The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-18
OLD SETTLEIiS. DAY.
Special to THE LEAVENw ORTIZ TINES
A BIG DAY

ing Of the old settlers a. II was OF the IRE.
state men-those who fought the early bat
ties at the time when i: tried mems souls
when 1t was "a mucn-snd more sometime,
than a mans life was worth to say he wa.
free state man. The men upon the plat
form in the tabernacle to-day represent
every stripe of politics, but that made nc
diference-they stood shoulder TO shoulder
at the time when men were needed, wher
the great serpent OF slavery was winding
Is Shiny foldI around
THE FAIR FORM OF THE YOUNG STATE
and threatened to crush its young lie out
Upon the platform was gathered the mer
who had been participators IN the early
struggles-men whose names are az house
hold words in every home and whose record
is The record aud the history OF the very
Stats itself. Col. JOHN ". Forney was the
cynosure OF all eyes and it was to his pres
ence that great part OF the large attend
ance wss due. The absence of Hon. Ell
Thayer, made necessity by sickness, wa:
greatly Geplo-ed, as it was the universal
wish OF every one that he should have been
here, for he has attained high place in
the affections Of the people, WHO regard
him az friend who comes to us in need
and who proved a friend indeed. The
gathering was a notable one 10 every re.
spect, and one the like OF which it will bt
many yelr before Kansas sees sgain.
THE CROWD
wss large one. every sactior
of the State bsing represented, Leayen
worth alone ssndin over five coach IosI.
The large tabernacle which seats . 900 200
ple, was filled to its utmost capacitv Will.
there were hundreds who comb NO, COR
admittapce. The ATTENDANCE unon IN.
g.ounas To-Day was estimated st FULLY
eisr In 'housano.
lac exercises were opened al ll:3o with
prayer oy the heS; hichard CoWiey, attel
""''i Tue iis' vi OH 'ers WAS announced.
"os kobiSsoN Address.
poS. S0oiHson thehs'epped forward arild
sieat appiause anu thanAea IN very ap
ranfs,rad ,be hnnar 49, n;.s "ien Heo
him the presiding officer of this great and
monentous occasion. He then reviewed in
SNORT ana eiolnent speech the progress oil
the nta'e from me Time 'he h'st settler put
the fierce struggle which ensued betxaen
slavery and freedom for the supremacy
the transfer OF the conflict from the halls oil
iesisiation 10 the plans OF Kansas
81, go, - ,Le uom OILY
never been seen the psraIieI h. recounted
the scene which took mace in cnnuress
upon the passage of the Kansas. NebrssI .
ACT. the great spesch made nv Charles
Sumner upon that occasion. the .ut,er,ncs
of the Southern press upoo the ps,sapa nj
THE NECESSITY OF SECURING; KANSAS
ior Inc save boidins South; the course
pursued py tne South previou, 10 the nnsl
ACT which made Kansas fres;the trlie! and
suugsies Of me early settlers who Tough
the parties ~hich nnaiiy made hansis Tree
ana enaed 10 me liberation o. the millions
OF freshmen heid IN bondage m the South;
the determination oil the slave holding COM
MUMMY 10 letter freedom in Kansas and
Tue Ultimate victory oil The right; the great
victory OF the freedmen's party who had
not only the great slave mower to
fight, but in addition to that
"noh Fo"hN of ihE ADMiNisTkA-
iioN;
the Ubiquitous attempt to overthrow the
Union in order to more firmly establish the
slave oI;c.,cbv and ,b. 6,,i 5a,.., >; a.
III 49, y. siu WHICH nuade lhe sia'e iiee
anu Dio''e1 ou' io'efer 'ue loui STAIN "hich
nsu Iesed iof 80 many years upon the
niIneI " staIhieSs esGn'Gneoh Oh tne Amsri-
IN S.igu. Wv h'oinson PaiG ue-
t'eu uiouSe W 'he Pailiols Oh Inc East
rho' ANU oo,oiuy ahd shame cast upon
'heu' "aniuhy $1,000 out and fought WIN
ou' lal'ering 'ne great Da''le 10 "hose u!ti-
ma'e success 'ney 20 stestiy contributed
Al Inc close Of the Governors speech he
was see"o win pfoionged applause and
iouu cheering, ~hicn rent inc very echo.
Aitei lne song, thousand years my
own S1Iulnols, "overhof hooinson INTRO
uu.eu ion' D. l. esner, mayor Oh Law
, 49, H,s s,ca -
vi iAf iNiii'ioi'
Mayor Usher said that il il the c1n-
memoration Of the first settlement of Kan
as that We are gathered to- day-yet not 80
much an old settlers meeting as a meeting
OF The old free state men who fought our
early battles. Those old settlers or free
state men have LETT q legacy to their
children Of which they should guard jeal-
ously, which would b. the brightest dia-
dems in the crown of the Queen State OF
the Uniou. The speaker then gave a retro
spect of the history of the past of the coun-
try from the time of its purchase, known as
the "Louisians Purchase" from the En-
peror OF the French, Napoleon Bonaparte,
by President Jefferson; the agreement by
the Missouri Compromise slavery or invol-
untary servitude other than as punish
ment Tor crime should not exist in the
newly acquired territory north OF the
S6th degree of Latitude; the
subsequent legislation Of the slave
holding power which sought to fssten upon
Kansas the fearful crime Of slavery; the
pfed scout decision oy ) usilce fancy which
~h;,s n,anH,s go, 10. ~ .sn's nnIu
- . 'ou ~ ipe'' 'ne 'u'
duen! s'rues'e ana Inc ultimate victory oil
'ne oeienosrs OF freedom. In the early
. .tiusgies 'ne sa'an,age w.s on the side oil
u .as sis' :. out as ine months sd
sAnGeu II was apparent that the cause OF
gronnd tins gained 80 H., W.
here, nv friends to commemorate the in.
-uguration of the State which possesses
a. lasting "A the earth it.elt
and it is very appropriate that Lawrence
should be the place Of the meeting of the