White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-09
Rich. Rare. and suicy.

II .
of Democratic preliminary meeting at
Troy. The proceedings. with the Pint
editors remarks appended. viii be found
in another column. Read it all, and see
if it is not in advance of any other spec
linen Of impudence you ever came across.
The meeting was Democratic, and SET
of Democratic resolutions were adopted,
as platform, of which an endorsement
Of the Cincinnati Platform is one of the
main planks; yet Conservative men Of
all parties are begged to stand upon it.
The resolutions splurge away at every
thing, and accuse the Black Republicans
Of all the rascality that was ever carried
on in Kansas. They even charge them with
the disfranchisement Of nearly one half
the counties in the Territory, while every
school boy knows it was an act of the
last Pro Slavery Democratic Legislature.
Amt that rich ?-the Democracy de-
nouncing their own acts, and laying them
to the Black Republicans /! They charge
the Free State Legislature with neglecting
the interests Of Kansas, to attend to Ferry
and Town Charters. The Free State
Legislature certainly should have imita-
ted its Democratic predecessors-passed
laws for the benefit of the people Of the
Territory-such as condemning people to
death for expressing their sentiments !
But the greatest effort was made to get
recruits to the new movement. They
have resorted to deperate means in order
to give it :he appearance of responsibility,
and have used the names of Free State
men by Wholesale. They appointed
County Central Committee, and Town
ship Committees, in which Free State
men hold prominent positions.
There we find the name of B. A. Sea-
yer, of Highland, one of the staunchest
young Free State men in the Territory,
and a Delegate to the coming County
Convention. He is a young man, just
commencing life, and we know not what
he has done, that he must thus be insult
ed, and an attempt made to ruin his
character.
There is C. F. Jennings, of this place,
one of the best Free State men in town.
He never has been Democrat. In Vir-
ginia he was Wing. Virginia is hard
old Democratic State, but what Wings she
has, are Wings all over and all through.
v. d. Markham, Esq, of this place,
was surprised to learn that he was a
member of the County Central Commit
tee. He was delighted with the honor
thus conferred upon a lifelong GdHtirsr
of Democracy, especially as expounded
by st. Buchanan. He says he knew
nothing of the meeting. and can't tell how
they guessed so well at his Democracy.
He is another Virginia Wing, and has
never voted for Democrat, from Consta-
bic down to President He would as
soon think now Of going with the democ
racy, as bee would think of extracting
honey from birthstone smoke.
The name of Joseph Thompson. of
the Geary City Era, also figures in the
list. He claims to be Democrat, but
we hardly think he viii relish being
classed with the immaculate Kansas De-
mocracy.
j. w. Shepherd, of Doniphan, is also
complimented, in the way of an appoint
ment. We are told that he is likewise a
Free State man.
E. NJ. Hubbard. of Highland, is one
of the Central Committee. He has here
tofere been Free State man but we are
unable to say whether he has gone over
to the Democracy or not. He was elected
Chairman Of the Board of Supervisors
for this township, on the Union ticket,
and is a County Commissioner. If he
has gone to the Democracy, how do those
Free State men feel who bolted the regu-
lar ticket and elected him7
Here is another plum for those Free
State Boilers. The vote for Supervisors
in each township, is to be the basis of
representation for delegates to the Demo
cratic County Convention. Notwith-
standing the various stories that were
manufactured to induce Free State men
to vote the Union ticket, they are now
every one counted as Democrats, and are
represented in Democratic Convention!
At the coming election, the Democracy
will be after them, to drag them up to the
polls
Free State Democrats are particularly
begged to come up and take control Of
the new movement, and nominate the
candidates. They are asked to forget past
insults and denunciations, and aid Pro-
Slaveryism to rise from the dust. The
names of influential men are used without
their consent, and every means is employ
ed to create favorable impression upon