The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-10-12
Address OF
HON. JAMES r. LEGATE,
D0NIPHAN COUNTY FAIR,
Wednesday, October 4tb, 1876.

DUNIPHAN COUNTY FAIR,
"wednesday, October 4rb, 1875.
LADIES AND GExrLE,Es 1t is meet after feastIng our
eyes upon your stock from the stable your the
orchard your Vegetables from your garden and your
underlie prosperity everywhere ~
That country noblest and grandest people
tive OF good which yield the largest product that
which minister's to the wants Of mankind Spurn il
best work Of 1t is the nobiest because ii is
morning OF all human greatness and the of all
As we annually gather occasions like this we are
led to the past and in dreams penetrate the
dm vista Of the future and by them the bOun
ties OF the present little than twenty years ago.
the land on which stand the home red man
only by the wild buffalo, 1t was a land known only as
the Great t. Anerieap Desert; penetrated by white
schooner, with Indian trails for hghways What
Hee,s e9 nrsrs sna years and this
happy homes dot this prairie all each within hail
. oeens eb esvs s6S sOSe % ana
ceve the seed sown by the and in due time
and the scythe gathered and goes forth to feed the
hungry millions These praies gather fruitfuness by
solemn silence which has brooded over them since the
ocean receded from their bosom. Twenty wears ago
sought home to be free from the over-crowded older
States and foreign lands Soon the advancing army of
Campfres were lighted on every hilltop and in every
valley and the busy hum of industry succeeded the sol
ceeded the wigwam of the Indian Then camethe church
where those gather who know from intuition and reason
that our lives and this world all of chance that
where there is law, there be aw-maker and they
met to render that homage 70 Him due by the
To the Creator Next the sehOohOuse where the boy
taught to be man. and the girl a woman; where the
mental vision is sharpened and intensified and made
ready TO discover and Ovepower the obstacles which Law
in the pathway Of life; and then Aladdn-like there
sprang Towns VILLAGES and cities to be centres and ave
opened and subdned these wilds. There much
Tor the early settler here to combat than with the
times almost discouraged with unfolding the richness of
this virgin SOIL but he had the brutal ideas of man to
Human slavery was sought to be planted here. The
scourge of human servtude the and moral
courage OF those who abandoned homes Of comfort and
luxury to come here to stem the tidal of that
scourge of mankind say to it Thus far shalt thou
come but no farther The result is vision of right over
Right is stronger than might Gods laws stronger
than mans.
Agriculture, which had rapidly developed brought
to a sudden halt by the sound of the tOcsn of war.
Our border warfare but the beginning Of that great
eonvulsion which dreDcbed the whole nation in bloo4
1t crushed industries and transformed the pruning
hooks into spears aad the plowshares into swords In
insignificant when compared with the all absorbing
one OF national existence with none but reemen within
its folds. The question submitted to the dreaded
arbitrament Of the sword and thousand battle fields
on its The awful days weeks months and years
strife passed away and there dawned day Of peace and
However great the sacrifice had BEEN whether of phys
cal suffering that terrible anguish of broken
been suffering and the anguish was all soothed and
the wounds all healed by the balm of freedom with which
must remember the scenes the struggle the mem and
the object attained for its memories will be rich legacy
the hardshps and trials during wonderful develop
ments and that terrible struggle have been accomplish
ed by the hand of man alone The women have borne
their full share of hardshps and labor and entitled
70 their full share OF glory which belongs to the past II
be treasured by generations yet unborn borne down to
them the waves of tradition. Our struggle gave
a q han we ha vet a
measure They often the behind the throne
greater than the throne itself Their minds well
bodies continuously taxed to their utmost tension
by nventing means and executing plans in performing
the tasmanic duties alike TO their homes their hus
bands and their country There is many unwritten
history of the women of those days which, had they
been recorded, would be charming, enduring
and heroic than the brightest pen-picture
painted Of Joan de Are Their noble deeds be borne
upon the recedng belt time until actors
forgotten; but it will be only bury the seeds in
the groundt springs forth and bears thousand kernels
to replace the that hidden there The evening of
their day will be the dawn of that day when shall
be the full equal of men; when her voice sha be heard
gers shall touch the pulse her eye watch the tongue
the sick and her hand shall administer the balm which
will rob disease of its lodgment and the grave of its vic
tim. In that day vain man, beware for your thousand
sins will not then, now, be excused any Of which
would blot out the life of woman in eternal nfamy; for
ballot. which makes all equal.
The close of that terrible struggle the beginning
Of agricultural prosperity Eleven short years aud
sas has enough feed the whole naton
the earth goans with the weight of crops ready for
harvester.
ry it is transformed into blooming fields guarded by
happy homes. Eleven years. and your only means of
day more thousand miles of railroad are in sue
cessfu operation within the borders of State placing
in daily communication with every part of nation
and the mysterious wire winds every home to OBJ
terate both time and space. In State where
the largest wheat fields in the world eleven years
ago the savage Indian prowled and waited in his lurking
place. with murder in his heart to stay the advancing
of civilization But now hundreds of miles beyond
them, you behold dense population, thriving cities
happy homes and the domestic herd grazing upon
the antelope and the deer were all that broke the solemn
silence brooded that desert of the West Eleven
had not one mile of railroad within borders The slow
cumbersome wagon was the only means of reaching
market. You had but little haul distant market
reach and what you had to sell brought but small
Sometimes want so surrounded you that the heart grew
waiting for that good time coming and to-day the
SOUTH and from through your entire County
The log cabin of the early settler is replaced BY the sub
+ surrounded BY an orchard of apple peach pear and
plum. the fruit fairly melting on the lips VINEYARDS
too the fruit of which is not equaed in Italy France
the home of the vine And all you almost
as near. in time, New York, OF the worlds great
marts as you to Leavenworth Topeka eleven
wears ago with your rich fields and wheat with
your orchards and immense vineyards and with
your cattle upon hilltop and in every valley
Whatever befas the world, whatever of financial en-
barrasment the tradesman encounter, whatever
yrons and the willy politicians NAV seek
trap YOU in you master Of them all for they must all
come at last for bread and meat and they will
fuse to leave until they it at price, The ag
cnlturist the of the world. for without him all
things else stop. 1t is right it should be for he
earns all money and pays all debts That which
the IA rmer raises the only wealth of the world Gold
silver money nothing but selected standard by which
real wealth is measured The labor Of the artisan and
mechanic is valuable only because they do the work
essary 10 for the welfare of the farmer The
farmers time money and the labor OF the artisan and
mechanic valuable only it saves the time of the
farmer The minister the lawyer and the doctor live |
and thrive on the sins of mankind If mankind would
live in full accord with the moral laws Of God won Id
need no ministers if he would live in full accord with His
physical laws we would need physicians; and IL |
neiphbors would be honest toward another would
need no LAWYERS But will sin and will not be hon
est so the minister the lawyer and the doctor a
necessity and pays tribute therefor by dey
in the soil and of ALL he pays tribute only for
his own but for the sins of all mankind. have said the
agricuturst only who produces the wealth of
the world. He produces something out of nothing by
application of seed to the soil and brought into being by
his labor produces that which is necessary his
ewn wants and from a surplus feeds his neighbOr
the only perfectly independent avocation Of life and he
is the only auocrRt of the world. In other lands
aristocracy founded upon ownership of the soil but
simple ownership entities to unless
plants the seed the tender stalk harvests
rpened grain Labor in its broadcast neces
for the welfare of any integral his
being without labor he fnhlls but small part of the
existence for which God designed him his creation
Not designing to tresspass any religious dogma
cannot believe that the Almighty Ruler Of the Universe
intended first parents to live life of eRnui in
the Garden Of Eden To have existence without labor
without care. with nothing aud nothing In