Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-04-21
George ". Darsan, All votes; IS scat

George w. Darean, AL votes; So scat
tering.
"In the fAce ofsuch ashowing v that,
any suggestion which Will cali the at
tsntion Of the American people to the
nsgligenceo OF denialot the exercise Of
the right % popular sovereignty is to bs
welcomed, and I rejoice that the senator
from South Carolina avows here that he
bows ishead 70 the imperialism of the
sovereign will, and ssksif this applica-
ton. backed by only 1900 votes out OF
n, 900 is a decent respect for the wish Of
the sovereign people and for popular
sovereignty.
"But these gentlemen from these other
regions have assumed the duties of their
Office without question; no objection
has been made to their doing go; the
conscience Of the people has hardly been
stirred by its and fsuch things can be
in that region, why should the people Of
Dakota, If they choose not to cast more
than l 1000 votes out Of 1900, be told
that their action is one to be discredited
and their plea for admission insolent?
''But there is one thing here to which
attention has not been called, c%onceding
that the vote for the election of delegates
which formed that constitution was .
comparatively light one, yet the people
OF the entire territory by their Legislative
act authorized the election Of last fall
upon the question OF division under that
constitution, and the result Of the vote
on that subject in November last was
67,618. There were for division 1874,
against division a2,91s; a majority fol-
division of 4,67l.
"Mr. President, that is by far the
largest vote that has ever been cast in
any territory of this Union on the sub.
ject ofthe adoption ofa constitution or
admission, and although I have not
computed, I venture to say it 10 a larger
vote than the entire aggregate of the
votes from these southern: districts in
the election of members OF, congress
which I have just read In the hearing OF
the senate.
What other excuses remain orspost-
poning this long-delayed act Of Justice
This course Of evasion, quibbling, pre-.
text, and denial has run so long that &it
has ceased to be q mere error, ssNeverin
the history Of this government has such
a commonwealth knocked, and in vain,
at the doors of the Union; never has the
equity of any people been 40 shamefully
down-trodden.' 3lEjf5 AK, .lly.
ION account OF, grievances much the
same u ancestors rebelled.
ION account ofgrievances less than this,
'thoughmuch the same and committsdby
the same party andfor the same purpose,
the injustice done Kansas shocked the
popular conscience and c%onverged. upon
its perpetrators the condemnation of
tho world.
3 son account of expressions much the
same, for home government denied, for
the imposition o frulers alien to tho soil,
who govern like proconsuls, we blame
England, condole with Ireland, hold
meetings, pass resolutions, and con-
tribute money with self-sumcisnt by
.pocrisy, while we are full of the same
.offense.
II shall not, Mr. President, detail the
history Of this continuous and consistent
injustice; 1t 10 known of all men. i
shall content myself with presenting
Dakota as she ia to day.
"The entire territory contains 600, 900
people. Of these not less than $50, 600 in.
habit South Dakota. They began to
subdue that marvellous region when In
dams were ravaging before and behind
them.
Sin the midst of our struggle for
national existence, and long afterwards,
before a railroad was built into that
country, whom civilization stood paus.
ing on her western outposts, then not &C
miles west of the Mississippi river, the
forerunners of those hardy men and
brave women dared the wilderness, the
savage, and all the terrors of a season
when nature at times attacks man with
AVxNo0 VA10V law XxOZ6kk hIIklc6 III tuoy
marched.
"These people came from every state
and from foreign lands. There are there
twenty Thousand soldiers of the Union
army denied enfranchisement by the
nation they helped to save. This people
is in the maturity of age and of physical
and intellectual vigor. Go into an as
semblags in that territory and you will
see a few gray heads. No one there il
idle or superanuated. That people hay.
reclaimed that domain; they have Gre
ated a state. It is a gift from them to tn,
United States, which enjoys the largess
and spurns the givsr. They have mad,
the prairie yellow with harvssts, ant
they. reap therefrom each year moro il
value than IL digged from all the miner
ofg'ld and silver In the country. The,
have also since 1877 extorted 333, 900, 0O
Of treasure "uphorded in the womb o
EARTH" They have built thousands o
miles Of railroads; they have endowed
schools and universities; they haye 81
tablished reformatories, prisons, an,
asylums; they have created q state t
which nothing il wanting Of use, refine
ment. or luxury, and nothing wanting
OF political completeness except t
govern itself as a state Of the Unior
They are to-day, in all that constitutes
state, more fully equipped than man
states which have persistently denie
them fellowship.
"Froma wealth Of achievement s
various as to make selection difncul
here are some of the results, at least on.
half Of which belongs to South Dakot,
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