The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-07-21
The Senator Of 'sEary a Lustrum" sees
the Same Stars he saw alter Last
Fall's ElectiOnl
The. Bile on His stomach Yet
From the LeavenwOrth Bulletin.
Rushwhacking.

From the Leavenworth Bulletin.
Bushwhacking.
EMPORIA, Kansas, July g.
EDIToR BULLETIN: Political bush.
whaeking is as detestable, uamanly and
coWardly as that mode of warfare is when
armies are contending. Kansas IS as
fruitful field for political bushWhack-
ing as Missouri during the rebellion. As
it was then. SO now; their object is plum
der-public plumber. They are In the Re-
publican party, eBdeaVoiing TO destroy Its
organizations and beat down its strictest
adherents. They never heartily support
the regular Republican . nominations.
sometimes squsrely oppose, and on all
occasions End fault. They are simply
+" all things TO all men," hoping thereby
10 gain some few dollars-to bleed the
men Who this fall will be elected without
their support Tor their support-to op-
pose all little. and favor all little, so
they can sell cat to either side, and claim
Consistency in taking either chute. At
heart they are the friends of the admins
tration, but too coWardly to say so. They
see the people on one side and the patron
age of the Government or the other. but
they can't see the principle Involved. for
that they have left behind them. They
say ''all roads lead to Rome" Their
present position, politically, is to sustain
the action of Congress with johnson men.
They run with the hare, but hold with
the hounds. They are neither fish, flesh
nor fowl. They are neither one thing nor
the other. They have no principle nor
policy but to support men-traitors. Cop
perheads, Democrats or Republicans
for what they can make out of them.
Some of these bushwhackers, at the last
State Convention, after the nomination of
Hon. Sidney Clarke, wanted a little bull
put up as a candidate against him to beat
him, thus desiring and working for the
defeat of the candidate of the party.
They preferred some other man to Gov.
Crawford then; and now that the Govern
or is quite outside the Republican party,
they say he is all right. They have had
their eyes fixed on the ''main chance" so
long that the ''chanee" has slipped from
them, and il, the ''muddy pool" of politics
some of them are graphing for the regu-
lar organization like drowning men for a
straw. Some still keep up their bush
whacking. Some openly support Andrew
Johnson, and are already figuring to con-
troll the primary elections of the Repub-
lican party. Some, more polite, only go
SO far as to denounce Congress. Some
support both Congress and the President,
but find fault with the late call of the
Kansas State Central Committee, and
among them some members of that Com
mittee. These shystering, scheming, un-
principled, demoralizing and corrupt po-
litical apostates, grumblers and bush
whackers should be weeded out, and this
fall will be as good time as the true rad
ical Republicans will have to do it. They
have few newspapers, little patronage
from Andy, large stock of impudence
and some boldness, and evidently mediate
raid on the regular Republican orgsni-
cation this fall.
The course they pursue, too often sue
cessful with the people, leads to corrup-
ton and to a betrayal of the principles
and interests of Kansas. When will the
people get through trying experiments
with doubtful men? It seems that lit
tie hanging back, little deceit, little
fault-fnding, is regarded by some as the
surest passport TO party favor in Kansas.
This is humbuggery, treachery to prin-
ciple, and disgrace alike to the indiVid-
uals and to the community in which they
flourish.
At present there is no hope for the per-
m anent restoration and salvation of the
nation, for the cause of liberty and hui
mainly outside the Republican party.
Its past triUmphs have secured to the peo-
pie free schools, free homesteads, Pacif-
ic Railway, free Territories, and free
Government in fact. It has established
the fact that free people are capable of
self-goyernment. 1t has yet the work of
restoration to perform. To what party
will the people entrust this work, If not
TO the Republican party? To Demo
cratic party? to johnson party? "Great
G2d ~ Rather should We call the rocks
and the mountains to fall upon us and
hide US from the face Of the earth.
Then, at the primary elections, let US
watch these political grumbiers, bush
whaekeFs and Janus faced politicians, AID
elect as delegates to the State Convention
square men-round men-positive men
men whose antecedents are right-men
who have not waited to see how the cat
was going to jump-unwavering men
men who don't follow politics for liv-
ing, nor peddle the principles they were
chosen to represent for moneyed consid-
grafton. hope this fall to see LsaVen-
worth In harmony with the balance of
The State. NEosHo.
Preston King and James H. Lane were