Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-03


u.an's Wild. The isdisn wss No farmer.
~ left the coil aosrrned, the tsses 10
erox as they cboo.e, The creeks and nv.
ore TO Aas ~ they pleased, the osetoi
mss,l- undis,urbed N their bed. H's
loe,s wss VI ptlss, oossrsj 9TH the
Oh tns Of teasis. IL. made no roads. no !
,chirle-, no BOAT but hollaw log. lie
. OLE his clothe. FROM the aniosls, OF
vent IN ,lsd. The plumss Of Bird, bsads
Of beach shellss he school boy's pail
s,oue, were hrs 0rnaineuis. The cane
and flint furnished him arrows. HIS
pipe MAS stone with bUle in II: h,s
knife etore shsrpened; his gr'ss mill
two stons,, the rudest I'll ns that can DO
called mortar.
Uncle SANE fret crops we're enriched
with his owu Indian and British blood.
Then be began 10 tear down bis old log
barns ant built better, 10 open roads,
cut canals, improve hsrbors, rake snags
from the rivers aDd covsr the States over
with net wark Of railroads.
Uncle Sam snaps his thumb and finger
aud cisiss spr,r Z up like t. crestions OF
magic; he blocks out u State, and %
| building more gloriou. than the full bios
so,n,Dg Of an ancient empire. With bis
two iron rails, his llerculean eseaIn
horse, ami his great train Of wagons, be-
outstrir. tho swift winds and makes the
oaks prick up their cars or move Oh with
fright. The stream. are besei with noisy
ma gear; the rivers filed with proud
steamers; ship. whose Tonnage is greater
than that Of old John Bull, love to hover
Y til their whte wings about the sea-
parts and Icy their huge bulks along the
~h.rves OF Uncle Sam. There are thick
walled wealth in the cisies, happiness IN
the coun ~, iSdustry and enterprise sv-
srvwhere.
Whit more than three thou and
q rch spires speak Of Uncle Sans Sab.
b .,h propen-itics, two hundred ut sh'r-
t,four college, with academies and
common schools sown broadcast, tell OF
his wisie. and expectations 10 respect
to the rising generatioo.
Tos- up your heal, U"l' San, and
lie, us see the moist Vt your eye, while
We tell you that you have the best and
|, gest farm on this earth! There it lies,
:" Q the top Of the globe," Graded be-
tAen two great oceans, with n, ariy thir-
thousand miles Of sea const, beautiful
v b great hsrbors and proud headlands.
Surely it 10 an i'll trade wind that can
blow on no comm ercial good. Hitler
shall come the ends Of he earth to cx'
change commodities. Your Fairs shsl
concentrate more interest than did tx
games Of ancient Greece. The produc'
: o, YOUR farm shall odd hundred mil
, Ii n - the population OF the globe. Lss
year YOU raised more than two thou'"n,
million dollars' worth Of agriculture
products, and yet the farm 10 not hal
cleared; lesides, you did over tftecI
u hundred million dollars worth u! otne
5 worth. Then think Of yonr one hnndre
and thirty .qu.,e miles # corn field
YOUR hills AID deep d0wu mountains
. full Of the useful metals, and your Cali
! forn...
. Aword, Mncle Sam: DO as you hsv
ione. and YOU shall be the happ'e.t an
rotiet Uncle that has ever this GARTH
VALUABLE TABLx.-The foil'~in
okronolog zeal table, 0, ucerniug the earl
: history Of the States Of the Cont c'ierac'
3 be Gu, out and preserved BY 'u:a as ~
inter .tsd ia The history To r c,un
try: ,
: 100. Virginia settled b, the Enrl's'
- 1904 New York settle hv the lju,ct
lGoJ- Massachusetts s-uiet BY N
p! Pu it,os
nj 1913 New Ham; SHIRE settled by u
Pur tah-.
. 1924 New jersey seal ,!ty the Du,c'
= lj27- Delaware settled bv the Swed,
= sdF ne.
li3j-M Mar, aud settled by irish Csti
~ ol,c..
|e 1896 Rhode island settle By Rcg'
~ Wiliams.
l646-Couuecticus settled by the r,
i, lG50-NSr,h ,lina s.,,led by Il
Engli.h.
=! l610-Sou,h Carolina ssttlsI by Il
e uuguenots.
. l6,2- Penn. ylvania settled By Will.
Penn.
r l7sS-Georgia se.ilei bv Gen. Ogl
"A ihrope.
l79l-Vermont admitted into Il
- Union.
s. 1892 Kentucky admitted into Il
pr Union.
l796-Tsnnsssse admitted ioto Il
e. Uuion.
II lSO2-Ohio admitted into the Unio
iSll-LouisiAna admitted into Il
~ Uni n.
H. 1916 indiana sdmit,ed into the UniO
as lSl7-M,ssissippi admitted into q
Union.
r. l6lS-lll,nois admitted into the Uni"
1910 Aisbams admitted into Il
Union.
1920 Maine admitted into the Uni
1921 Missouri admitted into the Uuio
m 1886 Michigan admitted into Il
m Union.
+" 1886 Arkansas admitted into Il
u Union.
1876 Florida admitted into Il
n. Uoion.
~ lSl5-Texas admitted into the Unio
g" 1886 Iowa admitted into the Union
ga lS4S- Wisconsin admitted into Il
=, Union.
Of IS5O-C.liforni. aamitted into Il
Union.
81 EH The country and the villa.
nd may be the best place for the birth 81
I'd early training Of youth; but it is in Il
excitement Of the city that the highc
81 Developments ofmind arr made. I'll
30 powerful minds that have swaved Il
on destinies ofmankind, though not con
i. monty born in the great city, haye gel
=. orally gone to reside there, to feel Il
81 pres sure Of that activity which wou
draw out their strength, and to find