Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-07

| aEternAl IhLcne.
The powercf this pssslou Is Is s u.ifully
fitustr afr1 n the uig gstical s.Sryt, the fc.
turn of Ulysses from the Siege OF Troy. /
Long years had separated him from his
aAtiyc land !; he had Won reuow and fame /
around the " wsils of lofty ATiiums hs stood |
sseatsL s'noagths ccnauarsnk Hreess
glory y,couM Affect the pafriofs love He
could spurn from his lips the tempting
| food of the lotus tree; SO down through
the region aud shadow of death: pass by
great Girca's palace, whose pleasures fetch |
tbe day rem sun 10 sun, and rock the todl, /
ons year as In delightful dream; mock
the Syrens song brave the perils OF Scylla
aud Chary bdis. and I'll length reject earthly
itmmorlaliiy,s for the sake of home aud
country. even though that country were
but the sandy, deso!ale islc Of Ithics.
L With s ,ch a love and desotion firmly
implanted in every heart, where Is the
/ power that can disappoint The hope Of our
country's glorious destiny.
I Through ala time there has fts,ed in the
/ minds or imaginAtions Of men, SORT Of
! dream land or city Of Utopia. where hu
man government exists in perfection
where power is welded withou, oppres-
sion, and liberty enjoyed. untrafnm led BY
T.
y no iyraat treads, and whose breezes arc
never burdened with the sigh Of the op.
pressed. and where perfect equality is
crowned with perfect lssces Alonk the
highway lcsdins 10 that coveted land, gov.
ernrnen,s from the worlds eArlies. history,
have struggled bat sN along the way
/, side Is sitGwn thick with thc wrecks of
Kingdoms, empires anti republics, bur to
the challenge Of uphg, hay's-its Rate5 tTsF
opened, neither have Is towering walls
!, ever beea scaled. Bat .noa there Comes
along this highway young athlete giant,
on whose brow has lust b EN- sci The mark
, OF one century. sbod with the sxntfais t,t
truth, girGet. about with the panoply OF
: liberty. crowned with victory, and as the
: city, With its glit,eripg dones and golden
spires. rises4n the mellow ethereal light,
J. the challenge is beard, given by the senii-
. mel standing on those pcariy nights, who
/. comes there = ndthe Al aver ii sent back
] from forty million ffee hearts, the repub
Tic Of America. ON whose soil there IL moi
| the tread Of slave, beneath whose starry
! banner no tyrant breathes free. glorious
!. Amefics, strong In the right. And far of
! on those glimmering lights the order Is
: heard, given by the shadowy waichman on
, those lDyihiesl wslls, " lifi high the ever
!. lasting gates and open wide the dooTs, tina,
5 the republic Of America pay come In v
! Music 10y the band f5llewed Judge Ben.
neti's address, when Phil *. Faulk, oi
! designated as historian nl the occasion
. and bc gave 10 the audience the following
r skelca of the battle ot + Henry:
4 rHlI. q. rArLK's Address
The fist aof Mr.. Faulk's address
was sketch Of the battle OF Et. Hen
q 1=ry aud as TIC pubic . familiar with
that contest, and as we are unable L
present tho entire ad1rrss, wc omit i
giving the closing pages Of his enter
J tainlng paper.
: can scarccly refrain from occupy
j ing more OF your time by referring L
n my own personal experience in som,
e of the bloodiest ba.slcs ioneht by th,
u army OF the i E otpnac. 1ulg II II sste,eal
e, of wearisome marches By aar rssaa,
+ might, sometimes. unceasingly pelssd
: by chilling rain drops, and agail
= swci,ering beneath the burning ray
+ Of southern sun. | can remembe
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