Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-06-05
MEXICO MISSOURI, 5, 1884.

the skies the sentinels on its walls.
to descry the danger from afar and
sound the note of warning and alarm !;
the pilots at the helm, to steer the
ship Of state safely through every
storm, and hold her. In her course
when the waves Of passion roll fierce
and high. We are bounding for
ward with the speed Of steam and cleo
tricity-your hands are on the throt-
tie to slow the train. where the track
is dangerous and guide in safely
where the curve is sharp. In your
hands are gathered the reins over the
backs of flying coursers; like skilled
charioteers, guide them secure from
the crash and plunge. To you Is in
trusted the hopes Of millions ; in your
hands is lodged q nations we'd. .
peoples destiny. Is the trust we'll re-
posed !?
When the fires were being kinlilsd
which Lit the night Of the revolution,
our fathers said: 'sThe press is the
only means Of preserving cur lives.
our liberty, and our property"
Have the events Of a. century changed
the verdict or questioned that grand
truth ? From three millions Of free
men we have risen to fifty millions.
Our boundary line, which at FIRST
fingered near the Atlantic seaboard,
has been carried across the two great
mountain ranges and heard the sound
OF esrth's other ocean. From thir.
teen feeble colonies, thirty-eigh'
stars sparkle in our galaxy. From
east to west, from north to south
ties Of mutual interest and bands oi
steel unite us. Not only along the
Atlantic shore and through the cen
tral valley steams the painting engine
but its scream is heard through ths
western eanons, and its frey mans
is tossed to the wind from amid th,
SHOWS which CLEAN on the noun
tain's crest. In the center Of the re
public have arisen two cities destin
ed to become the marts of earth
One. upon the banks of the Missis
sippi scarce two hundred miles fron
where we are assembled, the metro
polls of the world waiting for he
crown. Her great bridge spanning
the highway down which is borne th'
wealth Of the upper valley, and alon,
which will float the argosies of na
tions. Midway between the north an
the south, midway between th
1.-TWO oceans-between the Occi
ldent and the Orient - th
Iron arteries reaching beyond th
nations borne, the most distar
lands yielding tribute to her magnif
cence, in the center of empire sh
towers the mighty queen of the gres
valley, destined to wear the crown n
) served for the mistress of the world
: The other, throned on hills and graz
, lite robed, lifts its marble front j
3 massive splendor on the banks of tt
e Missouri at the mouth of the Kaw
E I"the open sesame to unfold rich'
: and homes elysian;" the gatews
e through which pours the illimitab
e wealth of a land surprising in i
r Luxurious retreats the shores
( ALBANIA, rivaling in its measurele
4 abundance the far famed valley
Il the Nile. The lore Of our univers
e ties overshadows the ancient tome
4 and our civilization transcends Il
o dreams of the seers Of old. In
3 that makes nation great we stal
unrlvaled and preeminent; our far
a a monument beneath whose shade r
v poses the past, and around who
b summit clusters the hopes Of the t
e ture. Again I ask, is the trust VI
J. reposed From the topmost 10y
% in times bodybuilding pyrami
d civilization waves her white bannt
Is and, pointing to the future, answe
d. that it is. Far down the corridc
:. of centuries yet to come, and up t
n heights empyreal, the echo rint
is In grandeur let the pean swell q
te touch its loftiest note, when fal
sr shall stand upon the summit OF
al ages and with her last and fair
70 chaplet crown the press.