Oregon sentinel., September 20, 1884, Image 1

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OREGON SENTINEL.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
E. P. GEARY, M. D.,
Physician And Surgeon.
MEDFORD, OREGON.
Office in A. L. Johnson's building.
T. R. YOUNG, M. D.,
Fhyslcan And Surgeon,
Cestral Point, Oregon.
Calls promptly attended to at all hours,
II. K. IIANNA,
Attorney & Counsellor At-Laio,
Jacksonville, Obn.
"Will prartice in all the Courts or the
State. Office up stsirs in Orlh's hriek.
P. P. PRIM,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
JadtsonviSJo, Ogn.,
Will practice in all the Courts of the
Stats. OfficB in Mrs. McOully's build
inj, corner of Californis. nd Fifth streets.
G U. AIKEN, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
JACKSONVILLE, OKEOON.
eB-0lcoppilf T.J. Hyn' .tore.
J. W- R93INS0N, II. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Jacksonville, Ggn.
OFFICE At City Drug Store. Resi
dence on Fourth St., opposite M. E.
Church.
Dills promptly attended o. .lay ami nighl.
" MARTIN VROVMAN, M. D.
DHYSICIAtl AIID SURGEON,
MEDFORD, OKKiiON.
Call promptly alien led to at all hours.
&&fi2&iM&
J ACKSONVlLl.Tt, IIKUUSIS.
-rr.- p.::. . ' 'rTs" .
Alllm.lna.i placmllnmr livnlwill rscflvntirrnipt
attantloa. 5-i?Kl attention c'" ,0 d.lle
Hon..
A. L. JOHNSON,
Kotary Public, Real Estate A cnt and
Collector
IocUCor-d, Or-.
I mnke conveyancing and furnishing ab
stracts of land titles a specially. Loans
negotiated and collections innde. All
husiueis intrusted to my c-iro wiil receive
prompt and careful atte'nlion.
WILL. JACKSON,
f K N T I S T,
JAfKSONVII.LK, OREGON.
.. ,,, -.,, rntncTn exiucthd at h.i.
feSs&S. v. heura. Laughing pai .!
Q5"USiinihilteT.'il.if Jrtlre4,I.T xlilcli extra
4 chargo ill l matle.
OSlco and ro.Meuca on corner of California and
Uth itreots.
A. . (J1I5D5. L. U. STKARNf
GIBBS & STEARNS,
A TTOEKEYS AND COUNSELLORS,
Rooms 2 ami 4 Strowbriilge's Building,
POUTLAND, onEfiOK.
Clllprartlc InallCcnrtaof Itncord In the Statol
Oregon and WahBhlngton Territory; and pay par
ttcular attention to linKine.a in Kodeml ConrU.
FREP GROB
Proprietor of the
CITY BAKERY I SALOON.
In Masonic Building,
Oregon St. Jacksonville.
The undersigned hereby desires to in
form the public that he is now prepared
to fill all orders for pies, cakes and bread
of every description. Also have a full as
sortment of crackers of all kinds. He wi 11
keep
FRED. GROB.
UNION HOrEL,
KerbvYillc Oregon,
M. Ryder, Propr.
First-class accommodation can always
be had at this house at the most reasona
ble rates.
5T"An excellent stable connected with
the hotel.
Settlement Wanted.
The nndcrsjirned having been burned
out, and needing the money due him on
account, lie asks all thoso indebtel to
corao forward at once ana make a settle
ment. Don't be backward as the money
must be lorthcoming.
J. S. HowaIid.
I'llB PillUlCR'S STORE !
Colman's old stand.
A, G. COLVIN,
Hereby informs the public that lie is dis
playing at the above stand a first
class stuck of
General Merchandise
Which he will sell
At Very Low Priceri.
Ilis stock consists of
?
CLOTHING,
Groceries., Provisions, Etc,
Everything is fresh and of good qual
ity, ana prices put down to
STho Lowest Scotch!
ETETCoinitry Produce bought and sold.
Remember LYImnn's old Maud, and give
me a c ill when in town.
A. G. Coi.vik.
EIGHTEENTH YEAR.
CONDUCTED BY.
THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY XAME.
rpUE SHOLAST1C YEAR OF THIS
school will commence about the end ol
Auiut, and is divided in fnur sessions,
ofcWvcn wc&kseach.
Ho.ird and tuilioii, pcrtera, ?10.00
Jlusie 13.00
Drawintr aad p xintisg b.00
Btdand Beddtnir 3.00
SELECT-DAY-.SCIIOOL..
-Dfirar.ryper.teira,.
JaWi V.-t
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ti'li J m
S45.00
T.ts.T.Y' :. f! rin'
a:TttttiornzmTitt.iiz?&x!zrJiixm,z:,r.fi
!ScT5ior.ySraf;.ai'ivc.3-10.(
Panil.srcce:veu atuy time, and special
".tlfatioais paid to p-.iticular studies in
iicliill tit cliililrfn wim have but limited
time. For further particulars apply ai
the Academv
WaiOTER OPERIIKG
AT
s. P. P. Prim's
Mi liacry Store.
T HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW
I and romp'vtc stock of Millinery goods,
consisting of
HAT i OF ALL STYLES,
RIBRONS,
FEATHERS,
FLOWERS,
COLLARS
AND CUFFS,
ORNAMENTS, SILKS. LACES,
Cenlltnims' and Ladies' Handkerchiefs
Call and sec them at the buflding form
erly occupied by Dr. Robinson on Califor
nia street. MRS. P.P. PRIJI.
Medford Livery
AND
33faiaieS. S-Q;sa."Eiil.,
Wm, Sgan, Proprietor.
Medford, Or.
Wc have a good outfit of driving teams,
hacks and buggies, and can furnisli
the public with first-class livery rigs at
all time3, and at reasonable rates.
Horses Boarded And Fed.
Wc keen on hand a fond ftnnL- nf i7iiin
and Hay, and persons putting up their
teams at our staMcs may be sure their
nurses win ue wen carcu lor.
AVin. Eoan.
ST. CHARLES HOTSL,
Corner I'ronl anil JIorrlon, fordnad.
(On the European Plan.)
THOS. GUINEAN, PROP.
(Late of the Arcade, Sacramento.)
This hotel is thoroughly fire-nrool. Con
tains 120 elegantly furnished suits and
sine'e rooms, which have been refitted and
refurnished in modern sty'c.
Free coach to nnd from all trains and
boats.
:
(3!TnOni,cr day at hone
wtJ J- V tO-C-USimp'cs worth l
free Address Stisson& Co. .Portland, Me
THE STAFF OF LIF!
THE ROGUE RIVER
STEAM FLOliniXG MILLS
HAVING RECENTLY DEEN RE
fitted with al modern improvements,
are now turning out a first-class article
of flour, which is put up in one-fourth
bairrl sacks. and every sack is warranted
to contain 40 pounds of flour If you don't
oolievc this, just compare a sacK ol our
flour with any other brand offered for saic
in this market, and note the difference in
weight.
Flour and Mill-Fceil
Constantly on hand and exchanged for
wheat.
BARLEY ROLLERS.
Having added a set ot ISarley Rollers to
my mill, I have set apirt every Salurd.tr
to Roll ll.irlcy for customers. The work
will be done on shoit notice, so that par
ties can return with their grist the same
day. 1 am prepared to roll barley at nil
times and in the best manner. This pio
cess is tar ahead of Ihccrrshcr-
G.KlREWSKl.
Jacksonville, Sept. 22. 1853.
Farmer's Store,
Medford, Oregon,
ANGLE k PLYMALE Prop's.
The undersigned takes pleasure in an
nouneiii" that he his opened his plare of
busiacsVintlie m-w t')vn of Jledford, Or
egon, andis now prepared to furnish, in
quantiticsto suit,
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS.
PAINTS AND OILS
MACHINE OIL
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
CAN DIES, NUTS,
DRY GOODS, CLOrilING, Etc.
Jly stock is fresh and first-clas?, and I
piopoc to keep a full assortment of every
thingiin my lincand:6ell!at&iJ
- - All Tv ;;. ,,;n,' - , '
rnighcst price paid for P'lritluce.
Nervous Debility.
A SURE CURE GUARANTEED.
DR. E. C. "WEST'S nerve and brain
ticilmcnt, a specific for Hysteria,
Dizziness, Convulsions, Nervous Head
ache, Mental Dcpicsoion, Loss of Memory.
Spcimatorhoea, Impotency, Involuntary
tmi-.:ims, premature o d age, caused by
over-cxeilion, sell-abuse or over-indulgence,
which leads to misery, decay and
death. One box will cure recent cases.
Each box contains one month's tiealment.
one dollar a box, or six boxes for li.-c do),
lars; sent by mail prepaid on receipt ol
in ice. We guarantee six boxes to cure
any case. With each order received by us
for six boxes, accompanied with fivedol
lars, te will send the purchaser our writ
ten guarrntee to return the money if the
treatment does not effect a cure. Guaran
tees issued on'y by
WOODAKD, CLAEKK & CO.,
Wholesale ant1 Retail Druggists, Port,
land. Oregon.
Order? by Mail at regular prices.
HI. Sa SAIjWOM
9
U. S. nOTEL BUILDING, JACKSONVILLE,
T. L MoKENZIe, PROP'P,
HAVING ASSUMFD TnE MAN
agement ot ibis rrsort, I propos'
keeping it stocked with the finest Irands
of
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS,
And will be pleased to rcccirc a cali from
all who wish the best in my line. Sat-istaction-assimd.
T. T. McKENZIE.
iEII REDUCTION
-IN
HOTEL PBI0ES
AT THE
SLOVER HOTEL
BOASD IHD LOBSIHS
Best house for the money this side of
Portland.
G. A. KUB3ELL,
Real Estate Agent,
AUCTIONEER,
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON.
Office in Dr. Aiken's building on Cal
ifornia street. All business entrusted .to
my care will receive prompt and careful
attention. G. A. Hubbell
An OratTdn:
BY K. L. APPLEGETE Ar'ArilE piOKEERS
RE-UNION, JACKSNyiCLE, ORtGON,
SEPTKltBEDISlSSi.
Mr. Presicisnt, l''i3 and Gentle
men: Once mora we' fere met, on the
occasion of tits Ro uniou of the Pio
neers of Southern Oregon.
The obieets of thin
iation are o
perpetuate, with fresli
and vigor,
the achievtiifiits of t
early iriouears
of thtx county, and hi
getfulness of oblivion;
: faun the for-
io site and ex-
iprieuce3 of the .fattfLufrajpf civiliza
tion, in (I;ik, ti:e.iuo..irui&tsnTterBove of
the western woild. lit was -here, that
was finivlie;), that lo!igcontiiia4tioii of
immigrations that tfcorgnsjiicuously
eharacterize the historylof'thit leading
race of mankind 'ffuniovliicb. these
pioneers essentiiillv.sprjatig.
To call the mind Mjac.k to the begin-
, " , i -. , v
ing of tbee moments,, Imng!-, before us
in conto:nilation the most ancient tra
diiioni haudfd down' i i 'the family of
man. Following lip-1 iediirusion of
blood or generation of hat particular
race that have never known a conquer
er, but have &lwas conquered, tvb find
them moling from-far ctiVAsia, liy the
north of the Ural hills',) and tiding up,
in the north of Europe what was
anciently kiiowiv-wuh its hundred
tribe", as tne Scandinavian world.
Then from the busie.-t of that northern
hive we find all Europe overrun.
From the v eng'-nco of Scandinavia we
Fpe old conditions, and nations pass
away, and new nations, new instilu
tiomi and new languages evolved; and
upon the most ancient known idiuin,
carrying, engrafted upon it, the ancient
Tli or in ThurMlay, Frea in Friday,
Woden in Wednesday, blending with
it, as captured trophiee, the classic
Muiidi in Monday and Saturn in Sat
utday of tho ancient Greeks and Ro
mans together with the religious Sab
both of JuJea. Following on after
this dominant race and blood, wc de
cern! in regular liiie to the language
which we today employ. And in situ
liar proportion, ks tluse words hear
in thi.'coir.po-iiticn of the lauguago :his
leading ineu of mankind have saved,
collected and blended together, all of
'value. ...in -"thaSknowlnI'r". literal rp.
Ja-x.lreligionmutyislilutiuus of
"S 1.1 '?'T M
inn iini-wnrii
"A-Sl!iliiet6rr.n5j
".C ami bravMfrjfg&ntinue to ndvance.
Oaesar waodrriollowjfffup in his in
vasion ol the Iriyiibyil.ind97 aud-liis
race and coi. quests superceded. Here
(iiiptl to concentrate, hclJ as it were,
by the.it Atlantic; tho most power
ful elumKiils of this rce for many cm
lure.-; and, hero originated, and were
fostered, some of tub : mast ambitious
schemes and public policies ever under
taken in iho woild, all looking to. tie
cstatdishrcent nnd exercise of acorn
rnniidiiig sway over thtu business ami
Irstit.v of a I tint nations of tho earth
Rut the final plant the final Iioinm of
ihis ambitious race had not yet be n
leached: a new world, J a now conti
neut is "revealed! 'Aliid, again, the
most enteral ising theVbohleit and
the bravest iuovo outjto the front
They dare the terrors .of tho broad
ocean in the piituitivej'craft of those
Wv gone days and successfully plant
their colonies on the coutinent of the
uev Atlantis! Sj-
Tho natural difference of purpoirs,
or each actuated by th'ecLiual instinct
of leaderf-hip, l.etwrenfti'e old and the
new world, brought onf the inevitable
arbitrament of the sword. The uioth
er counliy had established stringent
laup, and had maiutaiued them for
humlrrdi: of jears, looking to the utili
zition of the vast and .vtried resources
of wealth on this continqnt, as mean ,
and as material iji'tlielliands- of her
favored class at hometo'build op and
inonopolizf, and absorb tho wealth of
the world. The 'AWrfcan colonist
might unearth his .inmaud by the
law of tho homegoyernment, he
could be permitted tojra'iv it. into pigs
and bars; but, iittwas-fdrbiddeii under
heavy penalties TcolngpAtTing up any
tilt hammer or "uaclinjBiy .for tlio
ninuufacturc of irqii'iii,iiiywanner, or
for the production of steel! TL'o man
utacturo of woolen&yarns, or- goods,
(Ijx, piper, hatg;orIeatIiprvwerB pro
hibited to the colonics. The raw ma
terial should go hoiiioJ.9 England.
For hundreds of-y'earsjit had been a
penal offence to selUwool or a sheep to
be exported from England4 to any other
country. We find under Charles II,
lfi63 enacted in 'tJin British laws:
"That no commodilyKf the growth or
manufacture of EurcB shall be im
ported into any jdF tlfcking'n planta
lions in Asia, Africa cini erica, but
what shall have htenbLed in Eng
Iiind, Wales, or 'the townH Berwick,
hnd in English built fhij.piog, whereof
i he master and threo fourths of the
mariners are English, and carried di
lectly thence to the said, plan tubus."
Tho purpo?e.s of these ennctnientu were
declared to be ''The keeping of his
ninjesties sul'jects in the plantations in
a tinner dependence." "The increase
of English shipping;. am! the vent o?
English woolen and ol her nianu fact
tires and commodities-" This policy
meant no Ipsr tl-.an. that; the English
part of the English speaking race
should prejomitiato and lead, and hoc
cessfullv sway th scppVrof wealth
and power over thfl "nations of the
eartu. Bai tee grana itory is tamil-
, 1 "
Mr to all, how our bravo foiefutliem
brfoke this giant power, established
their right to the lead and released a
ftesh continent from the grasp of the
ojd world.
In the definitive treaty of Penn be
tween Great Rtittain and the United
States, concluded at Pat is ou the 3rd
ofySepteinber 1783, wo find the Amer
ican people pos-essed of a domain ex
tending from the Atlantic ocean west,
along the north boundary of Flondii,
to the center of the Mississippi rixer,
thence along up the middle of the
Mississippi liver northwardly to the
headwaters thereof, and continuing
noiihtoihe 40th of north latitude
and to the north west shore of the
Lake of tho Woods, and thence east
wardly to nnd through the lakes and
nlong the River St. Lawrence to the
intersection of the north bound
ary of the Stato of Maine, and
thence eastward to the Atlantic
Ocean, comprising an area of 827,84-i
square miles. Tnis grand and gloiious
announcement cstonished the na'ions
of the whole world. We are, how
ever, more particu'arly interested, to
day, in noticing the effect produced
upon the then insignificant town of St.
Louis, located en the opposite side of
the river, and tho town of New Or
leans located in Lower Louisiana. It
suggested to these people no less an
idea than the annexation of all Louisi
ana. Emisaries, therefore, in this
interest, attended the courts of Spain
and France, and also conferred with
leading citizens of the United States
St. Loui, the trading depot, of the
vast Missouri Territory took the most
active inteiest. Her great traders,
being engaged in a constant warfare
with the marauding parties fiom
'Rupert's Land," or the north British
fur companies, lealized, that with the
backing of tho new Republic thty
might push their trading nnd hunting
operations, with comparative safety to
tho buffalo countij' and the Rocky
Mountains.
In the meantime the Ameiican
Pioneer is buy, moving emigrating
and pioneering nest ward; penetrating
the fo'ests, breaking over the Blue
Ridge end the Ciiiitierljiiiil mountains;
making home.s and defending them
jigaiiisrtliBIudtans in the valley "of
UissippbIIe-is u''itlfng" up
2izjj --l ' e"ot-'a ivnia,. Jxfiznr-
e ooid TrsrfKUj jJL.ilo, a fit:; an
vance.Jana breaking- over mt
Iiaiia"lVnallinoia,.
er into the French
possessions on the vest sideof the
.M!s"siasippi and penetrating into the
Missouri lottom.
Tho Spanish havin." receded the
Loui-iiin Territ irv to Fraiireon the
'it of October 1S00; and Napoleon
Bonapirte having mere on his hands
than he could etteml to, without the
aire of a vast Territory in tho New
World, and also, at that time being in
gieat need of money, soltl out the vast
dotiiHiu to Mr. Jcfleison then Piei
dent of thf United States, on the 30th
r-f Apiil, 1803. lly this cession. ilu
United States acquired 1,171,931
njunre mill of territory at a cosi of
$23,uG0,000 extending the dou.inir.n-.
of the nation from the mouth of the
Mibixsippi to the mouth of tho GV
iumltia, completing our posessioii of
the great valley of the Mississippi and
extending the area of civil and lelij,
ious liberty across the continent from
ocean to ocean.
This piovince as it was embraces nil
of the Slates of Alabsma and Mississ.
ippi south of the north boundary of
Florida on the 31st of north Intimde,
ivll tho Stares of L.ui'iaua, Arkansas,
Missouri, Iuwn, Nebraska nnd Oregon;
nil ilie States of Minnesota west of the
Mississippi river, all the State of
Ktnas north of tho Ail;anai liver
nnd east of the 23d meridian, nil the
Tertitories of Washington, Idaho,
Montana and Dakota and a consideia
ble portion of Wyoming and Colorado,
a vast nod vaiied legion. Embracing
almost every variety of climate, soil
and production of the whole world
an abounding field for the enterprise,
the energy and tho courage of the
American Pioneer!
In 1804 the L'wis nnd C'ark com
pnny was organized nt St. Louis and
stalled on its explorilory ex edition
across tho coutinent to the mouth of
the Columbia and returned in the fall
of 180G; making a favorable irport on
the climate nnd country of Iho far off
Oregon. The American fur compan
ies, with their headquarters at St.
Louis push their enterprises with
great energy, ami force the British
tresspassers further back to tliunoith
and west. In 18ll, John Jncot Astor
had his trading pout established near
the mouth of the Columbia where the
City of Astoria now stand.-, and the
Rocky Mountain man now begins to
appear as a specific character on the
stage of American life; and under the
patronage of tho liou: companies nt
St. Louis lie begins to advance a line
of fortified camps to and across the
Rocky Mountains. Ifo pushes his ex
ploration across tho continent into
weteru Oregon nnd find .that the
minions of the Hudson's Biv company
are not only quirteiingon the country
and sweeping off its valuable furs-,
but even setting up a claim to the
Territory itself. A number of these
brave and patriotic mountain men ?et
tied in the country boldly avowing the
riL'lits et American citizens. I be
pious and feailess Catholic Priest,
knowing no danger, that could crosd
' , I , !
his path, while in the services of the
Loid, had penetrated through mid
thtough all the country and had ex
plained to the tribes the story of
Jesus from a Catholic stand point.
The good people of tho city of Boston
hurried out into this vast field messen
gers of the Gospel to explain to the
wild men the christian !n of sahn
tion in nccoi dance vih the proteilaut
iutcipretntioii. Thus briefly may be
sumaiized the elements euteting into
the contention in, and of, the Territo
ry of Oregon, which in many instances
went to the extent of violence and
bloodshed.
Puing ovpr the conquest of ihe
Territory by the British in tho 1S13,
and its recession to the United States,
in pursuance of tho treaty t,f Giient
in 181G, events only calculated to ir
ritate and deepen the antagonisms al
ready existing, wp come down to the
inauguration of the decisive policy by
the great Slate of Missouri; for in the
meantime Missouri Ins not only be
come a state in the Union of Stalls
constituting tho gnat Republic, but
she was also i (-cognized as the giant of
tho west. Through her nble delega
tion in Congress she proposed the policy
to the nation of oUering a bonus. or
reward to nny American citizen who
should tctile and urike his home in
the fur off Oregon. Tnis wise proposi
tion met with decisive favor in the
National Congress. It gave just the
impulse tho situation demanded; and
subsequent results, now become history
vindicate the great anil far seeing wis
dom of tho originntors of the policv ;
and an enduring monument to the
immortal memory of United States
S-nators, Linn and Benton is tc be
found druugiited upon the donation
maps and plats of Oregon nnd Wash
ington, and tiled away as part of tho
iccord and arehhive of the great Re
public. It was the truo solution.
This proposition deeply touched Iho
heart of the western Pioneer. lie
had probably crossed the Blue Ridge
or the Cumberland mountains when a
boy and was now in his prime. Rug
ged, hardy and powerful of frame, he
was full to ovei flowing with the love
of r.dvenlurc, nnd animated by a brave
scul that scorned the.very idea of fear.
All lmd'hroid of'tbe' perpetually green
liills;andiplainF ff vvestenuOrpgon and1
!' in llisjI.niii ri.. ln.ii?itliof llinijuiLi,
'rnus.jsteiiipereir mo airio-ti(v con-
genial' 'degree? anuV'droye winter far
bck towards' Ihe north. Many of
tli'in contrasted in the imagination
the open stretch of a mile square of
rich, green and grassy land, where tho
strawbery plant bloomed through ov pry
win'er uioiilh with their "ircumscribed
clearings in the .Missouri bottom. Of
long wirter evenings neighbors visited
each other and before iho big shell
bail: hickory lire, the seasoned walnut
fire, the dry black jsck lire, i.r the
mating dead elm fire, they ta)he
these things ovei; and, as a natural
cnqiii'nci", under these favorable
circumstnncpp,the spirit of immigration
warmed up; and the "Oregon fever"
lipc-imt ns a household exprcsicii.
Thusjrigina-ed the vast cavalcade,
or emigrant train, xtictchinir its ser
pentine length for miles, enveloped in
t lie vast pillars of dust, patiently
w eliding ita toilsomo way ncross the
American continent. How familiar
these scenes and experiences with the
ohl pioneersl The vast plains the
uncountable! herds of huffilo the
swift fooled antelope the bands of
mounted painteiPvVnrrinrs the rugged
snow espped mountain ranges the
deep swift and dnngeiouu river? the
lonesome howl of the wild wo'f the
midnight yell of tho nsau!t:ngsa'ugi;
the awful panic and stampede the
so'riun and silent fnuernl nt the dead
hours of night and the lonely and
hidden graves of departed friends
wlint memories are associated with the
plains ncrossj
Ladies ami gentlemen, now let us
imagine, ourselves, to ilifT, carefully
and comfortably seat pi!, fur nbo vi; thp
cloud, where we may look down, and
uncoiifiiseil by time or space cutitem
plate tiie grand picttnn of the world
before tis. May we not look afar off,
in time nnd rpnee, into the distant
Orient, to the sun rise, ami behold
long lines of nust moving ncrosv the
plains towards tli Caueassian hills
from tho broad and distant delta of
the Euphrn'es in the remote ar.d dim
background? Tlieso are tho primitive
emigrants of ancient days. We see
them assaul'pd by ihe grand armies
of Cyrus thp Great, coming up to the
fearful assault, with his mi'linns of
men from ihewavnf Babylon; web..
ho d his armies demolished, nnd Cvru",
the great commander slain. We see
them cumulate to the teeming mill
ions of tho noitliern hive; we content
plate their movement; their eniigra
tinii;and, their conquests of the Earn
pesn w'orld. They are strpiied and
siaypd a thousand years by ihe shores
of the Atlantic. Wp look now farin
to the Occident, and to where the sun
roes ilnvvn.9 The history, the px
ppriences 'he life of the American
pioneer U before us. At the far dis
tant bounds of the western continent,
we view thp Inn" line of white capppi
breakers of the vast Paeilic. and hit the
pioneering movements of ihis mithtv
iiiiniigrutinn rnee, i, here, forever
Stuveil. Thp mighty work of the e
I ploration of tbit world is esseuti
f.
accomplished
I T
Iii course ot the accomplishment
of there great events, effecting and de
termining the destiny of the world,
the American part of the family of
man have appropriated unto them
selves a portion of the surface of the
earth as the home of their future gen
erations. In addition to our possess
ions already enumerated, by the treaty
of Washington on the 22d of Febru
ary 1819, we ncquiro front Spain the
Provinces of Eist nnd West Florida
amounting to 59,268 square mile3 and
costing $0,500,000. We next, on tho
29th of December 1S-15, by annexa
tion, acquire the Republic of Texas
amounting to 37G,1C3 rquaro miles.
Then, on the 2.1 of Februar), 1848,
we acquire, by tho first cession from
Mexfco, California, amounting to 545,
783 square miles at a cost of 815,000,.
000; and by the second cession from
Mexico, at a co?t of S10.000.000, De
cember 30th 1853, we acquire 45,535
square miles, giving us, in the two
Mwxiean cessions nil of California and
Mexico down to the present south
boundary of tho United States, bring
ing the giand aggregate of the na
tional area up to 3,02G,494 square
utiles. Ami then, lastlv, alas, Alaska,
fir "57,200,000, on the' 20th of Juno
1SG7, we acquire from Russia 577,
309 xfiwre miles, giving the American
people dominions over3,G03,8S4fquaro
miles of country, being 2 30G,485,7GO
acres of land, equal to ubuut 46 acros
to the inhabitant.
This respecuhlM domain wo own as
iho great American family, as indi
vidual, a corporate, and as common
property. As the world affords us for
tin new, habitable cour tries new
vnl'ies and plains and forests to ex
plore, pioneer and ncquiro, upon this
heritage we r.ow have wo must fill up,
expand, develop and improve. It is
possible, however, that a great and
ambitious race Hko this, that in its
ancestry and its present generation,
has manifested an ever restless enter
prise and mi indomitablo energy back
ed by a high and invincible courago
may ultimately de'ire the whole conti
nent both North and South America.
The great danger will be, that when
the people of that generation of ours
shall so desire they will desire it so
htionglvv lhat they will'sinply take it.
' We have, now ukerv-Asiigw'
r i Ii"imiji..'W .M -i-i2SrfrTu:
5 .i. "rt.r.K: i. i'iWV'iPa -.-
oi-iuu iruusras rcsuns oitwiumuiBn
can pioneering. We have taken
special notice of tho American pioneer
at large in tho extended scope of his
great work and achievements; and,
from the comparative view we may be
the belter able to njipreciativ ely under
stand and estimate the life and char
acter of the Oregon pioneer But wo
do not deem it necessary on this occa
sion to recount his adventures and
experiences. They have already been
(diligently ami particularly detailed
before our pioneer seciety; and- have
become established as u part of the
history of this county. On that life,
as thus narrated and recorded, it will
ever bo preliiablo to nsfket.
. It has been profoundly remarked
that "it is not all of lifo te live;" it
may be remarked for onr purposes
now in hand, lhat the brst part of lifo
is merely to exist. For it in not the
great number of vara that a person
may exist that ma ken up the actual
sum of his life. If each year should
be but the repetition of the past year,
tvhtn he lias thus existed fifty, ho has
really lived but one year. All the
next are but repetitions. It is the
number and magnitude of the events,
or thatiges experienced and realized
that makes up the sum of life. By
this lute, perhaps no people in the
world, havo ever lived tho extent of
life of the Oregon Pioneers.
When they tirrt looked out over
the Oregon landscape, they beheld the
Elysian like beauties of the primitive
world. The plains, tliu Iiills, tho val
levs and mountains were gorgeously
and richly ornamented with every
beauty and fascination that the gen
erous hand of nature could supply.
Nor was the beautiful, in tho splen
dors of foliage and in the infinite va
rieties of shades and colors displayed
in tho fijwers, and the delights of fra
grance floating upon the air from
ideoni, grasses and aromatic trees and
plants the measure of these heaven
born gifts; but (he utilities in fruits
in nuts, griiins and roots, in fish and
g'ltue and in means of bodily comforts
fur man were also most bountifully
b'stowed. This was an ample pro.
vision for the abode of man, made by
ii-u ure and nature's God. It waa tho
.gurden, nut planted by human hands.
It wus Elenr- And, as though, to
make the picture more complete, here
in this garden, they beheld comfortable
mid happy at home, the primitivo, or
natural man. The Adam! The nat
ural man is the Adam to the human
race just as tho natural apple of tho
primitive garden of the world is the
Adum of the nppto family. It would
sppisi, therefore, that the progress of
man from east to west hath been from
Elen to Eden and front Adam to
Adum! In what strange nnd myste
rious cynle3 all things appear to re
volve' Tlu:s wo perceive that the Oregon
pioneer lived early enouch in tbo
world to behold Adam in Elen; and,
i hen Sir know' d;, , it 'i'itn and his-
rv he has known, realized and lived
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