The weekly review., 1881-04-16
THE MEMBER FROM CAT
FISH.
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WOOd- Yard.

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Wood Yard.
Bv some oversight of the Public Prin-
ter, the following speech, made at the
last session of Congress by Territorial
delegate, was omitted from the Record ::
"MR. SPEAKER 1t will not astonlsh
me to see the gentlemen on the other
side attempt to tilibuster on this queS-
tion but let me tell them, sir, that the
people who sleep III the glowing Gush OF
the setting sun are gazing with glstenlng
orbs on the fate of this measure. me
neonle of the East may look disdainfully
f.,n, baneath the rims of their zenith
soaring plug-hats upon the demands Oh
A. Vas+ but the day has come, SIR,
wbep the proud denizens OF the mount
oin masses that gave birth to the swell
;no, ,vo+ers of our rushing rivers nave
come 70 know their rights, and they'
sir have sent me here to MAINTAIN 'nenl'
The brave pioneer who, taking h'S nc
:, opa hand and American civilization
in tbe other. stepped forth upon the
prairies to plant them both, rests Ills
arms uoon his gun and looks to you Tor
action. The lonely Indian stands by
his wigwam and deties with threatening
glances the gentlemen on the other side.
The voice of maidens comes over the
plains, mingling with the grass that IN
hales the fragrance of them breath, and
the prattle OF children IS caught up by
the blizzard and waited toward you, all
Joining in the cry Of rage and indigna-
| ton which the opponents of this bill
have aroused. Would you divide this ma
! ton? Would you have the swift Missouri
Seine, or would you make a Danube
Would you have it a Thames, or would
YOU make it Rhine? Taking its rise
in the thunder-nursing peaks of the
glistening Rockies, it pours its food
through the fertile prairies and planta-
tions alike, celnenting the grandest
quarter-spheres that ever conspired tC
constitute a hemisphere. Would you
| change its destiny? Then tell the peo-
pie of the West that you hoot then
pleas for Justice to scorn, and the broad
| bosom of that stream viii become the
dividing line between your nation and
mine, and States will crumble before
the march of civilization, instigatel 10y
the life giving, freedom-breathing Terri
tories whom You are seeking to crush.
Already the East has decided that the
ace passes without the deal. Already
the East has proclaimed that straights
do not count, and fixed three OF kind
as the next above two pair But be-
ware Alexander of Macedonia fol-
lowed the victory too far, and his defeat
at Parthenia gave Troy to the world and
paved the way for English jurisprIl-
denee. Beware The hordes of the
Northwest are settling to the collar, and
the CLINT of their rifles is echoed back
from the rock bound hill that bore them.
ruin where all is now peace. You blast
the prairie flower with kissing breath
and build monument of bones to the
short-sighted policy that denies the God
fearing frontiersman the rights which
the elementary principles of constitu-
tional government guaranteed him in his
| 4 l. d.
demands are small, but in the language
of our common scripture, sin, l tell the
gentlemen of the other side, that until
heaven and earth pass hence, not one
jot nor even title of the American
eagle shall pass away until you have
adopted some measure establishing 8
branch woodward at the mouth of Cat
fish creek"