Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-03-03
form the ceremony for which they had paus-
ed on the Missouri's bank, and said:


Friends and Fellow Citizens-I greet you
all on the bank of this great river, 10 wit
ness ceremony more remarkable than that
once performed yearly by the Doge Of We
nice on the bosom OF the AdrIatic. We are
here 10 celebrate the completion of an other
great link in the chain of Railroads, tina,
when completed will bind together the East
and the West. You are here from hun
dred miles distance; from l, 900 miles; aye,
200 miles, and We came not on the slow
moving waters, in weeks, but upon flying
carriages in two days; one day; hall day
| The creative mind OF man hath made the
materials of the earth sub>ervient TO his
wants, and is now engaged upon the ami
hilation of time and space. 1t has leared
with its work from the Atlantic TO the Lakes
and from the Lakes to the Mississippi, and
thence on 10 the Missouri. Will it stop
here? No! There will be one more leap,
and that 10 the land Of the setting SUM-
Then in grander celebration will the rich
ness of the waters Of The Pacific, the Allan
tic, the lakes and the rivers mingle here
with the flood which pours through this
Western World.
He then proceeded 10 the miLgling of the
waters, and holding up bucket said: Here
is the water OF the Atlantic, and with it |
baptize Mi<sissippi's greatest child, the
Missouri" (pnurIng the water of the At
lan,ic into the river.) Next the speaker
poured Mississippi water into the Nilsson
ri, making at the same lime some appropri
1t ,bsa lu led he
waters of Lake Michigan and the Illinois
River with the Missouri. The ceremony
was performed amid the greatest enthusi-
asm. .....
The Col. then introduced Thos. Cohen Of
ST. Louis, the cotemporary OF Joseph Rob
idoux, who gave out some witty remarks III
rhyme, which excited considerable mirth.
Messrs. Bushnell, Prenliss, and Morgan
of Quincy, responded 10 calls, and made
brief and eloquent speeches.
ABSTRACT OF SPEECHES.
Hon. willard p. Hall being loudly call
ed for mounted the stand, aud IN speech
of some length, set forth in graphic terms
the incalculable advantages which the coun.
try would enjoy from the existence OF the
Hannibal and ST. 10. Railroad. He enter
ed into the spirit Of rejoicing which the
present occasion called forth, and heartily
acknowledged the great importance of the
solemn ceremony which had just been per-
|, lormed-the marriage Of the waters which
time nor change could never dissolve. II
was exhilaraling beyond expression 10 know
that now, ST. Louis and Chicago could be
reached in few hours. The city of New
; York could be reached in less than three
/ days, and we might Feet with the com
: bined wisdom of the nation in Washington
e CITY. in few brief hou-s after we leave
S St. Joseph. Onlv few years since the ole
f man Joseph, who this morning was pre-
e scented 10 you, broke ground. The beautiful
2 counties in proximity TO us were in poses
q sion OF the Indians, but the unrivalled rich
e es and beauty OF the country attracted at
4 tenion and soon The unmi>takable evidence:
l Of civilization appeared. The Indian It'll,
was extingushed in 1887, on the l7lh da,
e of February. In the spring of 1912 con
I menced the emigration Westward, which
e has resulted so well in giving life to tn
: West; and 10 the people of the Northwes
S the United States are indebted for the beau
: tiful State of Oregon.
The country lying between the Missouri
and Pacific was unbroken, and the emf
grants that sought homes therein had n
: assurance of safety, and were compelled L
rely wholly upon their own energies fol
defence. The trials of the pioneer life-th
instrumentaliiy which Northwestern Mis-
-, souri, had in showing up the beauties of tn
!. West 10 the world, were very beautiful
: portrayed by the orator. A brief histor
= of the road, the completion Of which the
: met 10 celebrate, was given. When j
1916 the State of Missouri granted TO III
Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad Com
j, pany charter, the great objection the
! urged against the project was that it bega
: nowhere and ended now here. but men who's
prophetic vision reached beyon the confine
Of the time, thought differently, and throug
their untiring attentions the road receive
u the proper assistance. and now connec'e
e the far West with the populous East. S
= Joseph, which is on direct line with Phi
: adrlphia, halfway between the Norher
= boundary OF the United States and the Mis-
-, sisslppi, and now the western terminus {
the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, mu:
$ be recognized by her sister cities with fee
e lngs Of regard. II stands on the gre;
I route to the Pacifc-the great highway {
:. waters. The speaker deprecated rumc
. which had come to his hearing tn
e people OF st. Louis looked with mistru:
upon the road, and regretted that this shoul
i be SO new that the road was finished. II
II knew that he represented truthfully III
s sentiment of the people of that countr
IS when he assured the people Of Saint Lou
$ that It was folly Tor Chicago or any othe
: city of the West 10 think Of bringing abot
: an enlargement between the people of Il
e Northwest and the city Of St. Louis. Fl
which place the people of the whole Stat
IS must hold the highest regard. II 81. Lou
i desires the tlade Of California and Utah st
f. ought TO sympai5ise with US. We are gl'
to be in sympathy with St. Louis and Oh
cago, and we desire their friendship in r
8 turn. We rejoice to think the whole Un
n ted States is our country, and that the pei
nile of the Union are our friends.