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spirit eheuld iakc possession OF your mcrchepts |
nod other lenoi+ rer, Chicsgo can never work ont
hat cte.t destiny which 1a1nrc po,nts out for hur
We haye been speaking Of Chicago il its ,ufaury:
and Whit IL to be the Chicago OF q huudred IenFn |
hence? VI hat IN be tho Chtcaxo Of Gre hnadsrd
yeaFs hence. Why. my friends. tho mind IL lostln
At fha Rtsndcur, At uha mazrlae.acc |
which nrst thtn b. spread out here on th's tatsle
tasy hence o. 1vc ccnturtes hepse, i we the pco-
pie the to thu Instincts OF Cur natnrc II we sre
trne 70 the inatltntsons ot car country, u Wa tha
the %seoesnoe Il Chicago S vii Or outsi1. III q
any ether city on this euntlnntnt+ We taEa oue |
a,and on thlb tpot, and look around to thu West;
eec tbe scidc rsiltoad pourog into tne isp of CHI,
W.se IS leef 70 Tho Morn, md aad III s!sa
mighty chsnLel which must eoou % completed
wealth Th,sh vii BE- oureS ont ,a.s she
There thourhts arc slone sufficient to fil
Tho mitd with woDder md ama1eucnt at the mag.
] sources e q lis county hsse seen properly deyei.
oped. But mJ friends, the mighty Vest and the
gicet Ship caea9. and Tho immense treasures Of
10 TIC trozeo tcat, it, ehore. lined with mineral
wealth, a. these till 70 point out to Chicago tho
high uesssn5 Witch Estase has Indicated fol hsf IN
dsJ il aot faf distaut-.ore ones ot thoss aooss o
me na, reaar1 me 10 ,i.,o1t.y, but the day ls not
lar tsstaDt-~hen We th1A have direct Hadc with
sail from the Atlantic OCEAN s.fatght iato the haf-
bur Of Chicago, when The fags oi eveg natlon
under tho sun shall nntter tothe preesa. here, on
Jour lilllc r.ver. An these thiDgs must come to
cats, and you'd have been evcn now. u but one.
81 III saa as
ting Gown this wicked rebellion which il
now devastating our country. I ~ that !
heen cd 1ased Ia opening up eo1nlei to ia Aaaatic
coa.s, Chicago to-day would be The great depot for
The et,fs E9psan Ra:slo xestw.sa
mighty ctirs OF the earth hare never ia the h1stoy
OF III time been locuted upon tho testoard: thry
Will not be on this continent God has gtvcn III
prsss1ts 10 The world be has e.ven us .he longo.s
and deepest rivers 1nd he has pointed o1t on Ii 10
so1n fs ~ .as re lot tas
Who il born TO day vii 1.-Two .os Ii tae soeond es7
Imagination bnt Of eobes jodenent. md any aasth
enaiean %sy aGa,s sss Sst nof tne 49, sse BE-
IND Ind pls.eni, I @ whst chic,eo iii 81 BE-. @s pA''
Nov fellow citizens; I'LL that lhave to ssy about
it lie, tlAt there IN couoition IN tho PERFORM
sin5 l Of chiesso, must Be- dsseTmised; and lit
glorious nnion 81 these United statcs: iChesrlusj
over which the ssars and .stripc4 hare ioated 90
H1996y for 70 pes5 to b son no ,9to
Esns: ihls duty must g performed, Or the quseniy
city Of Chicago with al ita present glory and I'll
down DO n. II Tic dust. ind become an sia,iEaiae.nt %
I toEp Oh the boruers OF the lske. But apprehead
fellow e4tazens-that there Is NO ereat danger Of
nolE1thstsnding the dask clouds Oliver which have
been gathering taicklJ for many year.. not8ith-
statding thar our homes have been made desolate,
surrISF 9es esnnet fefaet tss thesa
tory d. taught r., one Lesson history na.
R1cat couyulhf0ns.
Great nstIonn hase never ri.en to their crsstness
Irt thfy hs.s nes1 1iea IN The tar1see q ee
| shall hase1ccp crnshen out, and the Stars and
Stripes sbsli nca, in triumph o!er Ill the lind,
Msine M to o,eeoo isom the A.nte 70 % sao P.eac; sa
| when no other ftsg shall disgrace the soil Of the
United States, believe thst ~hen this Is accom-
enelses peope q hs.e unted as
then trul civilization, that real Christian ciyiIxa-
tion, which has teretofore chssaetctfted ~ a. a
w1f sweep on IN tho grand msreh Of pFogrcss, till
catch up 1ie spirit Of our tnstitatlons ara win
Thlt, sm convinced, viii be the result
That will follow thaB var. 1 look around me now,
aud zee men desponding. 7 hehs them CONF
hsaEy burdens which cuE country has been sah.
!ss1ss 70 in ,hs spRps.t Of .hs ~ Wy %y ~
OF oolta1s such 1t IT, a1mpst impossible to con-
pote, and ask yon, ns friends, waat It would be
have sprssd out ovtr this continens In The fnsurs
four of fise, md he speaker psnsedj But, felloV
Of t6e eity oi Chicago, wseh xe I'll know =; mas aa
.essy nj oesnpy This Building xiii Be- iaI.6sd
bsbl, Be- desiested 10 tic i PURPOSES 81 business
and lneHee forward for many yessa wil be u!
e teees
Of ttme and ;, lofty patriotism, thie rebel
ths @ efest s Wess vii hs7s % ASSUMED ned tsas % psslt1o 10
| | which We have seen she and IL eau assume; whe
that ehall be and generation after generation sba
iosm ,heir business and sake e6unsei Ia ILL oaiit
ssw r bsss, Ss e ~ S; d. asy .a
I when our children hare esown old, and when shs
lead their Grand children up here to show them tt
eepsay 81 en- beo
: Eow, ehall gaze upoa thlS p o'a se5netore md no
thsec shall satler thaa around Ibis corner and CO..
~ c:udc that this building is too small to ttan.a
= their husiness in. and shall conclude thst 1t h
% sst = ut 1t NM ds5 the.e s.ness 1s @sn
y lock forward to broader. larger, naors Z
: tsnsise structure H., - being oslng nssdsd BY t!
- I estab1,sheo. Ard while the motto "Exee9sip
IA a!s their minds AZ they LOOK forward 70 the st
sasn fshs thoughts aaes upos III. ss s.se@
INSTITUTION, Ta.t Il ths prayer Of The nsa ~
pstsIos s: III h,s eutdns Tben I. easss 70 T. s
no7ed. shall hzsc TO txed itself 10 the hearts
,hepeople that It wsll bs re@oved with regret. =
that The nenr7y OF It's founders will be bright,
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