The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-02-23
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! Duluth is situated somewhere neal
4 the western end of Lake Superior, Du
as there is no dot or other mark indi
eating its exact location, am unable
10 say whether it is actually confined
to any particular spot, or sit is JUS
laying around there loose. ;" Renew
ed laughter l really can not tel
whether it is ono of those ethereal
creations of intellectuil frostwork
! more intangible than the rose-tinted
/ clouds of a summer sunset; one Ol
those airy eXhalations of the spectators
brain, which am told are ever fit.
ting in the form of towns and cities
1 along those lines of railroad built with
government subsidies, Turing the un-
] wary settler as the mirage of the des-
ert lures the famishing traveller on,
! and ever on, until it fades away in the
darkening horizon, or whether it is a
real bona fde, substantial city, all
"staked off," with the lots marked
with their owners names, like that
proud commercial metropolis recently
discovered on the desirable shores OF
San Domingo. Laughter But,
however that may be, am satisfied
Duluth is there, or thereabout, tor |
see it stated here on this map that it
is exactly thirty-nine' hundred and
ninety miles from Liverpool laugh
teri, though have no doubt, for the
sake of convenience, it viii be moved
back ten miles, so as to make the dis
tance an even four thousand. Re-
newed laughter. So aaf siA.
Then, sir, there is the climate of
Duluth, unquestionably the most ga
lubrious and delightful to be found
| anywhere on the Lords earth. Now
have always been under the impress
sion, as / presume other gentlemen
have, that in the region around Lake
Superior it was cold enough for at
| least nine months in the year to freeze
the smoke stack off a locomotive.
| EGreat laughter. But / see it repre-
/ sented on this map that Duluth is
situated exactly half way between
the Iatitudes of Paris and Venice, so
/ that gentlemen who have inhaled the
exhilefating airs of the one or basked
! in the golden sunlight of the other
may see at a glance that Duluth must
| be place of untold delights laugh
| terE terrestrial paradise, famed by
! the y balmyl zephyrs of an eternal
spring, clothed i'll the gorgeous sheen
| of ever blooming flowers, and vocal
| with the silvery melody of natures
choicest songsters. Laughter. In
| fact, sir. since L have seen this map
have no, doubt that Byron was vainly
endeavoring to convey some faint
conception of the delicious charms of
Duluth when his poetic soul gushed
forth in the ripping strains of the
beautiful rhapsody 333iai
sKuou- 70 f1,o land of he cot1ar and vine
Where the flowers ever blossom tke beams ever
il shine; 't -"
Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed
with perfume, r., -.ff=Fa ..i
Wax faint DER the gardens of Gul in her bloom !;
Where the cftron and olive are fairest of fruit
And the voice ofthe nightengale never is mute;
Where the tnts of the earth and the hues of the
sky. t., -e -.fa
| In color though varied in beauty may yies'
Laughter. 3E3iAit' --iA F' g.Ea.I
AS to the commercial resources of
Duluth, sir, they, are simply -illimita-
bic and incXhaustible, as is shown by
this map. / see it stated here that
lthereis a vast scope of territory, en-
bracing an area of over two million
square miles, rich in every element of
material wealth and commercial pros
perity, all tributary to. Duluth. Look
at it, sir, Ipointing to the map]. Here
are inexhaustible mines of gold. i'm
measurable veins of silver, impenetra-
BILE depths of boundless forest, vast
coal measures, WIDE, extended plains
of rich pasturage, all, all embraced
in this vast territory, which must, in
the very nature OF things, empty the
untold treasures of its commerce into
the lap of Duluth. Laughter
Look at it, sir pointing 10 the map]
do not you see from these broad
brown lines drawn around the i'm
mense territory that the enterprising
inhabitants of Duluth intend some
day to inclose it all in one vast corral,
so that its commerce will be bound to
go there whether it would or not?
[Great laughter And here, sir [still
pointing to the map], find within
convenient distance the Piegan Indi-
ans, which, of all the many accesso-
ries to the glory of Duluth, L consider
by far the most inestimable. For, sir,
/ have been told that when the small
pox breaks out among the women
and children of that famous tribe, as
it sometimes does. they afford the
finest subjects in the world for the
strategetical experiments OF any enter
prising military hero who desires to
improve himself in the noble art of
war [laughter]; especially for any
ieutenent general whose raif 4
-.5., .Trencbant blade, Toledo trusty,e GA
For want of fighting has grown rusty.
gl And eats into itself for lack
+ I'd OF somebody to how and haek.'' t.3i
-[Great laughter.l ala.1 s. -a-.g4 4
O.. Sir, the great conflict now raging in
-N1J l,oo
nomenon in military operations un-
precedented in the annals of mankind,
a phenomenon that has reversed all
the traditions of the past as it has dis
appointed all the expectations of the
present. A great and warlike people,
renowned alike for their skill and
yalor,, have been swept away before
the triumphant advance of an inferior !
foe, like autumn stubble before hur-
ricane of fire. For aught | know the
mers along the ocean cable may tell
us that Paris, with every fibre CULVER
ing with the agony of impotent des-
pair, writhes beneath the conquering
heel of her cursed invader. Ere an
other moon shall wax and wane the
brightest star in the galaxy of nations
may lall from tHC ZelilIu vi ncF glory
never to rise again. Ere the modest
violets of the early spring shall ope
their lbeauteous eyes the genius of
may chant the wailing
requiem of the proudest nationality
the world has ever seen, as she scat
tiers her withered and tear-moistened
lilies o'er the bloody tomb of butcher
ed France. But, sir wish to ask it
you honestly and candidly believe
that the Dutch would have ever over
run the French in that kind of style
If General Sheridan had not gone
over there and told King William'I
and Won Moltke how he had managed
to whip the Piegan Indians. tGreat
laughter Fa
{ And here, sir, recurring to this map
l find III the immediate vicinity of
the Piegans /" vast herds of buffalo"
o,l fialda Of rich yhaot