The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-23

ceSSaIleS 10 Ine glory OF OuluJn, cOnslQ-
er by far the most inestimable. For, sir,
1 have been told that when the smallpox
breaks out among the women and chill
dren of that famous tribe, as it some
times does, they afford the finest subjects
in the world for the strategical expert
Inents of any enterprising military hero
who desires to improve himself in the no.
bic art of war, laughter i especially fer
any valiant lieutenant genera whose
''Trenchant blade Toledo trusty,
For want Of fighting has grown rusty,
And eats into itself for lack
OF somebody to hew and hack"
[Great laughter.
Sir, the conflict now raging in the Old
World has presented a phenomenon in
military science unprecedented in the an
nails of mankind, phenomenon that has
reversed all the traditions of the past as
it has disappointed ali the expectations of
the present. A great and warlike peo-
pie, renowned alike for their skill and va
lor, 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
| fiber quivering with the agony of impo-
| tent despair, writhes beneath the con-
| quering heel of her loathed invader Ere
another moon shall wax and wane the
brightest star IN the galaxy of ma
| tlons may fall from the zenith of her glo-
ry never to rise again. Ere the modest
vIolets of cary spring shall open their
beauteous eyes the genius Of civilization
may chaunt the wailIng requiem of the
proudest nationality the world has ever
seen, as she scatters her wlthered and
tear-moistened lilies DER the bloody tomb
of butchered France But, sir, l wish
to ssk if you honestly and candidly be-
lieve that the Dutch would have ever ov-
er run the French in that kind of style if
General Sheridan had not gone over there
and told King William and Won Moltke
how he had managed TO whip the Piegen
Indians. [Great laughter
And here, Or. recurring to this map,
ind IN the Immediate vicinity of the Pie
gans vast herds of Buffalo" and 'im-
mense fields OF rich wheat lands"
Here the hammer fell
! Many cries go on 70 go on Pl
/ The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the gentleman from Kentucky continu-
ing his remarks?- The Chair hears none.
The gentleman will proceed.
Mr.. KNOTT. WAS remarking, sir,
upon these vast wheat fields" represen-
ted on this map in the immediate neigh
borhood of the buffaloes and the Piegans,
and was about to say that the idea OF
| there being these immense wheat fields in
the very heart of a wilderness, hundreds
and hundreds Of miles beyond the utmost
verge of civilization, may appear to some
gentlemen as rather lncoRsruous, as rath-
| er too great strain on the BLANKETS" of
| veracity. But to my mind there is no
difficulty III the matter whatever The
! phenomenon is very easily accounted for
| It is evident, sir, that the Piegans sowed
that wheat there and plowed it in with
buffalo bulls. [Great laughter.] Now,
sir, this fortunate combinations of buffa-
loes and Piegans, considering their rela-
tive positions to each other and to Duluth,
as they are arranged on this map salts
fies me that Duluth is destined to be the
beef market of the world
Here you will observe. [pointing to the
map] are the buffaloes, directly between
the Piegans and Duluth, and here, right
on the road to Duluth, are the Creeks
Now, sir, when the buffaloes are sufh.
GENTLY fat from grazing on those immens'
wheat fields you see it Will be the easiest
thing in the world for the Piegans tC
drive them on down, stay all night with
their friends, the Creeks and go into Du-
luth in the morning. Great laughter
l think see them now, sir, q vast herd oi
bufaloes, with their heads down. theil
eyes glaring, their nostrils dilated, then
tongues out, and their tails curled ovel
their backs, tearing along toward Duluth
with about a thousand Piegans on theil
grass-bellied ponies, yelling at their heels
Great laughter On they come AnC
as they sweep past the Creeks they Join IL
the chase, and away they all go. yelling
believing, ripping, and tearing along
amid clouds of dust, until the last Buffalo
is safely penned in the stock-yards of Du
luth fShouts of laughter.
Sir, / might stand here for hours anC
hours, and expatiate with rapture upol
the gorgeous prospects of Duluth, as de
picted upon this map. But human life j
too short and the time of this House ia
too valuable to allow me to hnger longe
upon the delightful theme. Laughter
/ think every gen -lernan on this floor j
as well satisfied as l am that Duluth j
destined to become the commercial me
tropolis of the universe, and that thi
road should be built at once. am full
persuaded that no patriotic Representa-
tive of the American people, who has {
proper appreciation of the associated glo
} rles Of Duluth and the ST. Croix, will hest
tate q moment to say that every able
I.bodled female in the land between tn,
ages of eighteen and forty five who is il
favor of "women's rights" should b.
drafted and set to work upon this grea
work without delay Roars of laugh
} ter Nevertheless, sir, it grieves M
very soul to be compelled to say that
cannot vote for the grant of lands provi
II ded for in this bill
All sir, you can have no conception o
the poignancy of my anguish that I an
! deprived of that blessed privilege
} [Laughter.l There are two insuperabl
} obstacles in the way. In the first plac
my constituents, for whom 1 ana acting
here, have no Eore interest in this roat
than they have in the great question O
culinary taste now perhaps agitating tn
public mind of Dominica, as to whethe
the illustrious commissioners who recent
ly left this capital for that free and en-
lightened republic would be better fricas
seed, boiled, or roasted, [great laughter /;
and in the second place these lands, whicl
am asked to give away, alas, are no
mine to bestow Myrelation to them is sim
ply that OF trustee to an express trust. AM
shall l ever betray that trust2 Never
siri Rather perish Duluth lSbouts o
laughter Perish the paragon of cities
Rather let the freezing cyclones OF tn
bleak Northwest bury it forever beneath
the eddying sands of the raging st. Croix
t[Great laughter.l