 | Leonard Brown - 1869 - 600 Seiten
...monument which slowly rises to perpetuate the memory of our country's Father — for there we had said: 'Iowa, her affections, like the rivers of her borders, flow to an inseparable Union.' And this vow, this pledge, we have attested by the best, the noblest blood of the State. " Therefore... | |
 | Charles Clinton Nourse - 1876 - 46 Seiten
...Capital, and by order of the General Assembly there was inscribed upon its enduring surface the following: "Iowa — Her affections, like the rivers of her borders, flow to an Inseparable Union." The day was now approaching in her history when these declarations of attachment and fidelity to the... | |
 | Pioneer Lawmakers' Association of Iowa - 1890 - 990 Seiten
...were called upon to contribute a block to the Washington monument, and on that block was inscribed, "Iowa, her affections like the rivers of her borders, flow to an inseparable Union." Years have rolled on; thousands have given up their lives, but I thank God that the truth of that motto... | |
 | Iowa. Historical Department - 1903 - 714 Seiten
...died January 9, 1880, at Eldora, Iowa. State Senator and Lieutenant-Govern or; author of fh* sentiment "Iowa, her affections like the rivers of her borders, flow to an inseparable Union." OF THB Historical Department of Iowa MADE TO THE TRUSTEES OF THB State Library and Historical Department... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly - 1896 - 1160 Seiten
...great monument of Washington, never spoke the sentiments of her people more fully than they do to-day: "Iowa: Her affections, like the rivers of her borders, flow to an inseparable union." As we meet here to-day, to Almighty God our hearts should be lifted in quiet but earnest gratitude.... | |
 | Homer Horatio Seerley, Leonard Woods Parish - 1897 - 420 Seiten
...Washington Monument, and by order of the general assembly, inscribed upon it the following sentiment: "Iowa: Her affections, like the rivers of her borders, flow to an Inseparable Union." No State in the Union had more vital interest in National unity than the people of Iowa. Her population... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh - 1902 - 372 Seiten
...acre. He was always for tlie Union, so that in after years men said of the Commonwealth he founded: "Her affections, like the rivers of her borders, flow to an inseparable Union." But above all the frontier was a great leveler. The conditions of life there were such as to make men... | |
 | 1903 - 630 Seiten
...the greatest continuous empire ever established by man. —Gladstone, on Louisiana Purchatt. (103) 11 IOWA — Her affections, like the rivers of her borders, flow to an inseparable union." THE IOWA BUILDING, ST. LOUIS. IOWA — "Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain. INTRODUCTION.... | |
 | Benjamin F. Gue - 1903 - 592 Seiten
...the Washington monument in 1850, Enoch W. Eastman was the author of the inscription placed upon it: "Iowa — Her affections like the rivers of her borders, flow to an inseparable Union." Mr. Eastman removed to Oskaloosa in 1847 and to Eldora in 1857. When the Rebellion began he left the... | |
 | William Walace Merritt - 1906 - 428 Seiten
...marble for the Washington Monument at the National Capitol, by order of the General Assembly, with this inscription, "Iowa — her affections, like the...rivers of her borders, flow to an inseparable Union." The time was fully ripe when these declarations were to be put to a practical test. Our citizens were... | |
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The nation was endeared to him ; and he freely gave his first allegiance to the government that sold him land for $1.25 per acre. 
