The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-03-12

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Nh. sPzAkzR:-The best legacy @hah
We can le.ye ID postesityEis-sn abundant.
store of Mental and Morst wealth.
>. ;. "Riches take to themselves wing4 and
fee away" Fortune is tickle go@dsbs,
aud TOO often .lllres but to betr.y |those
who put their trust in her uncertain fireis.
>Butsmind is imperish.ble, and it rulea the
universe. ~EXsn the wealth for which, We
struggle, ana Which We 10 Il much cov@E III
product Of the human brain. It II oily
where cultivated, mind I'D found tRst
riches abound. aetfouis@tu fiat
weaNA nsQducing I'D wealth cons {r1ing
pqaeIsekSs world. ] tits the ohetRfst
defence Of nations, whether against inter
nal connections or external enemiea II
has been truly affirmed that if We retreaek
sthe rsges of the school 1p1Hrf uasA
sthoss Of the I<cr5lans 2etgsans
and the officers of Justice. Ignorance and
Poverty are; twin sisters, rass they afe tbff
twin cufsesuf socie md the twin mothers
Of vice, .pauperism and crime.
As legislators, therefore, and as men. ii
is our first duty Il, diminish ignQrapqe, by
doing iii that within Us lies to enlarge the
domain Of intelligence and virtue. =, .
= We who are here assembled a, u the.
representatives Of free people, mqst soon
pass sway rhe places which now ~ khow
us will ere long know us no more. These
halls will echo to the tread Of other fleet
than ours. Can We forget that our snee1,
oessors, IS wen as ourselves, and. those He
represent, have tie deepest interest In
se;l e. /: .;t:. T. q :s.sa sE .,e!!.| CT e.;
men il: largely dependent upon the wisdom
or the folly bits predecessors for the bless
ings d the enlses, the glory or the shame,
with which 1t is visited' Do we not hear!
today of burdens and evil. TOO grisvou.s i g To-
b. bornei ! fszt,
Whsnce comes this demand for reform
in abuses, whence this outcry against tie
expressions Of gigantic lmonopolies, But
from the errors and the follses ofthe part
Who has given to- these oppressors!. !.thslzs
almost unrestricted poaer.:H Whahas con-.
ferred upon them their vast landed endew,
msnts l. Who has neglected, With that
wise foresighttx which: should seysr+ eharac.
tedze all acta Of legie lation, to place proper
Limitations upon the exercise q, the psiti-
leges which these corporations now ehpley
to the injury oftheir benefactors; the ssov.
ereign people Of this commonwealth ! La =
,:Mr. Speaker, no man on fhin 1oora can.
deny thatthesez svia,tii they lit M
the logical results or un@issSlss sas1aHoa In
the past. The proposition needs but 10
tse enpnciated to bs.aeeepted ~ true. IN
IhsH haste to become iich, In their over,
:weeuins anxiety to stimulate the m.tesiai
d1sysalsnt Of the State, onf prsdsceasors;s'
Z sssnge want Of foresight, have
i1tsed 1aso being power In the staE
za1ich thfestens to be greater than th4tof
ths, stat&tself, and which .thus;tar t.ha
bafhed IN our efforts to restrain and con.
troll in the interests of the constituentl
whom we represent. t. 4, <4... s..a
The stubborn fact, therefore, is, hat;Ne
stand here e this hour, ina large selse.
the victims Of the unwise and hasty action
Of our predecessors in Office. By their: H.
snuence and BY their, ,totes, they gave; ;sM.lsY
millions of our ''broad acres" in the intsrS
ests ifhuge monopolies They cast fhia
rich patrimony into, the: oeasrs q fS,the
"mammon = ~unrighteousneasg.. without
those checks and balances 30 necessAfyae'
the protection ofthose who were to follow
them I make bold, therefore. to pro-
pound the question. !: lk ..., big. i ;arS :
should not learn wisdom from thsmisf
those who h.1e sone aanssi ,'si as,a iiit,si ia M
the exercise of swisss ',dtt ali sisaas
lies in our powsrs!for tbs bsns1t sahd hi &
blessing tsfiy, i 7..a1s,s ;;a.a = s..a :
Scattered all T.; oysr Z ,ouu j s1ppn u ne i.isiss
We have mora than three ;thousaal' Ga1fm,y
mon schools, 'l op'lnss eolissmas @ IL 81 ! Issds
tnasses q The people. md ths1 ate tnpssaa q;
ing in number q The rate Il nnors. taa,E EiNss iNNHss
hundred annpa1 ,';susn ~ u sf6sa, SD, Ii.oss ;s1
than ninsteen!t twenttstbs ef aifths 6hifdreSS
in ths sfate,s thropsh.sil tim, m Il "a. !. rhIi
must epend foE tba iAa,ent.l "A MAC a. moral
ttainingso needfdf % IT. hthsrr ffof CON. com.