The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-02

You have listened TO me quite a. long 7
am sure as you wish to. TCries of go
on! go on " | have but this to saw: Auv
prosperity that can come to the people Of
Kansas gives you what all lovers OF libertv
all over the world would wish them to en-
ioy. Loud cheers.
GsI. Sherman wac called for BY the
people, and on being introduced was greet
cd with loud cheers, and spoke a. follows:
Mr. PRESIDENT AND LADIES AND GEN.
rLsNES confess TO q feeling of
pride TO be upon this stand at this
day and this hour. ! left Washington
some two weeks ago, at the request of the
President, to sttend him to this fair AZ
Neosho Falls. | responded promptly and
We came here IRON a distance Of nearly two
thousand miles. The people eyeryshe,e
have listened 10 us courteously a. Won
have listened TO him to-day; but at no
place no matter Whist the crowd and NO
ms,ter who the persons were, he hss not
spoke with more feeling ard with more
| force than he has TO you ksnsans to-day.
Cheers l SIN very glad indeed he spoke
| 10 you a. a soldier, for he Is the Comm and
| erin chief of all the soldiers in America.
obey his orders with my life in my hands
| and 30 1t Is that every soldier has
| sworn 10 obey his orders, 80 that what he
says is authority. He has authority when-
ever the flag flies. What he ha, spoken to
YOU TO day Is not only true comment, but
/ II Is 10 that extent the comment of the com
mon military spirit ali over this land, both
| the army and the militii, when called into
| the service of the l aiied States He has
| told yon what the law is. That, / say, is
more OF s;stemrnship than il il soldieriy in
character. | am glad he left the latter part
Of the subject and some OF its former. /
myself am very much Pleased with the Gov
ernoI's address, for he has told US in q very
lew words, plainly smphstically, grsndly,
what Kansas now IL. and what she was In
1868, at the close OF the was. | was very
glad TO hear the figures, because it re-
minded NE OF the contrast between old
| times when | first here, in ISL; and now.
Then L entered your state OF Kansas up
| there at Westport on an old sorrel horse.
Laughter. 1 had TO swim Milk river and
got myself into a camp of ksw Indians;
out my sorTel horse couldn't get into the
stable, because it was built for ponies.
Laughter We went out and picked upx
pig trough and brought some corn out and
| put into 1t TO feed the horse. As for nv
| -eif | went into the house, where they
brought me some bacon and some miserable
| cOrn-dodg.rs; and at night when went
| 10 90 10 bed | was shown out TO the corn
| crib. Laughter. i took my blankets out
| there and went to bed, and the rats and /
had It out for about half the night. Ire
mendous laughter 4 finally surrendered
10 the rats ard got out of doors More
laughter Now, boys, that was Kansas in
ls5l. There was not u white man in the
| whole OF your territory lawfully there, I'M
less he was an Indian agent or connected
With some OF the missions. There was
no land occupied by white people then.
The Governor gave the data from 1860 to
1872 but that you know youi selves, you
have only to look around and see smiling
farms and the lsrd all titled and cultiva-
ted. | don't believeA have seen better
crop Of children ard women on the road
than have seen here laughter and cheers
In our car We dined ~ well as We could NJ
the Delmonico in New York, or the Grand
Hotel in Paris. Now. il that isn't change
| don't know what a change is. Ii il =
perfect change. | say again, that every
word your Governor has spoken and all
that your President has said shows that
YOU are prosperous and thriving people.
You have got more acres of land tina, isn't
the fence corIers,-ny boy laughterl So
that Kansas il not only as the Governor
states, partially settled, but you have room
enough ior four or i've or Fix millions more
people; and you may be sure
Of it that they are coming
here from Germany and other
parts of Europe. Tney are coming to
Kansas because 1t is a free State, where the
people love liberty and where a man will
he treated according to his merits. When
| fret came to this State, there was No
| such place az this. When we were invited
| to come TO Neosho Falls we did not know
where it WIS and | had to look it up on
he map. / have not found the Falls.
Laughter and cheers When you get to
Niagara Falls you don't have to AK where
| they are but you hear them, Laughter.
have not seen nor heard the Neosho Falls
yet Laughter
Now, ladies and gentlemen, | am over
whelmed snd delighted with your presence
to-day; which | regard as testimony Of
your respect and appreciation of your
chief magistrate. GOu have come here TO
celebrate a civil victory and You soldiers
know perfectly well that there are civil
victories az we'll as victories in ware. You
have come here to celebrate the victory
you have achieved over the aoil.
want yon to eJcuse me now and let me
go and see your fair. | hope you have
some good horses. The speaking il mainly,
Of course, to enable you TO look at the peo-
pie on this stand here, whom you have
come to see. Now will you permit us To
go to see the fair? If you will, 1 shall
thank you very much indeed.
At the close of these remarks the crowd