The Kanzas news., 1857-07-04
Election OF Delegates to the State Nom
mating Convention.

mating Convention
On Saturday next, the 18th inst, the peo-
pie viii be called upon In their primary as
semblies, to elect persons to represent them
IN the State Nominating Convention, to be
held at Topeka, on the 18th inst. The
voice of the 9Th District has already been
heard in unequiyoeal tones. expressing the
wish of its citizens, to have those holding
Office in the government of the people, pro-
ceed to fulfil the obligations imposed upon
them by the trust they placed in their hands.
We have no fears but what they viii be
true to the position then occupied.
The people of Kanzas ought no longer to
allow an infamous usurpation TO hold even
the shadow of authority within her borders.
The wisdom of the non-recognition of that
authority policy, pursued by the Free State
party, no one viii now question. Our only
true, legitimate and honorable ground of ad-
justment is on that basis, and it is to be
gained only by adherence to the State Or
ganization, which was the offspring of the
popular will, and therefore the true expo
nent of the Sovereign People. No man who
has read the history of his country, will,
except for interested motives, question the
right of the people to form a State Govern
ment whenever they may see fit. Even
Walker and Stanton acknowledge this right,
and their efforts at Topeka and Big Springs
were meant to show that there were other
means to accomplish the object for which
the people are seeking.
We have always advocated and firmly
believe, that the moment majority of the
people of Kanzas say, in terms as plain and
direct as pure Anglo Saxon can make them,
that the Territorial Usurpation shall no
longer breathe the breath of life in their
midst; that they intend to exercise the
functions of government for themselves,
and not allow Missouri, nor the South,
through its Federal tools, to control in any
degree their affairs; and that they intend to
put the government which they have chosen
under the Topeka Constitution, into living
and efficient operation; that, at that moment,
and not TIL then, viii this question be set
tied, and peace smile upon the swelling,
fower-broidered prairies of our lovely State
We believe that time has come, and that a
large majority of the people now demand
of those they have and shall place in posi-
tions of trust, to proceed to do their duty,
their Uhole duty-and they, the people, will
stand by them in the discharge of it. The
people Enthusiastically demanded of the Gen
eral Assembly, just passed away, the pass
age of all lars necessary for them to organ
ize under in their towns and counties. That
body, through the influence of a few de-
signing men, proved recreant to their trust,
and the solemn obligations its members took
upon themselves, they never fulfilled.
Citizens of Kanzas, see to it that in the
nominations to be made next Saturday, you
send only such men to Topeka as viii vote
for the nomination of men to Fill the vacan-
cies in the State offices, who will do their
duty regardless of consequences. We stand
the people who viii not fulfil their behest.
The Convention to be held at Topeka on
the 10Th inst, is to be one of the most i'm
portant ones ever held in Kanzas. There
are positions of trust to be filled, and it be-
hooves all TO have a voice in the nomin-
atoms. Citizens of Kanzasl Ye who have
been here in her hour of peril! toiling, suf-
fering, hoping in her behalf, it is your duty,
as well as privilege, to be heard at this
juncture. The thousands who this Spring
have made their homes IN Kanzas, have also
a duty to perfom. You know the history
of the past. You come to our prairies with
the warm life blood throbbing Indignantly
at the wrongs we have been, and still are,
enduring. You are denied all right to a
voice in the affairs of government by the
usurping power of Slavery, or National
Democracy, and it is yours to be heard
fully and openly in the peoples organization
The freemen of Kanzas, who for two years
past have struggled for your liberty, equally
with their own, demand of you to come
forward and let your voice be heard. A
little longer and full triumph viii be ours.
The foe are flying in disorder; their cohorts
are broken, their arms lie by the roadside,
and their banners are trailing in the dust.
So perish all the enemies of the right Re
member, 1.-THE PEOPLE ALWAYS coseuKR,
and we shall If tr11e to ourseIves the tesoh
ings of the past and hopes of the future, be
admitted into the Union as a FREE and
SoyEREIss STATE, under the Topeka Con-
stitution- There are difficulties TO overcome
lit is yours to remove them. Be on hand,
on Saturday, the 11th inst. at the District
Convention to be held at Emporia. Let