White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-04-28
C.rney,. Withdrawal.

his claim to the office of United States
Senator. upon last Winters election
Upon the assembling Of the State Con-
vention, last week, he sent in the follow
ing communication 4
TOPEKA. April 20. 1864.
GEHTLExES OF THE CONVENTION IL
Yours is the first Convention held since
tho adjournment of the last Legislature. |
and l embrace the opportunity to address
you. and through you. the people.
was, as you are aware. elected United
States Senator, by that Legislature.
Since then, that election has entered or
besn forced into every political conflict.
II there be one merit which, I may
claim, it is that of earnestly and Indus
triously guarding the rights and interests
Of the State. and will not endsnger or
sacrifice either by csnsing or continuing
in it mere personal issue.
feel It to be my duty therefore. to re-
sign. as now do. all claims, to the Office
of United States Senator into the hands Of
the people. THos. CARNEY.
This settles the matter as to another
election next Winter. Whether Gov.
Carney will then be candidate. We are
not prepared to say. The Legislature,
in slccting him. last Winter. acted in
good faith. They thought the election
legal. and believed he would obtain .
seat upon that election. What determ.
ined him to adopt his present course.
we are unable to say. further than he
himself states in the above communica.
tion. It is another proof added 10 the
many evidences we have heretofore had, I,
that Gov. Carney is willing to sacrifice
all personal considerations for the good of
the State and the great Union cause.
He saw that this fraud" issue was be.
ing run into every question. political. re-
ligious, and social, to the great detriment
of the public good and he determined
to put an end to it. by sacrificing per-
soual claims and feelings. The people
will honor him for it, the FIRST opportu-
nifty that offers. On the other hand,
would Gen. Lane ever have made such q
sacrifice? Neverl He and his strikers
would have kept up the howl of "irsud"
over his defeat. if it had destroyed our
State. politically, financially. and social
ly. The question with him and them
was. whether be should be thrown out of
an Office which be disgraced. Rather
than yield one jot Of his unholy ambition,
he would have seen the State go to de-
struction. ...-,..
Upon the whole, without in any wise
altering our opinion as to the legality of
last Winters election, we think Gov.
Carney has adopted a wise course. 1t
efectually squelches out the /" fraud" is:
sue, which was the entire capital of the
Lane faction. Many honest men, and
true friends Of Gov. Carney. were op-
posed to the election at that time, and
under the circumstances, would have op.
posed him. Now, they will have no
scruples against working for him with
all their power. 1t also banishes the
buggaboo that Carney intended to pre-
vent an election next Winter. by buying
mp one branch of the Legislature. There
is now no claimant Of the Office, and of
course there must be an election. There
is no doubt that the Laneites will endeav-
or to run the fraud" issue through. the
campaign but it has lost its SAVIOR. and
will avail them no more than laments-
lions over last years hail-storm. But
mark this prediction If, in next Win
tsr's Legislature. the Lane party should
havsa majority in one branch, but the
majority on joint ballot should be against
him, the branch controlled by him will
prevent an election. by refusing to 60
into joint session. Rather than that Lane
should be beaten, Kansas may go un-
represented. But that will be no ''fraud!'
But Carney's withdrawal will have
another good effect and most fatal one
upon Lane, it is to be hoped. As the
question stood. the friends of every other
Senatorial aspirant were united with Lane,
against the L" fraud" They would have
supported men for the Legislature who
were opposed to Carney; and Lane would
have managed it so that they would have
been in favor of himself. But now,
since Carney throws up all claim to the
position upon last Winters election. it
makes every aspirant an opponent of
Lane fot he who stands in Lanes way,
incurs his mortal enmity. Now the is.
sue win be, not against the "frsud,"
but against Lane; and We have an abiding
faith that Lans will be laid out cold and
stiff, mourned BY his hired pimps. and
regretted BY no honest man. ',.e.,"'o-a
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50 disastrously the first day. Afterwards
changed to most complete victory. On
the following day. Gen. Smith met and
utterly routed tho combined forces of