The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-30


renee now. inclosing the burial place
with the proceeds of the dinner. E. F.
Heisler, publisher of the Louisburg Her
AID, hauled a job press to the grounds
and ran off several thousand copies of
MS paper containing an account or the
battle written by DR.. w. w. Updegran.
A. w. Barker, photographer Of Otta-
wa, had a stand on the ground and
sold hundreds of photographs of John
Browns cabin, an old cabin on the
Hanway place west of Lane. which was
built after the war and it is said, was
never seen by John Brown; but that
day fiction and fact both went for II
was the day of hero worship. A life
sized portrait of John Brown hung in
front of the speakers stand facing the
crowd. About Is survivors of the bat
tie marched to the monument behind
the Jayhawker band of LaCygne. The
exercises began in the forenoon at about
half past 10 o'clock.
Former Slave the Dedicator.
Former Governor Charles Robinson
presided, Rev. Mr.. Adair was chaplain
G. H. LangSton, an ex-slave, then liv-
ing in Lawrence, performed the dedica-
ton ceremony. ingalls, wore a long
striped buster and read his address
from manuscript. 1t took one hour and
10 minutes, terminating at 1890 p. m.
The crowd did not scatter as they
would have been in the sun. There
NCAC IlO lISGS OH tHe BTOunQ where InO
exercises were held.
The afternoon speeches were made by
Dudley c. Haskell, John p ST. John,
ID. R. Anthony, Ed r. Smith, Captain
John Ritchie, Johnson Clark, and Judge
James Hanway.
AS before stated Osawatonlie was in
habited by $50 people. there were three
frame stores, an implement store, two
blacksmith shops, one store church,
one school house with two rooms, one
hotel, two shoe shops two physicians.
There was scarcely a house west of
where the railroad track now is or
south of the roundhouse, or east of the
opera house. There were no brick build
ings and no large frame houses. Old
settlers on that day would point out
to visitors spot where a skirmish
took place, another where q convention
was held, or where meeting took place
or a speech was made or an arrest
made, fight had. a house burned, a
horse stolen or some incident that oc-
CURED in those stirring times.
Every house, store, shop, stable, ra-
vine, mound, grove, stump or grassy
plat had a ,legend. There was enough
history in Osawatomie to fill volume.
But after all the history making epoch
of Osawatomie, had but just begun.
At the time the monument was dedi-
Gated the storekeepers were H. b.
Smith, ]. c. Chestnut, Ned Youmans
and H H. Williams, the latter kept an
implement store. Hank Gale was pro-
prietor of a blacksmith shop, also John
Synder. Thomas and Army Taylor
owned a mill on the Pottawatomie one
mile southeast, Robert LeMaster was
saloonkeeper, A. Cove was postmaster,
and the only hotel was the two story
frame house called the Valley house
and was situated where the State bank
now stands. The town physicians We're
Drs. Updegraff> and Jacobs.
There was n cdVad in stone bTildinQ-
where the depot now is, said to be d
relic of border warfare. There were
numerous landmarks
The meeting held on August 80, 1877,
was much commented upon by the puo-
lie. Many northern people questioned
| the propriety of holding public day
| in John Browns honor. Many former
abolitionists said it was the height of
! folly to lionize John Brown. Many
| speeches were made at a picnic in
Lawrence in 1879 criticizing the Osa-
| watomie people for erecting the monu-
| ment. Some time after that picnic ex-
| Governor Robinson. and g. w. Brown,
editor of the Herald of Freedom, took
| the affidavit of one of the followers of
John Brown to prove Capt. Brown a
and histories have been written to
| change public opinion. To take the
glory from Brown would take distinc-
| ton from Osawatomie, which clings
| firmly to the memory of John Brown
| and nobly does her part in preserving
| it. The battle was hOnored by the
presence of the vice president of tha
| United States. Also the governor OF
Kansas, the two United States senators
and six congressman of the state were
| present.
| Grafton by ingalls,.
| The Grafton delivered by ingalls, die
more than anything else to keep him iT
~
1 PARTS of his speech were published II
the dailies of the east and many maya
| zines. People who read these extract
/ could see that Kansas has produced Al
orator worth recognizing Parts u
| ingalls, grafton are as follows:
1.-THE battle of Osawatomie was thi
most brilliant and important episode il
the Kansas war. 1t was the hlgh dlVld'
of the contest. It's Importance canno
be exaggerated. 1t was our Ther
I,eonidas with his Spartan band
Thenceforvard there was no sheer tina
the Abolitionists- dared not fight l
was evident that somebody was II
!. earnest. The numbers engaged "er
comparatively insignificant. NO sonor
ons bulletins announced the result
| There was little of the pride and POM
and circumstance of war. Tnere Wer
no nodding pIumes, no naughty pdil
ners. no stirring blasts from the pugl
calling the Warriors " o. ms. :: -
: when Freedom recounts the sacrlflce
ne her sons, she does not ask the mum
: her % or rank of those who fell; Win
kieried is as dear to her as Washlng 2
ton, and Osawatomie is as as, sacred ID d
Rannockburn or Bunker Hill. AT ne
beLast we, reclaim from common dus
tbe e-1 sacred ashes of the martyrs 9
S I,ee The sunshine of immune
able summers shall smile upon IL TN IN
consecrated sward. The hearts VI u
oenarations that follow us shall swe
st the Contemplation Of their heroic &c
! votion and guard with jealous car
: this sacred sepulchre
I ..N-or shall their glory be forgot
While Fame her record a,l keepas' snot
Or Honor points the na 7 SPOs
t Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter
Nor Times remorseless doom.
| CO. aim one ray of holy nght.
4 That eilds their glorious tomb.