Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-05-29
The Kansas Jayhawker.

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defend Kansas from the attack OF Sci
, ator Carmack, OF Tennessee, who b.
referred to Funston as 1.-THE lit
Kansas Jayhawker." Senator Burto
laid:
again, had the senator been ii
timately acquainted with the histor
OF Kansas, be would have left out tn
term Jayhawker' from bis list Of sal
castle anathemas. Jayhawker' ha
long since ceased to be a word Of or
probrium. 1t has grown to be
word Of honor. The Kansas Jay
hawker was q man who loved libert,
and hated slavery. He was man o
the highest intelligence and SPARTA
virtue. Two civilizations grew VI
in this country, commencing, as the,
did, with the foundation Of the gov
eminent, and each growing ii
opulence and power in its westward
march Of empire, the one developing
on the south OF Mason and Dixon'l
line and the other upon the north
The one was symbolized by the whip
lash, the auction block, and TIT
bloodhound, and was nourished BY
the toll Of the slave; the other wai
the product Of the church, the school
house, and the home, and was stimu.
lated by free labor.
"In the old days we called the one
the Missouri Red Leg and the other
Kansas Jayhawker.'
"ln the late sos these two civiliza-
tions, each with the strength Of q
giant, faced each other in a struggle
for the territory Of Kansas. One said
lit shall be a slave state, the other
said 1T shall be Free The days of
compromise had gone by. The time
had come when the house divided
against itself could no longer stand.
The Kansas Jayhawker and the Mis-
souri, Red Leg began the great civil
conflict which ended only at Apo
nattox.
1.-THE soil OF Kansas drank the blood
II the Jayhawker in a struggle be-
,ween liberty and slavery long before
,ur flag was fired on at Fort Sumpter,
md his blood dedicated our territory
% liberty long before Abraham Lin.
'oln published his famous emanclpa-
ion proclamation. 1t is said that the
blood Of the martyr Is the seed Of the
'hurch, and well may it be said that
he blood Of the Jayhawker was the
iced Of the proudest, greatest and
BEST OF all our states. For without
'oasting, may be permitted to say
hat the growth Of Kansas, in material
md moral worth, taking into account
Ter age, population and opportunity,
las no parallel in this country.
81 will not stop to speak in detail
u that marvellous growth. will not
top to recount her industries in az.
'iculture, manufacturing, mining,
'ailway building, and in every field Of
human enterprise. Suffice it to say
hat in proportion to her population
Kansas is now producing more Of
III that ministers to mans necessities
md pleasures than any state 10 the
lnion. And her moral standard is
he highest Of all | will not stop to
peak Of her churches, her happy
homes, her institutions Of learning,
ler school houses upon a thousand
,illsi but to give single evidence Of
ler moral worth, it may be learned
BY inquiry at the home office Of any
great insurance company in this
that the moral risk on insur.
,nce IN Kansas is higher than any.
where else in the country. No more
accurate barometer for measuring the
morals Of people can be found than
his. Why sir, it is her motto that
Kansas leads, but never follows.
although Kansas really began the
war, 1t was the first OF all the states
% blot out all feeling engendered' by
hat awful struggle. 1t took the
'panish.American war to thoroughly |
mite our people as q whole; out al.
hong hKansas contains more Tnion
oldiers 10 proportion to her popula-
ion than any other state, she was the
rst 10 extend the cordial hand Of
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