The Kanzas news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1857-1859, 1857-10-10
Home Correspondence.
EnpoR1A Oct 4th 81

Mr. o Phillips Dear Sir allow me to Speek
through the pen my appreciation of . Town
that will secretly q silently attempt to phIns
off onto the people of this county d Sett of
officers whom they had no hand in nomina-
ting-A few upstart office Seekers WHO didnot
get the nomination for Office now claiming
to represent the Free State people of this
county is a LIBEL d; gross insult upon Its
inhabitance d will long be remebered------
I notice in the Kansas aeacs of Yesterday
that free State meeting was held at Kansas
centre on the first inst Persuant TO a Preui-
oass call for the purpos of nominating county
officers. ask where did said call come from
& / can easily answer said question. ask
how many of the voters of this county knew
of said meeting d that is easily answered
4 feso office seekers d none otkerr Fur
thermore the ticket said to result from that
meeting were printed at Least two Days be-
fore said meeting and some of them were
carried into Precinct ! 5 miles west of this
the day before said meeting
That is nothing less than Border Raq6fnisna
not allowing the people to choose there own
officers But saying / am the man for you to
Elect as free State man wholly denounee
aH SUCH SSCEOI anu HdslQCO way VI ITt
ing to get into office AS for me me carenot
whether man gives me his vote didnot
seek the nomination neither did come to
Kansas for the purpos OF getting my living
from the public office and am quite sure
that any one who did came to poor market
thus far I could have supported DR. Ban
croft for Probate Judge provided he had re-
eeived the regular nomination and even
now could have voted for him and have
no objection to any one on that Ticket But
I have objections to some on the regular
nominated Ticket. but the manner in which
the former one was got up cannot endorse
neither can support man for public office
who will allow himself to bea candidate from
such source the very manner bespeaks
Dishonesty in the man from the beginning
I want men to do public business will come
out & let there actions be open to the world
so far as all are interested
I am told that have been Represented in
your town as a Proslauery man / let my do
ings in Kansas for the Last gears answer
that, and from the Source it Come
I willnot 5emeun myself to reply to it This
much will say that a DIR. Siocuns who has
not been in Kansas g months nor did he at
tenG the Regular co convention neither OO6S
he know many of the candidates on the Reg
ular nomination yet he goes around the
county denouncing those as Prostauery Who
have done more for the Free State cause in
Kansas than he ever can do is makeing a
perfect IS of himself and will be well re-
and looked after in future ex-
seedingly regret that at this time Kansas
Centre has STOPPED to be Toacn that will
seek to divide the Free State Ranks in its
own County. I would liked to have seen
Breckenridge Co Shown in this conieing
Election that she was united and could pre-
sent bold front to the ProsiaUery Party
and if need be that she is ready to march to
the Protection of freedom IN Kansas even
to Var OF to fight the invading Border Ruff
fms in Kansas-But in Sted we find that
our county is divided NEARLY for the graft
fcation of few sspstart office Seekers sOho
lcouzd like to get there liveing ont of the
public not careing for any one so that there
end is accomplished that they may liOe not
by any business operation but office seek
ing Yours &c
&.*. *#**** Emporia Il ri