Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-12

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GOV. iecce responded s 70 ows:
Mr. re ldeua and 6 ati.4eu: You
hlye heard much ~ growth, the e
VeIopmenr, the ciuims OF ak a,zpuo
this occasion ana 81 sues 4el IL
spare th.s audienG e titlon theG
We want to come into s4euglUu. we
have been a terityr twenty-five yeurs
tte are the old ii / of the f4miiy. Orr
'sters are long since armed nd set
led, and have c me into siou of
thelr own pro- tY. This n ii is
good thlug, J all know it; ard in my
experience this is the first instance
where those were married did rot
want to get " E, one eIle into g
same Scrupg. pht fall b K
upon ou dign say
ii yoa ae not anxious
10 we,IstN will not insist; but it is
s.Ec:2 or nothing with as. We
9h any Dody else if we would,
q J" ldn't let us marry any body
- ould We want to get into
1.atypJ". We like it. 1t is old, res
r cle and wealthy, and Dakota is
getting along in years. She is growing
corpulent and feels that she ought to be
allowed to wear full-sized clothes, buy
her own soothing syrup, and rule her
own household. We cannot be exclud.
ed because our views are not orthodox.
We have made confession of faith. We
have come forward TO the mourners'
bench IN full view of the entire congreg-
alton. We have ten thousand men gwho
have attested their love for the. Union
by a soldiers devotion. we have3 ten
thousand widows aud orphans of sold ers
who want to be clothed with the rights
which their husbands and fathers died
to maintain. Sentimentally and mater
tally, we desire admission. We want, it
ior the cake OF our property,
lily protected under territorial
government. We want for the
sake OF our manhood lily, honored by
this long apprenticeship. We aekGOwl.
edge the bower OF congress. We admit
our dependence on its will ard pleasure.
AS Rufus Choate said to Judge, we
stand before that tribunal like tic Hin
doc before an idol. We feel that it is
very ugly, but we know that it is very
great. Ihe constitution clothes 1t with
power over the territories, aud that
power will be respected-the laws will
be obeyed, the supremacy of the govern
ment be maintained. Have no fear of
that. But petitioT argument, suppIics-
ton, are not disrespeetfni. andstlfese can
be permitted even toa province. Some
have thought the late convention In
south Dekota little hasiy in fzlpg the
boundaries OF the new state, but the
Rovernmentlls not above receiving eug-
gestions, and this was simply suggest
Ton. Congress always and always iYhIl
hX the boundaries OF new states on adj
mission; but Knowing how busy they
we're down in Washington, the
people, IN the. kiudness -. OF
their hearts, come To thesaid otpongress
That body can afford TO be JGst 1t can
afford TO eXefe!He that spirit OF cbivalry
which leans with peculiar tenderness to
wards a great people asking tie honest
rights of honest men. Dir, P9stieut,
Dakota is iuterehted in the. aGDsitb:lt
building You have just dedicated, and in
| this giant city Of the upper lakes. [
scarcely dare to think OF tine future oi
| this country or of the stupendous de.
yelopement which awaits this great
| northwest. Standing here amid your
| business palaces or going out into the
vast garden Of the Lord that lies to the
westward, one almost ahrnksf ttbri' coli
ceiviDg OF theni - tgutufe
Men bnila cities. but z" 'sfht
Almighty fixes the places where 'theS
shall stand Here by this inland sea be
has planted his rcd, and here shall
wealth and commerce and people con.
gregate. Nature recogniEes esfhe fat, ansal