Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-01-12

IN sfAB % OUR Apog1soa AID LOVE-
~i3D 4Aa 0tu1Hof Iowa I supaenun
|osQtiG ontGfOld ttIers, when Tmv3ha{
RI l6Se - STAT Of Iowa. We love r for
what = h1 BEEN e, and il to be. Is il
Ne &C WIEN in state Of primeval Wild-
ness. We have Contributed to bring it
under the dominion Of civilized and en-
lightened institutiOna II Is endearcd to
~ BY sacrifice and toll. II Is endeared to
IN BY tendersg and hol1er associations. In
il our children were born, or have been
educated and In it, soil the ashes Of our
frieuds End fovsd ones rVpose, making il
sacred. Thatlo<s Which bciuaas TO q ma.
tive State. IL not easily transferred, is ney-
ertheie. readily shared BY the State Of
ones adoption
This u touchingly illdst.ted BY the
case Of the Emperor Napoleon He was
not Frenchman by birth, but was such by
adoption. France was the home of his ear
lier years and the scenes Of his glory. He
who was the victor Of an hundred hsttles,
who i usually regarded ~ being Is cold
and passionless as marble-whose exploits
NIL larger space in history than any other
man in modern timcs-he, at whose nod
kings fell, by the stroke Of whose pen I'm
pef0fs were tfansferretl--he who was proud
ly conscious that an immortality of fame
was his heritage--he whose light boast it
was that he was brought into the world up
On tapestry embroidered with the heroes OF
liisd whose serious and truthful boast it
wa that he would 20 down to pusterity
not by the light Of Austerlitz, but with the
CODE NAPOLEON in his hand, he, even he
in his last days, was anxious that his ashes
should not remain in the island prison,
where his proud spirit was chatting itself
away, and where he knew it was his fate
to die How natural the desire expressed
in his last will How eloquent its ex-
preston
Il desire that my ashes may repose on
the banks Of the Seine in the midst Of the
French people whom loved SO WE'LL
Let us, Old Settlers, cherish that love for
our noble State which we all feel !; let the
interests of that State with which we arc
now permanently identified. be regarded
as secondary only to the interests of the
whole country; for no man ought to love
his State, native or adopted, better than he
loves his nativx land
! love Iowa. aud have reason 10 love her
and her Old Settler sons. Wherever
have gone have always found friends; but
among all my friends l have never found
any 50 abiding, faithful, and sincerely true
as Old Settlers thank them for it, from
my heart Of hearts thank them for it.
witness scene every day which would
endear the State and its institutions to me
even 1t there existed no other reason for
my attachment to them 1t is sccne-a
commonplace scere-onc that NAV be wit
messed everywhere, and yet it indicates the
true glory and the real merits or our State
and its institutions l sit on the doorway
OF my house and draw the sketch. | hear
the sound of the saw, the ring Of the anvil
and the busy hum OF multiform industry.
This tells me that there is work for each
and work for all, and my experience tells
me that Work and Plenty are landmarks.
! see from my stand point on place which
but . few years ago and within the recol-
lection of many present was wholly vacant.
large and flourishing city-thc Queen
city Of Iowa, and / see seven different
churches, indicative of the presence of
religious people; but indicative also of
differences which in other countries have
dcluged whole nations in blood; and then
running along the line of history, think
OF William the Silent, how he labored and
died for religious liberation in Holland of
Roger Williams the great American ad-
vocate Of Liberty" and then coming
nearer to our own times think how bless
ed 1t is to live in a country and in State
which have enjoyed unbrokcn religious
peace simply because they have allowed
undiseriminated religious freedom
InrNctlv in met and s,;H rs.
may be seen the common school, well sup
ported. well conducted, we'll attended.
whose doors stand open all the year. and
are closed against none however poor or
humble
The day is ended. The artisan leaves his
shop, the merchant his store. the profess
sional man his office, and the tolls of the day
being over, they take up the line of march
for home, thinking perhaps if not reading,
that there is an eye to mark their coming
and which will look brighter when they
come. But as they pass along notice that
the labOring man not less generally than the
other, has the evening paper, as eager as his
fellows to devour the latest telegram. fol-
low him, and find that, unlike men in
similar station in other countries, he is not a
dependent tenant,-tOr tenant has i'm fact
mo country, no hearth, no domestic altar,
no household god to call his own, but
find an independent freebooter, the owner Of
his own homestead or farm, and loving ard
naturally supporting the country which has
thrown its parental arms and fostering care
around him The road to prcferment here
no other country in the world, all persons
are, in the eyes Of the law equal, with equal
privileges and equal rights. Industry and
talent and not birth. are with us the titl.
deeds to wealth and honOr-for we have no
hereditary priyileges-nO pampcreI families
feeding their pride with pretcritivc alorv
and rising upon the nccnmula'inns of auces-
tral industry to dictate our politics. inherit
our offices, and fix our social SIRIUS.
In this impcrfec. sketch may be found
abundant reasons for loving the State to
which we led the way, and Of whose history
we are part and portion.
| have nearer reasons for loving our State.
which it would not be seemly that should
dwell upon. For twcnty-seven years have
known 10 other home Whether mv lif.
shall be long or short. expect to know no
other. a poor boy, Iowa. has been to me a
most bountiful mother. owe her a debt OF
gratitude which | can never cancel, 10 her
people, especially TO her Ola Settlers, obiiya.
tons which | can never discharge.
Glorious, noble Iowa NAV no blemish
ever mar your unspottcd escutcheon, May
the Aureola Of glory that surrounds your
youthful brow remain undinnncd forever
more! Nobly have you vindicated your
right to retain the inscription which years
ago you caused to be placed upon the marble
block you contributed to the Washington
Monument" IowA-aer Infections like the
Rirers Of tie Borders foo to pesysfustg
LMioa. " And in Iowa, the Old Settlers are
the salt of the EARTH