The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-10-18

people from their business and
cause them to travel twelve or fif-
teen miles, and then disappoint
them. We trust this has not been
the practice of the Central Commit
tee and speakers throughout the
State. But the afternoon failure
was in great measure atoned for
by the splendid success of the even
ing meeting. On the five o'clock
train came Captain George L. An
thony, editor of the Kansas Farmer,
Archie Williams, Esq, Republican
candidate for Attorney-G General, and
Judge Mcfarland, candidate for
State Senator in Shawnee county.
at an early hour Bancroft hall was
well filed with people. Our fine
band filed up the interim between
the assembling and the speaking
with several excellent pieces of mu-
sic.
We kept tolerably full notes of
the speeches, but find we cannot
spare the room to give them to our
readers. Mr.. Williams was intro.
duced first. AS he had been severe
ly i'll and had to leave on the nine
O'Clock train for Parkerville, he
spoke very briefly. What he did
say was to the point, and was well
received by the audience.
JUDGE MCFARLAND
was introduced next. His speech
was a good one. He alluded to the
fact that the fight on Grant is a
personal one, so far as the Liberal
Republican leaders are concerned.
They all had personal grievances.
The people cared nothing about the
grievances of Messrs. Sumner,
Trumbull, Schurz and others. 1t
was the principles of the Republi-
can party they wanted carried out
in administering the affairs of the
government. The people will not
be led away from duty by political
leaders. He did not believe these
Republican Senators left the party
for the sake ofprinciple. They had
been a part of the party, and help
ed make its principles and the laws
and amendments to the constitution
it was instrumental in passing. If
they went back on the principles of
the party they simply give the lie to
all their past political action, be-
cause they had voted for these
amendments and laws and advocat-
ed and lived by the principles of
the Republican party heretofore.
personal grievances" are the sole
reason why they went out Of the
Republican party, and men must
not be followed when they acted
from such motives. Banks was
down on Grant, because he had,
during the war, recommended his
removal from the Red river expedi-
ton. lie mentioned the grievances
of all the prominent soreheads, and
said a party could not exist which
was simply based on personal af-
linities. It must have principles.
He alluded to the 1nagnanimous
treatment the rebels had re-
ceived from the Republican party,
and utterly disproved the Liber-
al SANDER that it is a party of bate.
Its course had been one of mercy
and kindness throughout. The
Republican party had brought
back to the union every southern
state, and there are only now $50 or
200 DISTINGUISHED rebels in the
country. He alluded to the Demo-
cratic electioneering howl about the
debts of the southern states, which
are charged upon the Republicans.
He said those debts had been inc ur-
red by the people of those states
themselves, for railroad and other
internal improvements. The adj
ministration had nothing whatever
to do with them. He disposed of
this favorite democratic argument
in a very happy manner. BE
characterized the attempt TO elect
Greeley as a frard upon the country.
Greeley and the Republicans were
put in the front, to make it appear
that it was Republican movement
for reform, while the three millions
Of Democrats stood in the back,
ground and furnished the votes,
and if Greeley was elected would
come in and claim the privilege of
running his administration, and
the offices. He did not believe the
movement would receive five
thousand Republican votes in any
one state. That showed how much
of Republican movement it was.
It was q regular old-fashioned
Democratic trick. It is claimed
that this is q movement for reform
and reconciliation. Who wants to
be reconciled? One hundred and
fifty thousand old pro-slavery reb-
els. The only way they would be
reconciled was to give them posses
sion of the government again, as
they had it when the Democratic |
party was in power. They say i'll
you Republicans will give up ard |
put us in power we viii be recon
ciled again, and there won't be
any more "bloody chasm." He
made many more forcible points,
which we haYe not room to notice.
he closed with . strong appeal to
to stand by the party,
mentioning an incident of the faith
fulness of General Thomas, in one
IF the southern battles; at the mem
ion Of the name of the noble hero,
General Thomas, the house was
illed with applause. Judge Nc
is an able speaker and we
udge he will take Leading part in
he legislation of the next session,
IS he is sure to be elected. We
live it Is our opinion that he will be
! credit to his constituents and The
State in our next Senate.
CAPTAIN GEO. T. ANTHONY,
made the closing speech, and al
hough it was quite late he held
he audience almost spell-bound
oFsoyer an hour. We have no
,esitancy in saying his was the
strongest and ablest argument for