The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-07-19

man, 81 thrifty mere. as at home, and here
With a full-nedge6 Wt.tetagemote, and the
women for counsellors. You III re many a
descendant of the scalds of Icelend, whose
ancestry repeated the Sagas, and had their
open-aired thing, or. parliament. You have
the Russian as q citizen, iroed from czerism,
enjoying his local 2emstvo. You have the
Cel5 Ieyclllng In the full fruition Of that
home rule which he sought il vain In Ire
land and with him In the full liberty OF con;
science are the Catholics OF Belgium and
France. You have the Noiser,aN, who is
now so mild a hammered man that 10 one
world ever suspect that his ancestor was Il
viking and !, pirate. Finally, you have on
both sides OF the Missouri. sometimes theoret
ically on, and generally and practically OIL
the reservations, %froians, who, When they
sp dot rhine, caoaot speak Il word cx-
ccut In heir own tongue; come OF
whom are said to dress so finely
thet ihey can excel the dudes of Broadway
and give them three points In their blan-
ket.' In fine, you have r composite OF all
the races and their various languages and In
stitutions. They here hsrmonize under tul
tolerstion. Notwithstanding they have not
acquired the Volapuk, as a medium.
TRADITION AND POETRY.
THE rtorics aud traditions from which
| poetry is derlyed-its very argument--shound
throughout your territory, from Devils Lake,
with Its wonderful snake, 10 the shad2wy
| giants which once guarded the Black Hills
from human intrusion. Wherever forests
grew, there is Gun the weird ancestral
| tree in whose boughs the dead Indians are
| eepulchred, ertombed Ike ,he coffin OF the
! Arab camel driver, between earth and
! heaven.
your StisshuH' ~is,t7elt a flowing epic. AS
the early explorers 'iourd It difficult to com
promise In any general desca 3tion tic char
nc %eris:!cs Of the Missouri 80 extensive and
fed by SO many streams whicl have thtif
sources In q great variety OF soils ana eli
mates ettll, as they wrote, 'thc great river
was sufficiently powerful to give all its wa
| ttrs something OF Il common characte".' Its
very face, its banks, its channel, It's bluffs,
its productions, its timbers, may undergo
chauges, owing 60 the variety OF Its tribute,
but ii may he sald that liz deposits, unlike
some which are put into o her banks, tend TO
the enrichment of tbe country. Gut Of lis
local variety is evoked that unity which the
constitution is The symbol and the bondv'
This led the people TO exalt local govern
ment rs a true principal of sovereignty, and
10 eiorifS the division and admission' OF
Dakota and the admission of the other
states, OF which lie gave 3 detailed account,
| closing IT by saying:
Thus IL appears from this record, the
pages of which are accessible to everybody
that the straight iInc to settle the question
OF admission and division not only OF the two
Dakotas, but OF the other territories of Mon
tRna and Washington, was carried in such an
emphatic manner that the people have uni
versaliy accepted the -four states and
placed their starry emslems Upon our flag, in
advance of the formalit'es which are tJdaY
proceeding In the terIitories.''
Finally, he made a glowing picture OF the
great west aud its future as q dominating
element, controlling the excess OF the ecc-
ti0us.
CEIEs-InE oUREN
''The roice OF the west will be omnipotent,
Tor 1t is a voice which cries out from the
earth. who is our mother.
''ln The delicious mythology Of Greece, the
goddess o. the earth was the sister OF the
god OF the hcayers-JupIter. AS Ceres she
became the protectress OF the growing grain
Al u the cop.ous harvest. Hymns were sung
aud temples erected IN her honor. At her
bidding earth yielded or refused TO yield its
products. If .he babe, The oxen draw the
pillow in the fields; or If she forbade, In vain
the seed was cart into the ground.
"She was al in*entress rs wei as q god
dess. She invented agricultural implements.
1t is tabled that she gave to her favorlte
plougher of the soil-'thrlce ploughei' or sub
soiler-a chariot drawn ny dragons, in which
he few through the air distributing corn to
the Il tferent regions OF the earth, symbolic
iHg-tf 1t were not an anathrcnism-by the
myth that distr!but.ye force which comes
from the locomotive.
"MaieStjc in stature and amiahlc in charac-
ter, she was the reconsideration of the pro
ducttve principle of the earth.
at is no stretch Of the Imagination to say
that America has reCroa ned her. Her throne
4; IN the west; her subtle ministers are
GrcaJcr than bloc! aud iron. Her ministers
are steam and ron. Hsr srcptsred authority
l. obcyea so that net only to all our states,
tut to all the world, her productions are
sent. IIars is the div nely s~noiDted royalty
Her crown is Ike the old iron Lombard
crown, or which Is written: God has given
Il to ne; let him beware who would touch
"Standlug upon the threshold OF these
young states, aud in the morning of another
century, may we not have glimpses OF the far
uture OF Their destiny. 1t may not be that
OF . Paradise rcgaincd; 1t may not pc that of
H NV Atlantis rising from the wave, and
where no frost c~ongeals and 10 storm veXes;
1t may not be u P!atonian ideal, where the
abstract and the object are one, and that one
Is al beautiful with truth and virtue 1t may
not he some indefinite Utopia wearing it's
~eorcnsl Of unreal happiness beneath Equa-
torial realms. but as men reason, is 1t not
probable that in these new states, iu the very
heart of the continent, may be found the
shining nucleus and the concentrated genius
Of the most miraculous progress known to
human society! Already we may hear the
cheerful music Of requitcd toll, inspiring the
builders OF new homes aad the founders Of
new commonwealth, with the incentive to
and the fruition Of the best human energy
au3cr the most favored institutions.
MANIFOLD MEANINGS oFTHIs DAY AXD YEAR.
Your celebration here aud now Is mani
fold in meaning. 1t combines Jefferson and
the declaration, Washington and the consti-
tuition. Jefferson and Louisiana, and there
fore Jefferson and Dakota. 1t embraces
France with her revolution aud our own. and
France with Louisiana, Washington, Jetfer-
son and Dakota, end all inbound In the
golden rigo' Of republican institutions and
human felicity. Said | not rightly, as men
count the periods of tline-it Is a wonderful
yesf2
III other celebrations of this day be only
tae laudatton OF the historic past, then they
Niil be q mere ostentation. which will die
With the year. But your jubilee unites hope
With history and advancement With memory.
"Yonrs, citizens Of the northwest, is a Celc-
bration that bids the glowing scenes Of the
future at distance, hail! No mere the ap-
prehensiOn of the s~tealthy tread OF the moe
casin. No more the plash OF the French
traders oar in yoHr lakes and streams.
Touch the pulse OF our active aye and you
VII iStl iS Niitpp VI III hliSilN ltl'NudDIC
movement which i~ntergeaves your inter
changes with The world. Place your ear to
the earth and you will hear the tramp, tramp,
tramp Of the coming generations. Stretch
your vision from YOUR dawning centenary
emlrcnce, and 10! Chaos and old night roll
away before an auroral splendor, 'far-stnkipg
Into spiendor without end
"kll hEtl! Sisters of the northwest! As
Que not altogether unfamiliar with your ter
ritory and its asp!rations-as one who has in
the generation gone by cndeavored TO cham
piou the rights and welcome the coming
of the states upon your southern and
eastern border, even IS the humblest OF those
accredited from the great e~ptrcpot OF COM
mcrce to the nations congress-may | not be
permitted to welcome YOU to tue enjoyment
II the privileges. Advantages, immunities
and guarantees which proiec. property, rep
~utstion, person, liberty, religion and ne.
Welcome to the olympian race In which We
are about to start upon the course of cont
mental empire! Ali bail, the promise OF yorr
superb morning, AID msy 1t be glorious to
the cndl Under favoiirg auspices may you
so direct your destiny that the genius of yaur
race and poltty shalt flourish beyond the i'm
lgina.ion Of man 10 conceive, or