The Wichita city eagle., 1872-10-03
HON. s. A. COBB IN WICHITA.

lhc stale central cOmNmttcc ucs19-
mated Saturday evening last rs the time
for several prominent republican can.
vasscrs to address the people of Sedg-
wick county upon the issues before
the people. For some reason or other
all the advertised orators failed TO put
in an appearance with the exception of
Hon. ;. A. Cobb, who i'm and of him
self possesses the ability, faith and
enthusiasm of a host. During the day,
under the supervision Of w. q. Wood
man, esq, the stage in Eagle Hall, had
been decorated with banners, pictures
and folds of red, white and blue. lie
had also procured the services of a
band of music. At an early hour the
hall was comfortably packed and the
meeting was called to order by the
president Of the Grant club by nomi-
mating w. {. Woodman as president.
The president Of the eetillg.thcrcnp-
on announced w. l.. Thomas. L. Il.
Allen, j. NJ. Steele, j. {. Fraker, A..
Emerson, Geo. Shannon, Geo. Mathews,
J. w. Cook, II. l.. Thomas and w. r.
kirkpatrick as list of vice presidents.
After a few lively airs from the band
the chairman introduced the speaker
by few wcll-timcd remarks, in which
he congratulated the party upon such
large turnout. touched upon the
'bloody chasm," stayed little the
Greeley '.tidal wave" and wound up
with an earnest appeal in behalf of the
warrior who. when the battle was
done, said LET us have peace"
Although quite extended notes were
taken of Col. Cobb's remarks, which
We're something like an hour and a
half in duration. space forbids the re-
production of them here. lie came
before US as the nominee of the party
that named the officers and representa-
tives of the state, which party having
predetermined that he should serve
us for the next two years i'm congress,
the people had right to see him aud
hear wfm he had to say for himself
Nc oRpportionmcnt Of the state having
been made. he felt himself as much the
representative of the Southwest as of
the Southeast. lie was here also. in
his humble way, to rcfutc and rcpcl the
efforts made to traducc and defeat our
great president. Not since the DAYS
when Washington ran for the second
term had any president been so ira
duccd and maliciously misrcpr> .nted
as had been President Grant during
the campaign.
Mr.. Cobb then branchcd out into
most enthusiastic. brilliant and scath-
ing Stjcech. Trumbull. Doolittle and
Schurz, with their overlapping ambi-
ti6n and low intriguing, were handled
without gloves. Tie apostates of the
republican party of this state next in
turn dcmatsaed his attention. Sam
Wood, Sam Crawford. Ross, Riggs,
Robinson. and the whole principle-t.e-
serting and par$y-acserting crew were
held up to the exccration of all fair,
honorable men. They were only the
tail. being waggcd aud used by the
Democratic paf.yvnolly Warden peliti-
cal blisters, who wee oaly mad because
they had failed to steal themselves rich
in the name of liberty. The late war
and its results was then taken up:
then the old and new democratic party.
which was followed by tribute to the
victories. principles and accomplish
meats- Of tl.e. republican, party, which
ever and' afhi6n brought down the house
in stormy applause. Mr.. Cobb wound
up with the following beautifully
drawn parallel:
''My friends, 'hcrc-is an apt story
told of one of the bravcsf and most
patriotic of our coun.rymen that can
not omit torrecaH at this time. Itwas
in the youthful hours of our nations
life, when for the last time Great Brit.
ain attempted TO chastise her Cis- At
lantic child. The dark cloud of war
hang like night over the land On our
western frontier the merciicss savage
WAS dcsolating the settlements with
the brand, the tomahawk and the
scalpipg knife. Erep Canada and the
Indias bodies of disciplined troops.
fresh from the conqucsts of the great
Wellington, were mcnaci,g our great
cities and towns with destruction.
Hull had betrayed the country and SUR
rounded Detroit. A spirit of insubor-
dination and treason was abroad in the
land, that eliminated in the Hartford
convention-ac council of men that met
not to preserve their country but to
divide it, and thereby have rendered
their names and that of their .postcrity
Infamous Never in the history pf