The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-14
A HPEa.INEN ORArl0N.

has often been oh-ervcd that all Fourth Of
July CITATIONS have a family resemblance.
! We find one in the Cleveland, Ho otd which
tl,st palsr informs us vas "reoived Vih en-
thusiastic plandits" That was right h
o"ght TO have been. II was no better and no
worse than usual, and We give few excerpts
to show what the established Independence
Day Osation Is. IN this Great Republic Of
l ours:
The war resulted in favor Of liberty, and
the Lone sasr hcane member Of this
grand sisterhned efiS4aAe.
Nor, nom a few ragged ard hungry colo-
nistss who were in want and ssicknefs and
Eennfy every uineer; ve have the grande t
and greatest Rspsbic
That ever Heated dosu =
The tide Of time. =
Our territory is aIno4 hoVpdIe,s. yc,ch;c,
from the wsters Of the Atlantic, on the east.
to the peaceful and placid ho-om Of the IA
cihc, ON the wes,.
No. We give to all these men, North and
S.s,th, the need If praise justly belonging 10
brave Americans. The dead Of both arnis,
lie 0M and stiff, and we noun that thew
thus died the victims Of civil war:
DIN fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents spread -
Whilc slmy guards with sossann round.
! The bvouac II the dead.
And in truth every country depends to a
great extent on the laboring man for its pros
Ierity and ved. Oliver i;oldsrith has lIn,s-
tifIlly said e 1. liEstf
Kisgs aud princes may flourish AMI may fade
breath ,sn make them breath hath ni,,ie
| Eut a i',ld Ieassntry, their eountTy's pride,
When once destroyed tan never lie supplied.
/
Twill now clo-c by expressing the hope
that when another wear shall, have rolled
around, VIC may find the Republic in an i'm
proved condition, and, though il may at
times have its trials and turmoils it shall rise
triumphant above them all.
Like some tall cliff that lifts its awful form,
Swclls from the gale aud midway leaves the storm.
| Eternal sunshine settles on its heal
| Wemiss a few lines Of the usual quotations
here, still we think this good enough. Why
the following
No more through rolling clouds 10 again.
| Viewed hi, own Father IN the fatal dart,
And winged the shaft that quiverci in his heart
WAS not used by our Orator, we are at a les,
b explain. 1t was due, and nuA not be for-
gotten next year And those lines If Sn,ol-
| lett.
Thy spirit, Independence. let me share;
Lord OF the lion heart and eagle eve,
Thy steps follow with INV i"apm hare,
Nor heed the storm that howis along the ky.
That is the proper thing for all our Or
ators to do-fNPose their hs,snis and howl.
The usual thing TO open or close with, it
matters not which, is the patriotic i
What constitute, state:
Men who their duiie. know,
But know their rights, AMI knowing. dare main
tain.
And We are sorry to say that the frothy
nari If Avent and flowing Aoam Is now
legnnin 6osse those beautiful lines written
by Francis N. Finch, Of Ithaca, and pub
li,lcd in the atlantic four years ago:
Under the the Blue,
Under the lilies the Cray.
With the above quotations, and few aII,l-
>ions TO Thehes, Sparta, Alexander, the
French Revolution and Andrew Jackson,
any moderately vcrbc,e American citizen can
make an Grafton which will draw cheers,
tcaIS, rcnown and votes. Go in and win.
IOWA.
The Iowa editors are coming to sec u.s.
us. We suppose they are coming after their
citizens. Ever since We have been i'm Kan
aS that crowded but lonesome looking
prairie schooner has Iecn arriving, and the
driver of it, horses ur oxen answers: Were
from Eye-O-"ay-northern part. Cold up
there; Cunldn't raise fruit Stock froze M
Last winter WAS year ago" Now the cdi-
tors are coming after them. II will do no
good a.; far a. the settlers are concerned, hut
it may lead to an entire ,le-crtion and STAN
rede Of the Iowan editorial corp. We copy
the following from the proceeding, of the
Iowa State Editorial Convention: ~ -
Pending the discussion Of the third prv,n-
sition, Mr.. Davies, General Passenger Agent
"f the North Missouri Railroad Company, in
lshalf cf the company, formally invited the
Association 10 make an excursion over the
line If their road at such time as would suit
the Association, stating, however, that the
the next thirty d,ys lp selected, rs in that
Gaze they would make the excursion the occa-
son al a CeleIration Of their connection with
| the Iowa road terminating 1t Otunwa.
On motion the invitation wa' accepted, and
the 9th OF July selected d. the time to meet
II Ottumwa, the excursion 10 stait on the
mcrning of the nth
The following Committee If Arrangements,
tod IN Ill ch,r,. r al ,ttc
connected with the excursion: r. NJ Mills,
State Registe; II. s HYATT. Clinton Hoold;
Judge Thayer, Agr: John T. Irish, Vice
President, and Il. IT, Mcbride. Secretary, of
the Association.
II was moved and canned tha, the .xcur
sion should consist only of such persons q;
were entitled to become members Of the
Association, to-wit: editors; publishers al
newspapers al periodicals. and their lady
friends.
The committee Z" confer with Mr.. Davies,
al the North Missouri road, 10 settle upon
the time FIR the excursion and determine
| upon the route. made their report. The
| time fixed upon * the Goth If July, when
the members If the Association are to meet
at Otunwa, and an the 9th proceed by the
North Missouri road to st. Louis. spending
a day and two nights there, going thence to
the Iron Mountain, returning hy way Of
Kansas City, Leavenworth, st. JOG, Omaha
and Council Bluff, at which Latter place the
excursion will dishand
Come and bring your pencils and presses.
You will find host; Of friends here, many of
whom came to Kansas through Iowa in
wagons, when the State of Missouri wouh
permit no Free State settlers to travel over
her soil You will I've too Late for strawhcr-
ries and too carly for peaches Tut roasting
ears and the s,ihaantials YOU will find in