The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-25

. the grave, chewing up logs Of four feat /
diameter, ~ children do their toys.--vo
Saltwater, on the Psaobsoos, and ess rur
mig, under one roof, sixty gangs Of saws 1
onoe; then 10 TO Oldtown's great works
then up her hundred tributary streams the
20 on TO the Kennsbec; Androscoggin; tn
Aroostook, snd the ST. Johns, aud YOU vii
nave sons faint idea Of saw mills. Then ID
90 these her cotton factories, paper mills, an
nor ship yards, and you viii begin to realis
the Torso and extent Of such music.
Mr. President, you say she 10 proud OF he
homes and educational interests. Well. air
she 10 not shs nAy be-, for with an sbun
dance OF the raw material, q veil o. labor
sort OF passion with the Maine Yank q
90 have hne house, snd whore temperance
intelligence. industry aad morality exist
MONIES are nearly always happy. And 70.
know, Dir, that they have tie Maine Iav
20 make tAsn temperate, 1000 churches !,
make thsm moral; - newspapers and an an
nn.l cirsulaaon az fosr millions and hair
with lSl 900 volumes 10 the public libraries
o,ooO schools and colleges, and 6 900 teach
ore to make them intelligent. And with 81
this array, for m,rsi, literary and seisntia.
training, with larger proportion Of pupil,
Of school than any State or nation 10 III.
Known world, 10 It any marvel that she should
have : moral, intsiIigsss population With
nsppy homes, and feel pride in her educa
.onai interests And, lastly, SIR, ~ she i.
.ne Youngest OF the sisssrs--and young moth.
crs are always proud Of their children - can
yeu wonder that, feeling no pride 10 her cold.
bleak climate, her hard rocks and sterile soiI'
which, like bad stspmother, gives NO more
than she 10 forced to, che should tarn The ful
sxubsrancs OF warn, s6ectionste heart to
her children, and exclaim, like tho Roman
matron,
..Tbese are my gems. Give ~ your country such.
90 shall ys put your ysantings 10 the touch
or Yielding me the palm, your baast, disowa;
Your diamonds may moi match what have shown. y
Renowned for her enterprise
her education aad her virtues: her sons aud dsurh
ters honor her In word and deed.
Rev. Mr.. Kimbsll (Congrsg ationaliss) be-
ing called for, remarked:
Tonight il b more aeressbls 10 hoaor our
native Statss BY dssds, than BY words. Still.
tribute IL due TO the sst>rpriss, sdsestion
and virtue Of the old Bay State.
1t - said that two Cape Cod bows, wreck ed
upon sand.bank, instead Of psrishing with
the cold, spent the night in svappins ieekets.
and each made ave dollars BY the operation.
A Massachusetts lawyer, Who oAmc ont 70
see this country, ssid-"falk Of the enter.
prise Of the West Why, il takes moro OF
man 70 gst EviSg 10 New HnRland then
u does to grow rich out bore" THAT vs.
before the hard tiuss.) Every thing j. pressed
into the service In Massachusetts,. Thev har-
nees the very strsADs - nashissry, 'Froro
the products Of the loom they make calls Ard
send thsn TO whitsn every sea. They make
every thing, from . Locomotive to . sewing
machine, Or even 70 needle. The ssud out
their manufactures and thsir capital % en-
rich tbs world, and shsy also send oss nsr
and vonsa.
The little hill town, where ny boyhood
vas spent, has Representatives in half the
States Of our Union. Hn sons are dieeine
COLE IN CAiifornia and Asstrslia, and ars
doubtless BY the score on thsir way to Pixies
Peak By this time. They ars engaging in
trade--shey ere tsaehing and preceding the
gospel 10 India and Africa end the islasds OF
the SEQ.
:, Massachusetts does nash for education.
Every sevn has is systsn Of free schools.
Livery township Of twenty eve hundred in
nabisants must sustain : free grammar
school, whore boys oas be 1itsd for college:
and there are three good colleges Is vHtei
they can 30. A vsrdans youth, looking ia
wonder upon the college 81 Amhssss. asEsa.
"Do they keep this ere : runnin' I'll Inc wear
ronndi" They do not stop for bard timss;
They kssp tAsis sckssds md colleges yssxing
all The year round.
Virtue has frm seat 10 that Aucient State.
Not single township, believe, il destitute
OF the stated prsschiDg Of shs gospel. The
principles OF the Puritaas, 90 we'll ~ forth
by tne orator OF the evening, still rule 10 the
hearts Of their dsscen6Ants. They sthl leve
and cherish al that 10 tras and good. Pal
sled be the tongue that would speak i'll OF the
old Bay State; palsisd be the arm that would
strike blow against the home OF our child.
hood.
CossEcrcur- Though sterile her soil, she bore
70 the world Charter Oak though humble her
homes. they have furnished 70 mankfnd many noble
ncvoence ~ = model 70 The world. Her pvov;,ions
Tor learning are the pride Of our hearts.
To this sentiment, MIR. r. w. Swift re-
spondsd
am proud Of the privilege Of speaking on
this occasion, In behalf OF tho glorious old
State whose name, with the sentiment. has
just been read. One OF the first ofshoots OF
the feeble colony 1t Plymouth, she has ever
Cherished and fostsrsd thoss institutions
which have placed her high in honor among
the States Of our confcderacy. Her FIRST
offering to God and her children Was the
house Of worship and schools. These men,
we'll approaching the worth and Importance
OF those foundations OF oil society, deter
mined ~ oil hssards 70 sustain them, TO make
them the leading feature OF their colonial
government. Their love and respect for re-
ligion and education wers instilled into their
children and their ahildfsn's children, till ws
see her to-day bright example to the world
Of Law abiding, patriotic, religious people.
The few moments allowed me here. will not
sudeneven glance u oil the leading fsa-
lures in history 90 illustrious % is bers.--
Sir, Connsosisut has history Of her own,
and fer more precious to the world than that
OF some of thsprstsnding monarchiss OF the
old world. Althoagh as very early DAY
she became : separate colony, hss heart
ever bsatsiA common sympathy for ~ great
cause Vt civil and religions liberty for which
her sister colonies were aiming. she set
them noble example Of her spirit, whom, in
defiance Of Iogland's proud syraus, she
showed to the world that cher soil, though
sterile, hsd Aourishsd Ter theo UxAafss
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