The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-10

| lhI hoTiiNcSt ioT u lew lliNlitStS ~
! tile American sailors to 1sh for cod Of
the hunks pf Newfoundland. A few
|'years before this, 40 prove his lutte
ignorance of the intrinsic value Of thl
land of the northwest, Daniel Webster
then the most powerful member of tn
| United States senate, uncontroycrtet
by Clay aud Calhoun and Benton, mad,
this astounding speech: What do w
want with this vast, worthless area
this region OF savagcs ana wild beasts
OF deserts, of shifting sands an(
whirlwinds OF dust, of cactus ant
| prairie dogs? To what nse could W,
ever hope to put these great deserts, OF
these great mountain ranges, impene
| trabIc and covered to their base will
eternal SHOWS? What can we cvel
hope to do with the western coast Of
5000 miles. rock bound, chcerless and
embarrassing, and not harbor on it,
What use have we for such country
| Mr.. President. will never vote cent
Pacific coast one inch nearer Boston
than it is now" Ali, ME. Am going
beyond my right in declaring that Mar
Gus Whitman, kneeling upon the top OF
the Rocky mountains on the Fourth
of July, 1886, and taking possession of
that western coast for God and the
United States, was an inspired states,
man?
Whjtman's Brave Enterprise.
But Marcus Whitman had more than
inspired vision and opened ears. He
had consecrated, noble. Christian
heart, as well as clear BRAIN He
was n gospel missionary who was
ready, if necessary, to die If by his
death he could only accomplish the
work which God had given him to do.
In order to save Oregon for the Union,
In midwinter alone, he rode straight
across this continent. He detied the
warning elements as well as savage
tribes, the terrors of the SHOWS and
the precipices and colds as well as the
Indian tonahawks.
After the Hudson Bay company
found II was unable TO stem back
western immigration ii took another
course 1t decided TO import its own
loyal English subjects from Canada
and gradually crowd the Americans to
the wall. 1t tried TO do with the Amer.
leans as the Americans of the east did
with the Indians. About a century
ago Joseph Elliott was the agent Of
the Holland Land company, which
owned nearly all the lumber about the
region of the western part of New
York near TO Niagara Falls. One day
famous Indian chief of that time,
Red Jacket by name. met Mr.. Elliott
and sat down with him upon log to
talk. In a little while Red Jacket
said. in n quiet tone. to Joseph Elliott,
Move along, joe" and Mr.. Elliott,
surprised ut the request moved little
along the log. In n little while came
the second request of "Move along,
joe and third request, Move along,
joe" and a further request, Move
along, joe" until Mr.. Elliott was at the
end of the log. Then, when the Indian
said "Move along, joe" Mr.. Elliott be-
came angry and answered: 'Why, man,
/ cannot move along any farther with
out landing in the mud" Ugh" said
Red Jacket "just so white man in
reference to Indian land. White man
says to Indian, Move along, move
along, move along until white man
pushes Indian off the face of the
EARTH
The tactics adopted by the Amer
leans toward the Indians were imi-
tated by the Hudson Bay company.
1t began settling Oregon with its own
friends, in the hope that II n treaty
between the United States and Eng
land should he negotiated, leaving the
of the country to be de
rided by popular vote. the English
settlers would outnumber the Ameri- |
rams. Whitman no sooner learned The
nature of the scheme than he set out |
winter though II was. for Washington !
10 put the government on IFS guard and |
warn it against negotiating any treaty |
BY which the position of Oregon would |
pc affected. That lonely ride from ore
yon To Washington in the winter of /
1912 Is n story of personal intrepdity |
md patriotism which ought to be i'm |
mortal. Would you and be willing /
% sacrifice for our country AMI our 1
Tod MS Marcus Whitman sacrificed? 4
Would you and be willing. IL neccs- /
iary. To give up our all ana lay down 4
,ur lives in suffering greater than ANY 1
soldier ever suffered upon the Amer
can battlefeldsT
But, as take step further in my /
Itudy of this remarkable nation build. /
r. find. as with Marcus Whitman. the 4
,reatest Of men are always the gen 4
lest of men. Furthermore. | find that /
he seemingly unimportant Incidents /
y their lives. which they did out Of the I
and nobility Of their hearts. 4
lavo sometimes had the most farIeacl- 4
ng effects in their ultimate triuinphs. /
Not only do we admire Marcus Whit
nan as n patriot and hero, but as a
over and a husband. and Il Is TO
fact that his public succcss
vas i'm no small degree due to the quail
ties he displayed I'm his private life.
% you ask how the one could con
ributc To- the other: ] answer by rap
lily drawing three verbal pictures