, 1879-05-04


| tice OF God. God is the bourne OF all our pow
| crlessncss Us well as OF all our science.
| | hope, nevertheless, that the documents pub
! lished by me. unuer the auspices Of Congress,
will bear their fruit, ana tliat La Salle Viii 1nd
defenders In Chicago itself, were it .ontY in the
former Minister OF the United States to Paris
| bY whom the prolect o. WT puoNcatlon was PIE
| sented to CongreSs. have been inspired with
| that hope ID noticing that the street In which
you reside Is named ;, after the olseover,-
':Eorth La Sale street." The name ot lhlcago
linked in my mind to similar act Of justice
was lately attempting, gives me still more conf
| dencc.
was seeking in the country OF Caua
! West Indies, when, reaching q place
called Allouvl1c, famous for its great oak. into
which q chapel has been carved, I found myself
amongst large crowd. People had congrcgatcd
! from miles around to witness the WORKING OF
reapcr. Nv coachman stopped and allShted
| to witness atBo the sight Of new machine cut
tinr sheayes with US much regularity and In less
time than twenty mer.
When the reaper got through / perceived. It
was an American who had handled it,. Closer
ail erents it was certainly from Chicago. Ad-
mirabic return OF the things OF this worldl 1T
was from Chicago, discovered by Norman,
that this instrument was coming to try Its quail
tiles at Norman agriculture
But what is still morc worthy Of note is that
the yerv spot where tue machine stopped, and
where had aliebted, va5 the birthplace OF the
nioneer of the West Indies, us found out after
words aftor A lony excurslou ia the country Of
CanY.
Tint co;ncfdence md your presence IN Chi
caoo I reneat r. rive ma strong hones that us-
tce viii be doue to La Snle.
win the CITY OF Chicago erect him statue,
Or viii the Historical Society Of that ctty create
small fund in France, to the memory OF the
lfscoyerer Of Iouisinna' such rs the one mare
SUGGESTED tn the delcqate from Martinique. In
honor Of the piouter Of the West Indies!
This fund. The object OF which is to perpetu-
ate aud TO copsecratc by good action, as well as
bv art or scicuce, the historical souvenirs bind
inc m the ID discovered country- to the land If the
discoyrrer. has achieYcd, within the past ten
wears hannv res,fks far both the West Iudfes
n;u} Eormanfiy. I sinrerely hone the Chicago
H;storical Soc}ctv NAV do The same.
Rut must not trespass upon your time. nor
nroceed further wirhout authorization. 7 shall
only add Jew words to explain nv idea to you.
Il, France little thought Il given to trausaflan-
tic conntr;cs. In ordcr to correct suci, i state
~ thinrs r. = certain ertent, have tl,nuehe Of
craatfn7 frst reofre where narticu1ar attention
,roriU ha nail ~ nrr rcjnfiona with
troneat1.nt;c connrress Normandy hav
inr haen the starring nofnt of the
nrsat French discoveries md colonizations. I
haTa hara' +hnn~h+ ~ naEi1g the Academv of
Pa,a, +ha d;ananaator r ssnnf.annnai nri7es
aoy,ncr,,uo Nnrn,n f1fecoverers nr nfnneers
nraceednSg rh;cl, hrnGs them IN 1irnt first and
v n'en' ,hoae,ti - ~ no+;ans rrh
s.lo .a'' t,sn;, ~; tauea ~ LIZ ~
ha,. uu with +ba wee+ rra,es ond
,,;.t p,an.a paia;, S,Esnan,,,,c shnnfS h ho
ha NIL ,t;,,, e'Eu l,,on tna =" c.,,e ~ Nartt,
America elc- Inls W. sniaclenty e1p.a!n 70
you tnc enu seek through tHe acttoH u tntS