Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-06-16

railroad, the development of the Dakota
northwest, up to but few years ago,
has been attended with so much doubt
and difficulty?
| AT the date Of cession the population
Of all Louisiana was 49,473.
The price paid for the province, con-
tanning 756.96l ,2S0 acres of land, was
$l5, COO, 600, or just slight fraction over
two cents an acre.
In 1872 the mother state was admitted
into the union, and the province has
since given birth successively to the
states Of Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Min.
nesota, Oregon, Kansas, Nebraska, and
Colorado.
The two Dakotas-which are the first
and likely pair Of Louisiana twins
stand ready to enter the union at any
time, and Washington territory, to be
christened the beautiful name OF Taco
ma, and Montana are about ready also.
Idaho and Wyoming will follow later on.
The province Of 1903. for which the
sum of Sl5.000,000 was paid, has pres.
ent total wealth of over S4,0O00O0O 900,
and the value of its agricultural pro.
ducts for 1884 was S750,0OO.O0O.
Within its limits are the proud prin-
clpalities king cotton, corn, cattle, wheat,
and the dairy, while manufactures,
commerce, and art hold dominion in the
busy center of population.
The population of the province of
Louisiana, as it is commemmorated in
the noble sentiment of the exposition, is
upward of 100000, or more than one.
fifth of the entire population of the
United States.
| The Louisiana purchase has devel-
oped into the great west, using that
term in broad sense, possessing every
variety of climate and Of agricultural,
mineral, and industrial resource. It is
the empire of the American continent.
How grand the day that is dedicated
to this progress and achievement, that
seems more like romance of fiction
than the reality of eighty years. growth.
The results of the celebration of
Louisiana day will be far.reaching. If
there had been anything wanting to
cement "the union forever" this day,
that broug BIT the sons and daughters Of
Louisiana back to the maternal bosom
and benediction, would have afforded
and accomplished it.
After Louisiana day. the diEmember-
ment of the union. from any cause what.
ever, would be immpossible.
AuO OOS VI 11OuJelhud OdH RIOWS q
sentiment, conviction, and purpose,
that will make the Mississippi valley
more than ever the backbone of. the
union, and unite north and south under
the genial auspices of free west that
comprehends both extremes, in COM
pact that will prove at once as indie.
structlble and instructive as the pyr-
amids.
Great good will come of it, for both
sections of common country.
What with the sentiment Of Louisiana
day, and the grand object lessons
taught by the various exhibits of the ex,
position, there will spring up kindliel
feeling and broader view of things
that will be worth to the common coun
try-to the new union-all the efforts
and expense on the part of the genera
} government, whose generous patronage
has never been bestowed more lavishlJ
or to better advantage.
The sentiment of Louisiana day is in
fictitious and extends as we'll to the grouI
of states that lie east of the Mississippi
and in the fraternizing of the "Loulsian
ians, all of us from the west," is set 81
example the eastern north and soutf
are not slow to appreciate and follow.
The states making the greatest bid
for immigration are from the south ant
west, and the varied attractions ant
wide choice of climate and occupation
they present, show most happily til,
grand aggregate of multiplied advantage
which the United States has to offer th
I young men OF Europe.
!. Nothing could be happier, to my min,
than the practical manifestations If th
broad, catholic spirit which pervades th
: government building, where the state
= and territories vie with each other il
displaying each its wealth of product
resource, and opportunity.
1t is most happily the case that q
g some will prefer one climate and sectio,
SO will others seek different latitude
and oftentimes this choice falls as ur
= expectedly as it is unreservedly express
9 In several instances that have com
: within my knowledge, the commission
]. ers having charge of state exhibits hav
themselves been won over to some {
their new neighbors. know of sewers
u gentlemen on the commissioners staff
"A from certain northern states, who hay
g invested largely IN plantation property
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida, an
l
% upon the other hand, I know of one {
a. two southern commissioners-very ell
u CANT and agreeable gentlemen-wh
have actually caught the Dakota feve
q Now I call that "fraternizing"
ir earnest, and think it is just the thin
e The patriot rejoices in his heart at tt
10 rise and progress of the new sout
;. under whose auspices and managemel
this great Worlds Fair has been hel
The sentiments and thought containt
in the remarks on the different sta
days of Director General Burke, who
his own person is type of the ne
It south, meet warm response from Il
representatives of every section of II
20 country.
The competition of south and wei
ID each section striving to obtain new m,
o. and more capital, can not but be mo
"a healthful and helpful.
,ol Before coming to my signature wa
6 to return to the treaty of cession of Is
10 for o moment.
g. Article three of that treaty stipulat
Id as follows: "The inhabitants of q
" ceded territory shall be Incorporated
in the union of the United States, and q
" mitted as soon as possible, according
the principles of the federal constit
th tion, to the rights, advantages and ii
t. munities of citizens of the Unit
Or States" This important and significa
e. proviso carried with it q guarantee til
ID the people of Louisiana should in
it meantime be protected in the enjoyme
le of their liberty. property and rellgio
e. and was, as we are informed by Bar
he Marbois, secretary of the treasury, "
n. conducted the negotiations on the pt