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

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All honor and gratitude. then, to the msu
DRY OF such mothers. Let their sons an
daughters everywhere arise up and call the,
blessed.
IowA--We love New Engand a the land Of OF
BIRTH but Iowa y the home 81 our manly pride.
i To this sentiment ID. w. Kilbourns. Fac
replied ~ follows:
| lie supposed he was called upon to respon
to the sentiment just offered, because be VI
numbered amonst the frat settlers Of lows
We meet TO night to celebrale the landing q
the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock, two hun
drsd and thirty Eight years ago to-day
But must occupy the short time allotted /,
me, to speak OF lows, our adopted State
"ihe home OF our manly pride.n
Like the Pilgrims, number here presen
TO- night, and many 10 other portions Of oul
State, made themselves homes in this com
/ paratively inhospitable land, on the western
bank OF the Mississippi river, while il Va,
occupied by savages. II was not till Jun,
lat. 1883, that the United States had III.
right to the possession OF any OF the coun.
try now constituting the State OF iowa
Previous to July, 1886, the laws Of the Stat,
OF Michigan extended over all this country
In July, 1886, il vas organized AZ the Ter.
r'tory OF Wisconsin, and in July, 1888, thai
part OF Wisconsin lying west OF the Missis.
sippi river was organized into the Territory
Of Iowa.
MIR. X. spoke Of the privations OF the
early settlers here the difficulty Of obtain
ing provisions gave a description
OF the sweat mill" and the sshand mill,,
Tor grinding corn for bread. He smoke Of
kcokuk and Black Hawk, a. biz CON
slant visitors for several years altar be
settled here. lie read the following speech
which he heard Black Hawk make al Fort
Madison, oa the 4th Of July, l848, in re-.
sponsc TO the toast--sOur illustrious puast
Black Hawk:
sit has pleased the Great Spirit that am
here to-day. have eaten with nv Whits
friends. The earth 10 our mother I've are
now on Il, with the Great Spirit above N.
Ills good. hope We are eli frisnds here.
A few winters ago Was hghsing against you.
did wrong, perhaps, bat that ID past--it il
buried--iet IL be forgothp. Rock River vas
beautiful country. MED my towns. nv
cornhelds, and the home OF my people.
fought for il. IL 10 now yours. Keep il @ |
did 1t will produce you good crops. |
thank the Great Spirit that am now friend
ly with my white brethren. We are here 10.
gesher--we have eaten togeshsr--we are
friends II 10 His wish and mine. thank
you for your friendship. was once great
warrior. | am now poor. Keokuk has been
the cause OF my present situation; but I do
not attach blame TO him. am old. have
looked upon the Mississippi since | was .
child. love the great river. / have dwslt
upon its banks from the time was an infant.
look upon upon il nowsSeI shake hands
with you, and ~ 1t 10 my wish, hope you are
my Friends"
Mr.. X. spoke Of the FIRST sales Of public
lands, in 1885 OF the first court ia the
State, held in April, 1885, ut Burlington, the
business OF which consisted 10 granting three
divorces, trying man for assault and bat.
terry, and fning another for contempt OF
court.
When he settled here, in 1885, there was
not single mile OF railroad between the
Mississippi River and Allegheny Mountains.
lie alluded TO the rapid progress the State
had made since its admission into the Union.
10 l646, whom = part Of Wisconsin, there
we're two organized counties, dubuque and
Ues Moines, some ten thousand inhab.
itants. Nov We have one hundred orr anix ed
counties and over six hundred thousand in.
hsbitants.
No State, he remarked, has ever made
such rapid progress As Iowa, from its 6rst
settlement TO the present time. lle predict
cd that many present would live to see il the
fifth State in the Onion ia population, and
the third in agricultural wealth.
MIR. Kilbourne closed with the reading OF
the following letter:
KxoKuK, Dec. ed, 1858.
Aes.rs.-QA.M. KiLncuKsE, 4. ID. RAras Is. r.
Moody sUommistse OF the Plymouth Society
Dear sirs- Your complimentary" ticket
was to-day received, and can but regret
that cannot partake Of your festivities and
enjoy the society Of the sons OF New Eng
land for the evening. Having spent MANY
Of my early days in New England, | have
ever entertained high regard for her peo-
pie. To the Pilgrim Fathers and the Hugue-
nots We are indebted ~ nation for those
high and liberal religious principles With
which We are blessed and upon which We
must rely for our political prosperity and
perpesuity. In conclusion, offer as sen,i-
ment--
They have left unstai ned what there thew found.
Freedom TO worship TOD
With high regard remain
Yours, VIZ. Thompson.
KgoxUk---High must be her ultimate destiny
among western cities. On her lofty bluffs may her
churches her seminarics Of learning her civil inst
laiions her business prosperity aud the happiness OF
her citizens become firmly based as Ter rock foun
ations and perpetually onward Is the rolling WA
tiers OF our majestic Mississippi.
Mayor Sample was called to answer. He
said he was not Yankse-didn't come from
the land Of pumpkin pies was afraid good
many present were bogus-the number look cd
too large. lie was born in Penney iwaunse, 40
the Dutchman would say, where they ate
Dome krout and bonny. clabbar. But he had
been often in New England. He admired the
thrift, the enterprise, the industry, the neat
ness OF the country. And from the speci-
mems before him, he could say, the more w.
had OF them in Keokuk, the better. III Van.
xces would work rs hard 1t the West M they
had 70 ct home to- get living, they would al
get rich here, speedily. He had lived at the
West--in keokuk-a long time. Had seen
hard times here. Had worked at the asveat
MILL" and had about as tough times, he
thought, as the Pilgrims had. In fact, the
sarly settlers we're pilgrims here, with oil the
privations OF new country to endure. But
hey had seen the country developed; . city
rise up to become the pride Of her people;
and We had reason to be proud OF what she
already was, end what she was to become.
u. Curtis. ESQ.,, Was called for, but e1-
FUSED himself.