The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-22
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| NAY the little ones all gamer 'fOunu me
To bid me good night and be kissed
We have read new version-this:
| .sWhen the lessons and tasks are all entted
And At evening the school Is dismissed.
| When the EIkfLe boys all gather 'soucd me
To bid me goodnight and be kissed
How wish that the same loving spirit
Thzt the big boys would all gather round me
And do rs the littIe boys do"
Miss Dudley's Life of Holland, I"
MRS. Maloney on the Chinese Question"
recited by Miss Addie Loomis. and II
don't know, I suppose So" by Miss
Chamberlin were excellent. An Grafton,
Thoughts" by j. Kirby was especially
well delivered.
Miss Rogler read a choice paper on
"Bells," and under the sound of her well
trained voice, we, in fancy. heard the
intonations of every grade of bells from
the merry tinkle of the tiny sleigh bells
to the tolling of the iron bells.
Miss Ida Davis gave an interesting
biography of Mendelssohn, leaving Der.
lin with him a young man with the
sweet voice of the enchantress, music, in
his ear, following him thro' all the un-
certainties of human life and finally
bringing him back to his starting place,
Berlin, under the nOddiHg black plumes
of the King of Shadows. How perfect
ly does this common story harmonic
with
'sThe paths Of glory lead but to the grave"
The exercises seemed to agree by coup
laS TO- kI,So ooV,o V,0aifiO,, xvaa erOu fol1oxx
ed by "Gray's Elegy," rec tied by Miss
Miller.
Miss Hoxie 10 some mysterious ~
way transformed the piano into banjo
to accompany Nellie Gray" by the
choir. One could shut his eyes and al
most imagine perfume of orange bios
SONS, carol of mocking-bird. glare of
southern. sun, and other sensations ma
turally associated with the trimming.
In the evening the assembly room was
crowded to hear the all-absorbing Irish
land question" discussed. Prof. Davis
presided, and read, as first on the pro-
gram, an Grafton by Mr.. Van Ness.
After music, the debate was annOunc-
ed, and Miss Hoxie, Rev. Lott and Mr..
Clock selected as judges. The question,
''I2eaoEpsd, That the Irish tenantry are
the rightful owners of Ireland" was
forcibly affirmed by Messrs. S. M. Davis
and T. D. Gallagher, and ably denied
by Messrs. N. w. Sonnedecker and F.
Bucher.
Mr.. Davis, in his opening, wished US
to understand that his arguments were
to be based on principle, not policy. He
had no intention of appealing to our
sympathies-had no spread-eagle flight
to make-but in the name Of eternal
justice would defend Erin's sons. Had
England been appointed Ireland's mis-
tress? She had been self appointed.
He spoke of the land bill as twenty
seven pages of ignorance" and thought,
since Parnell was imprisoned for his OPP
position to it, Gladstone should have
been for his offense.
Ii rebellion against oppression be
communism, he had no objection to the
term as applied to the tenantry. He was
not surprised that Gladstone's speech at
Leeds did not ''take," and quoted from
Foster, american ideas are getting in
to Irish heads" He said that the Irish
are more oppressed than our forefathers
were and had more cause to rebel for
they have actually been turned off their
own land, and sheep have been turned
on it.
Mr.. SOnnedecker took his place and
began the negative work of destroying
fib or sophistry." He gave brief his
tory of Ireland from the first conquest
to the present time. If the English have
no right to the land, how much had the
Scots, Scandinavisns, etc? Said all agi
tators are communists and defined the
term communist as, not lone who rebel:
against oppression" but one who advo
Gates the theory of recognizing society
and regulating industry and property
so that, "in the year of Jubilee" tho
latter may be equally divided, which ht
deemed equivalent to removing one
great incentive to labor, and placing the
lazy man on a par with the industrion.
one. If the landlord does not improv,
his land and the tenant is too poor, how
is it improved? The new law provide!
that the tenant may sell all improve
ments at the end of tenure.
Dir. Gallagher in his turn took up thu
thread of affirmative argument. TWEEN
ty years ago we took our swords to fret
our oppressed people and we freed them
The Irish are sufferers as were the ne
groes and tho an ocean intervene GU
duty is no less plain. Is it Gods will
that any of his people should be bonds
men? Human and divine laws must no
conflict. Right springs from relation
as parents TO children, &c.
The Irish are brave, valorous and il
dustriOus. They live in and On Irelan'
and therefore have a right to it. Ever,
man has right to the results and pre-
ceeds of his own labor. He gave one O
i Nasby's vivide descriptions of a scene Q
, poverty and misery in ireland. Mr.. Ma.
e by had believed the land league wron
= but his own eyes convinced him TO tn
3 contrary.
3 Mr.. Butcher gave a clear review of a
}. guments which had preceded and, pe
announcement, quoted Blackstone-th
lawyers gospel-fluently. Said col
5 quest is not stealing. If twenty yea
undisputed possession of land is sufl
}. cient TO establish right, Ireland certainl
s belongs to its present owners twent
e five times over, for they have held it VI
d disputed for five hundred years.
= "every man has right to the results an
e proceeds of his own labor" what gil
q riOus system would soon be establishe
n He quoted "the Irish live on Irelan
o therefore have right to it." Eve
y man a right to the land he lives Oh
e He gave as a specimen of Irish SEN
d ment, "If there's government I'm ag
N it," and said that though they are ge
10 erous, warm hearted people, there is
IS general ignorance as well as lack OF di
ct nifty among them. Ireland is always
rs turmoil of strikes, etc. Why's The
le has been a failure of crops and tn
IS blame the landlords because they knc
G not where else to lay the blame.
% The leaders then closed by five mi
u ute speeches.
ne While the judges prepared their
&c cision, We listened to song by {
N Normal Quartstie; then came the n
ne mentous report of the judges. Rev. L.
re- arose and announced that in point OF
rs livery the decision was rendered in
(" vor of the affirmative, but for arranI
40 ment and argument in favor of
10, negative-one point for the affirmati
sy and two for the negative. Alter