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by John Alexander Martin

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Author
Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Title
Addresses: by John A. Martin. Delivered in Kansas.
Credits
Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
F590.3: United States local history: The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains
Subject
Kansas
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 56917
Release Date
April 4, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.ADDRESSES:
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
  3. 3.PENNSYLVANIA AND KANSAS.
  4. 4.THE FIRST KANSAS.
  5. 5.THE WYANDOTTE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. — KANSAS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. — THE WYANDOTTE CONVENTION. — THE MEMBERSHIP. — A WORKING BODY. — THE COMMITTEES. — PROGRESS OF WORK. — THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE. — FEATURES OF THE CONSTITUTION. — THE FIRST “PROHIBITION AMENDMENT.” — THE LAST OF SLAVERY IN KANSAS. — THE LAST DAYS. — A SPIRITED DEBATE. — SIGNING THE CONSTITUTION. — TWO MISTAKES. — “ADDED TO THE STARS.” — AN ENDURING CONSTITUTION. — PARTING AT WYANDOTTE. — SUBSEQUENT HISTORY. — SURVIVING MEMBERS. — “LOST TO SIGHT.” — THE OFFICERS. — CONCLUSION.
  6. 6.EIGHTH KANSAS VETERAN VOLUNTEERS.
  7. 7.SPEECH
  8. 8.SPEECH
  9. 9.THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
  10. 10.THE CAMPAIGN OF 1884.
  11. 11.FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
  12. 12.THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
  13. 13.A WAR-TIME PICTURE.
  14. 14.RESPONSE.
  15. 15.BIRTHDAY OF GENERAL GRANT.
  16. 16.THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
  17. 17.THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
  18. 18.GENERAL GRANT—MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
  19. 19.KANSAS FARMS AND FARM INTERESTS.
  20. 20.AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
  21. 21.THE KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD.
  22. 22.WELCOMING ADDRESS.
  23. 23.THE IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE.
  24. 24.THE SCHOOL TEACHER.
  25. 25.ADDRESS.
  26. 26.THE DEVELOPMENT OF KANSAS. — THE ATHENA OF AMERICAN STATES. — THE CHILD OF A GREAT ERA. — NOT THE HISTORIAN. — THREE PERIODS OF DEVELOPMENT. — THE PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY. — THE PERIOD OF TRIUMPH. — THE FACTS OF THE CENSUS. — THE GROWTH OF KANSAS WITHOUT PARALLEL. — TOWNS AND CITIES. — ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE POPULATION. — THE MATERIAL RESOURCES OF KANSAS. — AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. — THE AREA OF KANSAS. — VALUE OF FARM CROPS. — FARMS AND FARM PRODUCTS. — TAXABLE ACRES. — LIVE STOCK. — THE WEALTH OF AN AGRICULTURAL STATE. — COMPARATIVE VALUES. — PROPERTY VALUATIONS. — KANSAS MANUFACTURES. — TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. — THE SCHOOLS OF KANSAS. — CHURCHES AND NEWSPAPERS. — WHAT OF THE FUTURE? — A PROPHECY FULFILLED.
  27. 27.OUR DUTY TO THE UNION SOLDIER.
  28. 28.IN MEMORIAM.
  29. 29.BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN.
  30. 30.THE SWEDES IN KANSAS.
  31. 31.ADDRESS.
  32. 32.REPUBLICANISM IN KANSAS. — DEMOCRACY IN KANSAS. — REPUBLICAN CONTROL IN KANSAS. — THE GROWTH OF KANSAS UNDER REPUBLICAN RULE. — KANSAS, THE CHILD OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. — THE TWO PLATFORMS. — HISTORIC PARALLELS. — THE GROWTH OF KANSAS SINCE THE PROHIBITION LAW TOOK EFFECT. — DOES PROHIBITION PROHIBIT? — SALES OF LIQUOR BY DRUGGISTS. — THE SALOON TRAFFIC IN LIQUORS. — DEMOCRATIC SLANDERS OF HONORABLE MEN. — THE SOBER, LAW-RESPECTING STATE. — FATHERS, MOTHERS, WIVES, AND CHILDREN REJOICE. — THE SALOON, THE SCHOOL HOUSE AND RECRUITING STATION OF THE ANARCHISTS. — THE CONFESSION OF AN ANARCHIST. — THE LABOR QUESTION. — THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THE ENEMY OF HONEST LABOR. — THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ALWAYS THE HELPFUL FRIEND OF THE WORKINGMEN. — THE LAWS OF KANSAS TOUCHING THE LABOR QUESTION. — REVIEW OF THE ISSUES. — PERSONAL. — OPINIONS CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF STATE POLICY. — LAWS ENACTED IN 1885 AND 1886. — THE AUTHORITY OF A GOVERNOR. — REPUBLICAN ACHIEVEMENTS. — THE “RASCALS” WHO WERE TURNED OUT. — DEMOCRATIC PATRIOTS AND MARTYRS WHO CAME IN. — CONCLUSION.
  33. 33.SPEECH.
  34. 34.ADDRESS.
  35. 35.SPEECH.
  36. 36.AN ANNIVERSARY.
  37. 37.THE KANSAS PIONEER.
  38. 38.ADDRESS.
  39. 39.DEDICATION OF SNOW HALL.
  40. 40.ADDRESS.
  41. 41.THE GOVERNORS OF KANSAS.
  42. 42.MEMORIES OF THE MARCH.
  43. 43.KANSAS DURING THE WAR.
  44. 44.ODD-FELLOWSHIP IN ATCHISON.
  45. 45.MODEST KANSAS.
  46. 46.THE FARMERS’ PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.
  47. 47.ADDRESS.
  48. 48.ADDRESS.
  49. 49.RESPONSE.
  50. 50.A PRESENT TO THE SOLDIERS’ HOME.
  51. 51.CONTENTS.
  52. 52.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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