Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-02-25
DAVENPORT, IOWA. MONDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY o. 1851

~ On could they iHsose 10 eossssod sths m
bus L.ss yssssf Z s.lHs sssolsssss ssses three
dAys, au1ies lhe aljsd be fvas tlSs master of
Pssis. We knsw RA0s .vss expected By the
army and thp psep1e. UoiortunaAsly .LlfAy-
cite committed thes great fault from which
pestsrity viii not sbsoIse him. He allowed
himself to be uhssdlsd by the Ors4nisis.
The tSi-sossed dag sss played "a 10 ore bis
yea Hs wss seized by the hand aud cov-
cred Ahh eAresses. His head wss turne
With loud sounding dpUrishes sbvu 80. Amer
ica liberty. NationsI Guard, republican mon
archy. ctt:sen and what cot Lafayette 10 his
csndcr did not perceive thst hs had 10 do
With ptOdigases Ihs pAtsiSts cot 6ded thew
slsrns 70 bin, but - left svsrysAisg - the
mapsgsmsns of ths mejssity et the ehsnbers
Of 1880. Who sgsinst the wish a the people
proesimed Louis Philippe King q The F., nch.
and liberty vss banisked fr.m France.
lafayette. then. seeing himself 6rgersj
ssay. retired frem public life ard spent th@
'nose OF bis time in direcaisg the lsbors oi
he farm In 1884. biessed nith old age. BE-
was taken from : world Tor which be had
done y, much. He died unthsken 10 hie
fifth In the sovsr@igsty 81 he rstsoD.
sD. 7As carly lStt9srsc Of Scot County May the
conflicts OF ssEly settlements, AID the days OF the
OeOsS1
whirl aud progress Of the present day.
MusIc--'Old Folks st Hois."
Response By NJ. willard Bauows:
MR. PRESIDENT The subject Of the Early
Settlers Of scott County is hat has often been
discussed, and one that We think will beer CON-
mcnt
To the new corners there seems to be mystery
banging over our association, and an explanations
may be duo. They cannot copcieve what it u, 80
intensely interesting in our gatherings. The new
Conner looks back upon his advent into Iowa with
mingled feelings Of pleasure and Of pain. He
looks upon the land Of his adoption Nth keen
calculating gaze ss to the prospects Of good in
vestment, aud the probabilities Of alvelihood and
knows nothing u thetrials Of al early settlement.
Nut the Early settlers, the Pionesrs Of Iowa.
look back with far different feelings upon their
frst entrance into this land They remember tho
long and weary road from the land Of their nativ
lty, the nightly caMp, the crossing Of the unbridg
cd streams the storm and he ton pest, the life n
the tent, the rearing Of the Arst cabin, tho first
years life on the psasiss Of Iowa. They lad no
money for investment, except perhaps in corn meal
and bacon and very little st that.
n is well fitting, then, Sir, hcrc to night, that
ws look bssk apon the scenes through which wc
have psssed ond dwell upon the days gone BY.
The history Of the Early Settlers Of scott County
which canuot he told here, full Of thrilling
inisences end we love 10 speak of those days of
toll end Of anxiety. The conflicts Of an early set
tenent are fresh in memories, and We love to
90 back to the ays Of tho Old Log Cabin, and rc
member for moment our homes of twenty years
ago.
All with minglsi smot ons do they come up be-
fore Us to night. How we'll do We recoec.
6rst days IN Iowa. Unlike tho Pilgrims Of New
England We had no barren soil to till, no rock
bound coast 10 shut Us from the world, and We
soon produced the neces aries of life. A band Of
hardy Pioneers, SC knew no aristocracy. All our
interests were one Many Of us then were in the
prime Of life and felt toll or hardship.
However much Of eg0tism may be ch arged upsn
IS as Old Settlers, We claim te have been the van
guard Of more than twenty thousand people that
now live upon the soil q Scett County, and Of the
thousands that are destined dot our praires all
over. We claim 70 Be the connecting link between
the "earknsss Of sasbarism and twilight Of eivili-
sation."
We claim, Sir,thst in the vigor Of manhood ,ani
before the shadows Of evening began to darkcI
our pathway of ti'e, we lett the endearments Of
childhood AMI of homo, and sought habitasisn
upon the rich End fertile soil Of Scstt County
The eventful seenes through which ve have pa
sed how few can know them so we'll o curse Ives.
The monuments erected by the Pioneers hand are
strewa al over our county. Bat my friends, the
battle has been fought and We the victOrs and
it is ours 70 rejoice here tonight as we behold
tie car Of progress passing over our land bearing
the motto " Enterprise"
Pioneer Fathers, Aothsrs,and Brothers, of Scott
County. know TINT you cannot forget the land O.
your childhood, tut know too full we'll, that OF
all the bright spots Of earth, the soil Of Scott
County you love best. 1t 10 the homo Of your
children, the place Of your declining years, the
scenes Of your o.. ly toll and labor and ,although
in years that have passed you may, like tho chll
dren Of Israel, have often looked back to the
hgypt from which you emigrated, yet now
that your feelings asd desires to night in UNI
son With my own, that our bsnes may be laid here
to mingle with the soil in the beautiful land Of
oar sdoption.
Many Of shs loved ones who journsycd With ~
to tais go dly land, have gone rest trusting il
the Pilgrims God. Their namcs stand recorded,
and we remember the trials and fflctons through
which they have passed. We remember th cir vir-
tues, and their deeds Of noble bearing. 1--WE will
cherish their memories and protect their graves"
Amid the whirf and progress Of the present
day. may We never forget the days Of the old Log
Cabin The days, when perhaps all that we pos
eessed OF earth was wrapt in a little tenement OF
logs, with no hirr ~. s'su. hearts and unshrink
ing nerve to fac. and conflicts Of from
tier life. Happy,L-, days . many here TO-
night-dsys of freedom and Of hopc-days full,
Of PROMISE many Of which have been realized
lay the memory Of the past never be forgotten
amid the spendors and progress OF the present
day, and tho early settlers OF SCOTT county find
green old sge.
4rH. 7h- Northress and its Progrem-The rich
ngrisultuzal eentre Of ths Union its growth,
development>Ana prosperity. past, present and
prospective, arc without and example in tho his
tory Of nations. &
Response by Hon. JOHx F. DILLON
That sentiment, sir, opens on to themes to the
discussion Of which hours, instead Of minat tcs,
might pro6hblg b 1ssAted. In ne vsvy brcf
space allotted, nothing be done except to out
line the general euhjeot and bring . few Of its
more common place thseshts into view. What,
s,r, -ssL: -
ofthe North West? The word North West, has
really become, geographically viewed, misnomer
In fact the word Most. O. North West, in these
days of unparalleled activity and sfnigratiou, can
not long stand to denote with accuracy, the same
fegion. In 6hahspsose's time the west va Ena-
land iteelf. Queen Elizabeth, in the delicate
homage and 1ssSesy, which he mshss the King Of
the Fairies pay her, is described IS Western
Qaeen. Tne whole passage 10 thus:
..That very tine / ~ (brt thou could'st not,l
Flying between the cold moon and tho earth,
Cspid al AIMED, caTtain aim hs took
At faje restdl tAronsd 81 ds Wet;
And loosed his love- shaft smartly from his bow.
But il wss
e:;ss! I; =! ss... =: e z. vuy moons
Ia maiden medisatioa. taaey fres."
Cur own hono-ed Bryant. still ii aetivs Rfs,
with faculties, NOT 10 The "ssre and yellow lssf,'
bdt fresh and bright as cver-in his earliest poem.
and in my poor jadgnsat ths best, spoke Of ,hs
remoto' West OF our country, nov the sesI Aour-
ishing states, = soiitade where 90 might lose
himself
"In thseoitinuous woods,
Where rolls the Oregon end hsars no sound,
Ssvs his.own asahiags." 444rsEfnYg
But within the scope and meaning Of the text,
The North West embraces the territory Of Nsbvasks
and the States Of Ohio, ls6'aas, llltadia, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin. leWs. 9Ainnesota. Missouri and