Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-01-12
EIGHTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
or THE
r!ssssr Settlers As'ssiatssn,

JUDGE billions ADDREss.

o. sCo1T COUNTY.
JUDGE billions ADDRKss.
In my former address l took occasion to
notice somewhat 1t length, tho0eh, 81
course, impcrfectly, those proto- pioneers OF
Iowa, toilette and Marquette. The theme
was not deemed Inappropriate, for they
and not we were the pioneers In thu strictesl
sense of the wori Of this beautiful region
We were, il is true, "PiOneer Settlers. "
but we simply came at . long distance in
point If time to live in the country first
unveiled to the gaze and first revealed To
the knowledge Of the world by the daunt-
lees heroissn and disinterested religious
zeal ofJames Marquette. lie and his COM
panion Joliet were undeniably the first
white men whose feet ever prcssed the soil
Of Iowa. do not allude to this for the
purpose Of repeating what then said ;
but for the purpose Of aying that propose
to 20 to tho opposite side OF the pendulum
TO- night, and in general way and nccesss-
rily with good deal of brcvity, describe
Iowa Us il is to day.
IOWA AS 1T 49,
No part Of the world can exhibit a
growth and development more amazing
than that which we have witnessed. Since
our first coming here, how brief the
time Yet in the rapid progress of i'm
PROMINENT the memorials Of our early set
Element are fast passing away and are in
deed almost gone A primitive log cabin
would doubtless command high prcmi-
um! The last vcstigcs Of Fort Armstrong
are rapidly disappearing; and yet so short
is the lapse Of time that many Of those
who saw It erected or saw il soon utter
wards, arc yet among the living.
Al State We are yet young, with the
flush of youth upon our cheek and the
vigor of youth in our limbs ut doth not
vet appear what we shall be-" but we have
every reason to anticipate o brilliant flu
ture without scarcely taking note of the
fact, we have seen an empire grow up
around us. And yet we have not been
twenty years State. New a. We are, we
have sent co. 900 or more brave and noble
men to sustain the honor and perpctuity of
our common country.
AREA AND PHYsICAL GEOGRAPHY.
We all feel pride in the State of our
adoption and naturally 90; whether justly
70 let us consider.
The area Of the State, though not as
great "A some Others is yet respectable Its
length cast and west is about 800 miles. its
breadth, over 200. 1t is situated in the
temperate rcgion---a region where man is
. characterized by the greatest energy and
endurance and where he reaches the high
est degree Of culture and civilization. 1t
borders on the east on the majestic Missis
sippi, on the west by its scarcely less dis
tinguished rival the Missouri Not bar
FEN mountain range, not even solitary
mountain peak rcars its head within her
limita Every acre Of her soil is suscepti
BILE Of cultivation or other advantageous
use This is scarcely an exaggcration.
Aside from some few places on the river
bottoms, it would be very difficult to find
within the limits of the State forty acre
: tract lying in one body which cannot Ike
titled Our soil would bear and sustain
without exhaustion population denser
than any Of the over crowded States Of Gu.
nope. The State includes an area of nearly
|. 5000 square miles. It is well watcred, being
traversed by numerous, though in general
nop-navigable water courses. Above all,
IL spil Il one Of unsurpassed fertility, its
climate, one Of uncxcelled salubrity. Ma
tltrc seems to have denied us as a region
but onc'grcat esential-timber This, to a
,great extent. is compensated for BY our
magnificent coal deposits. and to q great
extent could be remcdicd by little care
and attention on the part Of man.
ssa ON TRKEs AND TREE CULTURE.
And here let me drop word to old set
tier farmers. You need timber. And you
uu have it. Howl Plant il. Trees grow
Locust and maple At 8 or years
from the seed are available for many pur-
spossAs Every fAzmsr should, because every
farmer can ~ well - not, grow from ten to
twenty acres. Plant trees, then, I say -
Plant them everywhere and plcntifully.
One reason for this recommendation is given
in very striking manner by, Sir Walter
Scott, who was great lover Of nature, and
who, even in .wellwoodcd Scotland, took a
great interest in encouraging the planting
Of trees ippnauft@ Nose Interesting Of
those fonnanccs, which will live as long as
.the Language itself Tho ono which Dor
trays the ettuggieA che devotion, the pure
etssefly adecti0n, the heroic nature, the nm.
Dendtng purpose and the final triumph Of
JENNIE DEAxs-the fondness of Sir Walter
for trees and shade finds a noteworthy ex.
preston. DoAhietl1kes, hard .hesrted
lord Of the coil, is upon his death bed. He
- cent I'm his solicitor, his physician and
thGu1noD1nE a tn psrish. His son Ana
heir II brought before him to receive k;s
parting advice and blessing. With the
H1deaQpnd' Dund 3AdQn61t 80 charsc-
terrific Of his countrymen, the dying father
ufges j. this Aoppef upox his son, Jock,
the importance Of planting trees: "Jock,
49, ysihAS naetlnng else' to do, 70 may
be aye otikinR IN tree: e will BE- 0ruU.