Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-02-25


psrs 20. And the West. te-dsy. aitAepgb ia iis
infancys with the 'gristle not yet hArdened into
the bone," (to borrow Burks's expressien,) il ,
nore dcpendent upoa other seesiOns, than other
sections are dependent. upeu it, The truth is,
however, that all sections are vitally interdepsnd
ent. One cannot spare the other Ut'i%s
A peoud iitnsfFslion n y ssta1 growth and
enterprise, lsok q Chicago. dinss ouf residsnce
in the West, she has attained her present enor
nous sise. And II i fact indisputsbty sssab
iishsd BY statistics, THAI Ch 'caso the eng psia.S
of the North West, and scity q which We may
welf b pfoud4is the grsstest wheat msrhet il
the world. More grain nsy nOs be 6sagAs then,
any other place On either contineit
Though thus favored and living in tho midst
Of olaad A#H - ysv89 HaE agN@ Nu
",Whers Toll doth call the ehamss Health his
bride. ~
And Laughter tictlsss Pfenty's ribies, side.a
ws must nstsappese thst We re wholly evsapt
from she operaton Of esuses which may aceelsFAts
high and irrenunciabie duty, 10 keep vikilent
. watch and ward" ever our ewn IL tsfeeDsj aod
over those Of which are the lyustses for othars
Who shall come after US.
One glance AT. Or illustration Of this thought
and close. Iu the nsture Of things, W mpss Coz
tirue to be, not exclusively it is tue, Jet manly
and predominAtely : producing people. We will
have large surplus yearly fss lesportation and
sale in different parts IT the country ard in other
countries. Among other benefscti tions Nature as
kindly given ~ free waterways fos ths csrisgs
Of our surplus productions We havs the masni
the ma ng6csnt chain Of lakes and rivers con-
Meeting rs with tho Atlantic @e1p0Tts and ship
ping the beautiful Ohio: the Majestic Mississip-
pi the turblb yet ussfal Missouri, with their
countless tributary streams. Al every hszsArd
these Heaven provi vided chan els VI carriage and
inter accommodation must DO kept open And tree
for ali Of onr people add for oil Of our produeous,
aow and forever. ssf .4
And woe TO the Statesman Of the North W est
if they shall overlook ignore this great interest.
Having consumed the time allotted, without
scarcely passing beyond the confines Of ny subject
close by remarklng tha THE toast recognizes the
North West as being in the Union, j feve emily
hose and believe she will rsmain there, AID that
growing as heretofore, the States Of the North
West will soon exchange their present title, and
be known, more appropriately. ss tho otass Of
Imperial Center" 9t w
51H. The Social S0cistiss represented By the cons
Gmd davghters of otker localities Uho hare made
Scot county their home.-Wc welcome them fra
ternally. May their prosperity be oo-existent
with our social history.
Response by Ar. WV H. HILDsErH, Of the Ex-
celsor Society.
Nh. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN in
behalf Of the Excelsior Society, with which ] am
the New England and Keystone Associations JON
with mo in ~ expression, ! beg leave &c tender
you the thanks Of the "social socIeties" referred
in the sentiment 70, the very kind and frsterna
wis-es you have expressed for their prosperity
and perm ane,ce.
self, and think can fully appreciate the motives
which led to this Association commemorative Of
events incident to the first settlement Of Scott
county. Aud take this opportunity. u lies and
gentlemen, to congratulate you upon your very
sagacous and happy selection OF 3 " estern home /;
for, eieve me, there is not. in the length and
breadth OF our beautiful and fertile State, more
beautiful and fertile locality tb the You have
selected. | remember well the bright autumn
lay in 1854, when for the first time crossed the
JOS Moines river and entered within tho tecincts
of our present magnificent State, then In the un-
disputed possession Of the Indians. keokuk, sur
rounded by all the attributes sf savage royalts :,
maintained his camp on the Des Moines, whilst
islsck Hawk, detected anu forlorn. VA aaaered from
amp to camp, attended by few faithful oliOw
srs, discon,sntcd and crcstfallen chief,sin.
At that period, the ruins Of old Fort Madison
we're still to he ssen-a frsgmsntary paFapet and
! leaning chimney-on the site or the furnishing
city which now bears its name and those magnif-
cent hills, few miles below or the Illinois shore,
which have since brsn crowned by the pretentie
city Of Nauvoo, the crumbing ruins of whose
dilapidatsd temple sill indicate to the traveller
be folly and higotry Of dsuded people, wsr I;
then the locality of modest hamlet. composed Of
some loxen rude dwellings, and called "Com-
merce." And on the Iowa side Of tho river, 1T the
mead Of the lower rapids Of the Mis- .issppi, few
unhcwn log cabins marked the embryo canton
ment Of = detachment Of ~. troops.
Very few steamers at that time ploved the va
ters Of the upper Mississippi, except t. transport
government supplies to remote military posts, and
perchanee Oh ain . return cargo Of lead from the
mines IT Galena.
since then our progress has been startling, almos
without I parallel even in American history.
tiles Of solid magniAcence have risen upon the
shores Of our majestic river, and the interior u
cur noble St e has become dotted oil ovcr with
tiles and towns and farms and villas. And it il
truly season Of rcjoi ing, perhaps slightly tinged
with melancholy, when the pioneers oi Iowa meet,
On occasions such this, to exchange salutati0ns,
TO cfer congratulations for he 18th, prosperity ard
spared life, and it may be TO thed ihe irsepressi
BILE tear of sorrow over the sacred memory Of do
parted friends.
The social Societies" Mr.. President, for whom
o " speak, are based upon different ideas from
ii ,ss which called this association into being.
may say they are organizd on reverence tor local
tiles rather than events and as their ranks bs
come invaded by the hand oi Death or from other
causes they look with con fidence TO their parent
states 70 coatribate from their multitudinous out
pouzings 10 replenish their numbers o. d preserve
their vitality. Whilst your associAtion Mr.. fres-
ident. will ssevitably dwindle away, dmiL ng
annually in nsmocrs, until your last venersscd
survivor shall preside over solitary banquet
then, sir tho "Youns Settlers" will seis, the
mantle Of their pioneer ancestry, and bearing the
association aleng the stream Of time in 1hsrmosy
aud fraternal feeling our :" socal societ os" will
b psypssaatsd consistent viii the spsped'of our
,osterity.
Let me ask, where are our children now? Are
they not already pioneers il kausas, Oregon and
n-l - - - h,rRn A..
lllimtAble plains, soon to be peopled, and carved
inte sepesAae esove6gusieo;or perhaps seayiie the
snow q efted peaks Of the sierra Nevada or map
Iing out city lots upon the Paeifc slope. The ir
reprcssibe instinct to wander is strong in the
glo American brsasty yssd with our pssseat iac,li-
ties for travel you msst not expect to keep the
calow brood within the parent nest beyon its
earliest Hedging; and, soaring immesuni y shove
the exp cts Of their ancestors they shall perfect
the ork Of subJugatipg the wilderness and ex
pan1iag civilisatiOh.. How can y b eth. Twise
when railroads, stsamshiPs and tslssraphs have
tion-how can it Le otherwise than that they
should pro luce homogeneous race Of men
am satisfied, si, 10 intrust the future Of or 80
cial societies" 10 the hands our children.
Some one Of our ereat men think il was " eb-
sterl-hss said, .sws want Aistery ot .1rssides J"
It is to such gatherings - these that We must
look to derive The material whereof 10 construct
Il. And permit ne in c0ncipeion to say thst
sincereIy cherish the hope that the Pioneer Set
ers' A.. cistien, fyspght With the Jemnieepces
of the oi4s f6f- cabin, thc NsN England Society,
prosd of IL fprilaa aucestyy and Tsdolsnt Of the
genius Of Americas noblsst statssnss. asd the
msteri Il wealth md its tnainching devotion 70
70 the integrity and prncfplss Of its illustrious
f,rnder. snd the ExcsisioE' $oeiety, whose proud
and significant motto il ever dear to the ch ldren
u the Emphe4 Nav, may eJntinas 1kon ycsr 70