The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25
The state Nominating Convention.

TIE state aolnl1dllGS CO1Ee1lO1.
The Convention held at Topeka on the
18th inst. seems to have been largely atten-
ded, and very esthusiastic and harmonious.
The result of its labors viii be found else
where In the nomination cf candidates to
Ell the vacancies in the State offices we can
say amen, and If We had been present should
probably have shared the enthusiasm of the
Convention on that point. But the nomina-
iion of M. ]. Parrott as candidate for Rep
rcsentative to Congress, is bitter pill. How
any friend of the Topeka Government or of
temperance, and more especially those who
have been residents of Kanzas for the last
year or two, could vote for M. J. Parrott, IS
more than We can imagine. The Free State
party expect to go into the October election
under the assertion of Gov. Walker " that
the whole people of Kanzas should have a
chance to vote-not under the Territorial
laws, but under law of Congress" They.
expect to nominate as candidate for Terri
torial Delegate the same man whom they
elect as State Representative in August
The object in thus doing is to secure, be-
yond question, the admittance of person
from this Territory into the halls of Con-
gress who viii urge upon that body the ad-
mission of Kanzas into the Union under the
Topeka Constitution-to secure as it were,
the aid of the Territorial Government in IA
vor of the State Government. This is no
doubt desirable. But-we ask in all can
doris the man who has fought against the
maintenance of that State Government with
all his power-who has left no stone unturn-
ed to procure its abandonment-whow was
the author of series of resolutions passed at
the convention held in Leavenworth county,
to elect Delegates to this very Convention
which nominated him, which resolutions de-
clared that the Topeka Constitution had ac-
complished its purpose, and should there
fore be abandoned-is this the man whom
we should select to press upon the United
States Congress the claims of that instru-
ment? We know it is urged that certain
prominent Democratic members of Congress
are under peculiar obligations to Mr. Par
rott for services rendered in times gone by,
when he was member of the Ohio Legis-
lature, and brother in good standing in the
Democratic church.; and consequently that
they would give more heed to him and the
cause which he espoused, than they would if
presented to them by any other person whom
we could elect. To such an argument we
would only reply by saying that oar strength
lies IN tie justice Of oar cause, and cannot
be added to by any abandonment of princi-
pie, however slight. The party that saeri-
fees principle for availability" in the Sc
lection of its candidates, viii fail of success
We would send to Congress-instead of a
man who would attempt to wheedle the De-
mocracy into doing US an act of justice-a
man whom they despised and hated for his
disinterested devotion to the cause of Free
dom; a man who would hold himself aloof
from them as the oppressors of his eonstitu-
ents; one who would maintain, pure and un-
sullied, the principles here at stake. With
such man in Congress we should not fear
for the success of our cause. We would
rather wait four more years for the accom-
plishment of our wishes than to ask for mer-
cy at the hands of the Democratic party
Whatever of justice they do US win be such
as they are forced to.
The idea of coacilidting the Administra-
ton is one which we should never for mo-
ment entertain. We ask but justice, and
viii accept nothing less; and if the Govern
ment viii not secure it to us, we are able to
secure it to ourselves.
There seemed to be determination in the
Convention which nominated Mr. Parrott,
to give to Leavenyorth the candidate at all
events But two names were presented TO
the Conyention-those of Mr.. Parrott and
Mr. Adams. both from Leavenworth. Why
this determination? Has Leavenworth
shown an uncommon loyalty to the State or
ganization? Has she not, on the contrary,
been the foremost of its opposers for some
time past? Did not her Convention, held to
nominate candidates to Topeka, declare in
favor of abandoning it? And vet. in the
face of ali these things, Leavenworth must
have the candidate. and that candidate must
be III. ], Parrot Is not this strange?
Again: The Convention resolved to re-
commend to the people of Kanzas to hold = |
mass convention at Grasshopper Falls in
August. to take action In regard to the octo-
Der election; and also that delegate con-
yention be held st the same time and
place, to be governed by the action of the
mass convenAsa. Why hold the conven-
ton at Grasshopper Falls, and why make
the delaorafa. .non,uoniior s1IhordiI,ata 10 the