Nebraska advertiser., 1858-12-02
Correspondence of the Advertiser
Thoughts Pumped up at lone.
Echo HOME,
Novnmbar 18Th 1879

AObhg 4COOs
FRIEND FURNAs-
Hoar winter is here, and as It's shrill
winds are piping around my country
home, efectually barricading me from
the outer world, l have determined to
write a letter (perhaps a series of them
for the AdVertiser. l hope they may
prove of interest to your readers. The
subject must be determined by time and
chance.
Perhaps it may turn out a song,
Perhaps turn out a sermon. -
1 am an old settler, Mr.. Editor, and
know pretty well the history Of Nebras-
ka from its earliest organization. Indeed
1 can say without vanity of that oreani-
ton, what Eneas said to queen Dido,
when %recounting the fall of Troy, and
the future wanderings and suferings of
the "most respectable inhabitants"
"Quae que ipso vidi it quoram pars maqua full"
believe this is the quotation, though 1
have 10 Virgil by me-
Indeed l have watched so closely the
fortunes of our public men, and the fate
Of their enterprises, that to-day, whilst
musing upon them, I learn many valuable
lessons. For, although only four brief
years have passed away since the Nebras-
ka bill filled our nostrils with the breath
of life as a distinct people, our history
is replete with instruction, and our ex-
perience is of great value for u future
guidance. We have already struggled
through the period of feeble infancy
The s~waddling bands have been thrown
aside, and we are rapidly approaching
the full proportions of we'll developed
and vigorous manhood. Another star /:
rapidly rising in the West, to take it:
place in the bright galaxy of States, anC
to add its ray 10 the bright effulgencC
which the new civilization is shedding OF
the world. As a territory we already
have our historic m which must q
down to our children, inseparably connec.
ted with the b%irth-throes of an empire
which must be their heritage and should
be their pride.
Over some of these names death ha;
thrown its sombre shadows, but their
memory Is enshrined in our hearts, ant
the influence of their early deeds is a
work in our midst, and will be till the la.
test period of recorded time. Our Bur-
and our Cuming-the Moses and the
Joshua of the pioneer hosts which arc
peopIing the plains, the valleys and the
groves of Nebraska-have passed away
The ole after having been permitted tC
see the promised land, the other, after
having led on the column from tongues
to conquest, The n sleeps in his ma.
tive State, in the far sunny south, at the
home of his kindred, where tears water
the flowers which bloom above his grave
The other reposes in sight Of the CAPT
tol, where, but a few months ago, in full
health but with impassioned ~eloquenct
he delivered his last message" and O
the city which his energy reared, ant
which his tameless spirit guided unit
death closed the scene. No stone marks
his resting place to tell the passer-by
where the first man of Nebraska Sleep
his last sleep! Ungrateful Omaha :
When l think how he gave coloring to thy
fortunes, causing earnest and determined
rivals to be left in the far back ground
and then when | think how lowly is hi
grave, | cannot but reflect upon the mon
strous sin of thy ingrattude! / know j
would have been different if some othe-
of equal renown had passed away. A
monument would have lowered above tn
spot where his remains lay entombed, an
its inscriptions would have told the worl
how a whole people had mourned at hi