Washington telegraph., 1854-07-26
To the Voters of the end
CONGRESSIONAL DxSrpr~m
FELLoW-tITIZENs -

Having announced myself az 4 car5;5..
to represent you in the next Concress
deem it my duty to lay before you tbe - l
sons that induced me to present nv cl.;r-
before you, a al~o the principles that sb.n
govern me in my acrion, If honored -
you, feilUw-citizens, with a seat in a.
gress. oOn-
FIRST. As to the reasons for becom;n.
candidate. hold it to be a great eors,ss,n
tonal right secured to every free white r,.I-
citizen, who has attained the ace r,o,,:,
by the the constitution Of ihe q niied S.
q becoming candidate for any Office r;,I
IN the gift Of bis countrymen.
Secondly, ! am opposed To this 80.
OF dlctatlOn which l. manifested ,hr
and practised BY. selfaI pointed and -.
constituted. irresponsible body IF nen lii
ing themselves convention. aud nrnfs.s;n- 49,.
falsely protesting to be an emb,dis
ment of the public wish and viii Thea.
self-appolnted. self-cpnstitutcd assembl..s g
wire-working and ofiice-seeking nolitie;.ns
are bnt the exlouents Of a few ;n,r;o,,;.'
and ambitious men, who are attracted "a
dazzled by the glitter Of office. and The ,ro.
pect Of the emoluments Uf Office. wonld
not be understood a. charging these motire.
upon all who attend conventions F,rf..e-
it. For | know that many have attsndaJ
these conventions. who are true ana 80
patriois-ihose l humbly conceive to b.ra
fallen into an egregious error T. n n.
most strange that. if these conventions ~
SO necessary TO secure the services of CO.,
pefent and honest men to make ard ad,,;r
i>ter the laws Of the land. that Il IA III.
been resuried 70 in the davs of WasL;nr
ton and tie earlier Presidents, T. n,,a.
be admitted that our beloved State of 4,
kansas bas had .hr advantages Of conven.
tions and caucuses for eighteen long year.
who have invariably designated the indir;d.
uais who were competent to make and ,d-
minister her laws-and The freemen H..
been called upon to support the nominee of
conventions and they have done SO and in
what have they been benefited? Certain.
ly not in building up schools, ar il The VIZ
administration Of that muniticent fund INV
en- By the federal government to our ate
for educational purposes Certainaly MT
IN constructing works Of Internal Improve.
ments for there are none IN the State
Certainly not in lightenin. the burihen of
government by Q decrease of tax imposed
upon the persons and property Of the State.
bur, on the cunrary. the fax has been IN.
creased, year after year and the State BE-
ing sunk deeper and derper in debt until
she is ow-JahkrKptfd.!
These sad results have followed ihe action
Of conventions. whether as naiural couse.
quence or otherwise. j. immaterial
Fellnw-Ciiizens. | am not tie nominee
Of convention, but upon my own rrspon.
sibi'ity. submitting my Claims To your un-
biased judgment. | ak that you may discard
and >purn from You the arrogant dictation of
King CauciS. commonly styled conventions
What injustice was there not done hy the
late democratic convention 10 yonr able
Representative il Congress from this Dis
irict. Col. Warren, Ehil~t be was at Wash
ington City attending 70 the duties imposed
upon him By your suffrage The action Of
certain >clf-styled convention assembled
az Princeton. in Dallas county, gravcly
declared to the voters of this district that
they must not support CUlbnel Warren,
but that Colonel Rust. of Union. is ihe
gentleman for whom yoa must vote. Still
the same bouy OF gentlemen composing
the Princeton convention. declare. sole,nii
ly, by resolution, ;hat Col Warren's conrse
in Congress met their entire appreciation:
yei, strange to ray, that, although he had
not been there twelve months. he was
required to stand back and make room
for another. lis trne Col Rust il a high
toned. honorable and able gentleman. But
does It not show the unbuuided and danger
ouS influence and power Of the feso over
The many
am Southern man with Southern feel
ings. opposed to permitting Cnba to pass
out Of lhe hands Of Spain, and 90 INTO the
hands Of any other government except our
otrn- an opIn-ed 10 free trade and d.
rect tax for the support If the government. but |
am for revenue tariff for that purpose. I
am opposed to those vino claim that Con-
gre>s las right TO legislate upon The sub
ject matter Of siarery in The territories be-
longing to the nited States; but claim
thar the free white inhabitants Of the terri
tories aLone have the right to act upon this
-nhjecf. when they come to form coustitu-
ton for Stale organization al<o claim
that every citizen bas the perfect right to
carry with him into the territory bis ppper-
iy, Of whatever kind il my be, without any
int. feonce on the part Of the Congress Of
the niied States II wnnld would be use
les for me % say that | would give my
hearty and cordial support to any and every
constitutional measure which might come
befure the next Congress for the cuns;ruc-
tion Of the Pacific Railroad | have ever
been the warm. consistent. unvavering and
untiring friend Of Railroads.
In conclusion. Fellow -Ciizens 7 would
state that regret exceedingly my inability
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