St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-17

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said i'll his remarks: Some of YOU who
sit at this table will live to see st. An
thony and st. Paul one city, Well, |
thought it merely
a FLIGHT OF ELoQUENCE
for which the senator is so renowned.
1t was magnificent flight of eloQuenee,
the purport OF which none of us had
yet forseen.
10 some of them who ask me, gen.
tlemen, if the cOnsummatiOn of this de-
sired union is to result in any benefit,
separately or Jointly, to these cities, my
answer is: Our progress and our COM
merclal interests neceSSlIate this
change. Magnificent as are the results
which we have already accomplished,
danger rises up in our path. and it is a
point of war for both cities to see these
dangers i'll advance and avert them. Our
rivals at the feet of the lakes have
patted us in the breasts and said, Go on,
you are doing WE'LL To-day the aspect
of Chicago has changed. She stands as
our enemy. History repeats itself. I'M
perial Rome 1000 years ago patted her
little rival on the shoulder and said 60
on but when Carthage asserted her
empire of trade and commerce, when
ships laden with every commodity en-
tered her ports, when the rivalry of
Carthage was no longer question of
futurity, then the cry went forth in the
streets of Rome, Carthage est delenda'
Carthage must be destroyed
that is what Chicago says to us to-day.
She is not going to let us fight her
energy and enterprise. We would be
glad to meet her there. Oh, no: she at
last has gone into the national capital,
and she now invOkeS that power to crush
us. We shall be less than men if we
should not meet her OH those grounds"
[Applause.l
Speaking of the prospects of a COM
mercial union, Judge Atwater said: Il
know there is not man in our city who
is not heart and soul for it," AS to the
possibility of municipal union he said:
There may be a man here and there
who might be opposed to that" He
continued: United, there is no city in
the United States that we would fear;
separated as we are, it is possible that
we have great reason to fear. | trust
that the deliberations this afternoon
will result in bringing about a greater
intimacy at least between the two
cities"
DOUBLE STAR.
Thomas Cochran, Jr.. was made secre-
tary, and the resolutions calling the
meeting together were read. A letter
from Rev. f. ID. Neill was then read to
very attentive listeners. The letter-a
characteristic one-is as follows:
u. W. McClung, Esq.-My Dear Sir:
1t was a little surprising to find an open
letter in the newspapers this morning
inviting me with some of the fathers of
st. Paul to an important conference at
the chamber of commerce, which if at
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that of fish out of water.
For many years / have endeavored
to impress upon you and many other
old friends that there is better land'
than this, but this does not conflict with
the strong conviction that there is no
better land this side of the dark valley
than that upon which the Twin Cities
stand. Their interests are identical.
While there are many difficulties attend
ing solid union Of these municipali-
ties, yet there is force in the proVerb
that where there is will there is way.
While it may be ineXpedient to surren-
der the existing charters, yet the solid
men of each community, / hope, may dis
cover concOrdat by which at distance
the two cities will always appear as
one. The ordinary sailor would call
any one fool, if upon some night on the
deck of his ship he should be told that
the North star was not a single star, yet
all astronomers do teach that it is a
double star, or two stars revolving
around common center of gravity.
"NOW. may not the wise men of the
West formulate system by which st.
Paul and Minneapolis may revolve
around common center, and become
the forever clear shining pole star to
the commerce of the Northwest? The
two old cities can at home, if they will,
retain their tastes and predjudices, but
abroad shine as the bright new city, the
Neapolis, as the old Greek would of
the North American continent.
"a half century before William II.
Seward made his cheering speech at the
capitol, in this city, Inlay, an English
man, before congress met at Washing
ton, in 1897, published a book in Lon
don, after visit to America, in which
he expressed the opinion that the per-
manent seat of government would
eventually be near the Falls of st. An
thony. The thought to some appears
visionary, but there is no reason why
here there should not be center of
commerce as important as any in the
world. To effect it will, however, re-
quire "a long pull, strong pull, and a
pull all together by the's0lid men of
both cities. Believe me cordially,
EDW. d. NELL"