New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-13
THE TOLEDO WAR.


From The Kala-a.s, Ga,etie Of yslv6
Among The remembrauccs Of he pas. which the Oh
seilers delight TO recite to the rising generation The
S mo- the Ghost 2, Of AfSg h Reps2Y of the Toledo
appearance in our legislative Tolls. The history, 100
of he old horse If rot W th0nt some items vi lu
terst as Il claim incident 'on hls being tounderoi
and subsequent death, tormet for years after sum
cien subject to prooug the ssoa 70 ninety da!s" hea
every other Iretent ives used u.s.
Along the southern boundary OF our state was es1iP
of land some ten miles wide noted for lts back-ash
swsmus and magnifcent bull-tIos In ths strip vas
ipcluCed We believe the present town OF ioieuo anu
the deserted city OF cnpooarls anu suiug'' Vn .o
Msumte below name forgotten at PRESENT. lhls ter
rifor, was also somew hat celebrated IN song tor We
find il recorded in the poetry hat country, mat
THE potatoes they grow small in Mauinee."
And also the somewhat Inconsistent assertion, that
The girls fat o.. hogs in Msumee"
Owe, this interesting domein Michigan cleimed
dominion and claiming prepared 10 exercise H. ONO
as EARNESTLY resisted aud then came the tus OF war;
From the valley of the Kalamazoo and me Sranu
River, he hardy pioneers fastened 10 JOIN ,nsir %
rcn in the eastern pant OF the state to repel e buek
eve invader from Tho soil. perish in the attempt
And most lrrmilabe array soon stretched along the
southern bcundsy. SO near did the opposing forces
come that thsy ally CT ss,d bayonets, anu oes
drank each others health in good old OHIO, from the
some luz. Watermelon patches and hea-roos,s sat.
fered bey ohd all precedent, aud faithful chFon'e OF
the times assures u thai at an unu-ky game OF poker
one NIGHT a MaiOrG General OF ONO militia was COM
| ,ietely skinned by a fourth Corporal OF Michigan
I
/ volunteers -
| III course such civil or perhaps we shsuld say M
cyI commotiona could not long escape the att'ntioh
of The Genern Government, and accordingly the attei-
tion of Congr early called 10 the unhappy tee
tions exciting upon the northwest ronner ana an helr
power was put forth 10 stay the de OF lesuc
| non where il was. They succeeded IN efiectlng inc
settlement of difficulties something after TINS wise;
Michigan was 10 release her hold upon the tnn-mie
strn which was TO rev,r 10 Ohio frogs, swInpe man
haitian Toledo and all aud IN turn she was 10 nave
TINT vast trnct of Territory commonly called e upper
/ Peninsula. No adequate idea, indeed no conception
was nj that time had of those vast mineral resources
Which have placed Michigan among the hrst states VI
the world for nexh9ustibe mines oi minerM "oai'n;
| Indeed, the mammoth boulder oi ue on'onaBoh nau
long ben known to the trapper and voyager and an
Indian tradition told of hidden treasures, but like the
pctmos on her rocks Superior treasures we're con
siderod more Of the fancy than the reality: Inc coun-
inv then was under the government OF the American
Fnr Company and the Ohioans thought "gauue
.ladep they got when they retained the frogs and we
took the natives and unexplored wlds of the North
But now what unexpected vision dawDs,"
American energy has tunn,lod the mountain side
and tle secifc taxes paid on the capital Of mining
| companies alone almost support the State 6overn'
| meut Mountain upon mountain OF iron piled up ony
awaits the labor of man and Investment of capital "a
Weld richer return than California or Golconda
| mines a,
No longer DO the barriers of nature interpose then
obstaces to trade for human industry has overcome
/ them ALL and now far away on that inland sea the
white wings Of commerce are everywhere set-ij ana
on it's ronOiest shore city IA sp'ingng up when III
business and importance must we with lts sister City
of tbe Straits. Such, Pensioners Of the Toledo war
are some of he fruits of your labor such the fesuiu
of the Ioiils and dangers you have undergone