White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-08-04

The Grim Chisitain has cone. spoutsd.
and gone. and the river b not yst in
flames. As one Of his rstinss seknowl.
edged. Lsns's prospects in Northern Kan
sas lock equally. The crowds that torn
out sre nothing like what be anticipated.
and ENTHUSIASM il stranger to bis meet
ings. OF course. everybody laughs at his
clownish srimscss and vulgar stories. bot
applause for the man is rare. and confined
to small crowd.
The opening spesch here was made BY
Sidney Clarke. Sidney's efforts are new
or heavy. and 10 this instance be did not
dspsrt from his tims-bonored style. A
good part Of it was devoted to the great
"frsud." Sidney slways has fraud to
bslabor-in fact, without fraud. Sidney
could mske no speech, any more than
housewife could make dumplings without
dough. Bot bis speech ct less. had the
merit Of decency. which is more than can
b said Of that ofhis proprietor.
The balance OF the escort did not ven
tilais themselves here. bot sll tried to
look % pleasant ss circumstances would
permit. Lswrenee's bald bead shore like
peeled "ingen." (All respectable bssrs
are notified that we srs not making sport
Of his bsld head. Stafford was a. csln
and good humorsd - IL oil the ISLANDERS
Of bis enemies were barred BY the statute
Of limitations. And Tom-they do say
that Tom has learned Lanes stsreotypsd
.pssch thoroughly. and is now prscsiciog
on the ugly faces and grinacss. Thst is
hard task. As yet. it makes bin look
like . child that tries to laugh while
eating crab-spples. But Tom will make
the rifle" il anybody can. Hsis putting
in big licks to secure the L.ne nomination
for Governor.
or Lanes speech. it is hardly pscsssary
for us to say more thsn thst it is . rep
etition of the stuff be psddlss ont where
ever be speaks. A psrson who hears one
Of his spssehes. hssrs them all. It il the
only kind of stuG that is in the msp. and
Of course Dothing else can come out. He
made the same speech three years ago. to
numerous audiencies, with the exception
of few references to late events. In
short, il was . mess Of vulgar. brutal,
incoherent slang. He must be possessed
Of catering idea Of the character and
intelligence Of his auiienciss, to pslm
such stuff of upon them for speeches.
We doubt not be fully understands the
cslibrs Of the Lane party. and dishes on.
provender suited to their delicate pslstes:
but be should remember that there are
many persons who do not swear BY him.
and that it would be worth his effort 10
st least try to rise above the com mon
blackguard in order to sonvert them.
he is wont to class himself with the
greatest and purest men Of the nation.
and to insist that the only way to build
mp z .nsas is to build him mp. Imagine
to yourself Henry Clay. Daniel Webster.
John Quincy Adams. Thomas II. Benton.
or William h. Seward. standing up be-
fore an audience of their constituents.
telling them obscene stories. indulging 10
sensual and bawdy jokes. uttering vile
fslsehoods by Wholesale. abusing those
who refused to bow down to them. and
disfguring their faces with clownish ex.
pressions, and then class them with Jim
Lane We will refer to few points in
the beautiful and elegant speech Of this
representative of Kansas in the highes.
branch Of the National Legislature.
Almost the first thing this noble states.
man did, was to blackguard bis wife
telling how be and she were renewing
their youth. and still getting children
That on his return home from Washing
ton. after sn absence Of many months, he
found baby at home bat thst he bad
set the business going before he left
Tremendous applause. in which soms
women joined.) We are happy to say
that none Of them reside in this plsce
But who could help applsudiug sentiments
! that sound so much like Clay, Webster.
and Benton! I!
He said be thanked bis opponents for
keeping bis name before the pnblic. and
should ever bs grateful to them forit. He
then went of into . stream Of abuse
against all who opposed bin. They
were Copperheads. swindlsrs. liars. and
everything else mean. That showed how
opposition Affects him.
He said that hs would not speak
hsrshly of any one-that his mother used
to tell him that il be could say nothing
good about . person, be should say no.
thing at all yet his whole speech, that
was not directed to self gloriication. was
made up Of the fouleet abuse Of tboss
| who refuse to discard God Almighty