The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-12

Dark a0d Devious Paths.
Al the earnest request of quite num-
of our readers we devote today large
measure Of our space to Senator Ingalls,
speech, delivered by him "a: the Aichisou
reception OF Tuesday, and which is fully
reported IN the Champion of that date as
follows:
There are probably one million peo-
pie in Kansas. | should BE- unjust to
the bravcst, noblest and most intelligent
constituency that ever honored ii public
servant with their confidence, IL | did
not avail myself of the earliest oppor-
tUnity afforded rae To declare, with en-
phasis, my belief that there cannot be
found one hundred reputable citizens of
the state, white or black, Democrats
or Republicans, male or female, who
have credited the accusations, or certain
ly symathizcd with the ncfarious pro
ccedin IS against me. Those who have
prosecuted the charges and contributed
the thousands of dollars required To carry
on the conspiracy are less l.ian Il score.
and | know them all from the poor cats
paws E%gers ANA Stumbaugb, down
through Geo. Martin, Cross, Leland and
Martindale, to Horton, Guthrie, Pomc-
roy and Clarke.
The majority of those who opposed
my election acquicsccd in the result.
Many vino were borne along by the cy-
clone of malice, hatred and perhdity
that ragged against me, regretted their ac-
ton and would have recalled IL If pos
sible. Che courage, the conscience, the
convictions Of the people irrespective of
party were with me from the outset. The
Republican press had always been large
IL in T.tAar # T.,ftr tn
and the more reputable organs of the
Democracy preferred me to amy of my
rivals. Arrayed agains; me from the be
ginning have been TIC degraded eic-
ments in our politics, the debris, the~out-
casts, the machine men, the implacablcs ;
reinforced by two pretended newspapers
in Missouri; one edited in his brief and
casual intervals of sCbriety by . drunk
en- political tramp from Kansas; the 9th
CT by long haired her!naphadite who
has as much idea Of decent journalism
as the Scarlet woman OF Babylon would
have Of the immaculate conception.
These ne the creatures that have re
VOTED at the ImmorIGties Of nay c;Im-
paign; the insects that have bUZZed and
bit and slung. They are the yernIin OF
politics; like the nOXiUuS parasi;es-that
prey on the human frame. | have seen
it intimated in some quarters that | had
returned to Kansas on Il mission OF ven
geancc and retributiOn. Sensible men
never get angry with flies and mosqui-
toes. The only emotions that animate
me are those which inspire the affection
ate mother who, having found Ia the
tresses OF her offspring the psll5cH,Hs h,s-
ntGaHs cracks itSon her thumb Bail; or
the-prudcnt hushandman who sifls Paris
green on the Colorado beetle and squash
bugs that infcst his vines; or the vigil
liant housewife who pursues that enemy
OF rcpose, the cfhlec iectHLartus, into the
secret crevices Of the couch with cOrro-
sIve sublimate and Il feather!
The character of . cause mas be iud =
| cd and measured by the character Of its
advocates. TO conduct this moral move
mcut these apostles of political purity
selected ". G.. Webb, who resigned his
seat in Tie Wisconsin legislature TO cs-
cape expulsion for forgery and pecuia-
ton s. y Riggs, who left the Office of
United States district attorney uuder
charges Of fraud and ncapacity; and F.
). SIum5augh, recent resident OF
Cham lersburg, Pennsylvania, whose
character for trutli and veracity was sue
cossfully impeached iii September last in
a law suit IN That county, many of his
neighbOTs and acquaintances swearing
that they would not believe him under
oath. in community where he had re
sided for thirty years.
Had the bar OF the Stale been palled,
three men more highly qualified by ma
ture and education for the filthy task could
not have been discovered. Their stupi-
duty, i'll temper, ignorance and inoompe-
tcnce were monumental. Their capacity
for laundering was snperhuman. For
| their duh mismanagenlent,f fer the dis
Z
| their cause by want oi courtesy and of
the knowledge of the prophecies of time
| and place, | owe them debt of graft,
tude which il gives me sincere pleasure
in this public manner To acknowledge
The title by which | hold my seat III
| the senate uf the United States has been
| five times yiudica;ed. In the last p0pu-
lar election, the only question before the
people was who should be my successor.
| 1t was discussed in the newspapers, on
the stump, in the school houses, at the
| cross roads, 10y every tireside iii Kansas.
| There is not candid man in the state
| who does not know that threefourihs of
| the Republican members elected To the
legislature were originally favorable to
| my return. Long before the final ballot,
l had received a majority OF the votes of
! the Republicans in buih houses of the
| legislature and under tie common law of
| politics WAS thus entitled to the unani-
| nous support Of NY party. Seeing that
my election was inevitable unless my
| forces could be broken, my adycrsarics
| who had for years been attempting to
| saturGte the public mind with the most
! infamous aaa odiouS calumnieS, sudden
| ~ let loose "A tempest of furious dcfama-
| ton, under cover Of which, by threats,
! promises and purchases they formed the
| I q IA.
Kansas politics. No such adulterous
alliance was ever made before. EX-sen-
ators and members of congress, narshals
and. eX-GIarshnls, the chairman OF the
central committee, the speaker of the
| house, veterans anu raw recruits, disap-
| appointed aspirants for Office, inveterate
| enemies of twenty years standing, Re
| publicans, Democrats, and Greenbackers
all assembled under The leadership of
the venerable and sanity Pomeroy in
one heroic struggle of devoted seifab-
negation to redeem and rcgeEcrate the
| state
They selected as their iacile instru-
| ment the chief justice Of the state, 4 man
who began his political career by writ
| ing editorials in favor of secession and
| drinking toasts to the health ofJefTerson
Davis. Persuaded TO become a. Repub-
lican by the promise of preferment, he
has been continuously in Office with an
| accidental hiatus of one year from 1850
/ till 1880. During this long period he
| has habitually tfaiiickei in Justice, de-
| fraudcd Isis clients, basely plGndcred
| his partner, and iasulted society by his
degraded and fragrant immortality. lie
has never made a promise he did not
break nor had a friend whom he WAS not
willing 10 betray.
In this political judge these frenz:ed
| conspirdtoSs found a willing accomplice.
Feebly protesting that he was not a
| candidate, though every one knew that
| for five years he had trodden every devil
Gus path that led toward the capitol,
| that he took his seat on the bench merely
as a stepping stone to the senate, lie de-
seconded into the nlire of personal poll
| ties, accepted the nomination in a cal
luminous speech and then attempted TO
secure success by the open purchase of
votes.
Much has been said about the purity
of the eTmine. That traditional fur was
never dragged through fouler puddle.
| The very seat ON the bench that was to
| be vacated was promised to two anxious
1 aspirants, and the entire political ward
robe OF the state was divided in antici-
patton of my defeat, like the apparel of
| Joseph among his brethren.
Had the chief Justice Of the supreme
court Withdrawn from the contest at its
close, this indecent participation might
have been condoned and forgotten; but
he became the confidential adviser of the
conspirators in their final effort to inVal-
idafe my election.
! Whether he contributed thirty or SIX