St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-07-21

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defend the right" failed them not thrpgh
all the long struggle, dark and . bitter
though it was,-ho1 bitter, Fellow Citi-
zens, we never may know; thoug the I'M
print of frozen feet upon the rocks of Val
ley Forge, and the mouldered dust of the
fields of Budker Hill, Ticonderoga, Mon
mouth, Trenton and Yorktown, have at
tested through all these Eighty-threc years
and still do attest the severity Of that long
struggle, and the undaunted heroism Of
those Martyr Patriots of '76. The year
Of grace 1778 witnessed the confederation
of the Colonies under the name Of "The
Cnsted States of Aneerica, and articles Of
Confederation were signed on the 9th day
Of July of that year by representatives on
behalf of New Hampshire, Massachusetts
Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plan
tations, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Deleware, Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia, and the 17th day of Septen-
Der 1857, the same Thirteen States adopt.
ed as their fundamental law, The Const:-
tuition, that glorious model Of free Gov
eminent, under which we have attained
our present enviable position among the
Powers of the Earth. a...--.
On the first day of June 1871 tho old
number "13" ceased to express the num-
Der of the United States Of America and
Congress by solemn enactment admitted
into the Union the State of Vermont soon
after, February Is, 1902, Kentucky was
was admitted. Tennessee followed June, l,
1895. At about this time, it Would seem
that the disposition to extend our. Terri
tory and settlements to the North. West,
began to manifest itself in our people, and
in 1897 the North West Territory was
formed and began to attract attention, and
on the third day Of March, 1903, the fer
tile region lying between Lake Erie and
che Waters of the Ohio was formed into a
State under that name, and admitted into
the Union on an original footing with the
others. We have no further increase in
number until the 9Th day of April 1872,
which was signalized- by e1ntbiason-
II cat on our National Flag Of another Star
for the State Of louisiana This great
thoroughfare, composed Of the dew drops
on the wild flowers Of our broad Prairies,
the thousand rivulets from our lakes and
broad rivers from our inland seas, and
bearing on its bosom the great staples of
our North Star,-pines, from her forests
and grain from her fields, debouches into
the great Ocean, on the coast of Louisian-
ma! Indianna sought the protecting
wing Of the Union, and and was received
with open arms December H., 1916. Mis-
sissippi came in Dec. 10, 1917, and Illi-
nois, Dec. Sd, 1918. Alabama was ad-
mitted Dec. Il, 1919, Maine March, 3,
1920, and Missouri, March 2, 1921. Thus
it appears that our numerical increase du-
ring the first forty-6ve years of our exis-
tence as nation, was IL States, almost
doubling the original number. From
1921 to 1886 the young giant stems to
have enjoyed period of uninterrupted
quiet, but all the while gathering strength
for making the extraordinary acquisitions
and undergoing the extraordinary suffer-
ing which were to distinguish the years of
his life, then to follow. Arkansas was ad-
mitted June %, 1886. Michigan was ad-
mitted January 26, 1887. A terrible
commercial revulsion Immediately follow
ed. The country however recovered and
Iowa, Texas and Florida were respective
ly admitted on the LIST. I'd and Sd DAYS
Of March, l845: Wisconsin our nearest
neighbor, was admitted on the goth of
May, 1848, and California on the 9th OF
September 1850. Not quite two years
after her organization as Territory. Wis
consin was divided and her western part
organized into a Territory under the name
of Minnesota: 8 ts-=%
| On the Sd day of March, 1849 Con-
gress passed and the President approved
the act organizing and establishing the
Territory Of Minnesota. This fair region
these beautiful prairies and magnificent
forests were all then terra incognita, an
unknown land. A few scientific sexplor.
ers, fond Of adventure, had penetrated,
into this unknown region; but little in
fact concerning it was known, except from
meagger reports Of the voyageurs and trap
pers Of the North Western and American
Eur Companies. The first governor of
the Territory states that upon His advent
into what Is now the capital city Of the
State boastingof its IS or 20 thousand
people, the only dwelling was log ca
bln about II feet square, and that was a |
':hrst " class Hotel. When your Speaker
tlrst came to the Territory in 1858 this
"hrst class Hotel was still standing and
with some additions was used as a PRINT
ing ot6ce for the "Pineer," then publish
ed by the best editor Minnesota can boastl
tro9 that time to the present, the lament
cd Col J: n. Goodhue. The first Hotel