The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-17
ASA CHRISTIAN WARRIOR
New ORLEANS, Jan. 10, 1875.
Editor OF the New Orleans Bulletin:

Edtor OF the New Orleans Bulletin:
Dear Sa-Enclosed you will find printed e,
tract from speech of Hon. j. Proctor Knott @
Kentucky, delivered in the House of Represents
tlves on the st. Croix and Superior Land Gran
SWlndle Jan. ~, 1871.
The whole speech is rich, rare and racv, bu
believing you nave not tn space to spare, t hop
ior the 1eneht OF your Banditti readers you will
insert at least that portion extolling the Christian
and chivalrous deeds of our dictator's mos
| heroic warrior and illustrious Disciple of truth
whose gifted and sublime words 'sI'm not afraid
Will ever live IN the memory of his countrymen.
| CHG
| Look at it, sir [pointing to the mapl. Do not
| you see from these broad, brown lines drawn
around this immense territory, that the enter.
prlsln9 inhabitants of Duluth intend some dav
to lnclose 1t all In one vast corral so that its COM
| merce will be bound to go there whether it would
pointing to the map], find within a convenient
distance the Piegan Indians, which. of all the
many accessories to the glory of Duluth. / con-
| slder by far the most inestimable For, sir. l
have been told that when the small. pox breaks
out among the women and children OF that "a
nous tribe, as it sometimes does thew afford the
finest subjects in the world for the strategical ex
periments OF any enterprising military hero who
desires to improve himself in the noble art of
war [laughter]; especially for any valiant lien
tenant-general whose
"Trenchant blade Toledo trusty.
For want Of fighting has grown rusty.
And cuts itself for lack
OF some body to hew and hack"
tGreat laughter.J
hlr, the great conflict now raging in the Old
World had presented phenomenon in military
science unprecedented in the annals of mankind
a phenomenon that has reversed all the tradi.
lions OF the past and has disappointed all the
expectations Of the present great and war.
IKE people, renowned alike for their skill and
valor, have been swept away before the TRIUMPH
advance n inf f,o ;1-oc
Die before hurricane OF fire. For aught know.
the next flash of electric fire that shimmers alon.
the ocean cable may tell US that Paris, with every
fibre quivering with the agony of impotent de-
spar, Wrlthes beneath the conquering heel of
her loathed invader.
Ere another moon shall wax and wane. the
brightest star in the galaxy of nations may fall
from the zenith of her glory never to rice again.
Ere the modest violets Of early spring shall ope
their beauteous eyes, the genius Of civilization
may chant the waiting requiem of the proudest
nationality the world has seen, as She scat
ters her withered and tear-molstened lilies DER
the bloody tomb of butchered France. Bot, sir,
!: wish to ask II you honestly and candidly be-
lleve that the Dutch would have ever overrun the
Fren h in that kind Of style if General Sheridan
had not gone over there and told King William
and Won Moltke how he had managed to whip the |
Plegan Indians? [Great laughter.]
And here, Sir, recurring to this map, I find in |
he immediate vicinity of the Piegans, ''vast
lerds of buffalo" and Immense fields of rich
wheat lands.'
Here the hammer fell
MANY cries !: go on" $50 on!"1
The Speakers there objection 70 the gentle
nan from Kentucky continuing his remarks
The Chair heard none. The gentleman will pro-
eed.
Mr.. Knott Il was remsrking, sir, upon
hese vast wheat fields" represented on
his map in the immediate neighborhood of
he buffaloes and the Piegans, and was
bout to saw that the idea Of there being
hese immense wheat fields in the very heart Of
wilderness, hundreds and hundreds of miles {
eyond the utmost verge of civilization, may an.
ear to some gentlemen as rather incongraous, {
rather too great strain on the BLANKETS of
eracity. But to my mind there is no difficulty c
| the matter whatever. The phenomenon is t
cry easily accou ted for It is evident sir. that
ne Piegans sowed that wheat there and plowed p
in with buffalo bulls. [Great laughter Now. T.
+, this fortunate combination OF buffaloes and y
iegans, considering their relative positions to u
lch other and to Duluth, as they are arranged
, this map, satisfies me that Duluth is destined
be the beef market of the world