Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-02-28

being permitted to extend my cOngratu-
latiOns to the people of Mackinac county
for the construction of 40 grand work.
but take as much pleasure and pride
as If this structure stood within the con-
fines Of my own county.
We belong to the same brotherhood.
We are all citizens OF the same great
state. And we who live just across the
waters are so nearly connected -Our
business relations so closely allied, and
our aims, objects and purposes SO SINH
lar and so united that our interests must
necessarily be identical. And any i'm
prOvements In this county rebounds not
only to the credit of Mackinac not only
to the surrounding counties, but to the
whole of Northern Michigan.
We are not bound by any narrow lin
its. We are not hemmed in by any
county lines, but as citizens of this
great and growing Upper Michigan, we
all feel sense of satisfaction and pride
when we point to the Mackinac Court
House.
1t is an honor to Mackinac county. 1t
is an honor to Chippewa county. 1t is
an honor to ChebOy gan county. 1t is all
honor to the Upper Peninsula. 1t is an
honor, sir, to the entire state of Michi
gan. AS Mackinac advances, Northern
Michigan advances, and any projects,
enterprises, or improvements in any Of
the counties ia this Northern portion of
the state is a source of congratulatiOn
from every part OF 1t.
And as look back, sir, to the time l
first set foot on Maekinac sOil-Only ten
short years agO--and compare 1T with its
present condition, it seems almost be
yOnd belief b realize the wonderful i'm
prOvements that have been wrought
within its borders in 80 short period.
Where this magnificent Court House
now stands, dense forest of pines rear
ed their lofty heads. Where now we see
the hustle, life and stir of busy little
city, were only few log houses, widely
scattered along che banks of the bay, and
where elegant and handsome residences
now look from the blsff away into the
beautiful waters of the straits, the winds
whirled and played through the leafy
woods. The seat of justice was Oh Mack
mac Island in the little wooden building
that still stands, as mementO of the
DAYS gone by.
When we stop and reflect for mo
ment at the vast improvements that
have been made within these borders
within the past few years-when We
q
grown and built itself ON the site of
thick woods and little fishing huts, l do
do not wonder, sir, that the people Of
Mackinac are rejOiced and glory in their
city. glory in their county, and feel as
sursd of bright and prosperous future.
Grand enterprises, immense manufac-
tories, new undertakings and vast inn
provements have characterized the
growth of this place since that time.
And what has done all this? 1t is the
enterprise Of the people. And what
makes that enterprise but their educa-
tlOn. The moment we commence To ed
ucate we at once lay the foundation for
future success. 1t is the educated clas-
SeS In all communities that infuse the
spirit of enterprise and thrift in the
people. Ii il the educated classes that
build our great manufactures, our rail
roads, tunnel our lakes and bridge great
rivers. 1t is the educated classes that
erect tn the purposes of Justice such
temples as this! No better illustration
of this can be given than in the wonder
full advancement of our people as ma
tien. With our education followed our
prosperity as country. 1t was the
stepping stone of our success. When we
began to educate we began to expand IN
views. We began to advance. We began
to grow in strength. We joined new
territory. We established new tribunals
of justice. We enacted more humane
laws. We abolished the rack, the whips
ping post. We reformed our prisons.
We declared that all men were free and
equal, and that all should have voice
In the councils Of the nation. We formed
new States. We added new States to the
constellation. We made new discover
les. We delved into the dusky labyrinths
of science and brought from the re-
searches its hidden treasures. We Crap
pied with the art, and to-day, sir, we
point with pride to our sculptOrs and our
pages of the law and produced to the
world some of the brightest lights that
ever glistened in the legal armament.
We cultivated literature, and our histOr
ians, our nOvelists, our orators. our poets
are the brilliant result of our labOrs.
Colleges. schools, institutions of learn
ing and temples of science, and temples
of art and temples of justice abound
everywhere, until to-day, sir, we have
become, in the language of that eminent
son of Massachusetts,, "a great, popular,
constitutional government. A govern
ment guarded by legislation, law, judi
cature, and defended by the holy affec-
tiOns of the people. no mOnarchal
throne presses these states together. No
iron chain of despOtic power encircles
them. They live and stand upon gov
eminent, popular in in its form. repre-:
sentative in its character. and founded
ON the principles of equality, calcu-
lated to last, we hope, forever In all its
history it has been beneficent. 1t has
trOdden down no mans liberty. 1t has
crushed no state. 1t has been in all its
influences benevolent, beneficent, pro.