The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-04-12

Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed
with perfume,
Wax faint DER the gardens of Gul in her
bloom;
Where The citron and olive are fairess of
fruit,
And the voice Of the nightingale never is
mute;
Where the tints Of the earth and the hues
Of the sky,
In color though varied, in beauty may 7ie:"
(Laughter.)
AS to the commercial resources
of Duluth, sir, they are simply IL
limitablc and inexhaustible, as is
shown BY this map. I see it
stated here that there is a vast
scope Of territory, embracing an
area Of over two million square
miles, rich in every element Of ma
tcrial wealth and commercial pros
peritv. all tributary to Duluth.
Look at it, sir. (pointing to map).
Here are inexbaustible mines Of
gold, immcasurable veins Of silver,
impenetrable depths of boundless
forest, vast coal-measures, wide,
extended plains of richest pastu-
rage, all embraced in this vast
territory, which must, in the very
nature Of things. empty the un-
told treasures Of its commerce in
to the lapiof Duluth. (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
enterprising inhabitants of Duluth
intend some day to enclose it all
in one vast corral, so that its CON-
merce will be bound to 90 there
whether it sould or not? (Grcat
laughter.) And here, sir, (still
pointing to the map), find within
u convenient distance the Piegsn
Indians, which Of all the many &C.
cessories to the glory of Duluth, l
consider by far the most incstima-
bic. For, sir, l have been told
that when the smallpox breaks
out among the women and chill
dren Of that famous tribe, as it
sometimes does, they afford the
finest subjects in the world for the
strstegicai experiments Of any en-
tcrprising military hero who de-
sires to improve himself in the no.
bic art of war (laughter); espe-
cialiy fc- any valiant lieutenant
general whose
''Trenchsnt blade, Toledo tru,ty,
For want OF fighting has srow1 rusty.
4 .I ---.- :...u t'7m>Sir Ior TACK
OF somebody 10 hew and hack"
(Laughter)
Sir, the great conflict now ra-
ging ir the Old World has pre-
sented a phenomenon IN military
science unprecedented in the an
nails Of mankind, q phenomenon
that has reserved all the traditions
of the past as it has disappointed
all the expectations of,he present.
A great and wariike people, re-
nowned alike for their skill and
valor, have been swept away be-
fore the triumphant advance of
an inferior foe: like autumn stub
bic before a hurricane oftire. For
aught l know the next fash Of
Of electric fire that shimmers along
the ocean cable may tell us that
Paris, with every fibre quivcring
with the agony of impotent des-
pair, writhes beneath the con,
qucring heel Of her loathed in
vadcr. Ere another moon shall
wax and wane tho brightest star
in the galaxy Of nations may fall
from the zenith of hcr glory never
to rise again. Ere the modest
v!olets Of early spring shall ope
their beauteous eyes the genius Of
civilization may chaunt the wall
ing requiem Of the proudest nation
ality the world has ever seen, as
she scatters her withcrcd and
! tear M molstened lilies DER the bloody
tomb of butchered France. But,
| sir, I wish to ask if you honestly
and candidly believe that the
Dutch would have ever oyerruu
tho French in that kind Of style if
General Sheridan had not gone
over there and told King William
and Won Moltke how be had man
aged to whip the Piegan Indians.
| (Groat laasht0r,)
And horc, sir, recurring to this
map, l find in tho immediate vicin-
ity Of the Piegans vast herds OF
buffalo" and "inmense fields OF rich
wheat lands"
(Here the hammer telD
MANY cries: $50 on!' SEQ
on !")
The Spcakcr-Is thero objection
to the gentleman from Kentucky
continuing his remarks ? The
chair hears none. The gentleman
will proceed.
Mr.. Knott was remarking.
sir, upon these vast "whcat fields"
represented on this map in the
immediate ncishborhood Of the
! butfaloes and the Piegans, and was
about to say that the idea Of
there being these immense wheat
fields in the very heart Of a wild
crness, hundreds and hundreds of
miles beyond the utmost verge of