Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-15

state government O1SSiuc6 As the
waves, but one rs the sea; each state
. star, each county . satellite, the
national government sun. the whole
. harmonious system Is grand and
glorious in the political firmament rs
the Solar system in the heavens.
The chasms opened by the earth
quake shocks OF civil discord are
now forever closed, above its dead
issues and its dead animosities
the music Of ..Yaukee Doodle" and
the music of s'Dixie" mingling their
exultant notes-no longer hostile
shall sound through the same air
that floats the flag Of an indsstructi-
BILE union.
Governor Bob.
The second half of the intellectual
drama was opened with the introduce
ton of Hon. Bob Taylor in happy
words by ex-Mayor T. J.. Medill, Jr.
The ex-congressman in portraying the
customs and oddities Of the Dixie"
which he terms 1.-The home of beauty
and sorrow, the land of flowers and
tears" introduces q male quartet. in
which he sings second tenor, the
singers being of magnificent voice,
and the refrain produces upon the
audience q sensation as touching as
it is entertaining and amusing.
When the angels Of the Lord had
laid out and completed the second
paradise on earth. which the speaker
thought the Cherubim and Seraphim
named the beautiful land of ..Dixie."
when they had rested under the
shades of its trees. and bathed in its
crystal waters and breathed the per-
fume of its flowers, they spread their
wings on its mellow air and mounted
upward toward the skies. They hung
rainbow on the clouds, aud. pursu-
ing its gorgeous archway northward
over hill and vale and mountain
and across the Potomac and the Ohio,
they alighted to tie its neither
end to earth, there lay stretched
out before them another empire
of transcendent beauty, and 10! they
made third paradise and called it
the land of Yankee Doodle" Ever
since that day the rainbow has rested
with one end on Dixie and the other
end on yankee Doodle" and its
radiant arch bends above q race Of
bravest men and most beautiful wom-
en- that the sun of heaven has ever
shone upon. Gov. Taylor spoke at
length of the beauties and blessings
of the united country. Differences
Of feeling and of opinion and Of SEN
timent existed still. he said, and
would always. but they were merely
local. Mason and Dixon's line is
still there, but it is only the divid-
ins limo between cold bread and hot
biscuits. 1t would not do for our
country to be all north and all south,
any more than it would do for the
seasons to be all winter or all SUM-
msr. He believed in patriotism
which loved home better than any
other spot on earth. He would de-
spise Yankee who does not love
the rocks and rills of New England
better than the roses and palms of
the south, and would loathe the
native of the far west who
did not believe the Pacific coast the
garden spot Of the woi Id land who
will chide me-" he said, ..for loving
the land Of Dixie best. The Potomac
and the Ohio constitute the boun-
dairy line between the north and the
south, and each of these great Sec
tions. SO divided, is a column of
strength in the triple temple OF the
union" He spoke at length on the
virtues OF the south, and held that
as unto the crowns the jewels are. SO
unto the nation is Dixie" She is
the red and white of the American
flag and some Of the blue. the dimple
In the cheek Of the Goddess Of Lib
erty. the diamond pin in the shirt
bosom Of Yankee Doodle" He
said yankee Doodle" may boast of
the Aurora Borealis as the reflec-
ton Of the fires Of her furnaces and
factories but the milky-way is but the
picture oNthe skies OF the rice and
cotton fields of ..Dixie." He told of
the ways oi the negroes, and in this
introduced with the 9th.
ers Of the quartet the old plantation
melodies. The time will come, he
said, when the south will build
monument to the old time black
nanny for the lullabies she has
sung. He had heard the darkiss
sing until the stars t~inkled to their
music. The lecture was punctured
with humorous anecdotes, and in
the governor declared
..long live the empire of Yankee
Doodle long live the empire of
Dixie one and insepara6le now and
forever"
1t was a wonderfully delightful
entertainment, for while Alt thrilled
all with his eloquence. Bob charmed
all with his wit. The selections in
troduced by Bob's quartet during the
lecture were: 1.-THE Old Cabin
Home" 1.-THE Gum Tree Cancel
1.-The Chickens Roost 20 HiS.,. >"
What's in a Kiss" Hush, Nv Dear.
Lie Still and Slumber." "Oh. Dou,t
You Cry. My Baby" Don't You
Hear Dem Bells?" my Old Kentuckv
Home" Get Away From Pat Win.
der" liking David. Play ON You'l
Harp" and ''Swing Low, Sweet
and the medley yankee