The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-10-29
Rayished Nehemiah.

St LOUIS Gl0De Edltorial
There is q man ont in Kansas, and his name is
Green Nehemiah Green-whO isl hit thing for the
commisseration of all good people. Green is a
minister of the gospel, and has been lieutenant
governor of the State. Green is also guileless
sort of creature, and, like the parOxysmal Beech
err subject TO "mOOds." He has not fnrcibly Vi
olated any body's virgnity; but, on the contrary,
strange as il may sound, he has himself been
literally ravished, in the sight of men, by a
handful of political libertines, in his congress-
ional district. The particulars are worth repea-
ting. in the interests of public morality. When
the Republican nominating convention of the
first district met at LeayenwOrth, to select
candidate for Congress, Green, who believes
that the Office should seek the man, was on hand
ready to be found; bnt somehow the nomination
skipped him and fell upon Col Phillips, the pres
ent incumbent. Green was surprised, of course,
aud possibly just little chagrned; but he,prompt-
ly expressed himself satisfied with the result,
aud went back to his regular battling with
ApollyOn. The maggot was in his brain, how
ever and il would keep wriggling. A rumOr
became current that he about to appear
an independent candidate, and good Deacon
Houston, of the Leavenworth Commercial, anoth
disappointed aspirant, Justify called On him to
come forth and make the race. Then Green
Illuminated statement" through the newspa-
pers, declaring that he had never spoken to any
shibboleth bnt that of the Republican party, and
had no inclination to do so, and therefore could
not consent tn run against the regular Republican
nominee Still, II Green II To he believed, people
kept urging him to come out u candidate,
and when he could stand il no longer, be thunght
to stop the clamor and win surceass of daily tor
ment by writing letter tn the chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee, imploring
the privilege of going ont a canvasser "for the
whole ticket" Even tins, also, not enough.
The willy Philstines kept begging him TO
buckle on his armor and stra,ldls his war-horse;
and coed Deacon HnnstuH announced la glaring
slnall-caps that the Commercial proposed TO run
him whether lie said yea nay. To hold out
against all this would have required the courage
of a first-class Roman, and the Rev. Green is not
a Roman. So he prepared another statement
in which he set forth his anguish and his exhaus-
tion, and concluded by practically saying to his
tormentors: "You cannot dcspoil me without
tying me-and ven will find clothes-line there in
the corner" The sequel is easy to guess. The
ravished Green is abroad candidate for Con-
gress, ostensibly Republican, but really in thr
interest of the opposition, to whom he is indebt-
ed for all that noise which drove him "lOwn
and ont" in his present plight. The spectacle is
pitiable one; and we repeat that the unfortn-
nate Green is entitled to the tender sympathy of
mankind. Such is the depravity of human
ture, however, that fear the general verdict
will be that the reverend genteman's position is
an aggravated case of what the writers obstet-
rics call "a breech presentation"