The union Democrat., 1871-02-25
NUMBER 3S.

'vast herds of buffalo" aud immense ields
of rica wheat lands"
Here the hammer fell.l
MANY cries "Go on "Go on r'l
The Speaker. Is there objection to the
gentleman from Kentucky continuing his re-
marks? The Chair hears noLe. The gen.
tleman viii proceed.
MIR. Knott. | was remarkiug, sir, anon
these vast ''wheat fields" represented on this
map in the immediate neighborhood of the buff
taloes and the Piegans. and was about to say
that the idea of there being these immense
wheat fields in the very heart of the wilder
ness, hundreds and hundreds of miles beyend
the utmost verge Of civilization, may appear
to some gentlemen as rather Homogeneous. Rs
rather too great strain on the "blankets"
OF veracity. But to my mind there is no diff
heuity In the matter whatever. The phe-
nomenon is very easily accounted for. 1t is
evident. sir, that the Piegans sowed that
wheat there end rlowed il in with buffalo
bulls. (Great lanehterl Now, sir, this for
tunate combination Of huffaloes and Piegans,
considering their relative positions to each
other and 10 Duluth, a. thew are arranged on
this map, satisfies me that Duluth is destined
to he the beef market of the world.
Here, you will observe, (pointing 10 the
Wdpl dfc tue tUUAiOSS, UlFeCttV NeIWeen the
Pipgans and Duluth, and here right on the
road TO Duluth are the Creeks. Now, sir,
when the huffaloes are sufficiently fat from
grazing on those immense wheat fields you
see it will be the easiest thing in the world
for the Piegans to drive them on down, stav
all night with their friends, the Creeks, and
90 to Drluth in the morning. (Great laugh
teri / think / see them now. sir, q vast
herd of butfaloes, with their heads down,
their eyes glazing, their nostris dilated, their
tongues out, and their tails curled over their
backs, tearing along toward Duluth, with
about a Thousand Piegans on their grass-bel-
lied ponies, yelling at their heels A.! (Great
laughter. On they come And as they
sweep past the Creeks they join in the chase,
and away they all go, yelling. believing, rip
ping, and tearing along amid clouds Of dust,
until the last buffalo is safely penned in the
stock-yards of Duluth ! (Shouts of laughter
Sir, might stand here for hours and hours,
and expatiate with rapture upon the gorge.
Gus prospects of Duluth. as depicted upon
this map. But human life is too short and
the time OF this House far too valuable to al
low me to Finger longer upon this delightful
theme. tLaughter.) think every gentle
man on this floor is as well satisfied as | am
that Duluth is destined to become the COM
mercial metropolis of the universe. and that
this road should be built at once I am fully
persuaded that no patriotic Representative
OF the American people, who has a proper
appreciation of the associated glories of Du-
luth and the St. Croix. will hesitate a mo-
ment to say that every able-bodied female in
the land between the ages Of eighteen and
forty-fve who is in favor of "women's
rights" should be drafted and set to work
upon this great work without delay. (Roars
of laughter.) Nevertheless. sir, it grieves
my very soul to he compelled to say that
cannot vote for the grant of lands provided
for in this bill.
All ! sir, you can have no conception Of the
poignancy Of my anguish that | am deprived
of that blessed privilege (Laughter.) There
are two insuperable obstacles in the wav. In
the first place my constituents, for whom
am acting here, have no more interest in this
road than they have in tie great question of
culinary taste now perhaps agitating the pub
lie mind of Dominica, as to whether the illus
| trions commissioners who recently left this
| capital for that free and enlightened republic
would he better fricasseed, boiled. or roasted,
tgreat iaughter;) and in the second place these
lands. which am asked to give away. alas,
are not mine to bestow Ny relation to
them is simply that Of trustee to an express
trust. And shall ever betray that trust :?
Never, sir Rather perish Duluth +! (Shouts
of laughter.) Perish the paragon of cities :,
Rather let the freezing cylones of the bleak
Northwest bury it forever beneath the eddy
ing sands of the raging st. Crox! Great
laughter.