Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-30

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i've member of the House from Column
h;e and Whitman Counties, delivered
the folIovinp eloquent speech before
.hs Mecba meal and Industrial Fair As
ISOLATION of this city:
Ladies and gentlemen: by request OF
one of the honorable gentlemen woo -
ASSOCIATED with the people IN this vicin-
ity for the laudable purpose OF main,
tanning this enterprise, have consented
TO deliver to you short address tnis
evening.
I shall endeavor to touch briefly upon
the merits of the system OF intefcom-
mupioation which have been orooeut
about by the introduction and success
of the exhibitions of agricultural ana
horticultural products. l am not wei
enough posted in history to inform you
whence and where they originated; out
Il will suffice to say that IL was away
hack in the dim vista of departed time.
when history had scarcely left the cradle
OF infancy, and the light OF reason ana
intelligence had in many places hardly
pierced the quivering gloom OF ignor-
ance and superstition. We are INFORM
"a that away back in the early centuries
az this Christian era the fierce and
sturdy Teutons who conquered the de-
snendeuts of proud Caesar and the Invin-
chile leeions Of imperial Rome, brought
info reGuisition this method OF congre-
eating the people together, and the
knowiedQe obtained through them BY
the ilIustrious predecessors OF this peo-
r,Ie. and handed down through succeed
mo generations, il of inestimabie value
10 M today; and who knows, who ID pre-
nared TO say 70 what extent these popu-
lar gatherings, with the prevailing inter
change of ideas, where citizens OF every
norton of an empire or State were
brought into direct contact with the
products, both animal and vegetable,
and with the skilled labor of tae entire
country? Who knows, say, 70 what
extent they were the mouIders OF pubic
opiui0n, and the promoters OF ciyiiiza-
ton and intelligence
In country like this, where liberty.
equality and individual rights constI-
tute the granite base upon which are
buiIt the laws that hold together and
govern this matchless confederation I;
where the great nnan, with a royal mind,
reaches out across the imaginary chasm
of social inequality which the princes
and potontates of empires and mon
arches wish to teach rs exist, and
grasp cordially by the hand the youth
a humble origin where ignorance
commineIes with intelligence and great
ness with obscurity where the lustre Ut
learning and virtue tends TO elevate the
uncducated and vicious, and the lofty
aspirations of the noble clearly define
the course Of action by which the multi
tudes may profit; ! tell you, where
these conditions exist the value to q
community of public gatherings OF this
nature cannot be overestimated.
am to learn, AZ / have been IN.
formed, that these fairs, instead OF ad-
vanCing, are retrograding, and that the
interest the people once took In thsin Is
dying out. / ask you why It is thus.
Has prosperity and ease subdued the
Western spirit Of progression, or is II
sheer neglect :?
tell you, gentlemen, you must res
urrect this enterprise and infuse into it
new life. You cannot afford to let 1t
die ont Il Ia worthy Of your hearty co.
operation and substantial support.
A few words from stranger in rela-
tion TO his limited observations of your
country will, upon this occasion per-
haps, not be amiss. My peregrinations
since here have led mo TO believe that
You possess q wonderful country one
that nature seems to have encountered
for the first time during a terrestrial
holiday, and the goddess of her wealth,
with unstintsd generosity, showered
with lavish hand her munificent gifts
upon.
Do you, ladies and gentlemen. ever
stop 10 consider and feel thankful for
the wise dispensation Of divine provi-
dsnce, which cast your happy lot amidst
this wilderness Of undeveloped resources,
and the natural beauties that surround
you ON every side or your limitless
belt Of timber, reaching from the south
ern boundary line to the British posses
Gi0ng, and from the rcck- bound coast of
the Pacific to the summit of the Cascade
Range.
The earth beneath and around you on
all sides IL permeated with n wilderness
Of mineral and coal your waters of the
Sound arc full of excellent fish; your
forests are the homes OF the elk, moose,
mountain sheep and deer; your girls are
beautiful. and your boys possess the
maRlineas and vigor of the descendants
Of . generous and heroic race ; your To-
cations and surroundings NIL you could
desire. What more do yen wish ?
The ocean pillows hurl their spray
within your very doors, and the salt sea
breeze nantes your cheeks with the
Hush Of health. To the east of You lies
the grand range OF mountains which
possess the wierdness of the Catskills,
with the beauty and grandeur Of the
Alps and you live, as 1t were, beneath
the very shadow Of the hory- headed
monarch who stands in their midst like
= grim sentinel, piercing the eternal
region Of eternal frost and snow
Your climate and soil are adapted to
productiveness az diversified and vslu-
able ~ any kissed by the genial sun
light OF this Western hemisphere, and
n0urished into maturity between the 81,
Lawrence River and the Magellan
straits and here, where but few
years ago wss heard only the eternal
lashing Of the waters beating the forest
covered shores, the warhoop Of the
treacherous savage and the fierce crv Of
eho panther, now are reared the superb
haunts Of the Caucasians, and the mag.
niticent temples Of q progressive civili-
xation.
l heard upon seveval occasions re-
GENTLY that Olympia Was non- proRres-
ave and her citixens ambitionleas; that
she was undergoing slow and painful
PROCESS OF diaintagration, and that the
sloments Of her greatness would soon
depart and fade away. Does the Olym-
plan tromble when he hears this? II he
does, Il . useless strain upon his
nerves. I am free 10 confess that have
6een unable, since here, 10 zee any In
aications Of decay; but on the contrary.
mat IN consideration of the advantages
which have heretofore enumerated, IL
9 my humble opinion that she must
.ontanue 70 grow and prosper Ia
defiance Of the representation of her
Bnemiea. ! do not believe the eft re-
peassd, fAilacious statements that one
own Or city grows st the expense OF |
luoeher. Ny limited knovledce leads
ne to believe that this q rarely the case.
md often exista IN the vivid imauin-
alton Of feyered brain. / tai you.
Il takes something more
han moro ASSERTIONS 10 paralysis the in
igse!ies and retard the progress Of q
sity like this.
And nov lot me sAy q few words Of the
plnoo nom whence came. A hundred |
miles towards the rising sun there liza |
county, the fertility Of whose soil and /
under conditions that |
would PROSTATE the crops OF nearly any
,tnef country under the sun, Is sone.