Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-03-04

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whether il would or mott fGreal
laughter And here. cir, fsl,ll
pointing 10 tie map ] ! fint il wilhig
I = convenient distance the PiegaR
Indians, which, ofall the many no,
eessories to the gold at Dulalh, |
consider by lar the most lncs,imS
bic, For, sir, ! have been told that
when tho smallpox breaks out
among the w0inon aud children Ot
that famous tribe, ~ il solaalimeS
does, they afford lhc in,st subjects
in tho world for lheslr,lcgical expe.
rimenIs ofany eHlerprising military
hero who desires In improve him
'olfin the noble art Of war laugh.
tor, especially for any valiant Lieu.
tenant General whose,
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Great laughter.
Sir, tho great conflict now raging
in the Old World has presented =
phenomenon in military operations
unprecedented in tho annals Of
mankind. u phenomenon that has
reversed all the traditions Of tho
past us il has disappointed alI tho
expectations of the present, 4 great
and warlike people, renowned alike
for their skin aud valor. have been
swept away before tie triumphant
advance of an inferior foe, like au.
tumn Etubblc before II hurricane Of
fire.. For aught | know the next
flash Of electric fire that shimmers
alons,the ocean. cable may tell us
that Paris, with every tiber quiysr-
ing with the agony Of impotcnt dis
pair, writhcs beneath the conquer
ing heel of her cursed invader. Ere
ano, her moon shall wax and wanc
the brightest star in the galaxy Of
nations may fall from thc,zcnith Of
her glory nevcr to rise again. Ere
the modest violets Of early spring
shall open their bcaCtcous eyes tho
genius OF civilization may chapnt
the waiirg requiem of tie proudest
nationality tie world has ever seen,
as she sca,ters her withered and
tcarmoistsnod liIlics DER the bloody
tomb of butchered France. But, sir,
wish 20 ask if you honestly and
candidly believe that the Dutch
would have ovcrunn the French in
that kind Of style if General Shcr-
idan had not gone over There and
told King William and Won Moltke
how he had managed to whip the
Piogan Indians. Great laughter.
And here, sir, rccErring to this
map, ! find in the Immediate vicin-
ity of the Piegans "vast herds OF
buffalo" and "im;h onso fields ofrich
wheat lands"
Here the hammer fell.
Many cries, SEQ on" Go oh!"
The Sreaker-ls there objectlon.
to the Gentleman from Kentucky
continuing his remarks? The Chair
hears none. The gentleman will
protced. g., .
Mr.. Knott was reharking, sir,
upon theso 'vast wheat fields, rep,
resented on this map in the imme-
diatc ncigEborhood Of the butfaloes
and the Picgans, and was about to
sav ihat the idea Of there being,
these immense wheat fields III the
very heart Of. IL wilderness, hun
drssds and hundreds of'miles Beyond
the utmost verge of civilization,
may appear to some gentlemen IA
thor incongruous'N;Ias rather TOO
vcracity. But, to iny mind. thers
is no difficulty in the matter what
ever. The phcrbmenon is very ca
silly accounted f,r.. 1t is evident,
sir, that ttie Piegans sQwed that
wheat there aad plowed. IL in with
buffalo bulls; Great laughter. -
Now, sir, the Fortunate tombina-
ton Of butf.lloe and Picgans, COM
sidcrihg their relative positions to
each 3ther and TO Duluth. as they
arc arranged on this map, satisfies
me that Duluth is destined to be the
beef market of the world. Here,
vo,i will observe pointing to the
map, are the butfalocs, directly bc1
tween the Piegans and DuIuth, and
here, right ON the road to. Duluth,
are the Creeks. Now, sir, when
the butfaloes are sufficiently fat
from grazing on those immense
wheat fields, you see il will DO the
easiest thing in the world f0r the
Piegans to drive them on, down,
stay all night with their friends, the
Creeks, and 60 into Duluth in the
morning. Great laughter1 +
think | see them now, sir, u vast
herd Of butlalocs, with their heads
down. their eyes glaring, their nos,
trils diated, their tongues out, and
their tails cured over their backs,
tearing along toward Duluth, with
about a thousand Piegans on their
grass-bellied ponies yelling at their
heels! TGreat laughter. On they.
comet And as they sweep PAST the
Creeks they join in the chase, and
away they 20, yelling, believing,
ripping and tearing along amid the
clouds of dust, until the last buffalo
is safely penned in the stUck-yards
of Duluth! Shouts CT laughter
Sir, might stand hcrc for hours
and hours, and cxpatiato with rap
turc upon the gorgeous prospects Of
Duluth, as depicted upon this map.
But human life IS too short, aud the
time Of this Hoiisc fir too valuable,
to allow me to linger longer upon
the delightful theme. / think eve
ry gentleman on this floor is as well
satisfied as am that Duluth is drs-
tined TO become the commercial
metropolis of the universe, and that
this road should be built at onre.
am fully persuaded that no patriot
ic representative of the American
people, who has proper appreeia-