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that city must and will bo laid upon the shores of Puget Sound, 
The nation is already awaking to the coming greatness of the 
far North West, and beginning to realize the importance of our 
position in the pathway of universal commerce. The grand 
march of humanity is still onward and westward. Starting 
from the plains of Central Asia in primeval times, man has 
kept step with the music of the ages in his march toward the 
setting sun. On and on, across deserts and seas, mountains 
and oceans, as if following the finger of destiny, he moves with 
the certainty of fate. Generations perish, but posterity takes 
up the march; six thousand years have been deposited in the 
vault of eternity, and yet the tide of life moves on, subduing 
nature, building cities, cultivating the arts, growing in intellect, 
worshipping God. Thus it has been, is, and will be until the 
tide of human life sweeps across our continent, and pausing up¬ 
on the shores of the Pacific, reaches forth to the land of its 
childhood rising in view in the ever distant west. I thank my 
God that my home is in the line of this great movement of the 
race, and that untold myriads will linger upon our shores, at¬ 
tracted by the varied resources, magnificent climate, and com¬ 
mercial facilities of Washington Territory.”— Garfield. 
In view of the inducements latent in Washington Territory, 
its central position, spangled havens, thermal winds, genial 
climate, vernal showers, green fields and smiling gardens, inex¬ 
haustible coal fields, minerals, forests primeval, facilities for 
lumbering and shipbuilding, advantages for developing the 
enormous fisheries on the northwest coast and the valuable fur 
trade in Alaska and Siberia, and the superior convenience for 
carrying on the commerce to and from Asia and across the con¬ 
tinent, what fields are here open to the young men of our 
country. May we not expect many to join us in developing our 
wealth; may we not also look for solid men of capital, with 
their families, from the east, following the course of empire to 
our coast to locate homes, nurture commerce, plant civilization, 
build up society and social amenities among our pioneers in the 
sunset land. From the cultivated nations of Europe — the 
sunny climes of the Latins, La Belle France, Germany, England, 
Ireland and Wales ; from the bracing regions of British America ; 
from the craggy island of Newfoundland; from the foggy penin¬ 
sula of Nova Scotia; from the rock-bound shores of New Eng¬ 
land ; from the bleak sands of the northern lakes ; from the rich 
