The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15


Committee ON State Organization
B. Ii. Brock, A. Grooms, ]. M. Yates,
r. G.. Elliott, r. Mendenliall, IL. NJ
Hook, E. Castle, j. Hamilton, II. J. Stout
A. Bowen, S. d. Houston, j. M. Arthur
Isaac Wollard
Committee ON Lofe Legislqture-John
Fee, a. Carter, W. Jessee, J. S. Emery,
II. Barricklow, W. Pennock, J. Wright,
W. Duncan, p. c. Schuyler, Z. Pierce,
DIR. Hunting, w. G. Nichols, G. w.
Partridge
Committee on Congressional! Election
G. w. Bryan, B. Harding, III. Burson
w. Yates, G. p. Lowry, G. +. Warren
p. II. Phelan, ]. Johnson, ]. c. Ridg.
way, j. Cowles, w. S. Arnold, A. z
Wyckoff, ]. Osborn.
Committee on Miscellaneous Duties
c. w. Stewart, w. Poepges, C. Curtiss
S. Mewhinney, j. Curtiss, ]. Parrott, r
Riddle, w. Jordon, J. P. Wilson, j. Todd,
D. F. Park, F. N. Morris.
The committee on credentials reported
rules for the government of the Conven-
ton during its deliberations, which after
an animated discussion in which Messrs
Lane, Foster, Lowry, Conway, and sew
eral other gentlemen participated, and
after sundry motions to amend, lie upon
the table, postpone till tomorrow, re-
consider, adjourn, DC, was finally adop-
ted as follows: -
lst, On all questions which shall come
before this Convention for its action, the
vote shall be cast by Representative Dis
tricts, each District being entitled to the
number of votes to which it is entitled
to representatives in this Convention.
Cd, A majority of all the votes shall be
necessary to elect candidate.
Sd, Parliamentary rules shall govern
this Convention, and speeches shall be
limited u fifteen minutes, and speakers
shall speak but once on the same question.
Mr. Lane moved to reconsider the first
rule, pending which the Convention ad-
journed to o'clock tomorrow morning.
MORNING SESSION.
Minutes of yesterday read and adopted.
The motion to reconsider the first rule OF
the Convention, adopted last evening,
was then taken up for consideration.
Mr.. Lane made motion to lay
the pending motion to reconsider
upon the table. The vote was taken, but
as there was difference of opinion upon
the result the yeas and nays were called
for. Mr.. Lane said he would withdraw
his motion to lie on the table. Mr.. Con-
way objected to the withdrawal of the
motion, as the motion was the property,
properly, of the Convention after being
stated from the chair, and could not be
withdrawn at the will of the mover. The
chair over-ruled the objection of Mr..
Conway. Mr.. Foster took an appeal
from the decision of the char. The
chair was sustained by the action of the
and the motion to lay upon
the table was Withdrawals
By motion the first rule of the Con-
rention was then suspended.
REPORT on PLATFORMS.
The chairman of the Committee on
Platform, reported through Col. Lane the
following resolutions, stating at the same
time that twelve out of thirteen had
agreed upon their adoption, and pledged
% each other their undivided support.
Whereas, The Free State Party of the
Territory of Kansas, about to originate
an organization for concert of political
action, in electing our own officers and
our institutions: and 'chereas,
it is expedient and necessary that plat
form of principles be adopted and pro-
claimed to make known the character of
our organizatiOn-and to test the quail
fications of candidates and the fidelity of
our members: and sohere0s, We find our
selves in an unparalleled and critical
condition-deprived by superior force
of the rights guaranteed by the Decla-
ration of Independence, the Constitution
of the United States, and the Kansas Bill:
and whereas, the great and overshadow
ing question, whether Kansas shall be-
come a Free or Slave State, must in
eyitably absorb all other issues except
those inseperably connected with it: and,
s0hereds, the crisis demands the concert
and harmonious action of all those who
from principle or interest. prefer free
labor to slave labor, as well as of those
who value the preservation of the Union
and the guarantees of Republican insti-
tutions BY the Constitution, therefore
Resolred, That setting aside all the
minor issues of partisan politics, it is in
cumbent upon US to proffer an organi
zation calculated to recover our dearest
rights, and into which Democrats and
Wings, Native and Naturalzed citizens
may freely enter without any sacrifice of
their respective political creeds, but
without forcing them as a test upon 9TH
ers. And that when We shall have
achieved our political freedom, vindica-
ted our rights of self-government and
become an independent State of the
Union, when those issues may become
vital as they are now dominant, it will
be time enough to divide our organiza :
ton by these tests, the importance of
which we fully recognize in their ap-
propriate sphere.
Resolred, That we will oppose and re-
siSt all non resident voters at our polls,
whether from Missouri or elsewhere. as
a gross violation of our rights, and yir-
tual disfranchisement of our citizens.
Resotred, That our true interests So
cially, morally and pecuniarily require
that Kansas should be FREE STATE ;
that free labor viii best promote the hap
piness, the rapid population, the pros
perity and the wealth of our people; that
slave labor is a curse to the master and
the community, if not to the slave; that
our country is unsuited to it, and that
we will devote our energies as party to
exclude the institution and to secure for
Kansas the Constitution of a free State.
Resolred, That in so doing we will
consent to any fair aud reasonable pro-
vision in regard to the slaves already in
the Territory, which shall protect the
masters against injustice and total loss
Resolved, Tha. the best interests oI
| Kansas requires a population of free