The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-03-17
The MEMBER FROM CATFISH.
An Etoquena Appeal Ia ElehaIa
of n Branch woodward.

I " NhaHtAhtaM AN1ts
l'y 50 nc oversight OF the public
printer, the following speech. ma le
al tue last session by a Territorial
delegate, was omitted from the Rec
ord
"MR SPEAKER-It will not aston.
ish me TO see the gentlemen on the
other side attempt to fllibuster on
this question. hut let me tell them,
sir, that the people who sleep in the
glowing gush OF the settiMR sun are
gszing with glistening orbs on the
fate ui this measure The people OF
the East may look disdainfully from
beneath the rims of their zenith
soaring plug.hats upon the demands
Of the West, but the day has come,
sir, when the proud denizens Of the
mountain passes that gave birth to
the swelling waters OF our rushing
rivers have come to know their
rights, and they, sir, have sent me
here to maintain them. The brave
pioneer, who, taking bis lite in one
hand and American civilization In the
other, stepped forth upon the prairie
to plant them both. rests his arm up.
on his gun and looks to you for &C.
lion. The lowly Indisn stands by
his wigwam and delies, with threat
ening glances, the gentlemen on the
other side. The voice Of maidens
comes over the pli ins, mingling with
the grass, and the praltle OF the
children is caught up by the blizzard
and waited toward you. all joining
in the cry Of rage and indignation
which the opponents OF this bill have
aroused Would you divide this
nation? Would you have the swift
Missouri a Seine, or would you make
it a Danubey Would you have it a
Thames, or would you make 1t a
Rhh4eg Taking its rise in the thun-
der-nursing peaks Of the Rockies, It
pours its foods through fertile prai-
ries aud plantations alike cementing
the grandest quarter spheres that
ever conspired to constitute 3 hem
lsphere. Would you change It's des-
tiny? Then tell the people OF the
West that you boot their pleas for
justice to scorn, and the broad bos-
ON of that stream will become the
dividing line between your nation
and mine, and States will crumble
before the march of civilization. in
stigated by the life-living, freedom.
breathing Territories whom you are
seeking to crush Already the East
has decided that the age passes with
out the deal. Already the East has
proclaimed that straights do not
count, and Fixed three OF kind next
as the next above Two pair. But,
beware Alexander, OF Macedonia,
followed the victory too far, and his
defeat at Parthenia gave Troy to the
world and paved the way for English
/ jurisprudence Beware! The hordes
of the Northwest are settling to the
collar. and the flint of their rifles is
echoed back from the rock bound
hill that bore them. Refuse this
measure and you inject ruin where
all IS now peace. You tlast the
prairie flower with Kissing breath and
build a monument of bones to the
short-sighted policy that denies the
God-fearing tFontieFsmsn the rights
which the elementary principles oil
constitutional government guaran-
teed him in bis birth We do mol
ask much, sir. Our demands are
small, but, in the language Of oul
common scripture, sir, | tell th'
gentlemen on the other side, thai
until heaven and earth pass hence
not one jOt or even a title ofth'
American eagle shall pass away unit
you have adopted some measure es
tablisEing a branch woodward ct th,
mouth Of Cat fish creek"