Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-08
MIR. KnOtt's Speech-COncluded.
7 find byreference to this map that

IS situated somewhere near the western end OF
Lake Superior. but as there is no dot or other
mark indicating its exact location, am una
bic to say whether it is actually confined
to any particular spot or whether 1t Is
Just lying around there loose. Renewed
laughter. really cannot tell whether 1t Is
one OF those ethereal creations OF intellectual
frost work. more intangible that the rose-tlnted
clouds of a summer sunset; one OF those airy
exhalations of the spectators brain which |
am told are ever fitting in the form Of towns
and cities along those lines of railroad built
with government subsidies, Turing the unweary
settler rs the mirage of the desert lures the
furnishing traveller ON, and ever on until it
fades away in the darkening horizon, or whetll-
er it isa real bona ,fcfr, substantial city,. all
..StakeI off, with the lots marked with their
owners names, like that proud commercial me
trouolis recently discovered on the desirable
shores of San Domingo Laughter But,
however that may be, am satisfied
DULUTH
is there, or thereabout, for | see it is stated
here ON this MAD that it is exactly thirty-nine
hundred and ninety miles from Liverpool
laughter though [ have no doubt tor the sake
of convenience. it will be moved back ten miles,
SO rs to make the distance al even thousand.
Renewed laughter.
Then, sir. there is the climate OF
DULUTH,
Enthusiastically the most salubrlous and dclIg NJ
ful to be found anywhere on the Lord earth
Now. | have always been under the impression,
rs | presume other gentlemen have, that IN
the region around Lake Superior, 1t WAS cold
enough for at least nine months lii the year. to
freeze the smoke stack Oft 4 locomotive.
lGreat laughter But see ii represented on
this map that
it situated exactly half Way between the latl-
tudeso Paris and Venice so that gentlemen
who have inhaled the exhilarating airs OF the
one or basked in the golden sunlight of the other,
may see at glance that
DULUTH
must b. Il place of untold delights, aughterI
Il terrestrial paradise, famed by the balmy
zcphyrs fan eternal spring, clothed In the gor,,
peous sheen of ever blooming flowers. and vocal
with the silver melody of nature : choicest
songstew Laughter. In fact, sir, since
have seen this map: have no doubt that Byron
WAS 7ainly cndearoring to convey some faint
conceptions of the delicious charms OF Duluth
when his poetic soul gushed forth In the mp
pling strains Of that beautiful Rhapsody
Know We the land Of the cedar and vine,
Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever
shine; .
Where the light wing of Zephyr, oppressed with
perfume,
Wax faint Ter the gardens of Gaul in her bloom;
Where the citron and olive are faire*t OF fruit
And the voice Of the nightingale never is mute;
Where the tints Of the earth and the hu"s OF the
sky,
In color though varied, in beauty may vie?
Laughter.
A. TO the commercial resources of
DULUTH,
sir, they are simply illimitable aud inexhaustl,,
BILE, us is shown by this map. see 1t stated
here that there i, vast scope OF territory, CHI
bracing an area of over 1000, 900 :quarr miles,
rich in every clement OF material wealth and
commercial prosperity, all tributary To
DULUTH.
Look at it, *ir (lmintiug To the lnap) Here
are eXhau>tihlr mines of gold, lmmcasurublc
veins; ot;:ilver. inenctrtblc depth: ul toundlcaS
forest. vast coal measures WIDE extended plains
of richest l,a.turagr. all, all embraced in this
vast territory, which must, in the Very nature
of things, empty the untold treasure" vi IT.
commerce into the lap "t
Laughter. Look at it, sir. (poininy to the
map); do you not see from these broad, brown
lines drawn around this immense territory that
the cnterprisng inhabitants OF
DULUTH
intend some day to incloSc it all in one vast
corral, so that its commerce will be bound to
90 there whether it would or not? Great
laughter And here. sir. (pointmg to the
map), find within 1 convenient distance the
Piegan Indians which, of all the many Access
series to the glory Of
DULUTH,
| consider by far the most estimable For sir,
have been told that when the smallpox breaks
out among the women and children of that
famous tribe, as it sometimes does, they afford
the finest subject in the world for strateglcal ex-
periments and any enterprising military hero
who desires to improve himself in the noble art
Of war, laughter, especially for any valiant
lieutenant general whose
'Trenchant blade, Toledo trlsty,
For want Of fighting has grown rusty,
And eats into itself for lack
Ofsomebody to hewand hack
[Great laughter.
Sir, the great conflict now raging in the
old world has presented Il phenomenon in
military operations unprecedented IN the an
mails Of mankind, 4 phenomenon that has re-
versed all the traditions of the past as it has
disappointed all the expectations Of the pre-
sent A great and warke people, renowned alike
for their skill and valor, have been swept AWAY
before the triumphant advance Of an inferior
foe, like autumn stubble before hurricane OF
fire For aught [ know, the next fash, OF
electric fire that shimmers along the ocean
cable may tell us that Paris with every fibre
quivering with the agony OF impotent despair,
writhes beneath the conqucring heel Of her ours
ed invader. Ere another moon shall wax and
wane the brightest star in the galaxy Of nations
may fall from the zenith Of her glory, never to
rise again. Ere the modest violets of early
spring shalt open their beauteous eyes, the
genius of civilization may chaunt the wailing
requiem of the proudcst nationality the world
has ever seen, as she Skaters her withered and
tear-moistened lilies oer the bloody tomb of
butchered France. But sir, wish to ask if
you honestly and candidly believe that the
Dutch would have ever overrun the French
in that kind of style if General Sheridan had