White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-06-16

..-zsA.esher Pleanas CAa4ser.t
The attention of the reader is called to
sa article which We copy from the
Leavenworth Times, accompanied by
certain official correspondence. Hit does
not clearly show up the indigni:ies heap.
ed upon Kansas ny the General Govern.
ment. and the jeopardy in which she lie
kept to crafty the personal interests Of
man who claims to Be her friend, It IL
useless to seek for further proof. when
Gov. Carney and his Adjutant General,
after great difficulty. had gone to WISH
ton and compelled the Secretary Of War
to give Kansas fall credit for troops fur.
nished. and Lane and Wilder immedi-
ately teiegrsphed home to create the i'm
preston that they bad done it. we thought
that the lowest depth Of meanness had
been reached. But this was not sufilci-
eut. Not only must the Governor bs
robbed of the credit of what he hsd done,
bat even his presence at Washington
must be made the subject of vile slsnd-
ers. First it was asserted that be was
there employing prostitute to cowhids
Lane. to injure bis reputation. That
story failed to produce the desired effect.
and another attempt was necessary. The
Conservative came to the rsscus. in an
item concerning the hundred days men
which the Governors Of the loyal States
had rendered to the President. Where.
asked the Conservative. was Governor
Carney. when this patriotic offer was
made by the other States +? At Wash.
ington. speculstipg in Indian contracts.
The Governor has at length consented
to the publication of certain letters. which
| tell where he was and what he was
doing. He wrote letter to the Presi-
dent. stating that the regular troops were
needed in the field. and that Kansas was
threatened by guerillas; offering to fur
nish two regiments upon precisely the
the same terms as other States, to protec,
Kansas, or to 60 wherever ordered. Nc
attention was paid to the letter. Again
he wrote sn urgent letter to the President.
who replied taat be could hardly sccep,
the proposition, as Gen. Lane objected to
1t. apon the ground that it ,oould gise til.
Governo, too much political poscer =
Agsin the Governor repeated his offer
which was then referred to General
Halleck. who. no doubt under instruc.
tions. rejected the offer upon technical
grounds. 1t sppears that President had
no fears Of giving the Governors Of Ohio.
Indiana. Illinois. and other States. with
their thirty to fifty regiments each. too
much political power; but when the Gov.
ernor of little Kansas offered two thous.
and, the Presidents fears were terribly
excited lest it should place too much
political power in the hands of the Gov
ernor-especially as Gen. Lane objected
This is the petty system Of dsmagoguery
displayed toward Kansas, at . time o
national peril when the necessity for Sc.
curing the services Of every man pos.
sible is seen and acknowledged. Then.
after this official indignity upon Kansas,
the mouth-piece of the Vicegerent insin-
uatss that the Governor WAS at Wash
ington specializing in Indian contracts.
Lawrence was destroyed because the
President was afraid of placing too much
political power in the hands of the Gov.
ernor, and because Lane objected to tn.
protection of the State. Kansas may
again be laid waste. and her people mur.
dered. unless her protection can be turn
ed into political capital for Jim Lane