The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10
NO. ~.

beautiful strains of the Sweet Bye and
Bye, that anything had been done but in
accordance with the sentiment of the
song. 1t was there that the mind became
bewildered by the emmensity of the ad-
vancement of the American people, He
could have no doubt in his heart as to
the future development of the Far West.
No fear of the beautiful prairies with
which the west abounds would ever lie
in idleness. He already knew that mag
nificent cities such as art, civilization
and refinement could make were already
built The unbroken prairies that We're
inhabited by the red man and the wild
buffalo were only in recollection. He
knew that magnificent farms finer than
the world previously had dreamed of, lay
before the pillow awaiting the tilling by
the farmer. Palatial houses already
stood upon the extreme edge of our
western border. The treeless prairies OF
Minnesota were becoming thing of the
past. The wild West was soon to be for
gotten. and in it's place was to be found
the Garden of Eden with the flaming
sword removed.
We can't say anymore that the peo-
ping of the Mighty West is thing i'm
possible The boys from the slopes of
the White Mountains and Alleghanies
and industrious men from other local.
ties are out upon the far ''west prairies'.
looking for chances, locating claims,
putting up cabins, buying neglected
places, with the money they dare trust
in the savings bank no longer.
have sprung up, full of hope and life,
where we supposed the antelope, the
gopher and the rattlesnake held undisput-
ed sway. When calmly considered the
growth of power is wonderful. Millions
of bushels float down the stream which
De Soto saw in lonely despair. He saw
then a country that stretched away east
and west from the turbid river, which
now bear the fruits as rich as ever filled
the granaries of the world.
The wildness has been changed into
fruitfulness, and on its bosom rest
thousand happy homes. Here in our
own beautiful State where undisputed
savage sway once supremacy reigned now
blossoms with the richest products OF
the world The intelligence right here
before me, bespeaks the sentiment |
would utter When in contemplation of
of the mighty Announcements the men
tioning of figures would have "A tendency
to confuse, rather than enlighten. We
are aware that nations in foreign lands
are watching as with no little interest.
The agitations of the mighty questions
of Specie Redemption, Capitol and la
Dor are calling forth the severest criti-
cisms. But we are happy to know we
are becoming better acquainted with the
weighty questions, which if agitated on
foreign shores, as here, would have shak-
en- the Monarchies to the very founda-
ton. We must not expect that we are
to reach the perfection OF some idealist
who may have in his brain Locke and
SALISBURY government. We have the
concomitant evils of other nations,
brought to us from other shores.
AS the years go by we are happy to
know we are outgrowing war, intemper-
ance and RIGHTEOUSNESS. Our people are
beginning to learn that our progress does
not consist in trying to Outshine our
neighbors But that it lays more in the
exact Justice of no man cheated and no
man wronged. The progression OF the
people comes through the channel of
virtue. reverence and honesty. Our lead
ers must have these qualities. They
must have the faith of those who are
passed away-a faith in the eternal JUS
tice of right over wrong.
We shall find that the greatest age
will be the enlightened age. and if we as
true American people love happiness
above all the requirements OF a nation,
then our highest aims will lead us that
way. We owe this mighty progression
of ours to our enlightenment and refine
ment, and this is brought on by increas-
ing intelligence. We shall find that
whenever or wherever bodies meet for
deliberation there is where the trained
intellect will always master. lntelli-
gence has scattered far and wide the
sparks of genius. Books and pamphlets
are the cannon balls of the coming man.
They are to be moulded alike by the
Farmer and the Mechanic. the Merchant
and the citizen, but, loaded with firery
thoughts, which shall burst in the sides
of every structure, political or social, that
may be resting on rotten foundation.
For in knowledge as in all other things
the two great principles of good AID evil
maintain their eternal warfare. But I'M
like the contests of other things, victory
rox,or 20 lie RI abide with the truth