White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-04-04


Soon it can be said EE ~
"Tbou hast drank Thy last sws. thos hss p!sJsA Thy last
eddie,
Nejoks shall awsks thss 70 laughter sssl.:"
For thou wilt be where
"rbs Jsy.hswts essss from sroubiiss.
And The weary are rss"
Days. months. years, decades and gene
rations will pass away. Thou wilt be
gathered to thy fathers; but psrchsnce
We may still bs in the land of the living.
With locks white as thine. We may Of
ten sit and, think over the dreamy long
sgo:" then. ~ green oasis in the desert
of the past, will come the recollection Of
thy race for life to escape from imaginary
Jay hawks on the plains Of Kansas; and
we will imagine r.a
ave hin on his ~isding wsy,
About his head the noonbesns play"
Williams, farewell
Colby. thou must leave Us! Thou
hast had . good time among us-littls
danger. and big pay. To be sure. thou
hast chased Free State men over the prsi-
ries. and. as the poet says,
"Msrshard on tie nightly plsia;"
but ran little risk withal. Thou hast
pursued Old Joe Williams imaginary
Jsy. hawks, and found them not. Thou
didst send . Deputy after Richey. and
be came not back. Thou hast hunted
thieves and murderers. and given them
no uneasiness. Ah ! now we mind us.
one great deed Of prowess thou didst per-
form-thou didst carry young Pickles in
irons to Washington City. after Others
had caught him. Let not that deed per.
ish in history. Centuries hence. when
some student in heraldry comes to collect
strange devices on coats Of arms. illustra-
tive of the famous deeds of the ancestors
Of the families possessing them. mayhap
he will fnd one repres enting = cucumber
vine laden with young Pieklss-this will
be the escutcheon Of the Colby family
Colby. farewell
"Joseph is not. and Simeon is not.
and 70 will take Benjamin away" Oh.
Besbe and must thou. too. depart from
as? We have . warm side for thee,
George-even like unto the love Of fa-
ther for bis child. We first discovered
and told the world of thy genius: We
have anxiously watched and daily record.
ed thy growing greatness and never. %
long as we have the power to make our
voice heard. shall thy talents and great
craftsmanship 60 unappreciated. But
thou art going in the bloom of youth
like the falling Of an apple early ripened
by . worm At its core. No more shall
the strains of thy eloquepee be waited by
the prairie breezes no more thy MESA
ges be the astonishment Of statesmen.
Thy public career was short, but brilliant.
Like rocket didst thou suddenly shoot
up. and just IS the world had begun to
admire thy brilliance and splendor-thou
vert not therel But long. long shall we
remember thee-not merely for the things
which thou didst, but rather for those
which thou didst not do. As the green
grassy knoll where We played and rolled
down in our youth; as the verdure
Of early Spring: as the first mess Of
greens Of the season-as every green
thing upon which our memory fingers.
will We remember thee. George. fare.
we'll
Walsh thou vert an official of mani.
fold proclamations. Thy career was be-
set BY many troubles. but few dangers.
and thou hadst ever an eye for number
one" But thou srt going to leave rs
Thou vert famous for knowing many
things. which in others would not have
been accounted wonderful and one val.
liable quality. so lamentably rare in pub.
lie men Of the present generation. didst
thou possess. although unspprec,ated BY
bigoted and partisan legislstors-thou
didst "know how to kesp hotel r.
Walsh, farewell |"
Whitfield ! thou hast had long and
. strong suck, but must now let go the
tsat. Kansas no longer has charms for
thee. and Texas, with outstretched arms,
bids thee welcome. Thou hast poeketed
many . "sksd" wrung from the poor
settlers Of K Ksnsas-6ling fees, trial fsss.,
and presumption fsss. Thy countsnsnce
will light Sweet Kickspoo no longer.
and she will sit like lonely widow b.
side the muddy waters Of the Missouri.
and weep. Whitfield, farewell
Whitsbssds John. Jim. Cary. and
al the rsst-your backs are tarnsd upon
o.. and y are going 70 were such an
accommodating aud public-spiritea fam
ily-slways willing to take any Office
Legislator. Clerk. Commissiener. Sheriff.
Fool.killer. Dog.psltsr. Fence viswsr.
Hog-rssvs. Toad. .snashsr. or anything
slss to serve tbs public. and kssp ths
family In ofFice Va vsra evan l;ks nnto