The Smoky Hill and Republican union., 1864-09-17
OUR NOMINEE FoR GOVERNOR.

we place at the head of our columns Il
: ticket nominsted at the Republican Union Co,
vention on Thursday, the 9Th inst In doip
this We have q few words to say of the gallar
soldier whose name heads that ticket.
The condition of our State affairs is such as
render the nomination of Col. s. j. Crawfor
peculiarly fit and eminently proper. We nee
first. thoroughly patriotic and earnest man
one who fully eoDprehending and standing b.
the broad and radical issues which underiie th
rpresent momentous conflict. yet accepts in th
spirit Of harmony the aid of all loyal men /,
accomplish the desired end-that of defeatin.
treason, destroying its cause. and restoring il
still grander vigor and glory our struggling
American Nationality. Such q man is Colone
Crawford. The record Of his services in th.
held prove this. The quiet, unostentatious ma n
ner IN which those duties have been performed
confirm 1T. Leaving his seat as Representative
IN the first State Legislature; abandoning his
growing legal practice early in May, 81. S. J.
Crawford. recruited company for the I'd Kansas
and in command of it served through the Missouri
campaign of 1861. When the regiment reorgan-
lied Captain Crawford commanded company A.
cavalry officer. In numberless skirmishes, and
every engagement of the Army of the Frontier
Captain Crawford was in the front and thickest
OF the fight. As Colonel of the Second Kansas
Colored Infantry-s promotion which sought
Captain Crawford-he has shown his radical
conyictions, and still further proved his capacity
That regiment under his lead has become one of
the beat organizations west of the Mississippi.
Thus much in proof of S. j. Crawford's posses
sion Of the first qualification the State needs in
its next Governor
Second We need honesty earnest convictions
without personal or factious bias, energy courage
and straightforward attention to the duties of
the office the people of Kansas call their favorite
TO NIL None of these qualities have marked
either OF the two previous State Administration
In Colonel s. j. Crawford the people will find
them oil. As to energy and courage his career
as soldiers sufficient evidence that he possesses
them. The same single and Conscientious atten-
ton will mark his civil career which has been
the preeminent characteristic of his military life
He will be the Governor of kansas-not the
instrument of man or party, except SO far as they
support the principles of which he is the repre-
sentative, or are valuable as public servants.
ANY thing but attention to the duties of the
position have marked the career of the preceding
and present Governors. 1t will be a refreshing
novelty to have the Executive chair filled bv |
man who will not only remain gentleman after
his Inauguration, but who will be in very fact
Governor of the State.
As to party or faction, Colonel Crawford is
simply and wholly radical Union man-be-
longing to no party that does not avow that
as Its only purpose, and sustaining no man or set
Of men who for the purposes of selfish aggran
iizement or to crafty their malignant hatred,
'eek to divide the Union forces and SOW disseu.
'ion in the party Of Freedom
Colonel Crawford's honesty of life, character
md purpose is unstaned In this he is sans
'uer ct sans reproache. Not even the editor of
he Times can 6efoul his name. Speculation or
cannot be laid to his charge. Amid
III the base ISLANDERS which have hurled !,
bout the good Hame Of every one in opposition
o the Carneyites, no one has been base enough !
o assail Col. Crawford.
We therefore believe that the late State Con- l.
'ention put in nomination the best man before it.
That nomination is but a fit recognition of
ur gallant volunteers. They are the men who
nore than all others have been educated into a Q
borough conception of the crisis and its necess s
les. They are the men whom those who stay I
home should honor. Among the volunteers r
the State, Col. Crawford is most deservedly
opular-no man more so. Their vote will 20 I
,r him to a man. IT
So will it be with the radical Union men of !,
ne State. Colonel So. Crawford, their nominee, f
ill be triumphautly elected in November next s.
lis election and Inauguration will mark new a
"a in the history of Kansas. We shall have
overnor, loyal. radical talented. earnest honest,
evoted and energetic; one who fully under = =
ands the Time and its needs. The peddling, ~
tiful politicssters, who have dsgraced US, are "
nPhsticallY "played-out." We have got NAN te
nomination. We shall elect him, and with g
i'm the balancesof the State ticket. e
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