The union Democrat., 1871-02-25


! daughter How these circles were pro-
duced is perhaps one of those primordial mys-
teries tia, the most skillful paleologist will
never be able to explain. (Renewed laugh
ter. Bat the fact is, sir. Duluth is pre-imi-
nen,ly central place, for am told by gen.
| tlemen who have been so reckless oftheir own
personal safety as to venture away into those
awful regions where Duluth is supposed to be
that it is so exactly in the center of the visible
universe that the sky comes down at precise
| ly the same distance all around it. Roars
of laughter.
| find by reference to this map that Du-
| luth is situated somewhere near the western
end of Lake Superior. but as there is no dot
or other mark indicating its exact location
am unable to say whether it is actually con-
| fined, to any particular spot, or whether iii
Is just lying around there loose" Renew
ed laughter) really cannot tell whether il
is one of those ethereal creations of intellect
ual frost-work. more intangible than the rose
tinted clouds Of summer sunset; one OF
those airy exhalations of the speculator'
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 unwary settlers as the mirage OF
the desert lures the furnishing traveller on.
and ever on, Until it fades away in the dark
ening horizon, or whetheritisa 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 Do
mngo. tLaughter.) But. however that may
be, am satisfied Duluth is there, or there
about, for see it stated here on this map
that it is exactly tbirty-nine hundred and
ninety miles from Liverpool. daughter J
though have no doubt, for the sake of con-
oenience, it will be moved back ten miles, so
as to make the distance an even four thousand.
| (Renewed laughter.
| Then, sir, there is the climate Of Dulutb.
uuqrestionably the most salubrions and de-
| lightful TO be found anywhere on the Lord s
earth. Now, have always been under the
| impression. as | presume other gentlemen
have, that in the region around Lake Supe-
ricr it was cold enough for at least nine
months in the year to freeze the smoke-stack
off locomotive. Great laughter But
see it represented on this map that Duluth is
situated exactly half way between the lati-
tude of 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
be place of untold delights, laughter. q
terrestrial paradise, famed By the halmy
zephyrs of an eternal spring, clothed in the
gorgeous sheen of ever-blooming flowers, and
vocal with the silverv melody of natures
choicest songsters. Laughter. In fact
sir, since | have seen this map | have nj
doubt that Byron was vainly endeavoring t.
convey some faint conception of the deliciou:
charms of Duluth when his poetic soul gush
ed forth in the ripping strains of that beau
tiful rhapsody
ssKnow We The land Of the cedar and vine
Where the flowers blossom. the beams shine
Where the light wings of Zephyr oppressed with per
| fume.
| Wax faint DER the gardens of Gu in her bloom;
| Where the cron and olive are fairest of fruit
/ And the voice of the nightingale never is mute;
Where the tnts of the earth and the hues of the sky,
! In color though varied, In beauty may vie -
Laughter.
As to the commercial resources of Duluth,
sir, they are simply illimtable and inexhaust
able. as is shown by this map. see it stat
ed here that there is vast scope of territory,
embracing an area of over two million square
miles, rich in every elerAent of material
wealth and commercial prosperity, all tribu-
tary to Duluth. Look at it, sir, pointing to
the map Here are inexhaustable mines
of gold, unreasonable veins of silver, impen.
etrable depths of boundless forest, vast coal
measures, wide. extended plains of richest
pasturage. all, ali embraced in this vast ter
ritory. which must in the very nature of
things. empty the untold treasures of its COM
merre into the lap of Dnluth. Laughter.
Look at it sir, pointing to the map, do
not you see from these broad, brown lines
drawn around this immense territory that the
eBterprising inhabitants of Duluth intend
some day to inclose it all in one vast corral,
so that its commerce will he hound to 60
there whether it would or not? Great laugh
ter And here. sir. still pointing to the
map. | find within a convenient distance the
Piegan Indians, which, of all the many &C.
cessores to the glory of Duluth, consider
by far the most inestimable. 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 subjects in the world
| for the strategical experiments of any enter
rrising 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
| 0fsomebody to hew and hack"
Great laughter.
Sir, the great conflict now raging in the Old
World has presented a phenomenon in mill.
tary science unprecedented in the annals Of
mankind, q phenomenon that has reversed
ell the traditions of the past as it has disap
pointed all the expectations Of the present.