The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-01-20
LRGERE HN KANSAS.
sensible spcecI, from am ohio yyhig

At the recent convention of the conservative
portion of the free State men. (who had deter
mined to repudiate the further dctation Of j in
Lar e. Co., Tnos. EWING, ir., son of the dis
unguished Ohioan ottllat name, made some re-
marks, which arc thus reported in the Herald of
Freedom:
"llo had deferred radically with the free State
party in the spring, aud had been fer voting
then, and did vote lie was for ACTION, and
opposed to iRacti0n. The policy of inaction will
destroy US. 1t will lose rs our cause. and the
respect Of our friends in the States They will
tell us we should have fought through the bal.
lot box. 9.. ~rtt
;, He was apprehenSive we would be admitted
ed under the Lccompton constitution. Since
the days OF General jackson, the Federal Exec
utye has, almost uniformly, carried Though
Congress any measure it adopted.
." The only policy is to go into an election Tor
State officers. Every resident can vote The
opponents or the Lecompton party are in ma
iorty of at least twelve thousand Tbs plea
that we cannot have fair election is pusian.
NOUS The territorial officers, aded BY civil
posse, can arrest and punish fraudulent voters;
and, ifthe people are determined, the laws can
not lie overfidden II we carry he s ate officers,
and Congress admits us, the Governor can al
once assemble the Legislature, which will call a
new Convention to frame and submit to the peo.
pie new constitutions; and no power outside
the State can call in question the validity OF the
constitution when SO framed submitted and rat
flied ..
"There is but one course suggested other than
that of voting. 1t is to set up an independent
government That Is reJetlton That man is
mad who advises this as a mode of redress for
grievances which canobe addressed at the ballot
box. it would inevitably iail, and involve Us
i'll ruin Look at the past attempts at rebellion
in this country, and remember how the NULL
tfers a0ent do,0a and how the whiskey nsurrec
tionists were put down. We NAV profit bV
their example The enlymoie oil opposing his
Lecompton constitution, from which we can or
ought TO hope anything is he lawful mode
Let us 60 into the election for State officers. .
..-'Phis convention it will DO remembered,
made State ticket, to be voted foro 4th OF
January and recommended the people of the
several districts, as designated BY the Lecomp-
ton constitution, to nominate aud vote for Sen
ators and Representatives under it. 1t also
passed the following significant resolution
+Resolvel, That the candidates nominated by
this s0nyention, on accepting such nominations,
ao, Jecoasilerel as pledges, saoutf he Constitution
bedpp,oved by Congress 10 adapt and execute in,
naettiQte measures or enabling 6e people, through
a peao constitutional convention, to obtqin such
constitution as The majority shall approve"
That is sensible; and we hope that the
whole people of the Territory voted on the 4th
inst, and that officers were then chosen in ac
cerdance with the'clear wishes of the majority,
whether theyare pro slavery or anti-slavery.
fany refrained fIom voting, however, it was
their own fauit2 Now let the State Come into
Union, and take care 81 It's own affairs, in its
own way. In this manner, the Kansas gucs-
tion may be speedily settled; and will cease to
disturb the country, Cincinnati Eaqaire. &,