The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-16
Q fetal Paper If B,ttineau County.
J. W. BENNETT, EDITOR.
Centennial of Washin4ton's In
G~Cguration.

Apfll oV, 100, WAS u nCLtDle DAY
III history, notable at home, notable
abroad, among nations it was the
birth of a one, for America i,
was the dawn of the day Of freedom
from oppression and tyranny. 1 say
the dawn, for / do not regard the
American nation as commenced until
Washington was inaugurated.
To-day, on this first centennial of
that inauguration, we look back
through the vista Of the years, and
hail with joy the birth of liberty.
Washington lived that you and |
might have both civil and religious
liberty. Among citizens he is our
noblest, among presidents the wisest,
among Statesmen the grandest, among
patriots the most beloved, among gen.
erals the greatest and ablest OF man
kind. W. call up the mighty war.
riors of ages Zone. Alexander, what
was your ambition? "To have all
lands humble at my feet and lowly
say you are Il conqueror.'" Pom
pey, why did you war? "Ilnt I
might have unaying fame" Caesar,
why did you lead forth your hosts
THAT my name might stand in the
Roman empire as the stars in HEAVIER"
Napoleon, what was your ever burn
ing thought? Chat the day would
com Wien | would stand upon the
necks OF humanity and wave my ban
ners dipped in running blood" Wash
ingtor, wherefore did you sound the
bugle notes Of war? because man
was enthralled and | wished him free
because chains of tyranny bound
him and he must have his liberty.
| said the ablcst. Other generals
have had well trained armies and a
host to do their beck and nod, but
Washington had to take from the raw
and unframed men, and mould them
into a moving army. Yes, and he
moved them OF from victory to vic.
tory until foreign hireiings had fled.
He had to lead into the field his whole
resources, with nothing at his back
but Royaiists who would not fight but
rather sought to hinder. 1t was upon
W%ashington's shoulders that the bur-
den fell, surrounded as he was by
TRAITORS both in camp and through the
nation; spies within and spies without;
soldiers mur1nurlng, starving, shoe
less; his trusted ones, Lee and Arnold,
the Judas-hcarted, who sought to sell
thcir country for the thirty pieces of
silver, but who died amid the con
tempt and loathing of common race.
Washington! His very name stirs
the pulses Of the free. His spirit,
like a clarion, cxcites the hearts of
humanity. Hail chief! Hail friend!
Hail warrior! To-day, would we
weave a garland woven out Of the
choicest rccollections Of our race aud
fling it upon thy grave. To day is
thy name hailed with acclamations of
gratitude and delight wherever men
are found who glory in their freedom.
Can any land beneath the sun show
such a march Of progress? Then, our
nation was thirteen small states along
tie Atlantic. and the man who had
crossed the Alleghanies Was one who
lad travelled far and wide. 1t reached
out to the wooded west; trees fell be-
fore the settlers axe; a wilderness
was changed to a land of beauty and
fertility, where rolled the bright wat
ers of tie Ohio and Tennessee. Then,
the American people commenced to
pride themselves in their vast posses
siohs. All! but greater days were
yet to Beyond lay the Miss
'isssippi in its grandeur and farther on
stretched the glorious plains Of the
west where roamed the animals in
their native freedom-the broad
plains waiting for the habitation of
mankind Then, had our nation as
sumed gigantic size, and the eyes of
the eastern lands were opened wide
at the growing child. The stars Of
heaven travel westward and with
them went the stars of empire. The
wild buffalo and the wilder Indian
stared in amazement that where they
had lately pastured and hunted, busy
cities swarmed with life--lEat waving
prairie grass should be changed to
golden .~trlin. Bat on, OH to the
west! From afar the Rocky Noun
tains cleaned, heavihg it's bosom to
the rolling clouds-the Rocky heights
whiting with its gold and silver for
the coming man. Now our nation
reached from where the wild Atlantic
trets to the towering Rockies where
the eagle brood5-a mighty land.
But onward mast the nation go. The
happy land for which man dreamed
was washed by the calm Pacifc-the
land of gold and clustered fruit.
What Il nation, reaching from ocean
to ocean! Within these broad, broad
miles Of plenty the overcrowded east
found homes. Farther west we could
not, go. The nation turned its eyes
unto the north. There lay Washing
ton territory with lis immense tim
beers, mining prospects, and abundant
harvests. Idaho and Montana with
their great prairie land waiting for
the coming focks and drovcs Of low
ing cattle. and lastly but far from
least, Dakota, twenty years ago said
to be a barren, frozen, alkall desert;
but now the home Of 600, 900 brave
aud true-Dakota, where men have
found homes in a land Of plenty,
found health in its healthy climate,