Reminiscences of a Wayfarei
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Some of the Important Client# of the Pioneer Day#
of Rlchifidson County and Southeast Nebraska, a#
remembered by the writer, who has spent fitly,
one years here
"Writ win thr Star >f Empli* r.tUft
Its Coins*
It Int . il tin. . Imiuli ii vi’iiim
In eomph i. lit. ,i||. ui. hi uf Hi.
Until li.'i ii lutll nf III. North \nieii. mi
«'oiittm>lil How l.iiii It will till.. In
l lHl|.|* t. til. III. til. lit ill the Hill I ll
nil Irnlf is 11| • > i; 1 tin I pt Ill'll lllllt h it I
If hill* ■! It I I I W ill lie Tittle W IP
when II Will thought the region nl
Ain l a was nn unliihahltRlih' .nip
towt the illseni.iy nf gold depuslla In
1 ilnilnu » .piiintlths Ip thill hi relnfm .
I. Bartini hint! n| i ienml winter, hm
iitiriiet.il thousands ni advent at ntr
1'enple tn li who ronhl Itan bnn In
si lit .1 In brn\t> (lie rigors of t ti nl in
hint pi tab In . lintnte In nn other eon
aldnratloit tn Infill, in e l.ntnl (hat
man tim use for his In tlernp.nl, im
maitev till what part nf the ulnhe it I
imp he nt tutted, w ill be n. . upietl uni
made ui yield the tin nun nf ‘.listen
ant e for (ho raee In tin- tlmo In t nun
\\ him111 win i ttiisnh tin map nr
the world In i timn-t lion with bistort
will tils, oi. t tints ,tf ‘Ini.uliir Im
port First, that nil hlstori has b. . n
wade within and along w hat Is Known
as the north temperate .tine, that
I* In way, (h prtll of the earth s sin
face that lies bet ween lip. :!rt(h illltl
C'Uh ti at e, .. ,n north btiUmi- \\ uli
in that spin all tin a re at titles pi
the world We tv built, and whom the
mlKht' ruins til Hit .lend t Sties of art
tl«pu<> ate tn tie found Statesmen.
phlluMiphet s warriors putts, law
Itivers add divines win, hit' in tils
lory, legem) or sons wire born In
that same belt that sees round the
earth
within th.- Sint. , om ,t Huh east
and mWI) of the Caspian bi n wo* the
hculti of « people front with It spi am
it’d Kurop.au nation* but so retnob
in the pasi (hat Hftlo besides tho Ian
gnag, they spok" remains of then ,
history Tiny are known to u- of
this afii as tho Vtyans
What ts i rtaiub known of thorn.
mi d ad that is ndlahh i> dorin d
from th«tr lauRwas.. tho only thing a
ua" ^ pi.HS* ss.'a and of whieit it .an
pot ho deprived Tin nib", rail oil ot
the in, 'ous wostwnoi vomr.i. r. • d
with that poop! a'.I along the on
that has furnished tho theatre >'t
World history tin on, tn w'.i. h tV. »
original, d a d h».-d for tor . o is.i
years a.. erdittr to tho philosophical
guess, s of philo'o is s and learned
a',iti„uan«rv C tin i; is that one
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oi th past oontuty is ti tt whie’
trw. esi the kiltshlp ''' bi S. , Vi. of a !
hide 1 01 With ! e Vi.
aits They wore tho first to go west,
not to grew up with tho . ounti y i it
to a.ak' th . o.n.ti i grow tip w
them and their d. • ttdems hav.
with th. slow flight oi th, oeitUirh >
been pursuing tho same w es; ward
course till, within tho memory of
lear.\ row .unit they hare a, ■ or.
fdtseied the . ironit of tho > snh
This hasty glance at tho unixerwti
tendency of tho race to "esie n mi
gration Is of e.v, m\,u, e only a>
w d Ulastjau tho nnifortum of mov,
r.u nt peculiar to tho dominant branch
, |
of a type o: the moo ai toil in
the time to conic .awttr.d the world
Its steady man h from tho table
lands in central Vsta westward ltd
It has reached the eastern short' of
th* same continent shows with w : as
irrvs • ■ has ho ■
hearing dow absorbing or destroy
tan ad other type s and supplanting
thorn with us own Mood and brain
and brawn
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oflttfc* yoke fh*t fc*« **v'rtr;"< irk^wit
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ttMK. The War of i’ f RovoJuuoj
folteWAi *Jl£ I ■ ' V'-v 'A *.'•
xhe-tr M^evu-c v »r p-' *"•
o»o*. ati4 our i»t*< *«••»; rsvat r< fwMx
»•» Bi*flt a f i:t? >»« v
th«’ Inn. r ijtiti i f «*r uf ih" I Mil ", nturj
mnl He iirii hied mini h (u ili" urn
wbh l' uiiiii d
H.v Hi" end uf Hie century lie- eve
advancing thl" uf Im Unit Ion had im -
oil over the Allegheny* In III"- Xorfl
mill the nine Kldge In III" south
down tli" wish hi hIoii" nf i lios
might,v range* Into Kouluekv. jv-n
11• ’hh"i' uiiln Indiana and Illinois n
lie1 banks of the Mississippi, lay Im
(In* fntiiidatIon fur i!io;" futni*i• great
stilt" . all uf whb h were iidmltted in
to tli" t'liloli, together with one he
yotiil (hut river. Missouri, within
thirty ‘" feu VeurM lifter tile , lorn ut
the war uf the revolution. in tin
till (lliMme we had foURht (Hiothur wm
with lb" j>n i "it i government, mnl was
attain ton i i ssful, hut the onwiml
’Milfell to III" West whs never Hto|i|i"i|
for a moment,
It li 11 to im lot to lie horn In one
uf die newest parts uf one ut those
new state*, hilt so rapid was the set
tli'iui’iit going on In nil parts of the
nation. Unit that hou-om spot nag
old before my maturity, mid when li
"mil" time for me to face the world
in the stand nit fight with Its trim
Ides, I too fell ill Hll" with the never
"easing western pivn esaimi which cm
rbd me m t th,- great rivi is and io
the plains of S'l hiaskn where l fmitiil
n narrow' strip of country lying nlun;
the course of Hie Missouri cohiainliit.
a scattered population of probably
ten llunisand people, which 1 ha\"
Hicd to see mi, || into a mighty host
of a million and a half, and there is
room for million* more that are
(raveling towards us out of the
shadow) hind of tinhorn time
In the earl) day* in the last con
tuty and before the advent of rail
roads, the journey cast was usually
made l" stage coach \t ,i roji,’
on ike crest of the Allegheny nuniu
mins a view wns afforded for many
miles around, and it was the habit of
the coachiunu to hall their i caches
there ti' give the passengers the hen
, ,it of the beautiful prespi *A mid to
stretch their ler.s with a brief walk
about
On one or. aslon Henry s -e , in.
si. as western niaior was a passe uo ’
and alighted from the eoaoh with the
test jo enjoy th sr< ne of mountain
p. ak sailer and ssoodlrtUd spr.'.le
out in splendid ivanotamie view or
every hand. The great man in
thoughtful turn'd withdrew from thi
s and steed s[| tlji lookti g pul
Upon in " id 'pt • a,; oo.intrj
Ivir.i; •-••..■' ay;, in .he snnligh a
though . Sts , tails faeir.ftled by tin
' >I. i of kit ; Iksw pass g n
approached and remarked. Mr Olay
sou se. in b, part ieui,. ids absorb
>i with the beauts of the surround
■•it s, ei. rv. tell its your o n...ts
Tr.v; . fi oa. his and with one of tbos.
flashes of th# bora master of th.
iiuman emotions «. 1 >•
net iSilmirii.fi the prospect or m fa.'
looking at it, but was listenir.fi to t i
tramp ei th. coming millions.
Thor# wore at that time firohablj
tw< uts t ;s e millions peopl. in th*
states and territories of the Vmen
while row, within the spare of si
ordinary human life, the number htu
inn-eased to not h-ss than nlnedj
mil I i Mi
V l< w years later th. Oail «•»;
' *r. «■ The population then was a boa
thirty tut icons, while .it t,h;s dab
ronr-c.gr.t years after the pc. pm sect
of the country has grow n to b,
* Ittatety three times that number
\t that rate what will it be at fi
end of the present cetttnrj "
beyond(the food supply there r
practically no 'limitations or. hit mat
production, and the pcsss. bill ties -
thi matter of ir.»mia of popular..-*
are absolutely bewildering when eon
sidere-d in • os • . ..on with t V Know’
capa» ■ ty of the country to produo
thi moans uivs ssary to healthfu
life. U is not improbable that th
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some doa of th. possible effect c
an oveergTiwn population, wh. n s.
ly :.c mi the mountain, t
what, in expressn« and b. amifv
metaphor he denominated th
tramp of tht coming rmtlrona
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mate life and future fate were dete
and perms-., Btly fix - . .
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h> the great Vhrglishrs.an -fiat rhet
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human ken can
{possible oo; tpreheusioii?
I ! ; th.'" three years there happen
’ > it j . the i lings ihtti farsi in■,
! iv.ouieug would have decreed to,
th
J that \\er<* 1o on nr in years succeed-!
i iliai (he nHtmaic good might lie
‘ tiUireil that actually grew out of
: w.,?ring and discordant conditions ini
bo»i> politic of our great na on.
toss, i and torn by internal si rib uni 1
i"' fish nit:-, st as it had been tor
!w.p years and then to be purified
I tn th. fires of war. tin- i ,:al
; of w h h has not he. n know n in the
N ska
*. > n it was on the so l of th. :
jfonac- That thv first blood of she
.S.C was shed and — a
(..'use. n nee her population outgrew
:' U. of she latter by many hu: rod
; folds, and her induction into the
■ - : > as a fro. stale anted*:. i on
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ofassa • - st it I .tl y. ars.
’.'he year JS.'.fi saw her pe;
! «t arly doubled, hut the drouth par ■
of S stopped flow
. Uon into it. and the war fo'.i. ug
, jthc year after had the effect to old
, - h. o: .... ter the next four ars
, | and till the war e Post'd Th.: ®.
r. cod the real building of the
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‘ a J . - ' s .. . w
- 1 bvaska bad with::-, her borders ore
. an o: . hundred .bonsai d poop',, and
s .-id' for statehood
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art
s I ml* .stration then in control .. ;he
i ;■■■■- rrno -:.t. '. hr ' t s ufl ■ r
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r :calamities as a poopl. from t' day
of t' * old revolution to the . ■ . of
rsv .ins: nation of our »s* . . p
■ e , our try. but among the erst
..ss -,i : . s”: r ' . i
- r,.. s f,-ton of Franklin Pier He
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& cabal o*
strat on and : was h • ..>
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.jsas
hj It was a mere riot, and a Grover
and . - president word
-■ suppress:.. a month 7:
'• : -i.-t san • s-'-erctat y
- ". s ; ' shown :r. the ay-pc. -vi
d j of : r a1 offje-ers—nearly , :\
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- i shewn -very measure . d .
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policy hat had the approval of that
administration. _ It is now apparent
thil a vua not so much tito purpose,
of the power behind the throne tg
sprtad the disturbing institution of
slavery into the western territories—
though that was the pretense—as it
w;,s to furnish an excuse and the op
portunity to dissolve tile union of the
states and d< stray the government.
Subsequent events nialm this a- clear
as any fact in our history. It was
partly the effect of precedent. butt
mostly the result of the desire of j
ambitious men to control, to govern’
others, ami to have an establishment ;
of their own for the purpose Our
peoplo like to govern, to hold office;
and w. id authority, power and what
. ally t lress pt
variety. Kuan the mayor of a coun
try town all the way up to the
v of the United Stares—from!
petty.nil ■ - ■ \ . ■ ■ • ■.\ -
■ is a . — ■ . .
iha: mighty host of brave office hold
• r> that r.o man . an number, ear h
with a mod . urn of off . al authority
and yearly salary, till by the joint]
$ of the whoh combined we have!
on to l - . - .. I and
the worst governed peepb on the
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