The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-02-23

where. laughter But in what di
rection should- it run, or where j
should terminate, were always to IN!
mind questions of the most painful
kperplexity. / could conceive of NJ
place on Goods green Garth" in sucl
/ Strengthened circumstances for rail
| road facilities as TO be likely to de
sireor willing to accept such a con
nection. (Laughter.l L knew tha
neither Bayfield, nor Superior Cit,
would have it, for they both indig
nantly spurned the munifcence of The
| government when coupled with sucl
ignominious conditions, and let this
very same land grant die on thcil
hands wears and years ago rather
than submit to the degradation of {
direct communication by railroad witt
! the piny woods OF the st. CroiX;J and
| knew that what the enterprising in
habitants of those giant young cite:
would refuse to take would have few
charms for others, whatever their ne
cessities or cupidity might be-
! Laughter. w f.s,EaEs lssr
Hence, as I hayessaitl; ,sif, 1 was ut.
terly at a loss to determine where The
terminus of this great and indispens.
able road should be, until L accident.
! ally ovcrh card some gentlemen the
other day mention the name of ''Du-
lnth." Great laughter.] Duluth !
The word fell upon my ear with pc.
culiar and indescribable charm, like
the gentle murmur of low fountain
i stealing forth in the midst of roses, OIL
the soft, sweet accents of an angels
whisper in the bright, Joyous dream
of sleeping innocence. Duluth =
Twas the name for which my soul
had painted for years. as the, heart
panteth for the water-brooks. Re.
neWed laughter. But where was
Duluth? Never in allfmy limited
reading, had my vision been gladden.
| ed by seeing the celestial name in
print. Laughter.l And l felt pro-
! founder humiliation in my ignorance
that its iulcet syllables had never be-
fore ravished my delighted ear
[Roars OF laughter.l ] was certain
the draughtsman of this bill had new
er heard of it, or it would have, been
designated as one of the termini OF
this road. asked my friends about
it, but they knew nothing of ii. ]
rushed to the library and examined all
the maps / could find. r(Laughter.l- r. l.
discovered in one of them delicate,
hair-hke line, diverging from the Mis-
slsslppi near q place marked Prescott,
which | supposed was intended to
represent the river St. Cfeix,- but /
could nowhere find Duluth.
Nevertheless was confident it ex-
listed somewhere, and that its discov-
cry would constitute the icrowning
glory of the presant century, itinot OF
modern times. Laughter.I L knew
it was bound to exist in the very ma
ture of things; that the symmetry and
perfection of our planetary system
would be incomplete without it RE-
newed laughter]; that the elements of
material nature would long since have
resolved themselves back into orig
inal chaos if there had been such a
hiatus in creation as would have re-
suited from leaving out Duluth
Roars of laughter. In fact sir, l was
overwhelmed with the = conviction
that -Buiuth mot only existed some
where, but that wherever it was it was
great and glorious place. Iowas
convinced that the greatest calamity
that ever betell the benighted nations
of the ancient world was in their hav-
PdcSCQ away WlIAOuG zkHOWItugS =
of the actual eXistance of Duluth; that
their fabled Atlantis, never seen save
by the hallowed vision of inspired
poesy, was, IN fact, but another name
for Duluth that the golden orchard
of the Hesperides was but a poetical
synonym for the beer gardens in the
vicinity of Duluth. [Great laughter
l was certain that Herodotus had died
a miserable death because in all his
travels and with all his geographical
research he had never heard OF Duluth.
Laughter. l knew that if the i'm
mortal spirit of Homer could look
down from another heaven than that
created by his own celestial genius
upon the long lines of pilgrims from
every nation of the earth to the gush-
ing fountain of poesy opened by the
touch of his magic wand; if he could
be permitted to behold the evast assem-
blage of grand and glorious produc-
tions of the lyric art called into being
by his own inspired strains, he would
weep terrs of bitter anguish that in
stead OF lavishing all the stores of his
mighty genius upon the fall of lion
it had not been his more. blessed lot
to crystalize i'll deathless song the ris-
ing glories of Dulnth. Great and
continued laughter.] Yet, sir, had it
not been for this, map, kindly furnish
ed ME by the Legislature of Minnes-
sofa, l might have gone down to, my,
obscure and humble grave in an ago
ny of despair, because could nowhere
find Duluth. fRehewed laughter. i
Had such been my melancholy fate,
l have no doubt that with the last
feeble pulsation of my breaking heart,
with the last faint exhalation of my
fieeting breath, / should have whis-
pered, "Where is Duluth ?" Roars of
1aughter.] - a.. ,7..-5 III. -,l.4r...a
But, thanks to the benefcence of that
band of ministering angels who have
their bright abodes in the far off capi
tol of Minnesota, just as the agony
of my anxiety was about to iculminate
in the frenzy of despair, this blessed
map was placed in my hands; and as
unfoIded it a resplendent scene of
ineffable glory opened before me,
such as imagine burst upon the en-
raptured vision of the wandering peri
through the opening gates of Paradise.
Renewed laughter. There, there for
the first time, my enchanted eye rest
ed ppon the raYishing word Duluth"
This map, sir, is intended, as it ap-
pears from its title, to illustrate the
position of Duluth in the United
States; but if gentlemen will examine
it, 1 think they will concur with me
in the opinion that it is far to modest
in its pretcnsions. 1t not only illus
trates the position of Duluth in the
United States, but exhibits it's rela-
ton with all created things, 1t even
goes further than this. 1t lifted the
shadowy veil of futurity and affords
US view of the golden prospects of
Duluth far along the dim vista of ages
yet to come. ae eaH rHffa
If gentlemen will examine it they
will find Duluth not only in the CEN
ter OF the map, but represented in the
center of a series of concentric circles
of one hundred miles apart, and some
of them as much as four thousand
m Hos IN. diam af q, bra rir,fr oliI-a IN