The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-24

at the prospect now afforded of s,..,
political disenthralment But am
jubilant. The battle of Freedom il & n
for Kansas is not yet ended. W.
keep our line formed, and be reaav =
instantaneous action. Before We ana :.
ly out of the woods we nav vet bsv.
lop off some of the branches which
tercept our progress. Look at the rst,.- u
which have Just arrived from NC
County; ts0etee haradred and t,reasy- s., -
a.. a district s1here tsegc are not a L,,.5e',
settlerS-hoip many sotes then, ,riU A.
hoe County retstyas Members of the &.
State Military defensive organization ',';
entreat you to preserve that orgsniza,;,.'
intact, aud to guard it with as ;e.lor-
watchfulness as you would guard the !,
pie of your eye. The ballot-b box is y
ond III purity only to the altar of CO.
Its pollution is the pollution of the G.,
ernment-the poisoning of the ssc,.,
spring from which We draw the wats-s !.
our national life; it is crime so stnrso
dous that law-makers grow dizzy vbs,
they contemplate it; and l tell Won ~.
nothing but the visitation of the burr
wrath of the sovereign people thus oTf
ragged can adequately punish the gujltr
Be watchful, therefore, and prayerful !
hope that when we meet again the l..
clouds will have drifted from our horizo,.
but lest they should not-leSt a rerr.
renee to those first principles of our mar.
hood should again be necessitated, IwOBli
entreat you to be yigilent and unwearip,
as Fate.
Gen. Maelean, of Lecompton, then m.
and said, that although he did not exrer
to convince such an aSsemblage Of tbs
superior excellence of Democracy h
would say this: that the Convention which
Gen. Lane and his meeting had stigm,-
tized as bogus should-despte all denuD.
Citations or repudiations-be protected dur.
ing its legitimate session, and that If ner.
essary he would die fighting in its a..
fence, though forty thousand bayones
were bristling at his breast. Hisremsrks
which were principally ejaculatory and
in reply to interogatories, were chiefly
distinguished for their lack of brains
and plethora of braggadocia and kack.
guardism.
Mr.. Stewart, member of the Consti:u.
tional Convention, then came forward 70
correct Che said) remark which b.i
been made, to the effect that he was
citizen of Missouri. He said he emi.
grated to Kansas three years ago-hai
voted in no other place during that peIil
his property was in Kansas, and he hin.
self was bona .fde citizen in every respect
under law.
He was followed by Col. Sam'l. YOuns
another pro-slavery man, who made
speech which he intended should be cor
ciliatory; and in which he desired lie
free State party to settle the yexaii02s
questions of the time-eSpecially The
frauds on the elective ffanchise-beforeiAs
proper tribunals, and in the legal way.
Gen. Lane replied. He had noticed tia;
those men whose professions of hOnes
ty were boisterous, were usually the gesi-
est rogues; and he thought the prinGFl,
had been aptly illustrated by the speaksn
on the opposite side. He noticed the
taunts which had been flung at the peOPi:
of Kansas, that they had acknowledge
the validity of the bogus laws by vOtirs
under their provisions; and proved thai
not free State man ID the Territory COZ
sented to participate in the election unit
Gov. Walker pledged his solemn hOno
that "not under Territorial laws, but N
der an act of Congress" the WHOLE people
should have free and fair vote; unshred-
ed the flimsy sophisms of Col. Young, by
reminding him that the people Of Kansas
had been shut out from all peacea6e
measures for the redress Of grievances
elected from Mr.. Stewart an admission
that his family had resided in Miss0ur
for a year past, and that he was thereioTs
a citizen of and amenable to the laws Of
that State-reiterated his counsel to tie
free State party; repeated his advice %
the bogus Constitutional Convention, an
concluded amid deafening cheers.
The resolutions were then adopted b
acclamation, and the meeting thereuf@
adjourned.
PHILLIP C. SCHUYLER, PresL
: RIcnAED REALr, Secretaries.
0. K. LEONARD,