Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-07-20

districts, and the citizens OF Lincoln need
not apprehend any danger of infection
from any of our crowd. These boundless
prairies will never be settled without rail-
roads. Nebraska is doing well in this di-
rection. A few years ago it was looked
upon as a journey ofmonths to go to Ne
braska; "a hours brought US from Chica-
go to Lincoln. 1t is so wonderful that
can hardly express my astonishment /
took particular pains this morning, it be-
ing the first time l ever hooked on Ne
braska soil, to look at the country, and
expressed myself to several of the excur-
sionists, that as far as could discover, the
soil was much superior to- that of Illinois
or Iowa.
Our excursionists have but one opinion
of the cordial welcome we have received
it is felt very deeply in our hearts. If
we ever have theopportunity of returning
a like favor, we will try to rcciprocate.
Railroad" ds"-Responded to b. Colonel
Abel, of Atchison, Kansas
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
l did not before imagine that Judge Kin
ney was an enemy ofmine; heretofore We
have been regarded as friends
Col. Coleman, the editor. of an agricul
tural paper in st. Louis, lately admitted
that Kansas was the best country except
Missouri. Now l admit that Nebraska is
a very fine State except Kansas. Gentle
men, you will find that Nebraska and
Kansas are as mnch alive to railroad in
terests, as Illinois, and other eastern
States We have country unequalled
by any in the world, and railroads are
spreading all over her prairies.
"The Vice President of the United
States!'-Responded to by A. Beall, of
the South Bend Ind, Register.
Mr.. Beall spoke as follows: Mr.. Presi-
dent, Ladies and Gentlemen Had l had
sufficient notice given me that | was to
speak on this occasion, should have con-
sidered myself incompetent to respond to
this toast. from the fact of the subject be-
ing S" great so good, so honest, so up
right. so unseltiish man rs Schuyler Col
fax, of Indiana [Deafening Cheers.1 l
am incapable of interesting you, because,
like Abraham Lincoln, whose portrait
hangs here on my left, and like George
Washington, on my right, every woman,
man and child of this broad country of
ours, knows almost all about him. knows
as much about him ~ do He is now at
home in South Bend: is rapidly recover
ing his health, and hopes soon again TO
be able for whatever public duty it may
be his lot to perform; and, while not in
possession of AS strong a constitution a.
before, he is ready again, with his large
willing heart TO serve the people as he
fore.
In conclusion, let me say that the man
who is SO universally admired by the peo-
pie; the man who is SO well acquainted
with their interests, and who has always
served them faithfully, ought to serve
them in the Presidential chair. [Cheers
THE Victories of Peacc"-Rcsponded
to by Gen. G. L. Henderson.
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
We have been told. by a wise observer,
that Peace has its victories as well as
war, and that the victories of peace are
greater than those of war" These are the
words of truthful wisdom; they are great
er in the highest sense of true greatness.
War mains and wounds. Peace heals
and replaces. War destroys; peace con
structs. Grim visaged war;" with his
weapons Of destructive power, leaves in
his path the burning home, the agony of
dying humanity, the tears of the bereft
These are his victories. Meek faced
peace, with her implements of repairing
labor, follows. rebuilding the torch lit
home, drying the bitter tears and making
happiness where late was all the horrors
of despair. War strewed the bloody fields
of Austerlitz and Narengo with its ghast-
ly debris, and its shattered spoils. Peace
takes the broken material and constructs
that noble work of art, the column Ven
dome" complimenting her co-victors by
placing on its dizzy heighth the statue of
wars chief captain.
Who can recount or classify the victo-
ries of pcaces She has organized the
schools to build the foundations for the
manly structure that her chiefest victory,
a free and impartial press, shall do so
much to ornament and adOrn.
She builds our railroads, not the least
of whose missions is to permit such fra
terniZation as this We now enjoy. That
telegraph that carries to your friends in
the east, the tidings of IA western welcome
to you. gentlemen of the press. is the work
of her hands. Upon her fair shoulders
rest the security and inviolability of our
homes, our rights, social and political, and
all that renders life enjoyable and our hap
piness complete.
Then may grim visaged war" forever
smooth his wrinkled front" and may We
ever bask in the beams of the divine face
of peace whose brightest rays revivify and
bless. Hail! all hail. gentle peace
Loud applause.
"The Future" Responded TO by DR..
F. b. Thomas.
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen
1 will not, cannot speak with the histo-
ry of the past, with panoramic view OF
the past thirty years. Who is there here
tonight that can speak of the future
Thirty-five years ago, when boy in our
own Indiana, thought stood upon the
outskirts of civilization. Illinois, it is
true, Joined our own State, but We
thought ourselves i'm the far west. We
little thought, then, of your beautiful land.
We had heard nothing Of Nebraska. This
was only few days, few months, few
years ago, and civilization has advanced
until we find ourselves here tO-nirht in