The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-04

T1e etafe Of Warrington h now ana viii here
SITTER continue 70 reap the beuedts which result
from the sturdy integrity. personal honor and
anwavexiug morality Of in pd0neerA II would
Be pleasure 70 repeat their names in this adj
dress. but space will not permit. nor II itneces-
safy. for those names are already written In the
Book OF the lmmcrsala. and they constitute Z
roll OF honor Of which the ssaee may well be
pfond in sitter yea.s, and which should be held
in grateful remembrance in al time to come
Many Of them have gone to that undiscovered
country from which no one ever returns, but
those yes living. surrounded by children. troops
Of friends and all the evidence of great pros
perity. made possible by the tolls aud labors Of
their early youth. have earned the privilege OF
eu5oying al the pleasures and comforts In
which old age can ind satisfaciion.
"Eve1 the richest, fondest glow
Surrounds the autumnal sun:
But their sight fails-no heart may know,
The bliss when life II done
No settler within the limits Of the state Of
Washington now rises in the morning uncer-
tain Is to the ownership or title OF the posses
sion Of the land upon which he laborx No
citizen OF Warrington IL now In doubt a. TO
whether the nag which may float over his resi-
dence. bearing upon it, folds the emblem OF
national authority. will be that OF the United
States or Great BRIAN. Thanks TO the loyalty.
courage and perseverance, Of our pioneers the
stars and stripes now wave over the continent
from oceac to oce IN, and there II no one TO
question its righffal supremacy. The title Of
the ahorigines of the country has been extin-
suished and the patent Of the United States gov
eminent d the best guarantee and the most per-
feet evidence Of title on earth.
Mr.. President, the dayS of hero worship are
over. We no longer by any stretch OF the
Imagination whatever invest the leading and
prominent men and women OF the world with
those superior qualities which are supposed.
usually. 70 belong to gods and goddesses. This
busy. busting and practical age Of oun takes no
account Of anything In the ordinary affairs Of
life except what may be actually accomplished.
and it believes that what man has done man
can do again. But the hope and expectation
may not be unreasonable that the examples
which have been left by the pioneers Of wash.
ingteu. Of patience, iortitude ana endur-
ance. Of unswerving integrity. loyalty
and patriotism, may long be cherished
and deemed perhaps worthy Of emulation BY
this and future generations The exercise Of
those high and admirable qualities may not b
called for 10 the precise way In which they be
came so necessary and useful to those pioneers.
their country and the world ct large. but til
umphs are to be secured in other fields of labor
and in other lines Of human effort, BY the per-
aistent use Of the same qualities The tribute
OF our highest regard and esteem IL especially
due to the women who came - mothers. wives
aud daughters OF pioneer. The part taken BY
them In the early settlement of the country II
not % prominent - that taken by the husbands
and brothsrs, was not less important in the
building mp Of new commonwealtha
The world viii never know how mach
wss patiently endured by tho pioneer
women who came to establish homes with
their husbands and for their children In Oregon
and Washington. whether in the long marches,
the heat and dust, the hunger and thirst too
often Suffered in crossing the plains. or in the
sparsely settled communities in which they To-
Gated, exposed ~ Ill times to every variety Of
danger and hardship. they never failed to dis
play the courage OF the race Of heroiues to
which they belonged Too often. when hus-
bands were called to scenes Of danger whence
they might never return. was the parting Of
Hector and Andronache repeated. yet her conr-
age never faitered, her love and faith and hope
never failed. often from lonely grave. upon
the wide plains. Ike the Ancient Mariner on the
wide sea
$50 lonely 'swss. that God himself
Seemed scarcely there % be-
they moved forward with tearful eyes and
aching hearts, but with IN earnest, unfaltering
determination TO 60 forward and DO their part in
the great work before them In the language OF
one OF our American poets, they said:
.Come, my tan-fAced children.
Follow well In order. get your weapons ready.
Have you your pistolsf Have you Jour sharp
Pioneers! o. Pioncera
'For we can not tarry here.
We must march, my darlings: we must bear
the brunt of danger.
We, the youthful, sinewy races; all the rest on
Us depend,
Pioneersl o. Pioneers
10, you daughters Of the West,
o, you young and elder daughters! o. You
mothers and you wives,
Never must you be divided, in our ranks you
move united.
Pioneeu' O, PioneerA
so, you youths, Western youths,
So impatient, full of action, full Of manly pride
and friendship
Plain see you Western youths, zee you tramp
ing with the foremost,
Pioneers, o. Pioneen-
"Have the elder races haltedg
Do they drop and end their lessons wearied
over there beyond the seas,
We take mp their task eternal, and the burden
aud the lesson.
Pioneers. O, Pioneera
1--WE, deiachments steady throwing,
Down the edges. through the passes. mp the
mountain steep,
conquerins. holding. daring, veniuring q we
go the unknown ways,
Pioneersz o, Pioneers.
Eve primeval forests felling
We the rivers ssemmingvexing We and piercing
deep the mines within:
"we TIE surface broad surveying; We the virgin
soil uphesvirg,
P1oneeui o. Pioneers"
Thus they pushed forward through the heats
OF summer ana often through the SHOWS of win
ter. carrying their burden. II IL recorded that
whilst men hare occasionally been appalled, At
the obstacles and dangers before them and
have returned TO their old homes after begin
ming the journey across the plains, no woman
ever did 10, bit no matter what the difficulties
were which surrounded her, she continued to
70 forward The home and family are pecu-
larry American institutions With such part.
ness In holsc building IL Is not strange tbs. men
should have bcen Inspired 10 face the creates;
danger 10 succeed in the mos; difficult under.
takings and 70 secure tae most lofty achieve
gnents
Mr.. President. the pioneer age with al its
lights and shadows, 10 suffering and privasion.
hiss pass q into history. Its doubts and uucer-
sasnsiss have given place TO . growth and deYei-
cpnens which were never dreamed Of by iss
early settlers The war-whoop of the Indian
has given place 20 Q softer AMI more del.rhtful
music TIE dow-mcvinx and dusty emigran,
wagon has given place 70 the palace ear. and
time and SPACE are 80 nearly annihilased thss
we are today nearer 20 the seat Of the govern
mens Of the United States. in so far
IS travel is concerned. Than wxs 81
LOAN City yssu aga A new and brighter
era has dawned upon ~ We rejoice in the
blessings OF peace and prosperity, of progress
comfort lsxury and intelligence which come in
- frsin- We hope these blessings may be long
eoasinaed And enjoyed b. this and many fusnrs
generafsons. bus ss the era Of the pioneers fades
FROM our visloa NE cannot but render IL she
love And vcneratiou. the rssperI esteem ana
gratitude OF our Utmost heartA and exclatm =