The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-06-19
GEN. CASS' SPEECH.


movements for the last week have been
shronicled by the press with great iidel-
ity, were welcomed to Ohio by Gov.
Chase in person, whose address on that
occasion is spoken Of as exceedingly
fe,icitous. His address elected the fol-
owing brief but yory interesting re-
ply from Gen. Cass: 81" sr. .-n.
sI have listcned with deep interest to
fhe address By your excellency in your
reception Of the strangers who have just
landed on the north bank Of the Ohio.
Otfsii persons on earth, none more
Kan myself can appreciate these pass
ing scenes. Within few feet Of whore
we now stand l landed more than half a
century ago, poor, young adventuror,
seeking ia this land Of promise to COM
rencc my irst enterprise in life this to
me was the land Of promise Of my first
trial--cf my first sacrifee here com
rioDcod my carcor IN lifa-my hopes
and my fears. .'... =. ', ''.
! Your excellepcy may Judge, then.
that there could be nothing more strange
thsn the Ohio of the past and the Ohio
Of to-day. Tho circumstances under
which now find myself awaken scnsa-
tons Of moro than an ordinary chs.ac-
ter Hero was my frst SCHOOL, left
this spot schoIar---T come back no1i a
teacher. went out to fight the great
battle of lifc---I return with it fought.
The result IS a glorious illustration Of
the popular character Of our institutions.
TIE poor boy has represented the peo-
pie in the high places Of the land, and
as representative Of tho nation has becn
her minister before kings; no other ma
ton presents such spectacles. .-.
Hold OH, tIlan, to the popular char
actor OF. the government as TO a ship
when, night and tempests come. No
s-ch prosperous 3 land can be found un-
der the sun; Our lines have indeed been
cast in pleasant places. ..r +. -...
Fifty -seyou years ago all the north
west Territory contaipei only $4,000
peopla now itslimits include 6, OOO,O COO.
The man. IS now living whose axe felled
the first tree Of these forests, and thoro
are meu now alive who will net lass
away until the United States has attain
ed population Of QUO hundred millions
The triumphs Of the past are wonder
GUS. From & land without cultivation,
without schools, without internal i'm
provemorts, this has become a State,
both prosperous and powerful. The
vessels which trayeEsed the beautiful
river flowing at ous feet were the Ken
tuck ark for descending, and keel boats
fcG return. Fifty-seyen years ago l was
a young man, representing this county
in The Legislature Of the State, when
those pioneer steamboat builders,
Messrs. Fulton & Livingston, made a
proposition TO our State authorities to
establish lines of passenger and freight
boats on the Ohio, propelled by steam
against the current at the rate Of iour
miles por hour. The proposition was
laughed out.of the Legislaturs as i'm
practicable. | VAS young fogy then !;
| am an old .ogy how. II it had de-
pended. upon US Of that day, the mag
niGcent enterprise of steam navigation
would not now he startling Us with its
grand achievements.
.l,haye just passed oyei the maguii-
cent railway traversing the mountains,
diyiding the East from the West "a work
Ro.-e could not have constructed, even
in her palmiest days. ~ ill.,.
The time has been when horseback
trip to Baltimore required go days; now
it .s accomplished by steam railway in
near that many hours. nan ....... ~.
Tho illusions Of your eScellency to
the Puritan settlement at Marietta were
happily made This was the second
stepin the march of that progressing
race, whose powerful influence is felt in
the land. 81 astsi5e'a}
The first landing was at Jamestown,
the second on the north side Of the river.
Improvements followedin their wake.
They have dilIused learning here with
a liberal hand, the best mark of human
nature" .-.-f- .t...l-.. -. -...-