The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-10-25
NO. 679.

of It's friends TO the enterprise OF local So.
cictics and the legislation Of the States.
The State Of Michigan, am proud to say,
has achiered ar enduring .fame as The FIRST
an he field for the foundation OF an Ag~i,
cmtgrdl College asa State Institution. =
All honor to Michigan, for its illustrious
beginning Of this great work, and let it be
said also as on honor second only to is
foundation, that whether successful or not
here, at least, in this noble enterprise has
experiment been exhausted
Fifty four years since in uly,Michigan re,
ceived a territorial government Of the first
grade, the lowest grade free governments
which the Continent has known. SEVENTY
years ago the first court of law was held in
the northwest Territory, now an empire OF
eight million lcoplc--thc land of promise.
the cat Of power, the hope of the future,
"the expectancy and rose" Of nations
What marvel in the history Of the
world is this culminltion of State planting
this fccundity Of empire bearing ciyiliza
tion. Hero the spoken word Of freedom
three fourths of n century since covered an
unrodon wilderness, and like n column o.
fire by night, led hithcr the children Of
hopo and heart, from the alvanccd scttla.
ncnt of The scaboarl, until organized HI
crty assumed the pl1ce Of ircn2ied anarchy
and war; until as now, alourd us picture
Of beauty, representing the Christian PRO
grcss OF men were substituted for the gran
duic OF primoval dc5olation llcro tn
great heart of woman. folio wing the promp-
tin gothic Great Spirit and a love of her owr
in,crccded for the salvation Of the cncmIc2
of her race, and saved the infant settle
mcnts Of white women from the terrible
vengeance Of Pontiac, and the participant
Of her blood and her wrongs! Here tho
energy and endurance of the mother up
held the sinking hearts Of the settler, amid
the dacimati)ns Cf disease and death that
hung over HIM, aud from her loius
gave Gods pledge 81 igLilicant than
the the aucien bow Of promjsc-for iha
triumph OF the future!
Ii is Il renewal Of the miracles Of the
past, when, at the spoken word, seas open
eI for the passage Of lis childrep, or when
they were led by occular manifestations Of
Divine power, to the paths Of duty AMI the
land Of promise.
And the theatre Of such events Is III
keeping with the grandeur of their move
ment. When has the eye of man rested
upon such gigantic formations and raEti-
tions af nature subdused TO the use of men
where ideas overcome all obstacles in tho
path Of progress, and circumyent time and
space?
Look at the majestic chain of inland seas
and mighty !ivcrs-Ontario, Erie, Huron,
Michigan, Superior-whch was worshipped
by Indians, who made sacrifices to the di-
vinity of lakes, and cherished the copper
nugget, its crystal waters revealed to them
as honshold Gods. The Ohio, Miss;s ippi,
the Missouri, the Platte, the Kansas the
Arkansas, and the Del Mort, that bind to.
gcthcr the disiointei parts of the continent
in undissolublo bonds, and connect tho
outer oceans with the inland seas, and con-
duct to central points and thence freight
to the ends of the earth, the mineral, vego'
table, mechanical anl commercial products
Of the valley Of the Mississippi.
For the unlefncd rights of property,
the anarchv Of mixed, civilized AMI savage
life, we have Tie settlements of law and the
ordinances of staple government. The
highway Of civilization fellows the Indian
trail AMI The lootpath Of the pioneer
Cities and States are now planted where
stood tho wigwam and LOG cabin. In
place Of the light canoe that skirtcl the
shores Of the Grea. Lakes or iloatcd I'M
re,is.ingIv down the rapids of the great
wate.s, We have the majestic ships and tho
rcSistlcss steamers that dispers's torrents,
and head winds-whcre our fathers heard
the cry Of the panther, and the scream OF
the mountain eagle, our ears are startled
with the steam whistle Of the railway, ms
it yushes over prairie lindS, through van-
l,hng rests, cxhausts the surplus wealth
pl sea board and inland cities, and bearing
in its train the industrial products OF millions
and millions Of people, sl1wly asccnds and
lccends the Allcghany and Rocky Noun
ains Of the cast and west, the surgng sor-
-ow of the locomotive IN It's hcGTy labor
diversified wi:h the rugged iron harmony
IF the Caiope, as if Enceadu', the Son OF
Earth, at the alter of some mountain chasm,
we're singing tho requum Of fresh glief, or
celebrating in unearthly epithalium the ag
my Of a new born JOY.
Instead of the solitary and stcalthy mes
age bearing tardy dispatches, between long
oparatcd friends, so slow in progress, as to
IuIl the poignacy Of grief and lose the touch
of Joy, we have the daily mail, the con-
tant journal tho lightning speed Of telc-
,raph'.
The war,whoops of the Indian is heard
10 more, that darkened the sunlight and
made night hidcons by the terrors it in
pired, but We have the silence Of uudis-
urbed peace, or listen upon The days OF
Jubilee, to the glad voices Of Freemen
bat lesping like tho lightning, the chains
# mountains from eastern to western ex-
rcmcs. awaken echo from hilltop and cav
rn. to answer to the song and tho shout
f Liberty.
a VALUABLE CLoCx-RIcH DISCOVERY.
About a month ago an auctioneer named
Nm. Little, doing business at 337 Fulton
trcet, in selling n quantity of old iurnl-