Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-10-13

EraStus ID. Culver, a congressman who
had just lost his seat, had law Office.
and with him Arthur began to study
law. Arthur soon concluded to 90
west and establish himself in some sat
isfactOry town, and he picked young
man named Gardiner to be his law
partner.
ARTHUR's SETTLING DOWN.
They looked at several towns in
growing parts of the West, but thought
their opportunities would not be Sc
good as IL they came back to the CITY
Of New York. Arthur was good-l
ing, and he became acquainted with
the widow and daughter of Lieut.
Herndon, of the American navy, Vir
ginia people.
William Lewis Herndon had been
drowned in 1857, at the age of A. on
"a, ship Central America. which he
commanded. He was born in the town
where General Washington's mother
died. and I'm the vicinity of which
Washington was raised, Fredericks
b.Ig. and was the brother-in-law OF
Lieut. Maury, the Virginia rebel and
semitic man. Herndon explored the
Amazon river, and had a high reputa.
ton, when the Central America sunk
coming from Havana to New York,
with 324 passengers and nearly 100
sailors and t2,000,0O0 in gold treasure.
HerndOn was cool as a May morning
and when the few who survived saw the
ship go down he was standing on the
wheel-house, some say, with cigar
between his teeth, issuing orders. For
many years, or until the rebellion broke
out, he was the popular hero of the
United States. The Herndon family
is one of the best in Virginia. BY
Miss Herndon, whom he married, Gen.
Arthur has a son, fully grown. His
wife died only about one year before
he became vice president. Although q
stalwart Republican in almost every
sense, Gen. Arthur, through his wife,
has the best southern connections. He
ought to be national president.
A YOUNGER SEWARD.
1t has been said, with good reason
that Gen. Arthur compelled the con
cession, on the street railroad cars, fol
colored people to ride.
The Fourth Avenue Street Railroad
New York, which belongs to the Har.
lem Steam Railroad company, under
took one day to put black woman off.
1t was done with violence, and she ap.
piled to Arthur, who brought suit and
got a verdict of $500 against the CON-
pany. The next day after this verdict
an order was posted up in the cars, al
lowing colored people to ride. Pre-
viously, throughout the immense
length of New York island, only one
railroad allowed black people to DC pas
sengerA and then only in particular
cars.
William ii. Seward, in 1889. was
concerned in his first slave case, that
which first turned his attention to the
politics of anti-slavery. A requisition
from Virginia was made upon Govern
or Leonard in that year for three col
ored seamen who had concealed a slave
in their vessel, and brought the slave
to New York. The slave had been
surrendered; the ignoble blOOdhOuuds
now demanded his fellow negroes and
friends. The recorder of New York
City would not honor the recognition
of the small Virginia Pharaoh. This
chap then impudently called on the
governor Of New York TO override
the recorder and Judge i'm the Law
Seward made the grand argumfn,
that acquisitions under the Amer
can Constitution must be made
for real crimes against civilization.
not crimes made arbitrary by petty
portion of mankind, such as rescuing
n brother from slavery. No Virginian
could pursue the human race after de-
claring portion of it in dereliction.
A debt prisoner could not be pursued
into New York from PENNSYLVANIA.
Why, then should a slave deliverer be
pursued into New York from Virginia.
All that Virginia did by pursuing the
case with her sprigs of lawyer poll
ticians was TO make Seward a great
He retired awhile from
Office only TO become
AFTER REAPPEARING, A PHENOMENON.
General Arthur's connection with
the Lemon case in 1857, was very much
like Stewards position eighteen years
earlier. II involved the right of mas
:ers TO ship slaves from border states
through the free port of New York.
He was The associate of William NJ.
Evarts, opposing Charles O'Connor for
the slave shipper. But will not dwell
On this case.
His semi-political connection as a
lawyer had passed out of the public
mind when Chester A. Arthur bo-
came involved in a dispute with the
administration of Hayes and Sherman.
Yet Arthur's political record was by
no means short or scanty. He was
not exactly a founder of the Republi-
can party in New York. but was one
of the younger men who assisted to
form it.
In 1854, when the Nebraska policy
Of Pierce's administration became un-
popular, the beaten Wings in New
York state, led by Seward, Weed and
Greeley, called an anti-Nebraska con.
vention at Saratoga, which adjourned
to Auburn, Stewards home, where, af'
ter a debate, it was concluded to retain
the Wing machine, but to be ready fol-
q new party movement. The conse
quence was the election of Myron II.
Clark to be governor, and Henry j.
Raymond lieutenant governor. Clark
succeeded Horatio Seymours first term
in 1856.
The next year, while the Wings still
struggled to keep their organization,
two conventions met at Syracuse, one
made up of anti-Nebraska Democrats,
and presided over by Reuben z. Fen
ton, the other straight cut Republican,
led by John A. King aud Edwin ID.
Morgan It was here that Arthur took
position under Morgan, like himself a
native Of New England. The Morgan
Republicans were beaten. Mr.. King
became governor, however, in 1857
and two years afterward Morgan was
elected. There have since been three
Republican governors of New York,