Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-20
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N'ErTT>, a.. Julg 3a-Ihe Northwest
tent"nua. 1n-.lt 'T,sry exercises yesterday
were ercral..., Interesting and were tit
TING cpur.l ,,t e. the series They were
opened Wiz pom by Col W. \. Taylor,
al to'um' % ia the settlement Of the
NurtbVr Territory Tor It's theme 1t wa
well dlNs.-. had some strong musical
stanln~ and WAS cordially applauded
After "a, alqd-uSe had sultsided senator
sherman, within few introductory remarks
took uQ th discussion Of the theme which
Senator lguial talked about Wednesday.
and sand be. something has been said about
the title To- She northwest of Virginia New
York and Connecticut All claimed the title
10 this great northwest, Int none Of these
states had utIr that could he defended in
law or ethics The territory belonged to the
Indians There was a title won by Virginia
that was good. and that was the title of con
quest All human dominion rests on the
theory that might makes right George
Rogers Clarke, who conquered this terri
tory, will have IN history high and almost
poetic renoNn.' Senator Sherman eulo-
gizel Clarke and explained fully the
measures IT his achievement His
discussion to. the title Of the English people
to the northwest was very thorough and
lucid "lhe hand Of fate was on the Indian
races sad the senator, "and they had to
give way. aud civilization has never vet
halted, IN it, progress, for harbarous race.
George Rogers Clarke, like st Clair, died in
poverty, forgotten 10y his state, but thank
God" exclaimed Senator Sherman, under
the inspiration of this celebration congress
monument Ia his memory The migration
t. the west was the most remarkable in his
tory. All of the old states contributed colo
nlsts. In the part of ONO called the Western
Reserve there are more people with Con-
neCtiCut blood in their veins than there are
in Connecticut herself Foreign immigra-
grafton did not reach this territory till 1880
The reason Ohio has furnished such capable
men you may find in the mingtng of the
races and people that came here early in the
| century"
Senator Sherman's remarks and charac
terizations of the various sorts Of people who
made NJ the old states was caustic keen
witty and clever He showed that il woulC
| not have done to have hau the west settled
| only by the Hankeers, Quakers, Virginians
| or any other single stock He ascribed tn,
superior mettle of Ohio men" to happy
and thorough fusion of the best people of al
| the European nationalities
Speaking of Indian depredations Sherman
| said; 81 saw the last Indian tribe leave Obi,
| in 1910, a sad remnant of the once powerful
| Wyandotte nation" Continuing, he sifteC
| the whole field of western history, tradition
and anecdote, and put into vigorous Ian
| guage the salient facts of an empires growth
"Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wis
consin, he said in conclusion, ARE and shall
be the invincible states of an indestructib
| nation"
| Congressman C. II. Grosvenor followet
| Senator Sherman with an address. In tb
afternoon Attorney General Watson ant
Gen. James Robinson, secretary of state
made short speeches, The great centennia
closed with an elaborate display of fireworks
on the Muskingum river 1t has been thor
ough success Governor Foraker remain
here till Saturday, and will give the MARKETS.
people a reception tonight.