Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-16

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Opposite his name on the company roll /
is written the simple words, "FeI In /
action, :" while on the statutes of his State /
this great champion of the saloon, of /
iI1GIieRGBIs rights and of personal liberty, /
writes the simple and single word, obs /
hanchised.D ask yon, did a loyal man /
ever cast such q vote as that? Renewed /
applause.
But, my fellOW-citizens, this is not all /
of this damning record. The soldiers
were "disfranchised," and Geo. ". Click /
was therefore elected to the Legislature /
again in 1864 and 1855.
1 shall only trespass on your time to
call your attention to one or two matters
shown by the Journal Of 1865.
The Legislature of that winter met on
January 10th, only a short time before
the surrender OF Lee at AppOmattOX-a
time when loyal men could see behind
the dark reehng clouds the gray dawn of
peace. Numerous resolutions were pre-
scented thanking our soldiers in the field
for their heroic conduct. Among other
resolutions was one cOmplimenting Col.
Thomas Moonlight and the brave men
in his command for their gallant conduct,
and recommending Colonel Moonlight
| for promotion This resolution had
passed the Senate, and on the I'd day Of
| February it was reached for final action
I III I4lG LAOlGEs A1L1 lA4C 4CoOL4l4O44 CGlA4GA-
I for the promotion of the brave and gal
/ liant Moonlight, who had shown his cOur-
| age fighting the friends of Governor
| Click and his cO-WOrkers In that House,
and it must be defeated. Colonel Moon
i light must not be cOmplimented, much
| less promoted, for his bravery in the
/ Union cause. So the enemies of the
resolution concluded upon the
surest mode of defeating it;
] u, -
| so as to load it down that it might fall of
its own weight. One proposes to insert
/ the name Of Col. Blair, and 1t is done, Of
| course. Another proposes Col. JennisOn,
and it is inserted. Finally, the resOlu-
ton was laid on the table. On the fol-
/ lowing day Mr.. Cook moved to reconsider
/ the vote by which 1t was laid on the
table. The vote was taken by ayes and
noes, and is recorded on page 290 of the
Journal Of 1865. Mr.. Click, as shown by
that record, voted in favor Of that resO-
luton remaining on the table. But the
motion to Cake from the table prevailed,
and on the 9Th of February was passed.
The vote on the final passage was not
recorded, but 1t is fair to presume that
Mr.. Click was true to his record IN the
past, and that, having voted to lay the
resolution on the table, he voted against
its final passage. Yet unrepentant-ye
a hater of the Union soldier and the
Union cause, in 1865 he voted against
them.
It is said that politics make strange
bed-fellOWs," and so to-day we see the
blushing Colonel in the arms Of the gar
rulOus Click, under the same blanket
APPLAUSE But the Colonel has been
promoted, and is now the honorable Ad-
jutant General Of the State.
During this session of the Legislature
/ ,F I,S1 Sv,Ev0Isr1oI int
the Senate known as SENATE bill No. 81
An act for the enrolment, discipline, or
ganization and pay Of the militia" This
bill passed the Senate, and on the 18th
day OfFebruary came up for final pass
age in the House. 1t will be remember
ed that Lawrence had been sacked, and
her citizens butChered in her streets by
a band of plunderers under QuantreL
All along our eastern border the torch
of the incendiary had done its work
women and children had been driven
from their homes, and from the hill-tOps
saw every earthly possession deVOureC
by the relentless flames. Murder, arson
and assassination stalked at MONDAY IN
, mOlested throughout our borders. Meth
er life, family nor possessions were safe
from the merCiless bands Of cut-thrOatS
and robbers that came from among the
. friends of Governor Click in Missouri
| G444N 81 ~ W c45 DAODO5CA " VI a3csAAAAC l4AN
militia of the State, and compel every
man in the State, subject to military
duty, to fall In for the common defense
. in case Of invasion. This bill passed the
: Legislature and became a law, and is tt
be found on page 1l6 Of the Laws o.
t 1865. The first section Of the act nearly
, frightened the life out Of our hero. i
was too much for his sensitive nerves
BE enacted By the legislature Of the State Of Kan
sdS:
SECTION /. That all persons subject t.
, military duty under the Constitution
and such other male persons"
Observe, it does not say sUbjte mall
- persons. It leaves the lUhite out, you see
{ The Legislature evidently thought that {
2 cOlored man could stop a Rebel buIle
= Just as well as a white man. Cheers. J.
''as shall voluntarily enroll themselves
: shall be enrolled in the militia, and shall
f perform military duty as in this act pro
vided."
: The other sections of the bill go on t.
! provide for a complete organization o.
! the military of the State for the common
T defense.
e When the bill was put upon its fna
f passage, Governor Click recorded hi
2 vote against its passage, as shown OF
D page 4l2 Of this book. AS soon as Nh
e Click had sufficiently recovered from hi
j. fright at the prospect Of being mustered
e into the service of his country as mem
p Der Of the State militia, he got down thu
D Constitution of the State. Wheneve
a Democrat in those days got int
2 trouble, he always sought com
|, fort In the Constitution. They ar
o great sticklers for the Constitution as
was. Old Jimmy Buchanan, the YER
u last Democratic President we shall eve
? have, you remember took the COnstitU
= ton Of the United States, adjusted hi
It spectacles, and after reading it over care
It fully. pushed them back on his old ball