The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-17
JANUs-FACED LEGATE.

There are a few POLITICAL harlequius yet
let in Kansas aud she meanest Of them all
isl. F. Lsgats, Senator from the city Of
I.avsnworth, and thing who would sell
his birth right for even sniff At the flesh
pots of political greed A man without par
ty, be managed with bis full supply Of brass
which be polishes With some ability Ito
become leader in that party which eulmi-
mated and sank into oblivion with the cleo
ton CT Thomas Carney to the United States
Senate. As an engineer of that defeat he
should have received political burial. But
no! Mr.. Carney trusting his blatant and
boosted fealty, used lis home influences to
secure Legate's election to his present posi-
ton, from a constituency whose Proudest
boast at that time, was their unqualified oP-
position 10 Jas. H. Lane. The FIRST repre-
sentative act Of this political "bouDty jump
err was to vote for Mr.. Lane, and in q
speech explaining that vote, nominato him
for President of the United States in 1868.
His whole political career has thus been
one of treachery and deceit; and now to at
tract public attention from bis own gnily
acts, he must needs bite the hand that has
fed him. The following extracts from a
speech made in the Senate will chow to
what picayune business lie has been re-
duced. Hear him:
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men bow 10 his wisbes, or to be blatted out
with his borrowed brains? -Four years sgo,
and be was but grocery keeper in Lsaven-
worth unknown beyond a small circle.
happened 10 be one of 8 few who sought to
manipulate the grocery keeper into The ex-
ecutiVe of State. We succeeded; but with
out my effoIts he never could have been
Governor.
Next comes his great eals of The 500, goo
acres of land to build his three bridges, in
which he failed, but made his boast that
had be succeeded he would have made $50,
600. Icould enumerats other deeds though
of lesser grade which show equal criminal
ty of this honest man, Tom Carney, dis
closing ''politcal scoundrelism like this
should be met and put down."
81 must pass on to one more honest act
of this political angel, and this must be ex-
tremely pleasing 10 a city destroyed by e.
Quantrell. At my earnest solicitation he
sent some thousand dollars worth OF goods
TO supply the distressed citizens Of that IN
happy city, and though do him the JUS
tice to cay, in this respect, lie seemed act
uated by sentiments of sympathy, acted
very nobly. Yet, later, when the heart of
almost the whole nation was asking to do
something for the relief of suffering human
ity there, large sums of money were con-
tributed by parties in localities from beyond
the State, and as Tom Carney seemed to be
the best known just then, the money was
sent to him, with which hs was requested
to relieve their necessities. In this way he
received something more than $l2, 900,
paying out to personal friends but little
more than $4,000. He pocksted the re-
maindsr with which to relieve his own ne
csssities-another "boAst of manhood.
Gov. Carney gave 900 to aid the euf
fsrers, and sent all the goods that was need
ed to meet the exigsncies of the bour, out
of his store. No one did more than he to
assuags the griefof that terrible day; sud if,
amid its never-to be forg often horrors, a
man could be found who would dsbble in
the price of its ruined, wretched homes; he.
ehould be branded as worse than Cain, aud
whipped through the world as something
too mean to live, unfit TO die. And yet, an
individual knowing such facts and keeping
them for two years secret, is only inferi-
or, because lacking the opportunity to com
nit the crime himself.
But we annex one more extract " hich is
couchsd in language that no gentleman
would use to his dog, aud thus close the
list:
''The only excuse ever his friends can
give for his making such statement is, that
be was drunk, aud when drunk is the big
gest fool in the world. and it is ssid he ia 5
big fool large portion of the time lately.
But the excuse give for him is a troubled
conscience that told him of his crimes, and
he sought refuge in a made up statement
that might do me an injury and himself no
harm. 1E
1 am willing to leave the facts to The Iudg-
ment of candid people. feeling assured
their verdict viii consigu him to the grave
of oblivion, where no other Inscription can
be placed upon his tombstone than this:
Here lies a malicious liar, an infsFous
theft
The kentucky Senate has passed an act
to incorporate a negro bank at Louisville,
one Ofthe iucorporators being worth $780,
600. They couldn't do it, however. With
out tacking on provision '.that the said
bank shall have no connection with the