White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05
{WHOLE NUMBER, l56.

dressed by him to me-to say. in sur
stance, Well, then, make Patterson
Governor, and try my name for Lieu.
tenant. To lose this place is q matter
"of no importance; and we can see
whether am really so odions."
/ should have hated to serve as Lieut..
Governor, but should have gloried in
running for the post. / want to have my
enemies all upon ME at once; am tired
of6ghting them piece-meal. And, though
| should have been beaten in the canvass,
l know that my running would have
helped the ticket. and helped my paper.
1t was thought best to let the matter
take another course. No other name
could have been put on the ticket so bit.
! terly Rambling to me as that which was
selected. The nomination was given to .
Raymond the fight left to me. And,
Gov. Seward, ! hdrs made Il, though
it be concsite1 in me to say so. What
little fight there has been, have stir
red up. Even Weed has not been II
speak of his paper) hearty in this con.
test, while the journal Of the Wing
Lieut.. Governor has taken care Of its own
interests and let the canvass take care Of
itself, as it early declared it would do
That journal has because Of its milk
and-water course) some Twenty Thou
sand subscribers in this city and its SUI
herbs, and of these Twenty Thousand I
venture to say more voted for Ullman and
Scroggs than for Clark and Raymond.
The Tribune (also because Of its chsrsc-
ter has but Eight Thousand subscribers
within the same radius, and venture to
say that of its hAbitual readers nine-tenths
voted for Clark and Raymond-very few
for Ullman and Scroggs. / had to bear
the brunt of the contest, and take terri
bic responsibility in order to prevent the
Wings uniting upon James W. Barker
in order to defeat Fernando Wood. Had
Barker been elected here, neither you nor
l could walk these streets without being
hooted, and Know Nothingism would
have swept like q prairis-fre. 1 stopped
Barker's election at the cost Of mourning
the deadliest enmity Of the defeated gGng;
and l have been rebuked for it blythe
Lieut.. Governors paper. Att critical
moment, he came ont against John
Wheeler in favor of Charles II. Marshall
(who would have been your deadliese en-.
envy in the House., and even your Col.
Generals paper, which was even with
me in insisting that Wheeler should be
returned, wheeled about at the last mo.
ment and went in for Marshall-The Tri.
bune alone clinging to Wheeler to the
last. 1 rejoice that they who turned so
suddenly were not able to turn all their
readers.
Gov. Seward, / know that some of
your most cherished friends think me O.
great obstacle to YOUR advancement-that
John Schoolcraff, for one, insists that
you and Weed shall not be identified
with me. l trust. after time, you will.
not be. / trust shall never be found in,
opposition to you / have no farther'
wish but to glide out Of the newspaper
world as quietly and as speedily as pos
sible, join my family in Europe, and il
possible stay there quite . tims-long
enough to cool my feyered brain and rem
oVate my oVertasked energies. All ask
is that we shall be counted even on the
morning otter the first Tuesday in Fsbru-
airy, as aforesaid, and that may thsrsaf-'
ter take such course as seems best with
out reference to the past. ..- o.
You have done me acts Of valued kind
ness in the line Of your profession (: let
me close with the assurances thas thes0
will ever be gratefully remembered BY
Yours, -.r 49,.
HORACE GREELEY.
Hon. WV. Fl. SEWARD, Present.