St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-07

pride; fitted for royalty in any realm.
Britain, proud mistress of the seas, has but
one Queen, while we are best with one in
every home, from Minnewakan to Corpus
Christi, from Winnipisseogee to Yuba Dam.
a social and family Selkirk, she is monarch
OF all she surveys, her night there is none to
dispute" She sways a sceptre of alb
solute and petted dominion. She
Is allowed to lace as tight; wear as thin-soled,
consumption Matching slippers; sport as in
sane httle thunder-struck tea-trays, overflow
ing with floral and chronological impossi-
ollllues, on her top-knOt of imported hair or
Jute; eat as many pickles and slate pencils;
urihh as much vinegar or arsenic for her
complexion; smash as many young fools'
hearts, and as many old fools pocket-books:
drive as manypoor devils distracted: cause az
many lunacies, duels, murders and suicides:
and raise h-allelujah in the cool. as often
and as extensively as she pleases. She "a
dear-and so are her clothes. She is pre-
cious; she is treasure that must be hus-
banded. A hemisphere lays its proudest
trophies at her feet. In all ages poets have
sung of her, forums have rung Of
her, men often get damned
for Observation-Disclosures -get-dammed
for her. But in every situation, in bliss or
vexation, from birth to sky migration, there
is never a cessation of the glowing alteration
she receives. Such is one, such are all. The
| ancient Jew was ruled by a Theocracy; we,
both Jew and Gentle, bow beneath the silk
lined, flower wreathed yoke of a resistleSs
young She-ocracy. We bow, and hug the
yoke; We groan, and kiss the rod!
Women of Dakota! How blest above all
other womanhood are you! Here in this
grand new empire of the American north
west whose census but few short moons ago
showed seventeen and a half men to every
woman; at a premium on account of
your very scarcity, all the power and influence
OF new world queenShipis augmented in your
hands. From the paradisean valley of our
Red River of the North to the pineclad slopes
and gold-ribbed crags of the Black Hills,
from the romantic confines of the Yellow
stone to the horizon-fenced cornfields and
| cow-pastures of Gankton and Niobrara, YOU
are to dictate the morals and manners. lead
the fashions, set the examples and establish
the customs of more than royal realm.
Your sovereignty is undisputed, your fiat
| is omnipotent for good or i'll.
| A peoples character, the veal
or woe of a mighty un born state, depends up
on you. The trust is high and holy, the re-
sponsibility is vast. God grant that YOU may
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the duty you owe yourselves, your mascu-
line subjects, and our great, queen common.
wealth soon to be of all the Union sisterhood;
and grant you the wisdom, the courage and
the unfaltering womanly devotion necessary
to tityou for your work. Raise aloft the
standard of culture, truth, gentleness and
unsullied honor, and compel every
man within our borders to live up to
that standard or lose your favor.
Cling to all that is noble ard pure and good.
| Despise all that is base aud deprayed, in pol
itics, morals and business. Emblazon upon
every Dakota apron, in letters of living
| light, Excelsior Be true to your own eX-
allied nature and highest convictions; aud
tens of thousands shall rise up to call you
blessed The future. of our imperial Gland
of'the Dakotas" will be as proudly glorious as
its past has been romantic, and unparalleled
in progress and prosperity.