The Kanzas news., 1858-07-24

Fhey drove sise snurdeEons Raffian bands
From these fair Western plains, s
And foiled the Ne Neb-raskality,5
That favored whips and chains;
They hallow all our martyrs graves,
And soothe the widows LOT;
They crushed beneath the wurld's dread scorn,
Lecompton's hellish plot.
Then welcome, brothers, once again;
Lets join in glad thanksgiving
Those truths for which our Fathers fought,
In all true hearts sre living. Il vE
After the reading of the poem, the Pres
ident introduced to the audience Mr. E. 2.
Bancroft, who had been selected to read the
Declaration of Independence. The Decla-
ration was read in clear and ineligible
voice SO as to-be heard by every one present.
The President then introduced Judge NJ.
F. Conway, the Orator of the day, to the
audience, in few complimentary remarks
The Judge prefaeed his grafton with a few
remarks in regard to The country which he
had now for the first time visited-spoke of
the rapid advancement in wealth and popu-
lation which was taking place in Kanzas,
and the glorious future which awaited her
if her people only proved true to those great
principles of Liberty which underlie our
! whole political fabric. The grafton was
good one, the only regret being that it was
so short-occupyin scarcely an hour in its
delivery. We have ot-spaee to present
even an outline of the effort. No synopsis,
however. could do the effort justice.
Immediately after the delivery of the ora
ton, the audience formed under the direc
ton of the Marshals and marched to the
dining bower, about three hundred yards
distant, where the ladies had arranged an
excellent dinner. Calculations had not been
made for quite so large an attendance, and
the quantity of edibles was not SO large as
it should have been, but il fully made up in
quality what it lacked IN quantity. Too
much credit cannot be awarded to the la
dies of this vicinity for the manner in which
the dinner was gotten up and arranged.
Before the dinner was over the President
announced that the Toasts provided for the
occasion would be read by Mr.. A. G. Proc
ter, toast master.
The following are the
REGULAR ToAsTs.
The Fourth of july 1776-The brightest day in
the political annals of the human race.
The Constitution basis of our Indepen-
denee, and a noble monument of the patriotism
and wisdom of our fathers
The Author and the Signers of the Declaration
Of Independence-Letu US hold their names and mem
cries in afectionate yeneraton, cherish the great
truths they proclaimed as the only solid basis of
civil liberty, and labor to hand down to future
generations the precious legacy they bequeathed
tous. Its glittering and sounding generalites will
glitteras the brightest stars in the armament, and
resound throughout the countless ages of the fu-
ture, while the memory of the fippant orators
who have malgned it shall rot in merited oblivion.
The Press-Free and untrammeled, the guardian
of our Eberties-fettered and enslaved, an engine
lof tyranny and oppression.
The Ladies'
"'Without our hopes, without our fears,
Without the home that plighted love endcars-
Without the smile from partial beauty won,
OH what were mani Il so0rld s1ithOut sun
VOLUNTEER ToAsrs.
Kanzas-"The new Canaan of our Israel
Tried in the furnace of persecution and athlctlon,
she has proven fine gold. May she ever re-
main true to those principles of justice and hu-
manity for which she has so long suffered.
John G.. Fremont, "the Pathfinder of the Vest
"Far more true joy Marcelus, exied, feels,
Than Cesar with the Senate at his heels"
james Buchanan-The AhGb of our Israel-let
his days be few, and let another take his office.
| Several of the toasts were responded to
in manner which contributed largely to
the joyousness and good feeling of the oc-
casion.
Soon after the dinner was over, the peo-
pie began to return home, some of them
having come a distance of twenty miles to
the celebration. We noticed with pleasure
thatseany, of our Ver1igris and Eagle creek
friendsaere present. Eagle creek furnish
ed one team with seventeen pairs of oxen
attached, ornamented with flags. Elm and
Forty Two creeks also furnished their share,
while Council Grove, Rock, Allen, and Dow
creeks were not behind.
Generally speaking, everybody was sat
isfed, and astonished at the large number
present Nothing occurred to mar the
pleasure of the occasion, and we believe
that there was not an intoxicated person on
the ground during the whole day
In the evening the ''young folks'' and
part of the old ones, too, went to Americus,
where e.mine host of the Americus House
had prepared for feast and dance. The
supper was excellent and after it was over
the dance commenced and continued until
nearly morning without intermission. Ev-
erybody seemed to be happy, and we doubt
much whethar unarriar asseYahiaoe could
have been found anywhere.
This was the first celebration ever held
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