Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-10

thread their way like ribbons of silver
through every valley, while gushing
springs pour out from the sides Of
the hills and mountains on every
hand. There are many kinds Of valu-
able deposits there, besides gold,
which exists in endless quantitics--such
as gypsum, granite, and other deposits.
The climate is Of even temperature in all
the districts fitted for agricultural pur.
suits. and is suited for the general pro-
duction Of all crops incident to our own
State. Either agriculture, stock-raising,
numbering or mining, can be carried on
TO an unlimited extent, which fact rem.
ders it country quite unlike most other
mineral regions, and hence, it offers the
finest inducements to every branch of in.
dustrious producers. All productions,
for the first, will find ready
market at their own door,
and the enviablc and central
geographical location Of the Hills coun.
try, with its wealth in mineral and other
wonderful resources, must speedily, like
an irresistible magnet, draw the thor
oughfares Of transportation to it from the
old inhabited portions of the country
including the Northern PaciGc-or
rather branch of it. For the reasons
given we expect to see greater rush to
the Black Hills gold regions than to any
yet developed in the history of the coun.
try; because all classes of industry can
safely center there with a full assurance
that their willing hands may readily find
plenty Of profitable employment outside
Of the golden gulchcs.
A Patriotic Speech iO Favor OF the
Centennial.
[spsecl of MIR. Robbins IN. CO. on Centennial
Mr.. CHAIRMAN: In North Carolina
there lives an old man who in 1851 had
six sons just grown up to manhood. At
the first tap OF the drum the six sons
went to the front to fight for the cause of
the South. They did not stop to reason
for them and they went. Most Of them
were over here at the frs. battle Of Ball
Run, and from there to Appomattcx
they followed that bloody and fiery track
of war all the way by Chickahominy,
Fredericksburg, Antietam, Chancellors-
vile, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, Wilder.
ness and Petersburg. There were not
six when they got to Appomattox-there
were but two. Four were sleeping in
their bloody blankets; one at Antietam,
another at Charlottesville, another on
the Chickahominy and another in Ken.
lucky. Two were at Appomattox, battle.
SCARED, to see the flag 60 down forever
which they had followed with such un'
faltering devotion. One of those two
survivors stands here and speaks to you
now, and he says that he has seen enough
ofwar, and wants. peace. lie wants rec
onciliation; he wants good feeling; hi
wants fraternity everywhere in the coun
try. And that is the reason, Mr.. Chair
man, why propose to vote for this bill
because think it's tendency is to prodsc,
that peace which We need. Why hav
we not had it! At Appomattox, Mr.
Chairman, when we were waiting to SEE
whether old "Uncle Robert" was going t.
tell us to charge or to surrender, and die
not know which, went into the it'll,
church which stood close by and Their,
lay large Bible on the stand and opened
it. The words which fell first on my eve
were these, and they seemed prophetic
''Lo, the winter is past; the rain is ovcl
and gone; the flowers appear on tn
eartlE the time of the singing
of birds has come, and thu
voice Of the turtle is heard in on1
land" thought, Mr.. Chairman, it wa.
prophetic. I welcomed it as the hardin
ger of peace. Why is it not peace
Why have we not had peace! The sol
diers fought the great question out will
bayonets and muskets and cannon hut
they have quit fighting. 1t is be-
cause few restless agitators still want
to keep up the fight, and their only
weapons are jaw.tones. Great laugh
ter have no capacity, Mr.. Chairman
to participate in that kind of battle, and
I am opposed to it as an unworthy after
piece to grand drama. want peace
North Carolina, sir, has large inter
est in those glories which are to be cele
brated on the Fourth of July next. LIE,
it not be forgotten that she first spoke
the word independence" at Mecklen
burgh. Let it not be forgotten that sht
shed tho first blood for liberty at Ala
nance. Lett not be forgotten that he,
sons, the mountain men, with the aid Of .
few gallant sons Of Virginia and Soutl
Carolina, turned the tide of the Revolu
ton toward final victory at Kings Noun
tain. And we are coming to the Centen
NAL. Mr.. Chairman, though we are poor
and some of us will come in tears, remem
bering the past. Yet we are coming, tn
sons Of the men Of Kings Mountain, ant
of Guilford, and Of Alamancc, to shak
hands with the men of Brandywine, an,
Bunker Hill, and Monmouth. and restor
peace in this country. 1t has been said
Mr.. Chairman, that the soldiers coul
settle this thing if allowed to do so. Well
that will be good time for them to settl
it. want to 60 there and shake by tn
hand the brave men used to meet on tn
field. I admire them, love them, re
spect and I honor them. o, sir, wit
what reverence stand always by the sol
diers grave, whether he wore the tseray
or the ''blue," because there sleeps ma
who dared to die for his principles. Grea
applause.1 I think of these things, MI
Chairman, without bitterness. bccaus
you cannot tell me that any man died il
vain in that war. This American peopl
Of ours is = money.loving, money.gettin
people, too fond OF merely material inter
ests, too sordid; and it needed the grea
lesson of self sacrifice that it is wortl
while to die for sentiment and for princi
pie. Our dead heroes have taught u
that lesson. Yes, Mr.. Chairman, We ar
coming from Cape Fear and the Able
marie, from the lowlands and the noun
tains. You will hear the bagpipes Of ou
Scotchmcn and the bugles of ou
mountaincers swelling the blast o
the national jubilee. We want t
shake hands with the gallant soldiers 0
the North. We hope to see such greet
ing Of the soldiers and patriots Of tn
North and the South as will show to tn
whole Union that the food.tide of sec
tional hatred has ebbed forever, and tina
it remains no longer to float any freight
age of unholy and unpatriotic ambition
And We want to show to the multitude o
visitors from other nations how invinci
bio We are when the heroes of the blu
and the gray stand together in one CON
mon phalanx of amity and concord
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