The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-07-14

out more than twelve bound books q
minute, for every working minute Of the
year. an indication of the reading matter
actually demanded and paid for by the
American people. And who shall say that
this influence, backed by the teaching OF
Gods word shall not hasten the time when
nations shall learn war 10 more, when the
glorious day shall dawn and the sun shall
Shine npon the nations bound together in
immortal wedlocl1 and united in the bonds
Of universal brotherhood.
We distinctly rccollect when attending
school in our boyhood days, being taught
that all the land west of the Missouri was
a barron, sandy plain, unfit for agricultural
purposes. It was marked upon our geog-
raphy as the Great American Desert, while
the country the farther side of the Desert,
known as the Rocky Mountains, was q
"howling Wilderness" filed with wild
beasts and trcachcr0us Indians, through
which. with fnw exceptions the foot OF
the white man had never trod. But to-day
the scales have fallen from the eyes of the
nation as they sec the Desert blossoming
as the rose while the howlilg wilderness
of the Rocky Mountains is known as the
great treasure house OF the nation, if not Of
the world-and this is our home.
The Territory Of Montana has a popula-
tion OF 20 900 earnest, industl ious, thrifty
inhabitants, who have but just commenced
to oDen the storehOuses of wealth, and
pour it's riches from the gold, silver, lead,
copper and iron mines into the lap OF the
nation. Blest with fertile valleys and
plains, and with a climate as mid as many
Of the eastern States, with agricultural
| and mineral resources inexhaustable, VIC
believe our Territory alone, with its 49,,
| 776 square miles, is to-day capable of sps-
| tanning 5,0O0 coo of people. Our Terrific
rial exports last year amounting to S4,500,-
900 is to the nation, like NOah's dove
returning with the leaf, a harbinger, that
| here the inhabitants of the oyer-crowded
cities Of Europe and the East may come
and find for themselves fortunes, homes
and happiness.
| Looking back at the immense strides Of
| the nation during tho past century, our
minds are overwhelmed with the thought
Of the rapidity Of its growth, and the vast
ness Of its territory. Using the facts Of
the past as basis, we might allow our
/ imaginations to picture America one hum
| dred years hence and although subsequent
/ facts should prove the conception correct,
| our declaration might meet the same
accusation that met Daniel Webster, who
i in a speech delivered at New York City in
| 1888, said in two hundred years Broadway,
| lined with buildings, would be one contin-
uous street, reaching from Castle Garden
| to Albany: they declared him to be 2n
enthusiast and visionary. As we see the
| Improvement OF the East, and wonderful
growth Of the West, we GO not think we
shall be charged with fanaticism in declar-
| inc that before Webster's two hundred
years shall expire Montana, admitted as s.
| State, shall have cities alone containing a
! population Of millions with railroads run
| hsnc through the length and breadth Of her
border; carrying the products from her
prolific soil and minerals from her mines
to aid tho manufactures of the world, while
an endless throng Of travellers from Europe,
| Asia and Africa. shall visit her far-famed
geysers, for the Yellowstone shall then be
the Long Branch, Saratoga, or Newport of
America. Passing from thence IN their
way to tho Pacific, riding in comfortable
palace cars, amid fertile valleys, surrounded
by mountains whose peaks point toward
the heaven their ancestors have gained,
they shall as passing be entranced with the
scenery and enrapturcd with the landscape
that is constantly unfolding itself to their
view, and overwhelmed by the grandeur,
and the evidences of the power and might
Of God, as seen in his creations will bow
their heads in alteration and awe, declaring,
half had not been told them I'll tb33
midst of their meditations the train glides
into q city teeming with life, while
thousands upon thousands 20 back and
forth over its well paved and lighted streets
Buildings of gigantic proportions used il
carrying forward the trade OF this pre-
eminent business mart of the northwest,
rise up to greet the beholdcr, while palatial
;,. +I,o
buildings Of Fifth avenue, Chestnut street
or Wabash avenue, during 1876, are found
on almost every thOr0ughtaro. Astonnded
st the n,agnifcence and extent Of the city
into which the traveller has come, be inquiries
Of his fellow passenger its name, but before
he has time toreply, the brakeman thrustS
his head into the door and answers Iii
question by crying out, {" Deer Lodge
twenty minutes for refreshments !" Reas
oning from analogy there is no greater
falIaey in this imagery, than in Webste
making his declaration, for events are
proving the truth of his assertion, as il
goes forward to p sure and certain fulfill
ment. For
Nobjeg, freer, ana more glorious,
Shall the future union be:
Ger the dc=poI's rcd victorious,
All the lands IDS strength shall sec.
North and South in one dominion,
One in Freedom eYermOFn,
Der one land on loving plnion,
Shall the lOday eagle soar:
r Northern lake and Southern harb1F,
Cotton fed ma prairie wide,
SciSi le slope and green wood aibOF
All snail boast the Unions pride.
Contrasting fhe condition Of the cQartr
to-day with tls years that are past, wei
may VIC e& lain, f'What hath, 60
wrought? ?" But q few centuries ago on
forefatherS. bowed by oppression, kne'
not whl!, to flee, for they realized tn
[ truth That
= Mans nhumaIity to man
aIlkes countless millions mourn"
Tht stood meath the despot's flag wit
: hearts heayy and disconsolate, and sa'
! their children living only to be serfs tillin
! the soil that others might reap the fruit Q
: their labor, and dying, not permitted {
own the soil in which the body of the
,, loved ones should moulder to dust.
For ages the poor Of the Old World wer
= made to feel the heel Of the tyrant. Fo
:. centuries their cries and groans ascende
> to heaven, until at last the yoke wa
: broken, and shaking off the shackles tha
! bound them, they were enabled to gree
q tho new home, and enter it as joytully A
:, the children Of Israel entered the Promise
: Land Then, after lapse of years, th
= hand was raised TO enslave and make the
: new home a land Of bondage. But the a
: of America waited Freedom upon ever
:, breeze. and to be free became one of tt
f first principles of their societies and tt
= equality of all men before the law, I'll
foundation of all their liberties. Neve
: never while life lasted, would they agai
= submit to tyranny and uniting their all
!, one common cause against the oppresso
y they continued the struggle till the nan
= America became synonymous with freedo
- the world over. Its glad song soundt
:, = upon the ears Of the hardy soIs of Il
= North, fuding al echo amid the tropics
= r the South; greeting the sun with its syn
= phonies rs it rises in the East, while
music salutes the ear ass8ike sweet vespe
r. of praise it is sung by those of the Yves
- TIL now at last, after the clouds and mis-
:. :. of years have rolled away, and the sun
= = peace and unity shines upon oUg Cantenni
y Anniversary, the whole world rises up
= sing the doxology to the glory of God n
. The honor of the land.