The Meeker herald., 1888-01-14
WOlrOsS's Address.

iHe SoioIuup SpIiHsS 'hLcttc iusN
week. at the request Of Il number Of its
readers. printed in full Mr.. T.. q. VOL
colts speech at the New England din
ner In New York. The report is from
the New York Tribune and is the only
accurate one published:
Judge Russell then introduced the
next speaker AS follows; 1T was an
English lawyer who said that the
farther he went west the more lie was
convinced that the wiss men came from
the east. With this remark shall in
troduce the next regular toast, The
Pilgrim in the West, To which Mr.. VOL
colt, OF Colorado, will respond"
Mr.. Wolcott was warmly applauded
when he rose, but three times rs loud
was the applause which WAS awarded
him VIXEN he finished. lie spoke as fol.
lows.
MIR. PRESIDENT AND GESTLENES ;
1t was with great ditii,icnce that l ac-
copied the invitation uf your president
to respond Ia toast To night. realized
my ihcapacity To do justice In the oc.
casioii. while nj the same time r-co:.
nizei the high compliment conveyed.
felt somewhat as the mar did sp~ct-
ing the Shakespeare Bacon controversy:
he said lie didn't know whether Lord
Bacon Wrote .slntcsp ares works or
not, hut II ltc didn't. he missed the
greatest opportunity of his life. Laugh
ter.
III. West IL only larger. and In
some respects = better, New England. I
speak no, oi those ro>.. gardens Of cul.
tur~. Missouri and Arkansas llaughierl,
but Otherwise generally of the States
and Territories west 81 the Mississippi.
aud more particularly. because t1orr ai-
visetiiy. OF Colorado. the Youngest and
most rugged "f the thirty eight: alm"s'
as large In area rs all New England and
New York combined: with room abnn,
her hearth for all mankind; with fertile
valleys. and with mines 81 rich and 10
pl-nii''i thnt We occasionally, though
r-luct..ltly. di.p p">c of one 10 our New
York fri-nds. Laughter We hay.
no very rich. no very poor. and no aims
houses: and In the few localities where
VIC arc not R"oi enough. New England
Home Missionary societies arr rapidly
bringing us up Ia the Plymouth Rock
standard and making us face the
Heavenly music. l.aush,rr.l We take
annually from our granite hills wealth
enough tn pay for the fertilizers Your
eastern and southern s'iis require Ia
ssse item from imI-pycrishm.nt. We
have added ;hr. hundred millions 10
the coinage of the world: and although
yon call only for gold. We grncrousi,
give you silver, ton. l.ahghtrr,l You
ARE not always inclined tn appreciate
our Efforts la swell the circulation. but
s,~s,s ss-- s--- s~~ 49, --- ---'ss- ---.. s~
patriotic d~sirc tn sec the revenues re-
formed. provided always TINT our own
peculiar Industries arr not affected. Our
mountains sioj. toward either sea. and
In their shadowy depths Nc ind not only
hidden wealth. but inspiration and In
ccniiyc TO high thought and noble living.
for Freedom has ever sought the re-
ccss-s Of the mountains for her strong.
hold. and her spirit hovcrs there: their
snowy submits and the long. rolling
plains are iinhicncd all day long by the
sunshine, aud we arc not onl, Colorado.
but Colorado Claro! fApplausc.
Practically as little Is known Of the
great West by YOU Of the East as was
known n century ago Of New England
by our British cousins. Your interest
In us Is. unfortunately. largely the In
trrcst In our mortgages laughter: Your
attitude toward us is somewhat critical.
and the New England heart Is rarely
aroused respecting the West except
when some noble Indian. after painting
'iiwvclf and ever thin; else within hts
reach red. Is sent 10 his happy hunting
grounds lIauch'cr.l Yet toward the
savage as In all things. do no; blame us
II we follow the Christian example SCI,
us by our forcf,ihsrs. We read that
tho court nj Plymouth. more than tity
Years after the colony was founded.
ordered, That whosoevcr shall shoot
OF any gun on any unnecessary.
or at any game whatsoever. except an
Indian or a wolf. shall forfeit i've sliil-
lings for every such shot: and our
piou. ancestors popped over many nm
lniiui on their way to Divine worship
Laughter. But when in Colorado.
settled less than u generation ago. the
old New England heredi;y works itself
out and an occasional Indian is pep
pcrcd. the East raises its hands In hor
rur. and our offending cowboys could
not find Admit,ancr even io an Anhovrr
probation society. Laughter Where
we have chance tu work without pre-
cedcnt we can point with pride of n
certain sort Ia methods at least peace
ful. When Mexico WAS conquered We
found ourselves with many thousand
Mexicans on hand. I don't know how
thry managed IL elsewhere. but in Colo
RAJ we not only took them by the hand
and taught them our ways. but both
political parties inauguratrd beauti-
ful and generous custom. since more
honored in the breach than In the OBJ
servance. which gave these vanqrhshcd
people an insight into and an interest in
the workings Of republican institutions
which WIS marvellous: u custom of pre-
senting to each head of household. be.
ing n voter. on election day. from one
to five dollars in our native silver.
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