The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-01-17
est pride in our noble State. Nature

cSt pIIuc III our uODic St8te. Natuf(
was in her smiling mood when sh,
poured her bounteous blessing will
, lavish hand on this fair domain ",
call Missouri. With plains of broad
expanse with valleys nesting along the
greatest rivers in the world. of them
: selves enough to make an empire
with rugged hills and mountain chain.
high lifted like sentinels ON oul
border; with vast forest lands, opu.
lent beyond estimate in their towering
burdens with mines of lead,
zinc, iron, coal and ether
minerals, Of easy access to ill.,
dustrial use, inexhaustible in supply
and rich as the tabled Golconda; with
a soil of such diversity and universal
fecundity that the products of our
fields compete with the cotton of
Mississippi, the corn Of Illinois the
tobacco Of Virginia, and the wheat
of the DakOtas; and with climate
Of such pleasing variety that it dissi-
pates the drOwsy ennui of sluggish
monotony while it paints for all Of us
the rose Of health-what more could
We ask of a generous and indulgent
providence? | do not hesitate to
affirm, with a perfect confidence in
the absolute accuracy Of the state
ment, that nature has done more for
Missouri than for any other state in
the American union. And in mate
rial and intellectual growth no state
in the Republic, where CELEBRITY of
development has become the phenom-
enOn Of modern times, has outstripped
Missouri in the bounding rapidity and
substantial character of her progress.
Her fields and pastures, her mines
and forests, her mills and factories.
are unexcelled by any state in the d.
versiiication and value of their pro-
ducts. while her sloping hills and
winding valleys thick dotted with the
pleasant homes of the noblest type of
American husbaDdmen; with beauti- |
ful and prosperous towns scattered |
everywhere like clustering jewels ON
her breast, and mighty cities throb-
bling with the activities of prodigious
with her vast network
Of natural anil artificial lines of trans
Portation bringing the source of pro-
ductiOn into e:sy and SYM a'hetic
touch, and, through her great
capitals, into close
with the markets OF the
world; with her multiplied hun
ireds Of school houses, seminaries,
colleges and universities. her churches,
and eleemosynary institu-
ions. splendidly equipped and richly
endowed. attesting her high attain
nent in intellectual, benevolent and
moral culture: with her 1900, 600 OF {
plendid people hailing from every
lime, but welded into a homogeneous :
md symmetrical whole, with love of l
liberty as the common bond and the a
flower of their patriotism
her men distinguished of their cour-
&c, intelligence and hospitality, andl
er women unsurpassed for i0veiiness :,
nd gentle grace, Missouri. lustrous \
nd glorious, is worthy the place she v
lis as the central star in the constel- =.
'tion Of sovereignties composing the .
'merican Republic. In populati N q
nd wealth, in industrial and intellec- &
nal achievement, she stands in the \
rst rank among all the states, =
nd pre-eminent among those n
ing west Of the great Mis- "
Fsippi. She is worthy our dearest :;
We, and Of our most considerable and :.
'lfish service. The hope l have to- -
~ is that we gentlemen may be in 7,
rumental in advancing the state \,
mewhat further along the shining al
,thwav other great career. augment \,
e her power, increasing her import
ice, and adding to her opportunity
blessing those who live within her
'rders and contribute to her prosper. er
: and renown. ru
We need to cultivate and to mani vs.,
st on all occasions more intense and or
If-assertive pride in our noble state, in
her people and institutions, in what 81
sand is capable Of being-such as kr
to their credit, the sons all
Virginia and Massachusetts in their oil
votion to their homes. We should str
lrn for ourselves. and teach our Sc
ildren To love Missouri above all de
her states and places in the world. an
e should feel tor Missouri the thrill ag
fervor of that imprisoned love
'lch the lrishman cherishes for the NJ,
herald Isle or the Sco:chman for lar
scrags and glens of his native Gil
ghlands. The honor and good for