The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-04

plishment, belong to the mysterious future
TO disclose
have glanced thus briefly at some of the
events which have transpired in connection
with the general settlement of the American
continent, because of its analogy with the
rise and advance Of our own State. The
same tolls, priva,ions and inconvenien, IL had
10 be encountered, but we have been saved
from some Of the perils and suherngs which
were the lot of those who have preceded us.
We have had no bloody wArs with the In
dians, nor have we been obliged to brave the
terrors ofa sickly climate. Peaceable means
have sufiiccd to induce the original posses.
sors Of the soil to yield it ~ superior race,
and TO retire still farther into the heart OF
the continent Agencies arc ut work among
this unhappy people, which will effect their
entire extinction, unless they can be so con-
trolled Us to raise them from their present de-
graded position TO the rank Of civilized be
ings. On an occasion like this, while stand
ing upon the ground which 30 recently be-
loBged TO the red man, | may be pardoned
for appealing to your feelings and your sym
pa,hies in his behalf. While the laws of
the State, and his own welLbeing, equally
require that he should remain upon the
lands reserved for him by the General Gov
ernment, yet he should not be- treated az an
0utcast. but rather encouraged TO qualify
himself for the privileges and responsibilities
of ci ilizcd life
A marked characteristic OF the American
people is, the unccasing desire tor change
r L.. al A
acquisition OF wealth. The attachment for
the particular spot on which he was born,
which is so strongly developed in the people
OF some nations, finds little room in the
breast Of an American, and we have been
therefore charged almost with want Of
natural affection. An English historian
draws our national portrait In this partlcu-
lar, thus L" In America, on the other hand,
for the first time in the history of mankind,
this strong and general feeling seems TO be
entirely obliterated. Though the laborers
Of the country have probably received great
or advantages from the cultivation Of the
soil than any other people that ever existed
yet they have no sort of attachment either
to the land which they have acquired, or TO
that which they have inherited from their
fathers. Not only is landed property almost
always sold and divided at the death Of the
head Of family, but even during his life
time emigration from one spot to another is
so frequent, that it may be considered the
grand social characteristic Of the American
people. However long and happily pro
prietor may have lived on his little domain,
though it may have been the sepulcbrc Of
his father, the playground OF his infancy,
the arbor of his welded love, the nursery OF
his children; though it may be endeared 10
him by all the ties which can bind man to
material nature, and the severance Of which
in other countries, constitutes the last cup
Of the vanquisbcd-an American IL always
ready 10 sell il, If be can do 40 at profit
and putting himself and his family with all
his effects, on board the first steamboat,
transports himself and bis household 10 o
distant part Of the country, and commences
again, perhaps at the distance Of some hun
dred miles, the great and engrossng work
Of accumulatiDg wealth. To turn money
into land and take root in the soil, and leave
his descendants there, is the great object Of
ambition in the Old World 10 turn land
hth itANt utr GUltuftU huDat Dut
afiiaent in society, is the universal desire 10
the New"
II would be useIers TO deny that there Ia
much force 10 these allegations. But while
the attachment ~ toe particular locality
which gave us birth is undoubtedly weaker
with US than with other nations, il cannot
truly be said that home, which is the centre
Of affections, where dwell the living objects
OF our love, whose presence constitutes that
home. is not dOubly dear 10 US. Nor s it
true. that memory does not linger with fond
De= upon the SCENES Ot our childhood from
which we are evered--tbe old bomestead--
the fruit or shade tros-tbe ripping stream
and the other sdjuncts and associations Of
our early years-sllbeit, the attachment 10
,bese objects does not psrtske Of that IRA
tionAl and absurd character. which would
lead us To cling 70 them with pertinaeity.
when the material interests oi ourselves and
our families demand removal TO a new
sphere of action.
This peculiarly IN the Amer,can mind.
by which q change of r,Sideboe takes place
without causing very painful emotions. was
wisely implanted 10 "a by the Creator. that
We nigh, not b. impeded in playing the
part al Otted to u. Of spreading the light Of
civilization over . wilderness Of vast extent
The assemblage here today bears is own
evidence Of the uatiOnal Characteristic referred
70. Very few, il any oi "a, who have sr-
nyed at the years oi manhood, Wei. bgrn
upou Minnesots sol. and perhaps not oOe Of
the nsmber pro.en, regrets that b. has Isft
the pace of bis nativity, 10 find . home
within tn limits Of this yoang ard flourish
ing STATE. Yet II u 10 socgdaaee with
taste and Ei,h sooDd policy tina, our bone
1esds b. msde pIe.ssui and abrasive.
Children are particularly affected by tb1r
surroundings, aud IN making sp AMI mOald-
iov ttri, characters. care shf,1d tsp taken ,o