The state herald., 1889-07-12
sAERMAN.s spEgctv
He Recalls His Early Experiences Ia
Colorado and Notes the Won-
derfui Changes.

At the Fourth Of July celebration In
Denver General Sherman made the follow.
ing address.
Mr.. President and Comrades q
great many Of you have been calling for
pleasure or an easy thing for me to talk
here, come up here and take my place o.
forever hold your peace. Your president
has stated pretty clearly tho tcrms and
conditions on which they enlisted In this
war and has told too much Of II for me TO
say any more. They have made you ad-
dresses aresa ss which i:a ought to satisfy you
be content by simply looking at me and
seeing me, will feel all right | surely
would not think of coming 1900 miles from
New York City to this city II did not think
great deal Of 1t. You brag . great deal
about Denver. 1t is not SO big as New
York City yet. Itis all right to brag, though.
You will probably have annexed the whole
Of Colorado by the time come here next
Laughter.
Every soldier feels in his bosom that
cherish love for the soldiers of Colorado
that is hardly TO be measured by words.
Applause. And for the people of Colo
RADIO | confess feel u more than ordinary
affection and respect. Standing as we
now do upon this frail platform looking
out on this enormous array Of benches, ar
ranged, suppose, to enable you to see tho
fireworks to might; looking out on tho
mountains which have been my long love
--and want to get there Just as soon as !
can. Applause. i love the mountains
more than do the city. Laughter. And
that have long felt deep personal inter.
est in the prosperity OF this continent And
was among the early pioneers to Califoy-
mia before you fellows claim to have bsfn
pioneers. You claim 1851; 70 back 70
1s49. Am right, Governor"
Governor Evans-Yes.
well, sir, they claim out In California
TO be Ayers. nm 4Ger." Applause.
Governor Evans-We give in.
And was there when we only had
communication with the East around Cape
Horn, six months trip, or they, perhaps,
could travel acrossd by wagon with two
horses or may be a COW team, u dog, wife
and butternut children In the same time.
/ saw some quicker method OF communica-
tion must be had with theEast or California
could not be expected to become portion
of the United States-the United States
as made ono under yondef flag. Ap-
plause.
1.-THE Government always feltan interest
in connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific.
The route over the lsthmus OF Panama
was the first move. Finally some people
established u pony express and 1 believe
once sent message through in three days;
but they had TO change horses every few
miles and then they nearly killed the
horses. One fellow would jump on and
hardly take time to get bite and drink
before he would be of again. But very
soon some Of the ablest people in the coun-
try contemplated Pacific railroad. They
did not get to work in some time. In the
war, boys, many told you to go in and get
crippled. 1t is easy to say go I'M but to
go and do 1t is different thing.
"About that time they established IL line
of communication by the Arkansas across
the hills, then by Smoky Hill and up the
Platte. And the soldiers then for years
and years lived In dugouts. You people
don't know what dugout is, do you"
Laughter.
IA voice-"Yes, sir"l
81 know what dugout Is and the Gov
crnor Evans knows what dugout Is. IL
Is not like the brick houses ] saw
in the town to-day. The dugout
army has been a pioneer in civilization In
the United States Of America. That is
pretty hard thing to say, but believe 1t
every word, and believe Forts Leaven-
worth, Riley, Laramie and Dodge have
had as much to do with civilization and
the making of Colorado US any other thing
even as much as the tillers OF the soil
tuuSc WIN NOEh tuc LllutS anu tuTu
out every year sixty or seventy millions Of
money.
Colorado is n beautiful State, all the
more so for the beautiful range OF noun
tains you see before You, for It's diversity
of climate, sol; and everything. The sim
pie plains Of Kansas and Nebraska have
no especial interest They raise grain
and corn, but that is nothing Of marked in
tercst. Look ut yonder mountains. Any
man could drink in Inspiration from the
sight II would be worth tiOO,0Oo f6vt
miles east.
Lawrence, Kansas, would give 81 ,OOO, 900
IL you could move Longs Peak there.
Laughter Even Omaha would give
million and think II cheap. II | owned
this spot would charge 800 more an acre
FOR these mountains l could see. Ap
plauso and laughter.
''Now, my friends.i were TO commence
upon the history Of Colorado as have seen
II. II would take hours l do net intend 10
fatigue you. II were TO give you the his
tory OF Its progress rs ! have seen 1t, IL
would take weeks. l don't intend TO fatigue
you. But wish you one and all to think
that there Is something moro precious than
the gold and silver-contentment Every
man may have contcntment II he 10 rea-
sonable. would have every man taught
the lessons of patriotism ana you would be
lust US happy rs any rich man In Wall
street or In Chicngo-Chicago ts ahead
little, Is IL noti Applause.
Its not behind, anyhow. You have
plenty OF room here for expansion. and 10
me IL Is n source OF pride that was here
in the early days-'tj and III. Grant and
Sheridan and myself came hero In '67, and
we went up TO Georgetown and looked at
some mines NJ Black Hawk, and rode all
around the village. There were not more
than leo to 100 people here then. Thcro
was nothing like brick house. l believe
Dclano did hnvea little hut OF u house, but
II was necessary togo out doors to put on
u pair OF pantaloons. Laughter.
Now, over In yonder valley right under
the hills md almost within the hearing OF
my voice. is n city largely built and TO he
compared with any city, supplied with nil
the comforts Of life; you have everything
body can wish-that man can wish for.
am told that you have libraries and schools
In number and everything that with ordin-
ary growth ought TO be expected. Bc con
tent and do US well as your fathers have
done. wish you again every blessing
which Is good for you. and hope you will
continue In your growth. II you get too
full here In Colorado there Is Idaho and
Washington Territory. There Is Nil tho
necessary room here for large population,
refined population, and II you add TO that
contentmcnt, you will have all that this
earth can give, Applause,