The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18

Nerxes, but the stand made by those whC
fought for freedom in kan:as in the early
times was greater example Of devotion
than shown by the opposition of the brav,
Spartaus to Persian rule. Ii was the In
t-ntion, said Col. Hollid AZ, when the ole
settlers formed the idea Of meeting togethsl
at Lawrence, to make it local affair en-
tirely, but good friends and ole
settlers from Lssvenworth and Topeka an,
other points said they would like to com,
and participate and SO they were invited
together with some good friends of the OLE
settlers from the + ,st, who had helped t.
fight the battles of early times The rev
settlers of the State, who outn9 nber the ole
settlers al the present time million OF
two, we're not invited, because the old set
tiers wanted to run the machine Themselves
but the new settlers were not modest at al
and so they came uninvited. But they al
ranged il that an old settler should presid,
and CID settler be secretary, and the ole
settlers be allowed TO make all the bi:
speeches applause and thus make the New
settlers ieel mortified Laughter Blu
twenty-five years from to-day the new set
tiers can run the 10 schine and do all tn,
speech skiDg Laughter! while all OF u,
old settlers will nave iliued the great armJ
Of old settlers who have gone before to swell
the army of which be whose soul il march
ing on il a member" Great applause
The choir from Lawrence then rendered
8 selection which was received with ap-
plause. In fact TIE music Of the choir anC
of the band was one of the great features o.
the occasion. The 19.h L. S. Infantry reg
mental band from Fort Leavenworth wal
expected, but did not arrive.
GOV. ST. JOHNS SPEECH.
Gov. st. John in reply to the welcome ad
dress ssid: was in Kansas twenty Sc ven
Year, ago. The only difference between
Col. holiday and myself was that h
stayed, and did not. At That time haG
an old geography, and in it where now lie,
Kansas was marked The Great American
Desert" 10 the early history Of Kansas
there was an lrrepressib'e conflict that wa.
settled in the State. The old settlers di d
not come here on account of the fertile soil
the beautiful climate, but to take part in
the great fight for right and freedom.
No victory v as ever won without strug
gle. So it is with Kansas; she " az planted II
a great struggle, aud nurtured by the blood Of
her best men. The tree of liberty was frs,
planted in Osaw atomic, and it took root
and has grown until iIs branches shade the
whole Union. To-day We fnd that after
Kansas was admitted We had five years oil
civil, bloody war. Since that time We have
built all our charitable institutions
We have built the east wing of the
capital, We are building the west wing, w
have half million Of dollars in our treas.
ury, We have only million of dollars Of
debt, and il we had the million to pay, our
credit is 20 good that we could not redeem
our bonds without paying big premium
10 a few years Kansas children can be edu.
Gated upon the interest of her permanent
school fund. We have as many Sabbath
schools as any State in the Union in proper
tioI to its population.
This only bears witness to the devotion
which characterized the early settlers Of
ksus-s. Shall We refuse admission to the
colored people who come knocking at oul
doors from the South. or shall We be tru,
to our early history and invite the home
less and breadltss of every nation and every
race to come TO cur borders and make ;heil
home
NOTABLE MUSIC.
The band, or at leas. portion OF il
which furni-hed the music for the funeral
Of Thomas W. Barker, one OF the early free
state men who WAS shot and killed year.
ago near Lawrence, rendered selection
which was received with cheers. The band
is nov composed Of five pieces.
HON. GEO. A. CRAWFORD.
Ex Governor Crawford in introducing
Col John W. Forney, of Philadelphia, re.
ferred eio4uently to those friends OF the
Eastern States VINO stood by Kansas in the
early times when the hours were the dark.
est and cur need was the sorest, and TO
whom We owe debt it will take years to
repay. The ex Governor chose, he said, to
introduce Mr.. Forney as a Pennsylvania,
for he represented q State which was the
Keystone of the old colonies as X ansas is
the Keystone Of the States to dsy. The
speech Of ex Gov. Crawford was a master
piece and was loudly cheered. more par
ticularly when he referred TO PhiladeI-
phia's treatment Of Kansas at the Cen,eu-
NAL Exposition, when our State proved her
worth by taking from her older sisters the
prizes they sought go eagerly to obtain
Coy. Crawford's speech was very lengthy.
bu; he had the audience with him, who
cheercd him loudly at the close.
COL J. W. FoRNEY.
When Col Forney arose to acknowledge
the introduction OF Gov. Crawford, the vast
cheered to the echo and gave
Pennsylvania's favored son a right royal
welcome. Col. Forney said:
II had been commanded to choose one
cpnr m che olaba rran h,oh
human development under The il fl 1ence of
absolute liberty, l could have chosen no
part of Gods footstool 30 interesting as
Kansas; and if | had also been ordered to
fix the time for the experiment, | would
have fund no period like the present. And
what is best Of all, you yourselves have
fixed both the place and the time. come
by your invitation. feel am welcome.
not only because it ia pleasant to myself.
but chiefly because it is agreeable to you
We wanted to see each other, and know
how have lopged to look into your eyes,
and to take you by the hand. 1t is TWEEN.
ty five years since We began to be familiar
with our nance; twenty i've years since
many now present first saw the light
twenty-five years during which We have
seen thousands laid away in the silent
chambers of the dead. This is not long
time, friends; not much longer since that
graceful tree began to grow DOT much
longer since that lovely woman began to be
called mother; not much longer
since that handsome man began to
feel himself q part Of this magical Com
But what cycle of war and
wonder it has been, How much has been
crosded into little! You remember the
Arabian legend where the fishermen drew
to the shore in his net email vessel, which
when opened spread into q massive figure
Of light and glory that covered ali the
land. That was like Kansas And Ksnsas
vas only yesterday. Yesterday an infant,
10 day = giant, TO morrow who can tell
Who could have foreshadowed the colossus
twenty-five years sgo, in 1854, when Law.
renee Was . city Of tents, and kind DR..
Robinson gave shelter to the wandering
Stranger?
And now a distant Commonwesltns and
Empires are reading the marvellous answer
70 this question, you would hardly tolerate
ne II attempted to repeat the story you
,ave written yourselves, or to take or carry
Iou through . world of your own creation.
on do not visit st. Peers to tell the
Romans of Its centuried glories nor West-
ninster Abbey tohpreach to the English
i that ancient cathedral; nor
home to recite on the
pot the wondrous romance of an inspired
life. You 20 there a. l come here, my
friends, that you may draw from the text Of
great fact some Thoughtful and resound-
pg lessons for Others.
In 1854 the Wing party was dead, killed |
y the knoW-nothinss q The anti masons |
ad suicided the Anti Jackson party in
1855. In 1854 thsss va no Rspabli.
an party. In 1852, two yeass before, the