, 1862-12-20

of those stairs ne aquire motion of tile foot /
peculiarly adapted to the treadle Of Sewing
Undoubtedly the Board Of Public Works |
have Kept this advantage steaniiy in view, or
most surely they would have brought our
walks to some regular grade.
But the fame Of our city fg widespread, In
spite Of all these little inequalities; her growth
small village with q broad se1yege Of prairie,
she has cncroached upon that selyergc, each
year size has enlarged her borders; as q grow
ing child she has each year to have her gar
ments enlarged by an addition here and there, !.
ard new hem, and we fear that no stitch
will be able to keen all the buttons, hooks
and eyes from bursting of her clothing
Not only is our city growing child, but tt
is itself q machine, an enormous loom, whose
n1otiye-power is the wealth and intelligence Of
its citizens, and its shuttles those ponderous
trains which shooting in md out Of its bor-
dcrs arc weaving into one seamless web the
varied interests of our great country.
Her garden, the Northwest, il truly magnifi-
cent. Whether you view it when covered
With original 7crdnre and variegated with
If the rainbow. or when it's black furrowa
glisten rs they are upturned by the deep
pressed pioughshare, or when its growing
crops bend like waves Of living green before
the wind, or when it fairly groais under the
weight Of the harvest; in either, in all Of the
Seasons, it is glorious.
Bonndless in extent, the pasture lot Of
countless herds, its soil so rich as to gladde-.
the heart Of man and beast; it is till, on31-
hy freemen, and no SEEDS soEn. On it's surface
fall in storey places. >@@'~~ee
suca IS the Northwest, the garden Of CHI
cage. She herself Is the child Of the world.
| with the blood Of all the older States and of
Europe coursing in her veins, and as the
| lsuble Roman daughter from hcr own bosom
supplied her father, hmshipg in the Roman
! dungeon, SO is this city, this child Of the
World. pouring into the old world and the
East the products torn from the bosom Of her
soil, that hunger and want and f,mine may
i oil bc driven back from the myriads who eat
| thereof and are made glad.
Allow nc, Mr. President, to propose the
! health ef
Our Hosr:;-May he never drop any stitches,
| never lind his thread oxen, and never be CON.
| PEELED to narrow.
| proven OIL field and sea how strong il 4 govern.
I ment founded on the peoples will, aud secured h7
| the pledge Of the people. lives and fortunes.
This sentiment WAS first greeted with the
faSocite song Of THE Battle Cry Of Frecdo1n,' u
sung IN fine style bY McssTs. Cady, Thing.
hast, and other gentlemen, sustained by The
band. The song was followed By a highly
patriotic speech from Judge Gookins, which
was well received.
| The ECLERGY-Conseryator of the eacred tire hy
which alone the purcst patriotism is lighted.
Respond ed toby Rev. JAS. Pratt, D. D., in &
speech Of fervid eloquence, paying fine tri
butte to the clergy, as ministers Of the true
religion, The clcrgylnen themselves were mol
the sacred fire, but the tonssrsdtors oft, bs
which alone the purcst patriotism vas lighted
Tie very principles upon which this
government is based arc righteousness ani
Justice, and it calnot be destroyed, for thcrt
is a God whose hand is visible everywhere
presiding over our dcstinies. The gloriouI
Constitution, given us by God himself, is now
in lis hands, and not in the hands Of tie gen
erals. What VIC need now is to turn our eye
from our generals, from our Cabinet Minis
tiers, from our President and political leaders
from men whose breath is in their nostrils, t.
the Lord God vf Hosts. Let us seek after
rurer faith, and kindle at the alters Of ou
God, fires Of purcr patriotism.
Cr1cAGo AND 1IER RAnRoADs-The great Raj