New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-19
mar THE SPEECH AT WINNEBAGO
WAS.

sgard to the invitation of the Winnie
., county agricultural fair to Mr.. JEFF
Ison Davis to deliver the annual address,
consequent newspaper discussion and
ieclination following it has ceased. 1t
ms to have been q mistake on every
If Mr.. Davis had gone to Rockford
could have endeavored to interest his
ttors with the result of his years of
~ and experience, and would have
nothing to offend any of them.
Z ht the result of the contretemps has
an address from statesman and
1om leader that should remove any re-
d Hon James r. Doolittle delivered
address, and for pure patriotism, care
study and conspicuous perception it is
i f the marvelS of this decade. In it
hscusses water routes, railways, pure
tons and household suffrage. His
s.h is too long for entire reproduction,
80 good that is is difficult to separate
portion.
pi.hy comparison between the failure
Tashington in connecting the Chesa-
e with the Ohio, and the success of
ion in uniting the Hudson with Lake
the foremost among the friends of
Up transportation" opens his argu-
/. New York, with half the popula-
T Of Virginia, uncnainea ner LABOR;
mia kept hers shackled and clung TO
n.y. and her population is only a
iof that of the Empire State. The
Of slavery in New York and the COM
in of the Erie canal both occurred
It 1926. The prediction of Clinton,
Ave stood upon the banks of little
iy stream they call Chicago, and.
there, | stood upon the ground
1, within forty years, there will be
aa hundred thousand inhabitants,
hys was based on his survey of the
ich country around and the field of
sion, making Chicago the centre of
navigation, was based on water
+ natural and artificial. He did not
of the quadruple lines of steel
the side of his own Erie canal.
go is now the centre of country of |
tus of thousand miles, containing
valleys nearly as rich as the Nile,
anary Of ancient Rome. A beauti-
scription Of the valley of Rock river |
Is.
Eng from this Senator Doolittle says
are topics of great interest to every
and friend Of republican institu-
They are:
F-How shall we secure upon the
4 llghWays OF commerce cheap and |
fanspoltation of heavy prOduc 81
ad-HOw shall We save our republic
l he dangers and frauds of elections as
Fed, especially in large cities.
\ hFst touches our material interests;
d EOnd involves our liberties. The one
& ns the bodies, the other the souls of
iscussing this question the intense
ranism of carrying railroads to
Fes is noted. 1t is said:
j, fe has been as much loss or destruc-
capital to the country, for the pres
hd out in useless rails, in useless
4 and in digging useless holes in
und" as If all that one of them cost.
mad been thrown into the sea.
linen want now is not the silver,
4, or currency, but something to
Foney with. The destruction of
( without returns, in making use
flways, pushed forward by specu-
4 in town lots, railway construction
nd Credit Mobiliers, of which Jay
4 vas leading spirit, brought on
y lnic of 1873. One railroad can do
cheaper than two. The weaker
D Under the control of the stronger,
!, send is monopoly. Great through
\ eheapen Heights to the seaboard.
Ma dozen railway managers. in an
nay confer by telegraph aud raise
esr ra tes at will.
nay fix the price of freights in win
and IN summer 1tp to a certain
!, Beyond that they can not go. But
ne axxya. ht,t Al
em IN summer time! The cheap
!. eutes of the lakes and of the Erie
te aon should be turned once more to ,
! provement of the great water /
Vi s the great regulators of COM
y y Make the Erie canal deeper and
Il let US see the water routes of the
pn opened; the St. Lawrence i'm
NJ 70 that vessels from Liverpool may
I'D Ike Michigan; the canal from the
- !, to the Illinois enlarged to one
ID and sixty feet; the mouths of the .
81 ppi deepened to admit the largest !
d the ocean to ascend to Cairo and a
ad 3; the great ideas of Washington
vi " Fnon realized by the union of the I
d the Ohio and the Chesapeake, ,
Hwha and the James, and the Ten Ii
yed pd the Alabama.
% g the material interests, Senator l.
{ says: y
~ come to graver questions for every :,
o' mind; questions which may in a,
liberties. q
maintain the union of these States
constitution
n maintain republican institutions
AN htesi
ne@ Il
,os discussion is not attempted, but .,
g Qrse contains the following: G
Satem, under the constitution, is a t.
he kne, both national and federal, in m
lly p the United States and the sew. :"
oil are each sovereign. with powers III
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