The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-02-22
THOMAS oARNEY.


This gentleman, has been the subiecs
Of a good deal Of slang and abuse of late.
Some of our exchanges have said things
Of him that they had better left unsaid.
A party of his friends recently gave him
banquet in Leaveuworlh, on which oc-
casiOn the ex- Governor made = speech,
explaining his political position. One
thing that seemed to surprise him was
that his position had been doubted. He
referred, with satisfaction, TO his record
as Governor during the dark days of the
Republic. We never believed the stories
told about the G vernor's johnson pro-
cliViiies, and we do not believe those no
urged them during the late Senatorial can
vass believed them. The fact is that
Radicalism Is strong hobby to ride 10
Kansas. and many demagogae has OBJ
tanned position by raising the cry of ''cop-
Perhead" against his opponent. We do
not apply this to auy of those who we're
candidates in the late Senatorial e,utast.
but merely use it as an illustration. We
remember thet when Judge s. o. Thach
er ran for Governor in I864-thau whom
there is, and was not, at that time, q pur
er politician or stauncher Radical in the
SIate-lhis Same cry Was raised against
him and urged by men who knew there
was no foundation for it. We think this
was the case with Mr.. Carney. Those
who wanted TO see him beaten knew the
cry of J0hnsonism was lever in Kansas
politics, and hence its use. Some may
have sincerely believed Mr.. Carney lean
ed towards the President. but majority
did not believe it. Mr.. Carney, We be
lieve, made an unex ,epLionsble Governor.
His loyalty and trus Republicanism were
never doubted. He made one grand
mistake in permitting himself to be whee
died into a Senatorial election, but for
that we believe he was generally forgiven.
The charges of corruption made against
him can be made against some of the 9th
er candidates with equal juItics.
We were one of those who expressed 9
preference for his election as the Northern
Senator, aud although it is not very popu-
lar to be a Carney mao now, We can say
that We have no reason to regret it, aud
should take the same course again,
though we have no grum oliOg to do over
the success of Mr.. Pomsroy. We knew
Mr.. Carney had done much for the State,
materially and otherwise. We believed
1 LeavenwOrlh, the metropolis Of the State,
ought TO have Ssuator, and as he was
the choice of the aj3rily of her people.
he ought TO be elected. We believed him
to be possessed of brains enough, and
skill aud tact enough to make good Sen
ator. And furtherm IRA, We believed him
to have a lively interest in the growth
and development of the State, which
would make him very useful to his con
stiiuents. We did not believe the charg.
es made against his political integrity
and do not belive them now. We dislike
very much to see some of our papers
kicking at him. now that be is defeated
who would have had colu mns of prais,
for him had lie bsen elected. Hare is a
quotation from the Mound City Sentinel.
a paper that opposed his election, which
is to the point:
"a banquet has recently been given to
ex Governor Carney al Lsaven worth, in
honor of the mao, and ia esteem for his
unrsquited public services. Gov Car.
ney is q better man than any of his vii
i6ers, aud has done more for the State,
in time of need, than any twenty of his
abuseIs"