White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-29
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The Oskaloosa Independent is won
derfully independent sheet. indeed. II
would like to bsvs the public believe that
it is the very embodiment Of honesty. and
that every sentence it utters is prompted
by the purest and most disintFrested mo-
tiyes, and designed ouly for the public
good. II has assumed an especial guar
di.nship over the name and fame OF Gov,
Csrney and when any contemporary has
the boldness to speak Of him in manner
lacking in reverence in the slightest de-
gree, the Independent sets mp a most lus-
ty bsrking-and it hes had a good deal
of that to do. of late. When ,Jennison
was frauduleu,ly nominated. in Carnsy's
interest. the scorings which he received
from the pressiworried the Independent
excessively: but being a standard moral
paper. it could not openly object. How
ever, it did the next thing to it-growled
out something about some persons being
unnecessarily alarmed over Jsnnison's
nomination and wound up with an OBJ
servation to the effect that politics onght
to be purified. and gamblers and murder
ers kept ont of Office. The allusion to
murderers was thrown in to ease the blow
which policy compelled it to deal against
gam blers, and referred to private citi.
zen of Lenvenworth. bitter opponent OF
Carney, who has not been elected to pub
lie office within the past three years.
Now the Independent comes out in a long
leader in favor of Carney for the United
States Senate. Said article was dictated
from Carney's headquarters. it not sent
bodily from there to the Independent, as
the honest expression of its editor. One
sentence in the article alone is sufficient
to convince US of that fact as thoroughly
as If we had seen it done A mighty in
dependent man is that editor Of the Inde
pendent
Gov. Carney may be politically sound
Our impression that be was not, wa
founded almost wholly upon general sp
pearances and circumsssntisl evidence
Admitting that be is-he is fairly befor
the public for high Office, and must ex
pect to be criticised, and to be overhaul
ed pretty roughly. His friends treat 9th
er candidates in that way, and his news
paper organs will find it pretty hard jo1
trying to prevent other papers from serv
ing him in like manner. Another O
their strong points will not stand tn
test. Their attempt to prove Carney
Radicalism by referring to the fact tha
three years ago be was in advance of th
sentiment of his party, and was held il
check by his friends. for policy's sake
amounts to nothing at all. How man,
recognized Radical leaders of three year
ago. are contemplate traitors to-day
Three years ago. and less. Andrew John
con was more emphatically in favor o
negro suffrage than even Gov. Carney
and his friends, too, had to restrain him
to prevent him from going to extremes
Yet that did not insure him against be
coming the foul thing he is to-day, an'
even the Oskaiooss Independent woul'
not cite it as a reason why the peopl
should now have confidence in him. w
do not wish to be understood as plscin;
Gov. Carney 10 the same category will
President johnson and other traitors Il
the party. for we do not know that h
belongs there; but we wish to illustrat
the folly of claiming Radicalism for
man to-day. simply upon the groun'
that he was Radical three years ago.