Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-05-24

kf1at future of Missouri which snouiu DC uearSr
Ia fosnSi that these carry with them all the
Foth8f2 Tie growth or our state IS assure1
beyond any reasonable DOUBT Inc scep ;uis VI
by the East is our certain heritage. Westward
the growth of empire takes IT'S way, aga Stat es
not to be diverted nor arrested by any forces
which lie within human ken. The vast ana
versatile area of Missouri POINTS OUT as .nG
position and vast and varied resources are
elements of wealth in. which 1t is rtvaied by
and destiny has marked it out.for greatness.
But it depends greatly on the men OF tnis . gen
Grafton what shape It's development viii take t.e
II is for us to shape destiny so that in our tTl-
Ideal state n PoHeieal infiae nseE largely de-,
Reterm I'm by highercauses. State in which
tie nnt6inkins lfsany i not fIe ideal state.
the people maintain an active and ceaseless
control Of politics, while the leaders merely
spp e or fortues Of the few are
trasted with themisery of the many is not the
ideal State. We want all men to have fair
iss Il at Ssn
ss ssyI &c 3as ana s ss a%s
houses &4FFg B%ssI sGfsss
: Look back to those early days inwhich this
tons of the present They were few in num-
bers compared with us; they were 50 poor as
almost to invite our mockery: they were,
many of them, unettered: their habits were
rude; their ways were primitive put ,r rhey
had courage which never -fiinched ;sthey had
an integrity which never faltered they were
honest in speech and act; they mad sense or
principle in politics, and a sense or duty
which guided all their acts and though their
opinions may have been mistaken, there was
no question Of the honesty ones Of their S1n sG
piled its place by that best EDUCATION when IS
given by work and thought. They had little
lives out but in that little wealth the poorest
had some share the richest none too much.
say that the STATE hsS yai9 e On %
Ger? No. gentlemen. I'VE dare not say that.
We have been suffering from the war, or
rather from the times which followed the war.
The war itself with all its loss and ruin and
suffering, in spite of the too frequent savagery
which stained its annals, was glorious epoch
in the history of Missouri. During that long:
cruel struggle the State of Missouri proved
for their principles, and there can be no high
err manhood than that. In no state was this
supreme Devotion more general than in Mis-
souri,, and the record of her sons on both sides
is an honorable one. If reconciliation had
come with the close of the war we should have
started on Eigher career at once; but the
tied down and held back by theshatreds en-
No State has suffered SO much Missouri.
For five years after the war a mistaken par
which was no longer in danger, and during
the years since then an equally mistaken
partisanship has been feeding fat the ancient
preston. Nothing is more corroding to all
the better instincts and higher impulses of
venge or the satisfaction of old grievances. 1t
has hurt Us much It has dulled orr finer in
stincts, clogged our higher aspirations, hard,
ened our more generous feelings, weakened
our strength and cheated our character.
1t has done all this, but itdoes it no longer.
and to-day the public spirit of Missouri is a
spirit of patriotism and devotion, OF friendship
and brotherhood henmities are settled and
no taste OF the bitterness OF the past remains
in our mouth. Our onward progress is no
longer TO be swayed or checked by any of the
's We are but a part of modern civilization,
and must take our chances with its growth and
fall ave have hardly lived long enough to be
noticed in history, but already there are signs
that one would rather, not see. While wealth
increases at one end of the scale, poverty and
the tramp, the pauper and all the vicious and
criminal classes gain on our growth with the
sPEe q ho5ns %eeds I IN te nela Snr p0 90
the people to govern by their freely chosen
represe natives, bHt we dare. not trust our
Gle of legislation Controlled by corruption.
we aae almost as man in b limt,er ny the col
onsts who threw off the power of Great Brit
one little railroad millionaire I'VE do not feel
safe in the presence OF corporations we have.
viii sSooss az tsassees Of our riSts and ' iiber
ties men swhol Will be found SeIial land treach-
the f M do not
cognition among us; the records OF the di-
vorce courts and the social scandals reported
superior morality. Glass is arrayed against
class in growing hostility, and Tabor declares
that capital is its enemy; the rural districts
great cities are governed from the slums.
These are signs which no observer can fail to
munity which looks back ON a lifetime of less
than century;, they have come upon us with
But while it is well to take note of these ad.
verse aspects of our society and to estimate
them at their real value, it would be folly to
overestimate them, to think of them as the.
types and emblems of a civilization which they
merely disfgure, or to look on them as any
thing more than the 'scanty weeds of evil
good. Corruption undoubtedly exists in pol
tics and society, but honesty is the rule; ig-
the rising.sun, bat the light of learning shines
through all the air around us; patriotism is
St,tl a,Eling vital force in oil our public
homes and our firesides. We are not blind to
our faults, but we may proudly claim Just
credit for our virtues. Here in this Common
wealth OF Missouri more is daily done for the
welfare of mankind than has ever been done
among az the same number of people in any
our institutions secure us freedom and equal
ity; Justice is done under the law; the rights
or persons ana of property are protected and
here each man is given the utmost that he
could ask-freedom to work out his destiny
Tor himself. AT times we may falter and hes
itate, but our steady course Is Onward. and
the people Of Missouri havein them that divine.
energy, that impulse Of the higher motives
upward one. .-- e. = ~ CIV
The remainder of the programme includ-
ed poems, recitations, essays and address
es, and the days session closed with the,
of a few matters of business,
chief of which was the abandonment of the
advertised exclusion to Minnesota. After.
the adjournment the editors witnessed a
drill by the Carthage Light Guard, and in
the evening there was reception and ball
at the Opera-house, and banquet at the
Harrington House. On the 9th the Conyen-
lion took recess for visit to the mines at
Carterville and Webb City, the San Fran.
sscc Gpmpapy A6Wns tsl,deraafrse trans
portation, where an enjoyable day was.
spsat. ssfhe aadtsatsdA xllSAl Its labors
IN sthe%s lths windine npg all miscel