The advocate., 1890-07-30

turned 10 Garnett 20 organize a company
Of volunteers for the war between the
states. lie became a captain and was
assigned 10 the Second Kansas yolun,
teer Infantry Of which Robert b.
Mitchell was colonel The regiment
won envlabe distinction at the bat
tie Of Wilson's Creek, whore General Ma
thaniel Lyon surrendered his life 10 his
country. Upon the reorganization Of the
Second Kansas, Captain Crawford was
assigned TO the command Of a battalion,
and he took part In the battles fought by
the "Amy Of the Frontier" and In No
vember, 1863, he took command Of the
Second Kansas colored regiment. He
resigned this position on December 2,
1854, and on March 10, 1865, he was pro-
NOTED brigadier general, by breyet.
On September -, 1864, at the republi-
can state convention held at Topeka, on
the first ballot for governor he received
10 out Of 80 votes; on the sixth ballot he
received 81 out 80 votes. He remained
upon the battlefield and was in the Price
raid i" Of October 1864,
The candidate against him for Cover.
nor in 1864 was Hon. Scion o. Thacher,
Of Lawrence, and Crawford had maiori-
,ies in all the counties Of the state except
Atchison, Leavenworth. Linn, Morris,
Neosho, Saline and Wyandotte.
During this term Of office Of Governor
Crawford, President Lincoln was assas-
sinated, Senator James II. Lane "John-
sonized' and suicidcd, and Edmund a..
Ross, Of Lawrence, on July 20, 1866 was
appointed by Governor Crawford MS
Lanes successor in the United States
Senate.
Parenthetically speaking, Governor
Crawford concluded not TO follow the po-
litical fortunes Of Acting President An
drew johnson.
Tie was renominated for governor, Sep
tember 6, 1865, and his opponent at the
polls was Hon. James J.. Mcdowell, of
Leavenworth, but Governor Crawford
was triumphant in all the counties except
Leayenworth, Morris and Wyandotte.
On November 4, 1868, he resigned the
Office Of governor, and the late Nehe.
miah Green, of Riley county, lieutenant
governor, closed the term of Crawford's
Office, having been succeeded by Hon.
James Harvey Of Riley county, Cover
nor Crawford retired TO take command
Of the Nineteenth Kansas cavalry regl-
ment, which was raised to oppose the
Indians ON the great plains. After his
campaign closed he located at Emporia,
in 1862 and Mt tho liberal republican
state convention held at Topeka on April
10, 1872, he was lis president,
HIS VARIOUS POLITICAL MGANDERlNGS FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
This body Of liberal republicans of
Kansas, in the early spring Of 1872, gave
forth this deliyerance:
RCsolucd, That the liberal republicans Of Kan
sus, mindful Of the early history Of our state 40
closely involved with the history Of the republl-
cnn party and the struggle OF national existence,
still steadiast and true 10 the vital principles
That called that party into existence would ever
maintain rs part OF our blrthTlght "the Tightful
sovereignty Of the union emancipation, equality
OF civil rights and acknowledgements With a
loyalty to principles that s higher and stronger
than loyalty 10 party or party leaders, Jealous
ana watchiul Of the fair fame OF our young state,
earnest and resOlute now rs In the struggle 10
save the soil from the cnCrOaChment OF the slave
power, we call upon the people Of Kansas 10
unite In IN effort 10 put n stop tO the attempted