The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-22

|dering the Lennon slaves 10 be liherat-
ed. Henry /. Clinton was one Of 1hes
counsel for the shareholders. A howl of
rage went up from the South, and the
Virginia Legislature authorized the At
|torney- General of that state 20 assist in
baking an appeal. William
n. Evarts and Chester A Arthur
were employed TO represent the
people, and they won their case, which
then went to the Supreme Court of the
United States. Charles O'Conor herd
1espoused the cause of the slaveholders,I
but he, too, was beaten by Messrs. Esarts.
and Arthur, and long step was taken
toward the emancipation of the black!
race. Another great service was render!
ed by Gen. Arthur in the same cause in|
1856. Lizzie Jennings, respectable
colored woman, was put off Fourth av-
enue car, with violence, alter she had|
spaid her fare. Gen. Arthur sued on her
behalf, and secured a verdict of $500
Manages. The next day the company
ISSUED an order to permit colored perl
sons 10 ride on their cars, and the Other
car companies quickly followed their
example.
General Arthur was n delegate TO the
Saratoga convention that founded the
Republican party Previous to the out
break of the war he was Judge-AdYc1
cate of the Second Brigade of the State
Militia, and Governor Edwin D. Nor
gan, soon after his Inauguration, select
ed him to fill the position of Engineer
in Chief of his staff In 1851 he held the
post of Inspector General, and soon af
terward was advanced to that of Quarter
master General, which he held until the
expiration of Morgan's term of office. No
higher encomium can be passed upon
although the war account of the state of
New York was at least ten times Jaeger
thsn that of any other state, yet it was
the first audited and allowed in
Washington, and without the deduction
of a-dOllar; while the quartermasters'
accounts from other states were reduced
from 100000 TO S10,000,000 each
During his term of office every present
sent TO him was Immediately returned.
At the expiration of Governor Nor
gan's term General Arthur returned &c
his law practice, and business of the
most lucrative character poured in upon
him, his uniform success acquiring fol
him national reputation. For space
he held the position of counsel TO the
Board of Tax Commissioners of New
York at $4,000 year. Gradually h
was drawn into the arena of active poll
tics. He nominated and by his effort
elected Hon. Thomas Murphy stat
senator. When the latter resigned tn,
collectorship of the port, on Nov. 20
1871, President Grant nominated Gen
Arthur to the vacancy, and four year
later, when his term expired, renominat
ed him, an honor that had never beel
shown TO any previous collector in tn
history of the port. He wa
removed by President Hayes o.
July 12, 1878, despite the fact tina
two special committees made searchin
investigation into his administration
and both reported themselves unable T.
find anything upon which to base
charge against him. A petition for hi
retention was signed by every judge c
every court in the city, by all the prom
nent members of the bar, and by nearl
every importing merchant in the colle'
ton district; but this General Arthu
himself suppressed.
In letter to Secretary Sherman, r
viewing the work of one of the invest
eating committees, General Arthur pr
duced statistics to show that during b
term of over six years in Office the pc
centage of removals was only 90
\ against an annual average of % per cen
under three immediate predecessors, an
an annual average of about 81 per cen
since 1647. The reforms which Gener
7Arthur instituted in the methods of d
y ing business in the Custom House we
1 as numerous as they were grateful to Il
merchantile community.
Afterwards he resumed the practice
law, and active participation in and d
rection of Republican, politics in Ne
York. He was then chairman OF the I
publican state committee. The Office
Vice President came to him entirely IL
Sought, l
In person General Arthur is over S
feet in height, broad-shouldered, athlet
and handsome. He is man of excee
/. ing culture, ripe experience, with refine
tastes and manners of the utmost G
+ nlality.