White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-05-19

Kfcl<aPoo Treaty-SoId Agnfn.
This question Is finally settled. The
Treaty stands ratified, and the surveyor
has been ordered to make the sllotments
Of lands. To tell the truth. we never ex.
pected any other result. notwithstanding |
the many assurances We have had that
the Trea.y would be broken up. In the
iirrt place, Gen. Lane sold ont the North
ern Tier on that question, for which hs
received . handsome pile" in cash, aad
promises Of non-interfsrshce with The ap-
pointment Of favorites. fu the second
place, we have long been satisfied that At
torney General Guthrie was q perfect
specimen oftts-geses Humbesr ssd We
bad no hope Of his efscting anything.
The people Of Atchison are not to blame
in this matter. They were looking after
their own interests. As every community
will or ought to do. But Northern Kan
sss has been sold out b., men whom she
elecied. The Kickapoo Reserve has bssn
taken from her, and in rslufu,sa Northern
Kansas worshipper of the man who b.
trayed US, has been appointed Agent of
the meagra remnant of the Kickapoos.
The substantial has been wrested from rs,
and Lane is still endeavoring to hold
Northern Kansas in allegiance to himself.
BY bestowing Federal Offices upon men
/ who are willing to do his dirty work not.
withstsnding his treachery.
All last Summer. Fall and Winter.
Guthrie assured our people that he had
the Kickspoo Treaty BY the horns. and
would wiring its neck. He assured Us
that Lane was working with him, and
they were bound to succeed. We never
believed word Of it. yet We RETAINED
from saying SO publicly; for We did not
4 know but that the thing might possibly
be done. and were unwilling to say snght
!, that would weaken confidence in Guthrie,
or cripple his efforts. We remembered
how be had. in person aud through q
newspaper organ in this County. endeav-
ored to control the political sentiment oi
this County. andthatto our disadvantage.
BY proposing to be the champion Of North
ern Kansas interests. and striving to ere.
ate the impression that we were not sound
on that question. Yet we let al that
pass. %: VIC were determined that no per-
sonal feelings should induce us to divide
on the main question. Yet, at Topeka,
last Winter, pending the Senatorial con.
test, Guthrie admitted to us that Lane
had sold Northern Kansas twice--on the
Henderson Amendment and on the Kick.
4 dpoo Treaty. But, he concluded, Lane
was now doing all be could to remedy
the wrong, and Northern Kansas mem.
bers should not. at that critical period,
turn against him. Bot the members were
not Of the sort to sugar ., man who had
kicked them. to prevent him from repeat
ing the operation. Upon the adjourn.
mept of the Legislature. Guthrie started
for Washington again, to finish strsbg.
ling the Klckapoo Treaty, with the help
Of Lane. But before starting. be coolly
confessed to Northern member, from d
comfy farther est. that he had no hope
Of breaking up the Treaty; but that they
ought to hold the thing as q Jclpb over
Atchison's bead, to bring them to COM
promise whereby the Pixies Peak Rail.
road should run through Brown and othe,
western Counties in the Northern Tier.
and let Doniphan look ont for. herself
He would hold one club over Lanes head,
and another over Atchison's head, and
with both together break the back Of Don.
iphsn County, And this, after attempt.
4 ing to run" our County. BY charging
that some Of her citizens were unsound
on the Railroad question. 1t is not sur.
prising, therefore. that the first de6uite
news reaching Us. is that the Treaty stand,
ratified. r,,,ef ; r... r~.-,
We think Guthrie has about played
his last card in humbugging the people oi
our County. II ne has not in his owr
County. they are fond Of the article, HI
was chosen delegate to the late State
Convention, from the Western Distric,
Of Brown. only upon his solemn pledge
that be was not Lane man; yet, in th,
Convention, be acted with the Lane mel
in every particular. except in making on'
gassy speech. He cauoussed with them
and when forced to show his hand. voted
with them. It is sa,d he aspires to Con.
gress.i II be fails in that. he has his eye
upon . scat on the Bench, ss Associate
: Justice. in place Of q man who is an homo
to the Judiciary. Having, as Attorney
General. been public laughing-stock. i
) is natural that Guthrie should turn otht
} Lane party for promotion to the Bench
Having ornamented the District JudgshiI
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