The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-18
Get OFF The Fence.

Now, we ike consistency. lt Jars ones
nerves to take up paper with Lincoln's
name at its head for President, and read
a page of abuse of his Administration,
and side-long approvals Of the Cleve-
land Convention.
We said some time ago that the leading
Fraudites Of Kansas were opposed to Lin
coins Administration and the evidence is
accumulating. Legate and Mcdowell
were the gentlemen who engineered the
Senatorial election through, and Legate
as the delegate from the State Of Kansas,
attended the Cleveland Convention that
nominated Fremont and Cochrane, and
Mcdowell attended as striker. The
Leavenworth Times is trying to be prudent
in the matter, and is watching little for
breeze and blowing little to get up
breeze on which to ride against Lincoln
in The coming campaign. Should the
signs of the times indicate that Kansas
will go unanimous for LINCOLN, then the
Times will come down on the Lincoln side
of the fence; but if there is going to be
respectable Fremont wave, it will come
down Oh the other side. And one of the
plainest evidences of the truth of this
statement is that there are few Fremont
men in this section, and they Invariably
take and endorse the Times. Again
we clip the following from their editorial
about the Cleveland Convention:
at is too soon to speak of the influence
of this Convention upon the future, or to
measure its depth or extent. 1t may be as
a Whit of wind. 1. may sweep as tor
nado. Which, months hence will decide.
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We put on record, then, the acts of the
Cleveland Convention, and ask that they
may be duly considered.
With these views, we ask our readers TO
ponder we'll over the proceedings Of the
Cleveland Convention"
Perhaps the Times knows what it is
about. Perhaps the Times can draw every
other Fraud paper in the State into its pro-
posed scheme-but we opine not.
!, Now the cause of all lis ill will to Lin
,splp lays right here. The Times and its
hackers haye been choked off from the
public teal. They cannot control the Fed
eral patronage for Kansas, and because
they cannot, tasy would send the Gov
ernment to the Old Harry. And just
such patriots compose the most dangerous
element that the Administration has to
contend with. Their love of country has
a price to it. Their unsel6sh, noble, pure
and sacrificing devotion to our country's
cause is worth just so much in dollars and
cents, and unless they get the bonus there
is no devotion. For no one supposes for
an instant that the Times is not aware that
the only true, sure, and direct way to restore
our country to peace and harmony, and
tetotally destroy the rebellion and its cause
is by giving an unfinching, unanimous,
and overwhelming support to the present
Administration: Other than this encour-
ages the rebels, prolongs the war, will
result in the election of Peace President
and the final overthrow of the Nation.
The rebels are certain to prolong the war
until after the Presidential election, if
they see serious division in the ranks of
the Union party, no matter how many re-
verses their arms may have. But unan.
imous support of Lincoln, and his sure
election, and successful army, will de-
stroy the Confederacy this summer.
We say get off the fence, Mr.. Times.
It is probaPle> however, that you will
maintain your Present poise until after the
Chicago Convention, and should they NOM
mate ticket likely to win, you can come
down with them. "Loyal to the kore,"
but anything to win.