The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-13

lind welcome which one received when he
lsked, Can stay all night?" Eyes, l
'eckon so" That in a more cultivated
country would have been a repulse, and
he man would have gone Oh. But he who
NEW these people knew that whatever
hey had was to be freely given, I'D one
would have been voted boor-as unwOr-
by the country in which he Gved-who
would have charged stranger for the use
If bed. That was
THE DAY WHEN HERoICMEN
md heroic women occupied the land
They were the mothers who gave the
stamp to the present generation of wives
md daughters-women, who, if they wore
no other crown, wore that brightest of
eweis, virtuous modesty. Happy it is
hat their daughters in preserving the
crown of their mothers have added to it
the cultivation of higher civilization
without descending to those vices that be-
ong to more artificial life. Who, for in
stance, would have thought that the wife
IF Daniel Boone would have put water in
the milk, or sand in the sugar, and who
would have expected the wife of Daniel
Boone to spend days on gauzy labor in
view Of some dance in which she was to
Theirs were lives of care
and toll, of intensity, of sacrifices, of do
nestle felicity, devotion to family and
friends; and on this root have you grated
the population which | now see before me.
1t is now Lmore than 40 years since
1 first knew the neighborhoOd in which
you live, and happy am | indeed to see
this large concourse and to know that
PEACE AND PLENTY,
content and happiness, reign among you,
and | trust in the name Of all that is good
and great this is to be yours forever.
Cheers.
i have come, my friends, not to discuss
with you any of those vexed questions,
which have agitated the country, and still
may disturb the minds of a certain portion
of the people. have come to you to rise
to higher plane, and if there still be
those in whose hearts
MALICE AND HATE
and all uncharitableness disturb their
judgment, let us Withdraw from such and
pass over to the other side. We are sit
ting in the shade of brotherly love; we can
confer together as to which will best con-
duce to the prosperity and permanent well
fare OF ourselves and posterity.
Dorv, bo 1,oIlo1, &c @bo
having lived in the valley of the Mississip
pi, having served, except when in for.
eign country, as soldier in the Mississip
pi valley, it is dear to me through all its
length and breadth, and hither have
looked with anxious hope to that great de.
velopment of which believed our country
capable; and though it may not be mine
ever to ascend the height from which
can see the promised land, yet dying.
will trust you are to cross the politiea
Jordan and rest forever in the haven OIL
prosperity and happiness. [Applause.l
AGRICULTURE
is the great pursuit of our people. Agri
culture was the first, and l hold it to bt
the highest occupation of MAD. When tn,
Lord made the heavens and the earth, ant
looked upon them and saw they wer
good, and when he caused rain to descend
upon the land, fragrance grateful to hin
rose from it, yet he looked around ant
| 10! there was no man to till the ground; S
the last of creation was the agriculture
man, as the best of the creation was tn
woman who was to be help meet fo
that agricultural man.
| BIT let us not vaunt ourselves, W
| farmers-for that has been my occupatio
when was not a soldier-I say let us nc
vaunt ourselves and say that others are c
no use to US. 1t is as if the hand woul
say to tie foot Il have no need Of the
The mechanic arts, commerce and the liz
eral professions all go hand in hand to al
the farmer in the progress of his work.
is true that from the soil comes every il
crement to the wealth of the world; fro
that soil is produced everything, l sa,
which adds to the absolute wealth of ii
world, But the mechanic arts greatly i
crease the value of the raw material whi(
| is produced from the soil; merchants e
= change the products of one country al
another, and by the aid of favoring marke
still further increase the value of tho
. things which our country produces. Al
) thus it is that the mechanic arts and COZ
! merce come in aid to the farmers, al
/ even the lawyer aud the doctor, who '
Y never desire to see. The doctor himself
n necessary to help the farmer in the hou
0 of his sickness. All these things are co
e tributory, and still we look up to heav
t and down to the earth that our Great
@ made and we bless him tor those thin
i with which he has endowed US and graf
o fully recognize the happy condition
!. which we live.
: THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI
: is peculiar in many of its characteristic
, 1t has climate different from most 9th
y countries, and favored above all othe
c within my knowledge The Gulf of Me
: leo, which lies just below, is seethi
+ cauldron under the equatorial sun, fro
which rise the vapors which drift into L
great aerial currents of the world, fioati
to the north and northeast, and bringi
e to you those genial showers which ma
] your crops almost certain, and if they
!, sometimes visit you, as this year. with t
u much rain, how much more happy a
D you than those who have to depend up
9 wells and windmills and upon irrigatiu
!! and other processes to insure their CROP
u An agricultural man, in a soil and china
e favored as yours, has many advantag
{ over any other occupation, for while
/ sleeps the elements work for him; the {
) is contributing its aid; the earth is havi
Q its Utmost resources to facilitate the pl
d ducts which human labor begets from t
Q land. And though would not have y