St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14


improve that portion of the bod
which lies above the eyes.
MIR. Davis passed in review some c
the chief advantages which Main
possesses, her rich harbors, her gener
n, Gus soil, her abounding forests, whic
when they are cleared away-wil
; leave all Maine what the Kenncbe
valley now is ; her fertilizers whic
are in her eternal mountains, her eli
mate which makes crops certain, an,
contrasted these with those land
which are arid, parched and desolate
There is no end, thought Mr.. Davis, t,
the product of Maine lands if farmer.
will bnt be careful in their use.
4, To me, Of course, see differences
OF cultivation and differences of crops
from what prevail at the South. an
glad that it is so. am glad, because
1T is an everlasting bond between us
These different characteristics not only
bind us together but make us doubly
prosperous. Blessed is our lot that
our fathers linked us together and es
tablished free trade. Famine, gaunt
famine will flee our borders while this
difference and this free trade exist
But these differences are urged why
we should separate. To my mind
there is no cause. We have q com
mercial and a selfish bond to bind us
together. But will stop here, be.
cause the subject will carry me be.
yond the limit of topics proper to ag-
ricultural societies. This l will say,
however 1t is union which makes us
the greatest nation of the earth.
1t is meet for me to study the evi-
dences of the prosperity of Maine, for
it is part of the prosperity of my
country. The whole comfcderacy is
my country and | love it to every
fibre of my heart. | would not if |
could, so dwarf myself as to be sec
tional man. 1t is your facility of pro-
ducing what we cannot which consti-
tutcs your prosperity as well as our
own. Ingenuity is the chief charac-
teristic of New England. Yankee has
been made term of reproach, but
you have made it Il term of honor and
renown. You have a right to be
proud of your achievements in the
schoolhouse, in the public assembly,
in the work shop, in the field and on
the sea. You have a right to be
proud that your manufactures encircle
the world. This is the power of mind
over matter. This is what makes
people we are one, and above all books
hi.h ha,-o n,i,nl -, h., I.,,l 9
common language, | place the good
old spelling book of Noah Webster.
We have a unity of language which
no other people possess, and we owe
this unity, above all else, to Noah
! Wcbster's Yankee spelling book.
If shadows float over our disc if
we arc threatened with eclipse, if dan
gers seem to impend over the union,
these are not the sentiments of the
American heart believe that, deep
seated in that heart lies the sentiment
of nationality which has made us one.
| | have proof Of it in the courtesy
which you have extended towards me.
Where else in the world can a man go
and receive that attention which
friend only has right to claim?
Mr.. Davis proceeded to expatiate
upon the blessings of temperate
climate in developing the blessings of
liberty and the virtues of patriotism
i'll their highest expression. 1t is the
agriculture of these regions which
gives us our teeming population. But
for that we should have no rural dis
tricts and if we have no rural dis
trlcts then we are unfit for a Repub-
lie. | look upon the farmer as the
first, last and best support of Amcri-
can liberty. So, too look to the ru-
raj districts for the highest virtue
and why is this Man is gregarious
animal. Huddled together as in cities,
he is as it were McAdamized But in
the country and on the farm he looks
into himself, truth is developed, repre-
sentative liberty is justified and the
institutions of the country are made
permanent. 1t was in this view that
Jefferson said great cities were moral
sores upon the body polite | trust
in God the rural districts will never
lose their power, for in our rural dis
tricts lies our great reliance. The
employments of these districts, and
the opportunities they have of coming
together through the means offered by
societies like this aud comparing pro-
ducts, tends to emuiatIon-tends to
the encouragement Of State pride
and whatever tends to that, tends to
the cultivation Of the great idea of
State sovereignty, the great central
idea upon which our federal govern
ment is supported. In State pride
and State sovereignty rests our only
hope for the perpetuity of that Union
which our fathers cemented with their
blood, and which is our best inheri-
tance.
Mr.. Davis, ,alluding to the equestrian-
ism by ladies which he had witnessed, |
said it had been to him the most inter
esting exhibition he had ever seen,
nor was it to be regarded as mere
sport. 1t is part of that physical |
training which makes a woman fit to |
become the mother of hero.
The advantages of the Union and of
extending the Union arc that they in /
crease the circle Of productions with
out bringing us into political or com
mercial dependence upon other powers.
We rejoice in the success of the At
lantic Cable because with closer COM |
mercial ties, it brings no political de-
pendence. | was glad to hear to-day
assurances of the final and complete
success of that wonderful enterprise.
There have been many doubts. There
are always croakers | thank my
idiosyncracies | am not one of the |
number always hope for the best
and turn only to the other thing when
| can't help it. We have reached that
stage of existence when closer com. |