White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-08-13
Gen. Ewing.

Gen. Ewing.
A great deal is just now bein, a.,
about Gen. Ewing. for and against. N.
strong point Of his'partisans is, tb,,h.:
. man Of brains. Somehow, v. ,..'
took much stock in Ewing. and th.r.fo..
may not b PROPER person 10 iud,. :,
his merits; but ws doubt whether h. ~
ssrsss amount Of brains to ,D,,.
There are at least half . dozen h..,.
lawyers in the stais-probabl, mo..
yet bis eiaqser' hoos .. every person ,S'
in disasresing With Ewing. proceeai,..
refer him to law. The best thing ,hs'.
Ewing, is the accident of his be;,, '' ,,'
son Of Tom Ewing. Of Ohio. Had ;,.. =.
osen for this circumstance. he would =
day stand upon . level with Other ~. y.
ordinary men. His chief char.u.,s,;.'
Two may say bis only one. is his inor,;
nate '''6'hnsss' Take that principle .f,..
Ewing. and there would be no mo,. .Is va
Of him than there would b Of . clan ~, !,
thunder after the noise was extr,c,.a
His every movement is made with an ~.
single to self: His beau ideal Of , .,...
man. is E~'"9. Politically. b. is fo.,
Conservative. He wanted to b.lD ., :.
famous old Medsry to hunt down Mo.,.
gomery and Jennison, who were detnd.
ing the border from Missouri ruf,,,.
before the war commenced. As.m,n
Der Of the Border State Conveu,ion !.
was in favor of granting the reb.1s 4,
they asked for, in order to pacify ,b.,
He Joined with Gov. Robinson in mai.
ing war upon Jim Lane. in the hon. a,
being elected to the United States se,,,.
Then he turned around and .ssi,,.,
Lane in making out an impescbm.,,
against Gov. Robinson. because Lane b,a
intimated that be intended to leave ,bs
Senate and 60 into the army, and ri.
disposed to favor Ewing as his successor,
That having failed. Ewing figured for ,
military position. and in bis greed for
office, held on to the Supreme Judeeshiu
just long enough to prevent the election
of successor BY the people, and throw.
ing the Office into the hands Of one who
was not the peoples choice. through
some means, (the Lord and . few wire.
workers only know how. he was pro.
NOTED to . Brigadier Generalship. By
aome strange inAuence. Gamble l. Co.
obtained control Of military affairs in
Missouri. and Immediately set .bout per.
fecting q favorite policy. the principal
features Of which were. to protect rebels
from the vengeance Of loyal men. and to
catch and return fugitive slaves. They
say their object is to suppress stealing
that is, negroes stealing themselves. their
wives and children from their rebel mas.
tiers. 1t ia somewhat significant fact,
that when CANDLES military revolution
was going On. Gen. Ewing was. throush
the same influence. appointed command.
er on the border, snd that he forthsth
commenced issuing bis bulls ag.ins.
stealing" and . compile of his secret de.
tectives were discovered in Leavenwoth
in the act of kidnapping negroes. Mayor
Anthony quickly nipped this in the bud;
bot Ewing. being in power. and having
an army at his back. nipped Anthony iu
the bud. BY placing Leavenworth under
martial law. 1t was also fine oppor,u-
nifty to take revenge upon Anthony, who
never belonged to the Ewing party
Self, treacbery. and revenge. are pets
with Ewing. Gen. Blunt had undsrtsk-
ento pat down stealing: and to efsc. this.
be huug the thieves. For doing this. GER
tain functionaries entered complaint
against him, sad had him deposed'-
Ewing wsa put in his place. who forth
with announced that his principal nilsson
was to put down stealing by force Of
arms. To accomplish this. will be not
have to do exactly % Blunt did-till
the thieves ? A day ofeyeopening will
presently como around. when it will b
discovered that al this has been . politl'
cal msneuvre, for the benefit Of certain
"sst ;" and then some Of the individuals
who are now licking the dust from
Ewing's feat. snd quoting al his COM
mon-plses talk and designing Cannon
- the quiutsssence Of eloquencs, will b
loudest in in their denuncissions Of bin.
We advise them to 60 slow, then iney
will find IL much easier 10 make sbof'
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