New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-04
KANSAS.
A"CONsERvATIvE" MEETING.


"Law. and. Order" meeting is invariably rowdyish-
The proceedings are often in state Of huoouo;
the spec hes are blood and thunder, and all quiet
people like TO keep away. A National Demo
cratic meeting in Kansas has good many OF tie
same features. Il is the same thing suolmsted
Its chief features are its intense Pro Slavery sent
ment, and an inclination to stick the term "ism'
on to all opponents, under the impression tha.
there is something frshtfully demoralizing in il.
Let NE describe conservative" meeting.
Sundry personages who were lately interested in
getting up II Getting st Centropolis undertook to
have another expression Of public sentiment,
and called conservative FreeState meetIOg,
to be held midway between lawrence and Lecomp
ton. This selection Of locality was in the true
spirit Of compromise, and the effect was farther
heightened by having il AZ the house of man nsmei
Spicer, who has preferred acting with the Pro-
Slavery IL en of LecOmpton formerly whatever his
Free-State conservatism may be now.
At the appointed hour the people" began to
convene. Beside the people from the country
around there was a respect table delegation OF the
orthodox from LecOmptOn, and an equal number OF
the "rebeliOus" Lawreneeites. The 4" fullness OF
time" having arrived, Capt. Walker, Of FreeState
memory who lives in the vicinity, cslled it 10 order
and nominated Sheriff Jones as Chairman The
boys, who were on the qua rire, and who wanted 10
have the worthy LecOmptOn Ex-Sherlh dehne
Conservatism" voted for him, and to the dlsmay
of some three or four of the wOuld-be "COnserya-
tiyes" who had hoped there would not be more than
dozen at the meeting and that they could control
il. there was such an overwhelming vote for the
immortal Sheriff that when the nays were called no
one yentured to vote. The boys were about to pre-
coed to elect G. W. Brown Secretary OF the meet
ing when Sheriff Jones interrupted further pro-
ceedngs in that way by coming forward and declin-
ing. This be did gracefully, and in way that
showed he appreciated the Joke. He said he could
not be Chairman of this meeting He understood
il was Conservative " meeting and he was an
ultra rOSayery man. Some one then nomuated
Mr. Richard Realf as Chairman. Mr.. Reat was
Immediately elected but came forward and said that
be too could not serve, IL was conservative
meeting" and there would be no propriety in his
preceding over it, as he was radical Abolitlonist
Some one then nominated G.. W. Brown as CHAIR
man. This was contrary to the programme that the
few Conservatives had made, and Mr., Brown came
forward and was about to decline being elected
when the meeting saved him the trouble by almost
unanimously voting him down.
BY this time Mr.. Heath, who was understood to
have had the posters calling the meeting printed at
The Herald Of Freedom Office, got up, aud according
to some conservative" understanding nominated a
Mr. Ingersoll as Chairman. Mr.. Brown seconded
the motion. 1t was put t. the vote and almost
unanimously voted down.
At this critical juncture, DR.. j. \. O. +. Wood,
the bogus County Judge, of intense Pro-Sayery and
Border. RufIan sntecedents, arrived in his buggy
from LecomptOn. The moment he was seen, some
one Immediately nominated him as Chairman OF the
conservative Convention" and an overwhelming
affirmative vote settled the matter. While Dr. Wood
was getting gu. of the buggy, Messrs. Heath,
Brown a. Co. started for the inside of the fence
al k.,; ,,.tth "A ..
conservative men who want To have the meeting ac-
cOrdiDg t. the call will come this SIDE Of the
fence ~
At this all the assembled mulGtude-Lawrence-
ties, LecOmptOnites, Free-State, &c.-went over
TO the inside Of the fence IN body. Mr..
Heath again attempted to nominate NJ. In
gersOl as Chairman, which was promptly
neg.atiyed. The meeting declared lhst It
had elected DR.. Wood and again confirming his
election, the Doctor came forward and took the
chair. Gen. Detzler then moved that Committee
be appointed to draft resolutions. Motion carried,
of course, and the Chairman appointed the following
Committee, most of them from Lawrence: Messrs
G. w. Dietzler, Sam Walker, John Hutchinson, g.
W. Hutchinson and Joe Speer NJ. s. Conway was
appointed but declined. The Committee retired,
and soon brought in the following resolutions
ResOlred, By the conservative Free-S:ate men
OF Kansas,
"Ist. Ths. we highly approve of the course Of sc-
ton recently taken by the Convention a; Topeka;
and that. relying upon the Integrity Of the great Free
State party ready and wiling - use our iutu
and votes to sustain the action OF the coming
Free State Convention al Grasshopper Falls.
ID. Pesoire1, That We place no confidence IN Gov.
Walker or any of his organs or attaches, as instr0
Inentaities In the cause of Freedom
These resolutions were carried by Oyerwhelm-
ing vote. But ought to have mentioned that the
Chairman Of the meeting, DR.. Wood, discovered
the moment that they were read that be had no par
t;,ula coll m nrasids cnnse rVatlya mpafuu.
and so he resigned and retired amid three cheers
from the Lecompton men. Mr.. Parsons had been
elected Secretary Of the meeting, and he was now
called to the chair. and very good chairman hs
made After the resolutions were passed come one
called on Gen. Mclean of Lecomptcn bogus Com
missary General), who. in response, said that he
was National Democrat and could not spsat at
a conservative meeting. Ii was therefore resolved
that the Conservative meeting should terminate
in order that all should speak who wan:ed 70 do so.
The meeting then adjourned sire die. Another ei-
fort was then made by Heath, lngersO End company
10 get possession OF the meeting. The people o.
lowed IDgersoll 10 be elected Chairman 70 what
they would do. " men lngersol attempted 10 READ
the call and convene the meeting over again, iglor
inc all that had been done. This, however, was not
to he tolerated. Several votes were taken and de-
cided by the Chairman against the sense oi the
NEE ting, when GDgersOll was ro.atel ou; ana Par
sons once more made Chairman.
Gen. Mclean made speech nwbch he INSISTED
that he Was a National DemOc-at. That be was 10
favor If Slavery. That there must be degraded
class in all states Of society. and il was better that
these should be negroes. He wanted negro q
brush his boots, for then be could E" kick him with
" complacency.' The speaker reviewed Gov.
Walker. He ga d be va: satisfied with his admin.
istraticn, bnt bic talk about an isotherna. law
Was ID humbug.
Gov. Robinson next spoke He recrlminatei
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FIee.Siate party by this meeting.
Me.srs Heath and Brown gOr no % defeEl .hem-