Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-10-13
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M DIVISION THERE is STRENGTH.
The Sentiment of the Dakota Press En-
bodied In the Remarks of "Palnud" at tho
Pierre Banquet.
The Press banquet at the Wells house
in Pierre, en- the evening of September
18th, 1884, was attended by about one
hundred members Of the press of Dakota,
north and south. The banquet was a pre-
arranged feature of the assembling in
Pierre of the republican territorial con-
vention, and proved to be the most nota-
BILE gathering of the kind ever held in
Dakota territory. The practical una
nimity OF sentiment throughout the ter
ritory respecting division and separate |
statehood was emphasized in slgniti-
cant manner by the political toast of the |
evening, "Dakota-ln Division there is
Strength" the response to which was
assigned to Mr.. Lauren Dunlap, better
known as "Palnud" to the great host of
readers of the Chicago Inter- Ocean, al
journal that has nearly always said the
right word for Dakota, and that was one
Of the earliest as 1t is one Of the ablest
advocates OF division on or near the
forty.sixth parallel. The enterprise
shown by the Inter.Ocean Ill maintain
ing q Dakota bureau, III charge Of a resi-
dent staff correspondent, and its general
attitude and accuracy respecting Dakota
sentiments and affairs, made it eminently
proper that an accredited representative
of the paper should be selected as the
spokesman OF the territorial press upon
the vital question of the day IN Dakota.
The full text of Mr.. Dunlnp's remarks
was as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
1t might be putting it q little strong
to say that divided stand, but at any
rate rise to point which believe to
be always "in order" before an assem-
blage of Dakotaians. "In division there
is strength truly. Iti is as true as
this, that the realization Of all our
bright dreams for Dakota's future rests
very largely-almost wholly, 1 might
say-upon division and on separate
statehood.
We whose present domain is not that
of state but of an empire, which l
beg to chrlsten, 1.-The Dakota
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and glorious in its promise for the future,
are Of one mind upon this question. Up.
on this we are united, and pledge our.
helves to stand forever and day. State
wood for two! is what We want, is what
sic are entitled to, and what We shall IN
8 st on, at the hands of congress.
The press of Dakota, north and south,
voicing the public sentiment and popu-
lar will, declares for division as the vital
principle involving the honesty,
efficiency and economy of our future
state government. Respecting division
there is no partisan difference Of opinion
on this soil-republican to the core, as
Dakota has been called, and as she is
both OF her-it is to be remembered with
pleasure and with pride that in every
popular movement for selt.government
of the kind guaranteed us by the consti-
tuition of the United States, democrats
have been found at the front, in
ranks where party colors have been
furled before the common flag of all.
Gentlemen of the north, when it comes
to fixing by law the line OF division be
tween us, we of the south shall feel that
even the consummation of our highest
desire is attended with that mingling OF
regret which springs from the associa.
tions and friendship of years standing.
For more than twenty years has the
present political integrity of Dakota
1 territory been maintained, and since the
advent of the railroad, which reached
our mother city, Yankton, twelve years
ago, and the full dawn, little later, Of
that marvellous civilization which chal.
lenges the admiration of the world, tt 9
bonanza farmers of the north and the
quarter. section homesteaders of the
south have had an equal hand in the
history.making of Dakota. The Dakota
boom is the child of both sections, and
is something each is abundantly able to
take care of in the future.
In parting from each other now, it is
as if rich paternal estate we're about to
be divided between two brothers grown
to manhood. 1t is the wise and
proper thing, and in every way
best for both, that each should
take his owD, and going forth into the
world, carve out his fortune and his fu.
ture. So it is with the destinies of the
two Dakotas. We are as brothers, di-
viding between us our portion of the
heritage of the Louisiana purchase.
You of the north have our best wishes
for the highest possible development for
the resources of your wonderful kingdom
of number one hard, of your coal and
other mineral wealth, and in the profit
able pursuit of stock raising on your
accustomed bonanza scale. We of the
south feel that we have your
good will in our efforts to move the corn
belt little north by west, SO that it will
take in the spot where we are met to-
nigbt-this favored site, rich in the bold
outline work of the picturesque as traced
by the free hand of nature-Pierre, the
geographical center of our southern
state; and we are sure that you will be
glad to see US diversity our products and
become the breeders of fine stock, and in
the west. beyond the river and the
present reservation, in the eldorado Of
The Black Hills, to produce more gold,
silver, tin, iron and coal than were ever
found together in the same area else.
where on the surface of the globe.
Sincere 1s the sentiment which
prompts the south, admiring and appre-
ciative to toast the haantv and 0racAa Of