The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-05-31

meeting in friendship and al loyal TO
the same flag. Mrs Child. Mrs. Dunbar
and AIessrs Barry and Yost then sang
some patriotic songs and they did it so
wen that they had TO come back and
sing again IA order 70 keep the old sol
/ diers from kicking the floor out Of the
Auditorium. J. D. Caldwell read the
/ speech Of Abraham Lincoln, delivered az
! Gettysburg. and he spoke it as plainly
as Lincoln used to talk The singing of
/ Mrs. Homrighous showed a cultured voice
and she would have been singing vet. if
she had kept coming back every time
/ she was encored.
chairman Knapp introduced Chester I.
Long, as the man who as representative
IN congress for the Seventh district Of the
state had made his mark in congress.
-hr- Long was received with loud cheers.
In his speech Mr.. Long probably paid
! General Ulysses s. Grant the first tribute
the great warrior ever received before
q Wichita audience. It may possibly
not meet the approval Of some of the
members OF eastern armies. who had the
most loyal devotion to General NcClel-
Ian and other comrades of the army Of
1 the Potomac prior to Grant. but the
student Of history who recognizes a
master leader when he sees one. and the
western soldier Of the war Of the re-
beLion were nightly pleased that Mr.
Long paid Grant the econium he did.
In Mr. Longs estimation. the chief
tains Of the world may be counted on the
fingers of one hand-Alexander. Hanni-
bal, Caesar. Napoleon. Grant Such. then
is the iustrious company in which Mr.
Long places the humble young volunteer
colonel Of the beginning Of the war. who
rendered his services to the government.
but whose tender was ignored by the war
department; the man who rose by reason
Of his force to be commander of the
armies of the Union.
Mr.. Long showed the ability Of General.
Lee, no uncommon leader one of the. great
military men OF this republic. and how
necessary it was. after the incompetencv
Of eastern generals Of the Union side.
to have someone able to cope with the
great southerner Then he took up Grant
and his history, and how he finally came
TO the east to conquer Lee or be con
quered-and Appamattox was the end.
In part, Mr.. Long said in his able
speech:
The United States has been in two
great wars-the war OF the revolution.
IN which we achieved our independence.
and the civil war for the preservation
Of the Union. on the Fourth Of July we
discuss the first war, the adoption Of the
constitution after its close and the
growth OF the United States that fol-
lowed. On memorial day. we discuss the
causes of the second war. the hardships
and trials incident TO its progress and.
the results that followed It's successful
termination.
after the war Of the Revolution was
over there existed no government strong
enough to carry out the provisions Of
peace and establish peace and quiet in
the thirteen colonies. So it was that the
constitution was adopted and a govern
ment organized with George Washington
rs its first president. IN the adoption Of
that constitution, a number Of compr0m-
ises We're necessary. No compromise was
more important than the one on slavery.
If the provision had not been inserted
that three-hfths of the slaves should be
included in ascertaining the representa-
ti0n TO which each state was entitled. and
if the slave trade had not been permitted
until 1903, the constitution could not have
been made or adopted. Authority was
given for fugitive slave law. and the
institution Of slavery was permitted IA
the states in which it then existed
These compromises I'm the constitution
were followed by others i'm the LEGISLATION
that came after. with the expansion Of
the country. with the acquisition Of Louis
lana and the territory from Mexico. the
extension Of slavery became the allah
sorbing question in this country. The
Missouri compromise Of 1890 was followed
by the compromise of 1850. and with the
repeal by congress Of the Missouri COM
promise and the decision Of the supreme
court of the United States in the Dred
Scott case that congress did not have
the authority or power TO prohibit slav-
cry in any Of The territory Of the United
States. this question not only remained
the paramount one but it overshadowed
every other. Ii was the an-absOrbing
question to he decided in tho presiden-
tial camrairn Of 1s6a and when the cam
paign was over. and those who advanced
The power of the national government
to prohibit slavery in the territories had
won and elected Abraham Lincoln presi-
dent Of tho United Sttaes. II was known
that the impending conflict which had
been threatening for half a century. was
at hand
"The south seeded Eleven states in
that part oT she Union organized a gov
ernment OF their own. They took pos
session of the forts and arseuals and
other property of the government situ-
ated in those states. and the question
was whether the government could main .
tain its own existence. or should Il ae-
knowledge its inability TO cope with the
secession2
"Abrahma Lincoln made the first can /
FOR troops tn put down the insurrection /
and recover the property belouging 10 the (
United States. The war begun The /
south w8s fuilv prepared. II had unfn- !
terrupted possession of the executive !
branch Of the government for wears. OF I
fcers I'm the regular army from those 4
ststes Immediately resigned and accept +
"a commissions from their respective I
states The people ~ the North stm be- i
-iered ard hoped war wouid Pc avoided /
A peace conference mst in washington I
before the iuauEurstie7 or Iincoln and (
ou1esvored 10 arree On 9 Basis of settle 4
mcnt
.7irst came Sumrtsr and then SUI +
Run. end x was realized that war with i
an its horrors and miEhty responsibilities +
was upon Tho countrv. The north saw 4
thst the contest was with people ~ its 4
own race whose bravcrv was un1nes-
toned. EHo~t v1s ut first Vade to save 4
.he I-nfon and c-ash the rebellion Rith- /
sut destroying slavery u was the nader (
-vire question that brought on tre way 1
-1f en- eFort was made e. maintain the 4
suthasisr ~ the United states without I
Interfering with the institution in The +
place where & existed. The attempt was
a failure
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