Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-18

/ OHStratlOn To-Day In the nOnor OIL Aysell. IN tno
honor of the company 1 represent, and in the
honor of the guests who have
accompanied me across the continent
has greatly added to the sense OF OPP
| preston which l have been lab0ring under dur
ing the past fortnight. Still, 1 accept the evil
dence of enthusiasm and good will toward my
self, toward the corporation / represent, and
toward my fellow travellers with proper graft
tude.
If you will allow me to say when I saw the
unparalleled demonstration of joy over the
completion of the Northern Pacific in the ter
minal cities of st. Paul and Minneapolis, | was
somewhat apprehensive that our guests might
not see the equal of it in Portland; but l am
sure they will agree with me that Port and has
a right to be proud of what she has done to-day.
l assure you that considering the difference In
population, considering the disadvantages under
which the growth of this city has been effected
I mean the disadvantage arising from its iso-
lation from the rest of the United States-I am
sure, considering all these elements that you
have done much better than any one had reason
to expect. Applause.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have made a long and
wearisome journey, and L was never SO fully i'm
pressed with the length of the Northern Pacific
railroad as when it was brought home to me,
how many times l had to speak as l was ex-
pected to do, in all the cities and towns along
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES will find 1t natural
lnaU i am JdOOT ny SOmeWlldU uuueT d lccilhS OI
exhaustion, and hop you will be satisfi d If l
now call upon some of the friends that have &C.
companied me on N y journey to take my place
In addressing you. Applause and cries for
Grant,.
1t is an Ordinary rule in life that guests take
precedence to the hosts, and as we Americans
are the hosts of our foreign guests, l hope you
will excuse me if l first introduce to you come
of the foreigners.
l first beg to introduce to you the Hon.
Charles Russell, Queens counsel and mem Der
o. parliament.
MIR. RUSSELL.
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: / can
hardly feel regret that it vas only after my CO.
trance into this grand hall, and when l found
myself face to face with this distinguished as
semblage, that l was told that l would be hon
ored with a request to speak some words In the
name of the E glish guests, of which | am proud
to be one. [Applausel. l say l can hardly re-
| greet il, because l should not like it to be I'M
derstood that even upon The shortest notice
speech was wanting, rudely inexpensive as
s eesh is to express, on the part of the Eng
fish guests, some thirty in number, our sense of
the noble aud munlficent reception with which
we are met in this country. Applause, and
cries of "hear! Hear! Hear!"J This, indeed,
is a country of great rivers, great cities,
great prairies, and it also seems to be a
country of munificent and unbOunded hospitali-
ty. applause, and cries of shear! hear! heart"
And if [ may be allowed to say one word per-
s~onallv, of one gentleman to whom personally,
in common wi h the great majority of the Eng
fish guests, L here publicly acknowledge the
gratitude and thanks which are due to Mr.. Gar
rs IN, who, in the second section, which COM
prises most of the English guests, left nothing
to be desired which could add to
the comfort and to the sense of enjoyment Of
those under his charge. Applause, and cries of
''hear! hear! hear!' Mr. President, ladies and
gentlemen, this is indeed an extraordinary scene
at which we are assisting here to-day. Extraor-
binary, especially in the eyes of those
who, like myself, have traversed 5000 miles to
witness 1t; who would readily traverse
o 600 miles more if necessary for a like purpose.
applause. For we, from Great Britain Il my
self an Ir shman) we, from an English speaking
Community, md 5000 miles from its source a
great and mighty nation, s eaking in the main
that same mother tongue of ours. lApplau-e J
B t We are proud to recollect that we have
some claim, at Least, to the parent stock from
VIII h this great offspring has arisen lApp'auseI
anu at We are proud to ~recollect that, like
that lightly river, Columbia, which washes your
shors and which floats what will be the mighty
tonnage of this port, its sources Spring not only
from Flathead lake, in Amer. can territory, but
from Arrow lake: IN English territory. lap
plause. But, Mr.. President, ladies and gentle
men, one such source was not
enough to swell to its pres
emit . snitude this great country or this great
peo,",. From Germany, from France, from
the j., ms of Hungary, from the steppes of Rus
STA; IN the distant China, the contingents
havo ZONE from all the world over to swell in
the creation into existence the greatest compo-
tie nation that the wsrld has ever seen, or
ever can see. Applause, The Columbia has
shown herself jealous of no approach to her
shores, jealous OF no share in her citizenship,
4 o.. IL cd g.
seek her shores, provided only that the observe
the laws and constitution ef the country, and
brough with them energetic and industric us
arms. Applause.
1 shall say nothing about the greatness of the
work, the greatness of the physical work to in
au ;urate the completion of which we are now
Gel .brating. That has been spoken of by the
honorable senator who, in his able and elaborate
sp, h, enlarged upon the difficulties of that
task. l would say that it is but anot: er effort
on the part of the energetic people of this
country by their human endeavor to correspond
with the great efforts and the great outlines
which nature had already made on their behalf,
and l would remind this audience that, like
many human enterprises, this is one in which,
while the ambition land it is a laudable am
bition) of mankind is subserved, is also one
viii Ii may prove land l hope shall prove)
to be a source of countless
blessi' gs to mankind. lApplause.] For
| we are not here, l wish it to be understood, help
ing to inauguia ate the commencement merely of
q successful commercial enterprise, but we are
| here q, lebrating the triumph and the completion
of ar event which holds within itself and in its
| devei 2ment of the future it may be, the hap
pines, the homes, the lifetime of millions of
beings yet unborn. (Applause and cries of
hear. ear! hearD
We seq It's erect ALREADY. More powerful
than the honor of Prospero Of old, we see all
ready springing up along its course cities and
towns, = ere but a few years ago, nay, but a
few We s. ago, there lay the unbroken prairie
upon WsIul the foot of man had never trodden,
| unless i had been the foot of the red Indian,
and We find not only is there this material di-
velopm, Mt, but we find the wise constructors
of this new society did not forget that all does
not begin and end in material prosperity and
materia Utilization, for side by side with your
noble commercial buildings, and yeur houses,
intended for those whose industrious efforts
have ri Sed them, there are your churches and
your schools. showi g that you are not uncon-
| cerned for others and for higher things. ZAP
| plause, and "Hear, hearty
Finally, Mr.. President, ladies ard gentle
msn, this is a case in which England has no
jealousy of American enterprise. This is a case
IN which England can cheerfully and heartily
| wish you, which l humble pers on though 1 bel,
in the name of the English guests, not merely
success to this great undertaking, but success to
the country of which it is the latest effort. ZAP
! plause.)
SENATOR CoNGER.