Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-01-30

tive villages. And that this goodness, learning
aud skill, may have appropriate spheres in which
to work out their desired results, the Press calls
uron those who hold the gold and silver Of the
md, an an answer is returne in offerings which
spread broadcast the seeds Of moral and intellec-
tual gOod-enable men to search out the work
ings of nature in h,r hidden laboratories, ana
give to talent ana skill the means by which they
may rear Their .'flir crc.t:ons.' In this view OF
| the case such an event as that we now celebrate
becomes the product in great measure, OF the
Press--a product as to time, if not immc !iately
ami as a prox mate natural effect. This it may
say with proal consciousness OF Its power,
though claiming no applause, but still with cheer
| full alacr:ty performing tn, Office as but one OF
the functions which It's department in the great
| system of human labor, involves. That the chief
glory of tn; PreSs-as the sentiment expresses
itse,f-!s its Independence, l freely admit. 1t
shout be free om all mer ;cniry motive and
fawning slcopaanc", and bold in the condcmna-
ton of whatever tends to the desene:acy Of pub
lie or riyate morals.
a word conc crning the Mississippi Wire Sls-
pension Bridge, the completion of which We eel
citrate. This >truc:ure has not only local, but
also nat onal bearing. The mighty ''Father Of
Waters" rising in our borders near the line
which separates us from the British dominions in
North America, winds its slow length across the
whole breadth of our country, fuirowing out
grand highway for the commerce of nine mighty
states, directly -and remotely for half as many
more. 1t is great dividing line between parts
of our glorious confedcracy. This Bridge is the
first connection ever built from shore to shore of
this great 'snland sea ''-and annuls the division
which nature had marked out between the two
grand sections Of our Republic.
Their, has grown up on the Pacific coast
great State. Territorial governments also exist
on that coast, and in its vicinity, rapidly growing
to maturity. These extreme members of our ma
ton, are destined to become powerful. But the
great distance which now separates from them,
made up it almost entirely is of vast region in
habited only by savages, must be overcome by the
application of those facilities of intereommunca-
ton which are in our possess son, or we can have
no we!l-founded assurance of long retaining them.
Railroads must be built-telegraphic wires must
be stretched along over this whole distance in Or
der to furnish cheap and expeditions channels of
| thought and commerce between our extremes.
Things are rapidly tending to this already, and
our bridge will probably constitute the point of
intersection of Railroad running westward to
the Pacific, with one stretching from Lake Supe-
r:or to the Calf of Mexico. And it need no proph-
| cts ken to forcsee that at no distant day such
roads viii be bnilt, ard that along Their whole
length viii grow up busy ma-ts of trade-and
that all the vast interval stretching from the Rocky
mountains to the Aleghanes will be crowde |
with an cnterprising, energetic and happy people.
But long ere this is accomplished, Minnesota
will have arrived at the dignity of Statehood, and
st. Paul, st. Anthony ana Minneapolis will have
taken their positions among the important citi S
of the country. \ multitude Of churches will
point their spires heavcnward-scho houses and
colleges will dispense the seeds of science amidst
the city's hum and in the sylvan shades Of rural
districts-capital will have turned to use tn;
water power of our Falls, and wealth piled high
and thick the halls of elegance and luxury in
our streets.
1t is pleas mt to know that the event we celc-
bratc is the marriage Of our own city and Mime
apolis and that now are bound together not by
the ''silver link, the siken cord'' of Scott, nor
Thompson's "coarser tie of human law, 'but by the
enduring bands of strongest metal.
Hereafter, the despondent invalid, finding here
the long sought ''Fountain Of YOUTH" as he battles
his enervatc1 limbs in the soothing waters of the
cataract, will gaze with admiration at this BRIDGE
and the pensive Sioux, returning sorrowful to his
| former haunts, will hear afrcsh in its 4Eoian
tones the wall of Tamaron, as gliding down the
rapids she bemoans the Inconsistency of the partner
of her bosom.-( Applause and Music.)
| 13. The Western P,oneer.-Thc true repre-
sentative of the 10Th century.
Mr.. Geo. F. Brott's response to this sentiment,
was one of the wittiest we have heard on any oc-
cason. lie commenced by stating that Mr.. Brott
had left the room-had actually sloped, and had
deputized him to speak in his place. The fact
was, Mr. Brott had sat up late the night before to
prepare his speech, but by some mishaps he had
lost it, and being modest man he had urgently
requested him, the speaker, to make a few re-
marks. But we will not attempt to report the
gentleman's spcech--we might, with the same
propriety, attempt to catch the lightning and
transfer it to pape:. 1t was real, genuine, Wes-
tern grafton, and much enjoyed by those who
heard it. We said we would not report the re-
marks, nor will We but will give them in Mr.. BPS
own language-that is, the language of the gen.
tleman who spoke for MIR. B. who, our con6den-
tial correspondent Bob" asserts positively, was
the identical nun. The SPEECH d res not read
as it was spoken, bat the Imagination of the
reader will enable h IN to laugh.
MIR. President-Ladies and Gentlemen:
Westward the star of Empire takes its way !''
lie who attempts to cheer its onward march, might
as we'll reach forth his puny arm to stop the
mighty avalanche, as it rushes from the noun
tain top, sweeping every thing before it to sure
destruction. Permit me to prophecy, that if our
Western pioneer continues to roll on the car of
civilization, mot Ike Sir John Franklin in search
of the north pole, but like the Western man out
in search of the Wcst,) he VIII soon force the
remnant of the aborigines of the soil, and the
vast maitudes of bufa!ocs that roam our plains
to the shores of the Pacific, where, in utter dis
pair like the swine possessed of evil spirits, they
will plunge into watery grave. We read that
Christians face is SIT Z:onwarl: but the faces
OF onrpioncers are set Westward; and if Cuba
lay at that point of the compass, they would ere
thic hor, ,J fbo; ., 4 AL