Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-04

we'll as tender congratulations upon this
suspicious occasion. We entertain great
! expectations of the benefits resulting to
us as a state from the completion of the
| Northern Pacific Railway ard the conse
! quent Identification with her interests, OF
| the gentleman and his associates who are
| the guests of this occasion. We believe
| gentlemen, that we need but to make the
resources of our state known, and they
will themselves attract the agencies re-
| ouired to develop them. While therefore,
We greet You gentlemen, most cordially as
our guests, We shall expect to greatly in
! terest you in the varied attractions of our
state. We shall hope that the impress
sions created by this brief experience
among us, may be fruitful of good opin-
ions upon your part, and that the pleas
ATTEST "reminiscences of this most notable
tour across the continent, may be sugges-
ted by your presence within the state
which numbers among her many grand
possessions and advantages, the eastern
Iermini of the Northern Pacific Railway.
THE ARMY.
Gen. Terry in responding to the toast
to the army, thanked the audience for
the fattering reception accorded the sug-
gestion of his name. For the soldier the
rirst duty was the protection of the prop
erty of the people. When he is called
upon to create and not to destroy, when
n. is called upon to assist in building up,
II !ightens his task. 1t is not q brilliant or
dazzling task but it is nevertheless CRATE
full one Again thanking the assembly on
behalf of himself and comrades for the
compliments conveyed them, the general
retired in good order.
GOV. RAMsEY's REMARKS.
Ex-Gov. Ramsey was called upon to re-
spond to the next toast THE New North
west" and said:
In March, 1849, it pleased General
Zachary Taylor, then president of the
United States, to appoint me governor of
what was left of the old northwest terri
| tory, under the ordinance of 1857, which
was situated between the rivers st. Croix
and Mississippi. After accepting the ap-
pointment of governor of Minnesota, L
found that there were but few white men
residing in that portion belonging to the
old northwest, while the rest of the terri
| tory between the Mississippi and Missouri
was in possession of the warlike Sioux.
To our friends in the states of the Allan
tic slope those of US who were living with
in the sound of the roaring waters OF the
Falls of st. Anthony we're supposed to
hye reached the ultima THULE" or, in less
cassie phrase, The jumping off place" of
the continent; but there, each settler was
| big with hope, and insisted that he was
just stepping into a wonderland, which
sentiment designates as the new north
west, region destined to exercise more
potent Influence upon civilization than the
old northwest, which has developed into
the mighty states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin. The seal of the
territory of Minnesota indicated the
attitude of expectation of our pioneers by
the representation of a farmer following
a pillow near the Falls of st. Anthony, and
watching an indian on horseback moving
toward the setting sun. with the motto
above, of the house of Dunraven, "Quo
sursum volo videre"-I wish to behold
what is beyond.
TRUTH AND SORENESS.
By the conception and completion of
the Northern Pacific railway this expecta-
ton is realized. In concluding a message
to the legislature in January, 1853, shorty
after the Sioux had coded their lands be-
tween the Mississippi and Missouri, used
words which some thought were not such
as St. Paul in his address to certain gov
ernor called swords of truth and sober
ness" Dwellers in the east looked upon
the language as that of one mounted on a
winged horse-a Pegasus, or, as type of
| that s'spread eagleism" of the west But
as repeat those words tonight they seem
| words of truth and soberness, and the pre-
diction is more than fulfilled.
Abiding to the capital Of Minnesota, l
said: "Emphatically new and wild appear
ed everything to the viewers from older
communities, and not the least novel fea-
| ture of the scene was the motley humanity
partially filling the streets the Indians with
| their blank 10 and painted faces,and the red
sashes and moccasins of French Canadian
voyageurs greatly predominating over the
less picturesque costume of the Anglo
American race. But even while strangers
! yet looked, the elements of mighty
change were working, and civilization with
| its hundred arms was commencing its re-
sistless and benefcent empire.
ITO my lot fell this honorable duty of
taking the initial step in this work by pro-
claiming on the LIST of June, 1910, the or
ganization of the territorial government
of Minnesota. and the consequent extern
sion of the protecting arm of law over
these distant regions. The tabled magic
of the Eastern tale that reared palace
in single night, only can parallel the
reality of growth and progress. That
which is written is written. The life of a
short generation will realize it. In oul
visions of the coming time rise up il
magnificent proportions one or more
capitals of the north Stockholm and st
Petersburg, with many town only sec
ondary to these in their trade, wealth anc
enterprise. Steam on the water, steam or
Thu land everywhere fills the ear and the
sight. Railroads intersecting interlink re
hottest points. Let some deem thes
visions impracticable. Man in the presen
age disdains the ancient limits to his ca
reer; and in this country especially al
presidents of human progress and growtl
of states are set aside by the impetuous
yet far seeing originality of our fellow cit
iZens.'
| NEW CIVILIZATION.
Since these words were uttered civiliza
ton has crossed tina Mississippi. and a
Fargo and Moorhead on the Red River O
the North, Bismarck on the Missouri
Helena at the gates of the Rocky noun
! ord porrlond np tho pooif1a oOo St