The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
establishment of the doctrine that this

establishment Of the doctrine that this
is a nation.
In 1856 William H. Seward in the sem
ate of the United States said: Come
ON, then gentlemen of the slave states;
since there is no escaping your chai-
lenge, accept it in behalf OF freedom.
We viii engage i'm competition for the
virgin soil Of Kansas, and God give the
victory to the side that is stronger In
numbers as it is in right"
FOLLOWING A song.
'"The emigrants who poured into Kan
sas from New England and the north
came in response. and with us senti-
ments, TO that song a Call to Kan
SaS.
"Yeoman strong. hither throng!
Natures honest men:
We will make the wilderness
Bud and bloom again.
Bring the sickle; speed the plough
Turn the ready soil;
Freedom is the nobleSt pay
For the true man 5 TOLL
Ho. brothers: come brothers,
Hasten all with me;
We viii sing upon the Kansas plains
A song for liberty
One and all, hear our call
Echo through the land
Aid lis with willing heart
And the strong right hand.
Feed the spark the Pilgrims struck
ON old Plymouth rock;
To the watch fires of the free
Millions glad shall flock.
soThere was another and very differ
emf class Of emigrants; representatives
of q most diverse citizenship. In snort
there were representatives OF an IN
compatible and antagoniStic ciVliiza-
ton. The whole world knows the re-
suit. Freedom and right was triumph
ant. 1t seems as though destiny had
staked off a vast territory In the very
heart of the continent for the settle
ment of the conflict between the oppos-
ing forces which were born or created
in the early DAYS of the republic; con-
f.ict which naught but the stern arpi-
trarnent of war could determine.
Thus Kansas was born into the Union
amid the throes and pains OF reDeliion
and revolution. Bleeding Kansas
thus differed from her sisters in that
she was the creature of new ideas, porn
of the best thought of the nation
ct is not therefore strange that KAN
sas should have been dominated by Il
citizenship, unique, original and marx
from that of her sister commemorative
neither is it strange that her cltlzensnip
or state character has ever been ana
is now in a type found no where else;
as has been said of Napoleon, with
out a model and without chadow.
FOLLOW KANSAS FLAG.
'sThe very soil and atmbosphere or
Kansas, together with the heredity
thus imported breeds a citizenship.
which never follows but always leads
the van of the advanced thought OF the
nation. Wherever her citizens go, tiey
carry the Kansas flag. The incivluu-
aIity of the true Kansan marks MINI
everywhere. Send one to congress, ana
as ne stands in the forum of his country
ne will sometimes challenge the ad-
,uiration of the American people by MS
genius and brilliancy, or by ms boid-
ress and courage call down on himself
adverse criticism, but he never is a
non-entity
I'm the early history of Kansas. she
sent as one of her representatives To
the senate of the United States, man
whose craftsmanship was as broad as
her great expanse or pralrle ana MS
eloquence as terrific as her cyclones.
Later another old timer ana pioneer
who learned politics In the early Gays
OF Kansas as an active participant II,
the stirring events of her territorlal
DAYS, was by the people promoted 10
the senate of the United states; IN
that forum he was distinguished for his
capacity and devotion to the interests
of the people of Kansas.
1.-The old time kansan reveres the
memory Of the lamented Senator Plump
and in the years to come the pages OF
Kansas history will recite in words OF
highest praise the splendid career OF