The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-09-05

aga 10 lace the dangers ana The din
cifttes Of this new country md 70 make
II q part IL the grs4t natioa, saeh Il
their interest in you, that for the hfst
time In my administration, / suspect
for the inst time in any administration,
has y president undertaken To be absent
that length Of tine without q single
word u CRITICISM, 80 Tar a. ifkh0H.
fDm any paper or man IN tLe eeuntry.
They are glad TO have US come. We
are not Of much use in Washington.
II you 20 out there and assure those
people that we admire what they are
doing, that we want TO do for them
whatever the eastern people a do for
the people that are eonquering this will
derness--if you a assure them Of that,
1t is a good work, and SC ] come from
the nation east Of the mountains TO say
that they wish ynn all 4 God5speed and
God bless the whole Of you. That Is
the feeling, and they wish me TO learn
your wants, your prejudices. yonr feel
ings on public question: and on all
questions that interest you with q view
when / return Of doing what l may In
that place TO crafty you In your rea-
sonAble desire. (Applause.) But In
stead Of making an every day converse
tion am drifting into a speech. That
Is what / do not mean to do. A man
who undertakes tospeak IN the pfesence
OF the locomotive and Of these ladies
that go with US, who will talk all the
time-llaughter)- Nj who under
takes 70 speak under suchcircumstances,
l say. leayesat each place some respeet-
able fragment OF his voice. So without
further talking | simply say TO YOU for
your welcome, for your reception, we
thank You. Asto your condition your
desires, your prospects,. u prayer Is
May God bless you. Great applause
Loud calls were made for Gen. Sher-
man, when President Hayes said that
as Gen. Sherman Had the only set
speech OF the party. he had better be
kept until the last. He then introduced
Hon. Alexander Ramsey. secretary Of
war, who said that the noise in the
crowd was so great that he feared he
couldn't be heard, and ID twas. A pass
ing train also cut of his words SO that
It was impossible to report them. lie
briefly reviewed the history of develop
ment in the west, paid glowing trib-
ute 10 the Union Pacific road; remark
ed that we had plenty Of out-of-doors
with abundant TO build a city Of
the size of Philadelphia He concluded
by telling Ben Wade's story of western
civilization.
Gen. Sherman then appeared respon-
sive to calls and an introduction by
President Hayes, who said that Sher-
man would deliver a set speech. The
general said:
Gentlemen, the president will have
his fun and say l have prepared n
| speech for this occasion. But | have to
say to you that l have nothing OF the
kind and / am going TO be very brief
Indeed, for the carriages are harnessed
here, and / have particularly n four
mule team right behind us TO go up
to the fort, II j had time It would
give me very great pleasure TO speak to
these people, because my memories GOV
er this country before any Of You came
here ut all. Gen. Terry and l estab.
lished the post up here, At that time
1t was o naked part OF the territory-as
absolutely naked as any part between
here and Denver.
: That post and the transportation of
government stores which il oceaAioned
was the foundation Of your ci.y. II
anybody had told me then that within q
hundred years a single house OF your
| city would be built, l would have told
him he was n fool. l did not believe
anybody would live out here Of his own
| choice. Soldiers had 10 Come here be-
cause they could not help themselves.
But / am glad IL has turned out other
wise. Your country Is wealthy In min
erals, and It seems you can occasionally
have a garden (Laughter)-not much,
though. The railroad here which passes
by your door brings to you all the COM
forts Of life; and 1 do not think that in
the whole world there IL y more impor-
tant connectionltitan this Pacific rail-
road, which joins Asia with Europe
through America. We are not yet
done, boys; you are just barely OIL the
threshold OF the future, and IL we can
Keep together-the north and south, the
east and west-there isl no man wise
enough to tell what America is to be-
come.
And l am glad the president has
begun this tour. The people in the
east forget that they were once
remote states; they forget that they had
Indians there once. They think that
every man who lives in Wyoming sleeps
and dreams OF killing Indians. laugh
teri They think you are q cruel,
heartless, unfeeling set Of people. You
are just as good rs their fathers were;
you are doing the same work their
fathers did. You are no more cruel
than they were. There were Indians
here then, but you have showed them TO
one side-some north, some south;
some have gone into the ground. Aud
you have built up here what the In
dams could not have done in ten thou.
sand years. You have corn growing
where the Indians never made corn
grow; you have made wheat grow
where wheat eve grew before. II the
Indian had remained hero to the end OF
time he would never have accomplished
this. 1 say fortune will smile upon you,
because you are making the blossoms
come where once was a heath and o
weed. You are doing Gods work.
You are just as good as the emigrants
In Massachusetts, and when they talk
about your being cruel and inhuman to
the Indian l tell them you are no more
SO to them than to the emigrant. zap
piause,) You are brave men; you are
doing the work Of your God. You are
the pioneers Of civilization. You 90
ahead and face the dangers here.
Therefore l say you are doing the work
OF your country and Of your God, and l