The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-23

number OF men sent by Kansas 60 the 'front.'
was q sos. an amount e4CA 10 the tnilTe No-
ting population OF tEs State az thccloS- OF the
rebellion. az these 80 officers and % men
were killed ia aeon; officers ANA - men
died nom wounds received; ana - slncffH
| and = 40 men died Of disease in'N MORTALITY
Z in proportion 10 the men fdrnlsuCd, exceeds
that .. any other state IN the mon ; Nrr-
mont &C mes next, and Massachusetts thlfd
every Il %; Vermont - - of every 100, and
P MassscnuSetts S7.s5 ~ every 1000 ana AT y
10 : 10 pat IL as 10 whether Kansas was The
"a 81 ol Tie war, or iha war tle cause Of KAN
. s. 3ut be u rs ~ mry, wautso drop this
. sRcred thoGght deep into your hearts: the
cause Tor h.ch yuG fought o., never dead. u
I~wili continue as long aS night and wr"ue~afc
tTillowed upon earth, and as long ~ earth it>e.i
remains as II Is Treason Is not YET dead. 8
has been ssi.i that the Mon 50 der has not
| received due Tecognitisn. This l. not true.
| our heroes are eIaliei above other nfsh, ana
| will neyerbc forgotten. They will be neIn-
| COM. not because thef want TO, but bee Iuse
! they VIII be compelled To
| The main part of the Governors address
| was simply p rehasb of the one speech he has
been delivering for the past tensysaTs, azd
contained nothing new, save To those VINO
had never heard him before.
| GENERAL yASDEyORT,
of Omaha, was next introduced ami began
| his remarks by saying, II we:e TO call the
roll of this atiience l would ind men who
fought in every battle in the war. II Fshousd
| call Aniletam, Chancel lorsViile, Chicamau.s',
| Stone River, Cold Harbcr, MurfIeesheio and a
! hundred others, some empty slee-r would be
| held.up as a memenio OF thosr i,IGfui and
| never 10 be forgotten days. This - :he iii u
| reunion ever held in any state west Of the
| Missouri liver. God helping as let u Sc
| that the country far which we suffered shall
1 never die TaiS j. a day memorable for mote
| events than one. Fourteen years ago to-day
| General Grant uttered those woIfS - ciaIao-
| tciist:c OF the man, e. viii flghi u cut ON
is Inc fnE nil e.
| years ,aEo today Grant INVESTED Nlck~hur-.
| and when he got Though with It the rigut
| teen yeaTs ago to-day Arkansas sCc,Sle,l. bat
| a lew years alter She came hack again. giad
| enough TO 10" allowed tn DO 80 Toe ssDiiic-
men WHO have rroc.-lcd'm9 have talked
| about everything except the part perform "A
| in the war 10y the women. " 10 waSit who
! tn>H,rct the soldier a. ba >hoUlJer.d MS qua
1 ana went out - battle tor his coventry. vino
chvc.'i the sick ecl an,I \. vt up the dragging
! spirits az TIE woGrdCie Women ,id n,ur :.
] during the Wal ii7u viii ever ~ known. a. 4
| mo-c. ] am aiusJd, than taey will ever ~.
| every Soidtcg who was nsfirn.e in the w.r.
! lie i Ihe wari of h3N cnUHifN. and shuuld
never he iOu-Cttsn. Soldiers. stand Nv ,uur
cnuniiN'aua ~ zach Noayto striw ioYeiS "a
the graves otinn>e who ioil 81 defense " tht.
| igS,'Tom you uoN crjny.
| TuE paFN
MrS. ]. NJ. u. bartlett. ,,irch Nrpnld,l of
this city, then Same forward aud deliver Il
| poem, written ~ herself Tor the OCCASION
which was received with hearty arplsusc.
EN-sENhrhE rnNsEoN.
Being Loudly called tor. although not upon
the programme, ex-senator Enmcroy came
| forward, amid enthusiastic cheering. and
after being introduced by ex-senator Cald-
| WELL said:
never was much in favor of the draft. bot
| i have been drafted to-day, and my services
| are involuntary. never say words OF flat
| terry TO soldiers +: they do not need them
thes need only justice. wish TO say a word
in regard 10 the mission OF this country of
| ours 10 mankind. We yindicated our light
| TO live one hundred years ago, when we
| fought against our mother country, in 1872,
| and during the Mexican war. Tnis is to-day
| the only nation under the heavens in which
the full equality of citizenship es ISIS. Other
| nations have tried TO found such govern
| ments, but have failed. This nat on deserves
To live; deserves 10 live because II welcomes
10 its shores people from every cline; all are
welcome here because this is the home of the
| free, and all men are equal here. There are
| Americans from choice and Americans from
| necessity. Those are Americans from neces-
| sity who were born here they are Amerl-
| cans from choice who came from other ma
| tions OF the world and helped us 10 sght our
| battles and suffered with US when. our coun-
| liberty; liberty exists here while in the Old r
| nations Of the worl II Is forgotten.
sHERIDAN's RIDE.
Gen. Butterfeld, of Kansas City, then re-
cited ''S.Ieridan's Ride" which was received
with vociferous spplau.e.
At the conclusion of the exercises at the
hail, portion OF the audience adjonrned 10
Odd Fellows Hall, where dancing was in
,dulged il by those wlO wished TO trip the
light fant7 'tic. the admlttsnce being free.
liza dancinc was kept ~ until a late hot e.
| From SumfaY N1Lning,s Iar-yel