOard.
She only asks Of the Atlantic States where her improve
men will virtually terminate to furnish the rails and the
running apparatus to put the road in operation The gen
emen who have constructed the Chicago and Rock Island
railroad are engaged in the construction of this and it Is
their opinion that the enc viii he as productive as the
/ other
have said, gentlemen, that we are on the way to the
Pacific, and that we may continue the line
working so long we have the rich country
lerse-whch will continue TO draw men and from
the East and especially from New England the northern
hive OF this continent sending out her egons not for
under conquest but 10 extend the arts OF civilization
to carry the hardy virtues of the Pilgrims perpetuated in
their descendants into the painless wilderness and make
quarter of century of time. Where this great highway
the Pacific is TO cross the Rocky mountains need not
care to know The question is not urgent
Whether 10 bear north following the of the
Platte or incline SOUTH may be settled hereafter and it
must be settled, not by cursory exploration, but by the
most careful and minute examinations under the direction
of experienced engineers One thing certainly desra
behat the States from the lakes to The southern bound
airy OF Missouri should have common exodus from the
American wilderness which spreads itself out from the
, eastern face of the Rocky mountains.
The railway company between the Atlantic and the Mis-
sissipp have common interest and they should have
common aim Let them go westward in the respective dis
tric which they traversing and when they reach the
wilderness beyond the Mississippi and the Missouri they
may, by their combined influence and means, open
TO the Pacific than If their west
ernini must be fixed at different points large view
of this subject should exngush all jealousy, which is
always bred in of feeling and is almost always
blind to the very interest it seeks to promote.
But ladies and gentlemen feel that am taking
reasonable liberty with your patience did not come
this excursion speech-maker to transact busi
with the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company,
and to make myself better acquainted with this beautiful
country. Besides if disposed further to tax your
indulgence time would not permit The memorable steam
whistle will sound in few moments and compel to bid
reluctant farewell to many Of those with whom have
been pleasantly associated This parting painful is
has everything that agreeable to commend II to ree
brancc. We have been together nearly week un-
toward event. not the slightest accident has occurred
I TO enjoyment, and among the thousand persons
who about to part from each other unkind word
has been spoken to cast shadow the memory of our
friendly intercourse. And now, ladies and gentlemen, let
in bidding you all farewell acknowledge your courtesy
in calling to address you should have been gross
y insensibe 10 your kindness il had not promptly
5ponded to it. should have been cold, indeed it the
beauties of Nature with which surrounded the ma
ectic aspect this river and the encouraging smiles
which beam from gentle faces here had not warmed to
| some congenia expressions Of feelings. aware how
mperfecy have responded to all these inspirations but
have given you land in this may justly claim your in
diligence for what have said earnest Of my desire TO
obey your wishes.
/ MECHANICS INSTITUTE RrCHsoSp--A mechanics nsi-
tue is about ,being formed in Richmond Virginia. The
constitution proposes the institution of school of design
chemical laboratory library public lectures and an a
I nua exhibition All these enterprises 1t is not supposed
be promptly put in operation but In due time they car
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