Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-07-17

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ill be brought in direct communleatlon MIN 'ig
Vest and South-when the Rock river N44liey, ~
rhich Won have heard so much, Dut ieaay hn Nv
q little will be welded 10 Your prosperity ~ tns
J. ,,rs,araant az that beautiful river from Rock
Stand to Fond du Lac. Inc leasiOlh1ly ~ , .nts
-reat enterprise has alreauy s,,1vcx made nv
Colonel [ysrren in 1885, and the man Is now llYlng
cho Will see this grand Improvement eonsummat.c
d and much business ea Fri canal Then sneh
,ifies "a ockford Beloit, Janesvlle Madlsoh wa
Ia-to,Cn Fond du Lac and Oshkosh VIII De your
: eichbors your best customers ana your hrmese
y: = T6e PRODUCERS of Wisconsin reach out
,beir hands 10 the enterprising men OF 81. Louis,
and the cordial greeting which you nave TINS Gay
of Sreater intimacy and friendship in the great
future $500, oor,r,auoo
a ten 6onrs's speech but time flies, and with this
brtef allusion 10 it. / stop short
The Mississippi TdIley-Now known and ;appre,,
;t,,d ~imnly for its navigabe rivers. fertile soil
and GREAT mineral wealth, but destined to become
the great political power OF the nation.
Col Calkins. of the St. Paul Daily Press,
vyas called upon to respond, but begged to
he excused. stating that he had filed his
speech with the reporters His speech is as
follows
SPEECH OF COL. CALKINs.
Ihave many times visited this splendid cityy. and
each time / return am amazed at INC flagnif-
cent progress that il everywhere eAnloiss The
yoIuminous river that rolls at your re et bears to
-, the wealth of the North, the SOU I'll the East
and the farthest West. The great Water-courses
that channel the surface Oh the EARN have an Office
crimson current that warns ousr form divine sup
niles the source of manly vlcor, and according TO
IL nuality makes men energetic, generous and
brave m creates the strength and the virie virtue
that repose in our iOins and end0ws the
healthy functions OF our laboring muscles, our
auivering nerves and this sensitite globe that
throbs with intellectual being. All that man does
all that he thinks the attributes of his manhood,
his wOnder-working hands, his wonderful thinking
brain. he gathers from the wholesome flow of his
blood and il arms him with the power that up
rears the substantial monuments of his greatness.
1t suffuses with bloom the downy cheek of beau
ty; reddens in the rosy glow of her rounded
graces pencils the delicate tracery of blue veins
that streak her bosoms snowy whiteness; it kin
dies The warmth oil young Desire, the purple
So the great rivers that flow from the distant
mountains to the distant seas bear the commerce
that is the life of cities and nations. They bring
the piled wealth to your wharves, and fill yOur
stOrehouses with the produce of the fields the for
est and the mines. Here is the fruit of the labor
of many million tOiling hands, and the sources of
your prosperity lie remote as the foun tains that
feed the resistless, rolling flood beside you. The
rivers bring mankind into nearer intercourse,
create kinship between far communities. and cause
the attritiOn from which social manners derive
their polish. So, while they make wealth. they
elevate the people; they make commercial and
national greatness, and they make that greatness
lovely. AZ the Colossus was both gigantic and
the triumphs of civilization as beautiful as they
are enduring.
And as the blood that flows, from its origin to
its last final uses, belongs only TO him whose
veins it inspires, from the most distant springs
of this commingled flow of waters to its mouth. il
L. and always shall be, ours. No drop OF this
water shall be the disputed Inheritance of aliens
and enemies. And the ocean with whose warm
pillows this river at length mingles SHAH bear our
wishes TO the time when it will touch only the soil
that is possessed by Us, and us alone.
Eanoral DaviH itwOnd was also called
upon to respond to the above toast, and said:
SPEECn
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen: | can say that
have no impromptu remarks prepared, and conse-
quently have filed none with the reporters. | am
happy to say that am citizen of the great Missis-
sippf valley; and / trust there is no man who re-
sides between the Rocky mountains and the Ale
shanies who is not proud TO say that he too il
citizen of that great valley. lApplause.
Ii il now thirty-one years since took mp my
residence in the West from old New England-a
land thai shall ever respect. lApplause: lett
that sterile soil for the great and grand soil of the
Mississippi valley when a boy, and can assure
YOU. gentlemen and Mr.. Mayor, that have never
regretted the change from New England to the
great West: ana thank God that we are now be-
coming the center-the great center-of this great
and glorious nation.
we shall be fully recognised as such; indeed We
are now so recognized. We find that in our ma
tional conventions of every political hue; or
whether political or religious. our Eastern dele
gates who used to come up and tell us. You
must do so and So" now come up and say TO US of
the great West, - Dom injure us any more than
YOU can help; You have the control, but have
mercy, for Gods sake, upon US of the East. .
loud applause.
That, gentlemen, i what they are now saying
what will they say fifty years hence. And as
sure you, although may have somewhat the APP
pearance of old age, expect TO be with y0u fifty
years hence laughter and applause, and / expect
Then to find The capital of the nation in the Mis-
sissippi valley. lCheers. voice, st. Louis.
/ assure you. gentlemen, that if they should not
:. 81. Naaa -
of Madison. WISCONSIN, city, whose people
can withstand the evil Influences sur
rounding the National capital better than those
the globe laughterl if they should not. / say,
insist ON putting il there, think from what see
around me that 81. Louis can do her full share in
withstanding those influences renewed cheers
and / expect about fifty years hence TO represent
Wisconsin, in one or the other branches of Con-
gress. i'm st. Louis, and / assure You they will
have in me at that time a faithful and animated
representative. Laughter and cheers.l
Gentlemen, ] know YOU, will all respond
TO this sentiment-yeu Will all heartily re-
ioice 70 see the capital down here fifty years
nenCc. and am certain that there il not gentle
man here who has not strong desire to olive at
least fifty years longer; and L trust, too. that at
that time Ishall have the pleasure of taking by
the hand my venerable friend. the Mayor of st.
Louis. Great cheering.l
The next toast was
.Mnnesota.-The great North State of the West
her course IL onward and upward to rank and
position; her soil and climate speak her greatness
and will in time place her among the most rich
and denseiy populated States.
Response by Dr. Leonard, President of
the Minnesota Editorial Association:
SPEECH OF DIR. LEONARD.
Mr. HdyOr and Gentlemen: thank Won most
sincerely for the hearty appreciation which you
have exfended:to the State which is represented on
this occasion by myself and my twonty-seven COM
paniOns: and / avail myself, gentlemen, of this.
the first opportunity which have had,t say just
a brief word TO the venerable Mayor of this city
and the citizens with whom we have had such
friendly intercourse. ever since came within
sight of this city, and of whom shall cherish
the most lively and cordial recOllections as long
as there is left pulsatiOn of our hearts with
which TO inspire recollectiOns in our brains. Jap
plause
To YOU gentlemen of ST. Louis. Mr. Mayor and
the Hon. Mr.. Blow, we feel under very great obli-
cations for the efforts which yon have made TO
show the substantial resources of your city.
We are obliged to you for these viands. We are
glad of the opportunity we have had to break
bread with you and test the vintage of your vine
yards. and most of all are glad of the pains you
have taken, in a most sensible and business like
manner. TO show US the noble resources of your
great country. Because. sir, we feel that away in
Minnesota we are at the very base of operations
of that great plain which extends from the bosom
of this Mississippi river upon which we are, aye
to the very slopes of the Rocky Mountains. APP
plause. We thank you for the opportunities We
that strangers TO You. for Missouri Is as
familiar TO Minnesota as Minnesota is to Missouri.
There nOmere ALTERATION in the junction of Min
nesOta and Missouri, but there is a communion oil
interests which we could not ignore even if we
wished, and which we feel you would not let us
ignore even if we base as to wish it. This
glorious State of Missouri is bound TO our glorious
young State of Minnesota, by the broad cincture
Of the mighty Mississippi, binding them together
as one great commonwealth. [Applause.l
Gentlemen. we have many resources IN common