Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-05-06
Progress.


! kenosha Public School, April, 10th 1858.
: Urged on by the progressive force q
t ambition, the traveller finds himself SUI
! rounded by the monuments of fame an
! renown; and as he stops to admire, h
turns back in his mind the pages q
time, when the voice of Demosthenes
with laundering eloquence resounde,
] through the halls Of grandeur an,
knowlede; when Caesar was brinein,
} war, devastation, and utter ruin int
the bosom OF his country, by plungin.
into and crossing the Rubicon, and thu
forever scaling the liberty of his owl
dear Rome.
In proper time appeared the marine
from Genoa. Columbus overcame al
the barriers of the ocean so that he filIet
the world with his glory; he proceeded
toward the West, blowing through
waves which no European had befor EN-
countered, and giving new inspiration
to the cause of human progress; he
aroused that fearless spirit of discover,
which travelled ON till it has peoplei
civilized and christianized almost every
part of the New World, from the Nortl
to the South, from the East to the West
Again we see Napoleon at the head
of his army, overcoming the almost in.
superable barriers Of the Alpine Noun.
tains. Civilized nations were his sacrifi
seS, kings were his subjects; he lifted the
curtain ofwara and presented to the world
a scene of butchery. But his ambition
never received its recompense. Al
though Napoleon gave vigor to progress
in civilization, yet he made too great
advancement III the art of war to be con.
sidered as true ciyiIizer and benefactor.
He is to be admired for standing calm
and immutable while he was surround.
ed by the allied powers of Europe. He
resisted them bravely and skilfuIly: his
enemies fed before him, while he march
ed triumphantly through all Europe,
continuing victorious until his fall at
Waterloo. 1t is evident that the desc
lation which succeeded the fall of the
Roman Empire, almost obliterated every
trace of science, art or literature, and
every feature of civilization, which that
glorious nation had once boosted and
gloriiied in. SO intense was the obscu-
Irity that it seemed utterly impossi-
bic for the human race to rise from the
darkness. But finally a Saxon flame of
enterprise was kindled which rolled on
and on spreading civilization to the re-
hottest parts of, the continent, from the
bleak mountains Of Norway to the sui
try chimes of India, and which finally
reached the wilderness of America
It was a desire for liberty and progress,
which inspired the Pilgrim Fatheas to
leave their native country and emigrante
to this then unknown wilderness, which
forced them to suffer all the inmemera-
bic hardships and privations to which
they were exposed. But they triumph
ed over all the obstacles which were ar
rayed before them; they stood the in,
clemencies of the weather; the attacks
Of savage enemies; disease, famine and
death in order that their descendants
might rear the flag of liberty to float
upon thousand breezes, in all parts of
the country. 1t is impossible to look
about, without feelings Of astonishment
and Joy; to sec this nation, which by
our resolution, has increased from thir-
teen feeble colonies, to thirty one flour
ishing and independent states-which
has spread itself from the Atlantic to
the Pacific Occan-all accomplished
without the desolaton of cities, and the
horror of intestine war.
Look ut South America, she too has
restored her independence, which was
torn from her by fraud and despotism
three centuries ago. She has risen from
the depths Of Ignorance to a flourishing
and prosperous country; her broad riv-
ers welcome the white sails of com
merce; her forests and table-lands echo
with the voice Of the free. 1t was the
same spirit, that caused the Americans
to resist oppression, which caused our
ancestors to leave their native county,
and come to seek refuge, on the shores
of an unknown land. IT was the same
spirit, which, through the long struggle
for freedom nerved their arms, and in
spired them to place the noble Washing
ton at the head of the American troops,
who archieved for them their independ-
ance and placed these United States be-
yond the reach Of oppression. II one
Of the fathers OF New England, were
now to reappear upon earth: what
would be his feelings of exultation and
surprise at the beholding Of the once
feeble colonies Of which he dropped the
seed, now grown into q mighty and pow
erful nation. For him to look upon the
places when they, no living thing could
be seen but the wild beasts or now and
then a band Of solitary Indians or
where nothing could be heard but the
whoop Of the savage. How gratifed
would he be to see changed to the busy
hmm Of industrious, happy millions all
promoting and advancing freedom and
Christianity. If You would fill his bo-
some with just cXultrtion, tell him of
Washington, who archieved for his
country this independence Of Franklin,
who made Lightning but harmless fire
works; or Of Lafayette, who left his de-
lightful home in France and came in the
darkest hour Of gloom to assist the
Americans in their struggle for liberty.
But, since the time Of these illustrious
men the progress that has been made is
beyond estimation. The halls Of science
and institutions OF learning have spread
themselves over all parts Of this extend
ed republic.
And to-day, We who are here are the
joyful recipients Of countless blessings.
unknown TO our ancestors, who sowed
that we might reap, who suffered, bled.
and died, to leave us rich Inheritance.
Col. Fremont NOT RUINED.-T h e
following from the Boston Bee, contra
diets the idea that the late decision Of
the Supreme Court Of California. on the