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ginol Douglas Man on Slavery in Kansas
The Iares Must be Paid.


ginol Douglas Man on Slavery in Kansas
The Iares Must be Paid.
From the Lawrence Republican, Aug. 9th.
Last Monday, in accordance with pre-
yious call, of very doubtful authority, a
respectable number of our citizens attend
ed Conservative Free State Convention
held about four miles west of this place,
at the residence of Mr.. Spicer G. w.
Brown, who may be felicitated as the faith
err of the first feud the Free State party is
heir to, personally superintendent the post
ing of the bills.
The day of the Convention arrived, and
number of the conservative men of Law
renee, with few that were not so conselv-
alive, attended. The large bulk of our
conservative citizens were too much en-
gagged with their business to give attention
to call of such an irresponsible nature. and
did not attend. On the ground was found
Sheriff Jones, Gen. Mclean, DIR. John p.
Wood, and others of unenviable notoriety
in Kansas history; also c. w. Brown and
few ''lsothermals."
Sheriff Jones was elected President, but
declined serving as he was pro-slavery,-
Richard Realf was then elected, but de-
cined, assigning as reason that he was
an ultra abolitionist. c. w. Brown was
then nominated, but defeated. DIR. John
Z. Wood was elected, but before he took
the chair Mr.. Heath again called to order
and nominated &. Ingersoll, who was voted
down. q. w. Brown was elected Secre-
tary, but declined. c. Ingersoll do. Mr..
Brockett Of Lecompton, was elected, but
declined. as he was pro-slavery. Mr.
Heath was then elected, but declined.-
VIM. b. Parsons was at last selected
Richard Realf moved that COMMITTEES of
nine be elected to define conservatism.
Gen. Mclean National dem, was
called on for a speech. He took for his
theme, of course. the exceeding beauty of
slavery. He thought this idea of having
a conservative or third party was hum
bug. There never could be more than two
parties He was in favor of slavery, he
said, because there must be mental class
in every society. He wanted a servant to
black his boots and he preferred negro to
"a white man because he could kick niger,
If he didn't do it right, with more compla-
cency than he could kick white man, as he
was more accustomed to it,
JOIN CALHOUN (Surveyor-G and
National Dcm.. was called out and said:
''There can be but two parties in Kansas.
This is why the convention just adjourned
proved a hzzle a man must be Pro-
Slavery or Free State; there is no halfway
ground. His friends were too lazy to write,
they had not a reporter on the ground,
while the Free State party had eight or ten
He considered the Isothermal line a
damned hum5uy. He was too lazy to work,
and wanted negroes to do 1t for him. He
had been told that this Convention was
called to nominate a delegate to Congress;
that was the reason he attended it.
Mr.. JOHN CALHOUN, Surveyor General
and National Democrat, is tolerably we'll
known in Illinois as the most AFFECT of the
DOUGLAS toad eaters-having received his
appointment through the kind offices of
that statesman, and invariably taking his
tune from the Douglas organ grinders
TRIBUNE.
After two or three other speeches the
meeting adjourned.