The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-03

W NeiyStlA AA&4fA ttl1 Oa0Al, " tlOf h1tl1-
out hesitation, all that Sheriff Jones wish
es us to do, no matter what that may be;
and as Sheriff Jones desires the exclrziun
from this convention of Captain Hampton,
| hope that no member here viii be so
vile traitor TO our cause as to hesitate
one moment to vote for his expulsion.
During these remarks, which were
constantly interrupted with enthusiastic
applause, the sheriff, it being late IN the
evening, was in no mood for speech
making; but sat near his friend Maclean.
almost unconscious of the extravagant
laudations of which he was the subject
and nodding over the pipe that. be held u
his mouth, from which an occasional puff
of smoke would ascend. Hampton's case
was finally referred to committee. who
reported him sound on the goose and
he was admitted as member of the con-
yention. But here another difficulty arose.
A vote had hastily been pressed inviting
all the members of the Legislature to par
ticipate in the business Of the convention,
and it was discovered that two of the
members were Free State men. After a
spirited debate on the question of their
admission, it was decided that they were
not included in the general invitation
Nothing more was done the first evening
than organize the body, and appoint the
proper committees.
On the following day, the convention
met in committee of the whole, when, to
the astonishment of many of the delegates,
a proposition was made by Doctor String
fellow, who had never pretended to be a
Democrat, to call themselves Tie National
Democratic Party Of haasas Ier7@to13t.'
There was some little squirming and
twisting when this proposition was made;
for it appeared that majority of the del
egates claimed 10 be old-line Wings: but
when the objects were explained, all
scrup!es were removed, and the name was
adopted. 1t was stated that Gov. Geary
must by some means be disposed Of; his
continuance in Kansas was an injury to
the pro-slayeTy cause. An issue must be
raised between him and Lccompte; one
or the other must fall; and Lecompte
could not, under any circumstances, be
spared The question was under cousid-
Grafton at Washington. a protest against
Lecompte's removal, and i'll favor OF Gea-
ry's, must be sent to the national demo-
cratic administration; that administration
could not with propriety pay much atten-
tiOn to anything emanating from body
contcnding for no other principle than
the introduction Of slavery into the Terri
tory: but it would be compelled to regard
/ with favor whatever came to them from
| the National Democratic Party of Kansas
/ Besides, it was argued that Il rose by anv
other name would smell as sweet and
by calling himself Il Democrat, for the
| purpose OF gaining an important point, no
man was compelled to embrace Democrat
+ ic doctrines. He might still entertain
whatever sentiments he thought proper
1t was thought best, nevertheless, to Sc
cure the desired object, to adopt the Gin
! cinnati p!atform--reserving to themselves
the privilege of engraftiug thereon their
one idea cf slavery in Kansas.
This was a strange procedure, and one
which shows all utter disregard of moral
principle, when it understood that these
/ very men, at the last session Of the Leg
| islature, as will be seen by reference to
their published Journal, passed the follow
ing:
Mr.. Speaker Stringfellow, Mr. Ander-
son in the chair, offered the following
concurrent resolution
! WHEREAS, The signs of the times in
dicate that a measure IS now on foot
fraught with more danger to the interests
of the pro-slavery party, and to the IN
| ion, than any which has yet been agitated,
to wit: the proposition to organize a aa-
tionat democratic party; and
WHEREAS, Some of our friends have
already been misled by it; and
'WHEREAs, The result will be to divide
pro-slayery Wings from Democrats, thus
weakening our party one-half: and
WHEREAS, We believe that on the
success of our party depends the perpetu-
ity of the Union; therefore
BE it resoIred, By the House of Repre-
/ sentatives, the Council eoncurring there
in, that it is the duty of the pro-slavery
party, the Unien-loving men Of Kansas
Territory, to know but one issue, SLAVERY,
and that any party making or attempting
to make any other, is AND SHOULD DE
I HELD, AS AN ALLY OF ABOLITIoNIsM AMI
DIsUNIoNIsM.
Il Which was read a first time, and the
rule suspended, and the resolution read a
second time, and agreed to-
Such is the platform of the men, who
at last, for sinister motives, strled them
selves the sNationaE BemocrGey Of Kansas
They were to know bHt o11e i8sHe-tba;
issue, slarsry' or else be held as allies Of
abolitionism and disunionism. In carry
ing out this principle, all the Free State
Democrats of Kansas were exeludedlrom
membership with the sNatioauf Democra-
cy,' not one of them being received into
fellowship, or in any manner allowed to
take part in its proceedings.
4 But, it may be asked, is this sort oi
Democracy acknowledged and endorsed
! by the administration at Washington
Yes. Mr.. Buchanan has carried it out tc
the measure of perfection. As far as he
has had the power, he has ostracised
. all Free State Democrats, no mattel
{ how long or how faithfully thev have
served himself and their party. The
most, if not ali, of his appointments have
|, been made with especial reference 10 the
slavery question, aud the pleasure of the
southern wing of the Democracy. With
out an exception, the Kansas appoint
ments were all well known I9o-slayer1
men, and they of the fiercest character.
The same rule was rigidIY observed II
selecting the members of the cabinet. I
! would be an insult to the sagacity of ths
!; Presidentto suppose that this was purely
; accidental, or that be had been blind
folded by his political advisers. Tn.
northern Democrats have been deludec
with the pretense that strict iInpartialit,
had been observed in this regard, and tha
an equal distribution of the cabinet Office
had been made among parties favorable Il
northern and southern interests; thai
& which nething can be farther from thi
f truth. So far as the settlement 0
the question of slavery in Kansas j
concerned, the cabinet officers. wh,
have any great influence IN relation to il
5 are ali on one side. True, there are thra
1 / northern men IN the cabinet which. wit