The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-10-03
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Excerpts Taken from St. Paul Papers of
Forty Years Ago.

Maj. Gen. John B. Sanborn. at
Mozart hall, Thursday evening, de-
livered one of the most forcible pa
triotic talks ever delivered in this
country. 1t is. worthy of being
placed with such an immortal ora
ton as Lincoln's address at Gettys-
burg. The occasion was the con-
vention of the Republican soldier
politicians of the state to elect dele
gates to a similar convention to be
held at Pittsburg. Gen. Sanborn
said in part: "Antagonism and con-
f1ict is the natural condition of all
animal life. All orders and grades
of the animal creation are provided
with means of attack and defense.
This principle applies to national
life at the natal hour of nations that
have come into being armies of
pride or contemporaneous creations
have stood around to guard and
protect the newborn existence. In
asistocratic and dcspotic govern
ments the chief and almost only
glory of armies has been their love
of fame and disregard of death,
and achievements attained in behalf
of thail. Governments
Such armies have often crushed
out the liberties of the people and
become their chief oppressors.
Hence our fathers declared that
standing armies in times of peace
are dangerous to liberty, and so or
gained our government that our
army and navy should be Of the
people, subject in all respects to the
legislative and judicial branches of
the government. Thus it is that |
from the revolution to the present
time, in all the conflicts and wars in
which the nation has been engaged, |
our army and navy have always
fought on the side of the people
struggling to maintain the natural
rights of man; his right to personal
liberty, personal security and private
property This constitutes their
great and enduring glory, altho no
army and navy ever displayed SO
great valor, so strong love for an
imperishable fame, so great a con-
tempt for death, nor attained such
wonderful achievements. :
The flags of other nations, repre-
senting the power welded by one
man as the few over the many, shall
pass away and lose their place and
power among the nations, while ours
shall ever remain,
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This pitiful plant comes from
MINNEAPOLIS: Where in the name
of liquids has all the water gone?
Old Mississippi is almost dry. Over
in st. Anthony every drop of water
is husbanded, the pond cleared of
distractions and some of the mills
are stopping for want of water. On
this side the ponds are as dry as fish
bones on Spirit Island. 1t is dry
walking on them, and workmen liv-
ing in st. Anthony use them instead
Of the suspension bridge. The whole
force of the water now passes thru
the fumes and waste weirs." And
we must add this is the place that
has for years claimed to be the real
head of navigation.
In a private letter from Helena.
Mont, N. P. Langford, formerly of
St. Paul, but now a collector of in
ternal revenue in the territory, is
highly praised as a popular and gen
tlemanly official. Fisk's expedition
has reached Fort Benton, after a
very successful trip, without moles-
tations from the Indians.
Who were the first discoveries of
gold at Vermillion lake? That has
been a much discussed question re-
Gently. In the spring of 1868 Hon.
Amos w. Hall, Mr.. E. F. Ely of
Oneota, and Mr.. MeEwing of Super
ior, made trip to that region, and
it was this party who claimed to be
the original discovers of gold in that
place. None of them attached much
importance to it at that time, altho
some attention was then drawn to