The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-11-10
EXTRAORDINARY oRATORIOkLf

Ous Of the most remarkable fssts ofen.
duiance in speaker which We Fsmsmbses (
ever to haxe-heard of comes to MS from
Victoria YaI c onver Island, says ths Ez-
0nainer, In, the Legislative Assembly Of
that place, We are told that Mr. Leo6sFd 50
Mcclure spoke for seventeen hours with.
out pausipg or sitting dowo. To thoss,
who are unacqaainted With the crcum-
stance. this lelt might not appear proper So
to be placed in the same category assith, sas
the exertions of those ambitious, pedes.
TRANS, who for wages walk q thousand
milesin theusaodlhonfs. Ii mayqsseilyssd
be supposed that Mr.. Mcclure 81 sPseeho q
could not have been afmas,erpiece of cTaY z
tory, nor is it likely that his inducement
was greater than that which moved Edsf
mund Burke. when at the trial of Warren ssg
Hastings. after pouring out for fourteen !,
hours a torrent impassioned eloquenes: ''
che majestic mind collapsed shdsf the %
force of physical fatigue, and he Eel. faint,
ing IN the arms Of Sheridan. But We khow
of no Instance OF stubborn tenacity e aaal1 -
to this of Mr.. MoClure's. AMI thee Cause =
was one which should make him famous q
10 the an pals of the British CJlonies. A
year ago Large quantity eflandI 10 andT
about Victoria was seized by, the GoYss
eminent for arrears, Of taxes, aud was By. !,
it held on tbs uuderstan linz expressed ;.
and publish ed, that the ow ners could snl
have and re possess their lots by payidgel g 8
tie taxes due within twelvemouth Of the
seizaFeg BUTT became known few llays'
before the expiration Of thea allottea ~
term that plot was on foot, Matched by &
the Government and backed sbysa Vs1si =
majority IN the House of Assembly, 70
Pass-a bill authorizing the Executive to ?
repudiate it's contracts with the land0Wn. Us
ers refusing to accept payment of tbe gas
arrears, and eeizing upon aud retaining
Permanently tie disputed lots.Q Two mem
IN the House opposed that measure, :, ?,
Their names were Amos de Comos aud
Leonard Mcclure They knew that they DO
had moth ing to hope from their coaapesrs % %
or from the Government, aud theyo ptes0 SC
pared themselves accordinglY.si The -
House had made up its mind, with these
two exceptions, to rush through this OBJ &
noxious bill on the day before the twelve.
month ePi:ed. Their was but one. way
to prevent this, and it was adopted reso- "a
lutely. Odtae House being opeied3 Mrs. aid
Nc Clure rose to his feet, the time dbeiug9 IS
noon, and kept the floor until Eve O'Clock 90
next morning. For seventeen hours he
continued to speek, while every effort was
made by he purchased majority to- pdfs q
him down and tire him out. With Isq
merciless unan unity they refused to allow
him TO lean against the table, to put hisI
foot upon chair foT moment, to relieve7ssg
the irksomeness of his position by rest
ing bis hand upon anything. or to speeS,, 4,
in short, in any other than arigidiy erect
and unsupported attitude During the BE-
whole of the time they relieved each other 10 =
at intervals, going out and procuring such aid
as they needed, and always -,
leaving a quorum In the House. When
Mr.. Mcclure sank exhausted into his %
seat as the light of aDotheF morning was p
stealing into the windows of the Assem- 90
bly, House, De Comos rose aud fol-, the oas
remaining seven hours of the tWenty
four talked against time. Ga rising.
amid the grosns aud Misses of the disgust
ed and inturiated majority, he exclaimed
with more force than refOment, that it
was useless for honorable members TO
evince thsir malice ia that manner, for he
had got up with the determination to talk,
if necessary, "untii the Angel Gabriel al
sounded the last TRIUMPH His powers 10
of endurance we're not quite so 1seyerlyioJ,
tested, but the end vas achieved, and -
when the clock struck twelve the worn
and wearied champions Of honesty look. &
ed round with Pardcnabls exuItation hpIo7q
on the blank faces of bought aud beaten ed
Assembly. bnd slsge 5iids.