The Kanzas news., 1858-02-20

That Secret Circular---The Cawhola
County Committee.
eareceiveds solp Thursday the following
Notice" from Mr. Baker. of Agnes City.
with request to publish the same in THE
News. We eheerfully comply with MIR.
Bakers request. but must express our total
dissent from the CALI In the first place we
do not recognize the authority Of this
County Committee 1t was not appoint
ed by the people of the county, and ma
iority of them do not know of Its existence,
nor of the persons composing it. This
COMMITTEE was appointed by irresponsi-
bic Committees at Lawrence and more
than all this, it was done secretly by means
of a private "circular." There was no an
nouncement in the public prints, or in any
other way by which the people could learn
what was being done. or by whom. While
in Lawrence few weeks since, learning of
the existence of such "circular," we went
to Mr.. Wood, who signs himself as ''Chair-
man of the State Central Committee" and
asked him for a copy of that document
He denied the existence of anything of the
kind, and also said that no such thing was
in contemplation. Yet, in twenty minutes
thereafter, We were shown a copy of this
same circular, signed by Mr.. Wood, which
had been privately entrusted to a gentleman
to take to one of the remote counties, and
which had been in his possession toco days !!
But if the appointment of these committees
had been made openly, there is no authority
vested in any Central Committee for this
purpose. How do they know what persons
viii best suit the people of the different
counties for the responsible post of Com
mitteemen For our own part we do not
know who the members of the Committee
for this county are, except those whose
names are signed to this "notice." But
although we may not object to the individ
uals, we do object to the manner in which
they received their appointment, and deny
their authority to act. Mr.. Baker expresses
desire to see unity of action amongst the
Free State men of this county. This no
one desires more than we do /; but we do
not see how there can be harmony while the
mass of the people are not consulted in re-
gard to matters of so much importance as
the appointment of Committees and calling
of Conventions.
But there is another objection to this call.
1t is issued to the citizens of the new coun-
ty of Cawhola, while the apportionmentw was
made for the old county of Breckenridge
This has tendency to create confusion
the boundaries of the two counties not be-
ing the same.
Another call was issued few days pre-
vious to the one following, signed by "Many
Citizens" for Convention of the people
of ''Breckinridge'' county to meet at Kan
zas Center, on Saturday, February 81, to
nominate three candidates for Delegates to
the Constitutional Convention. The call is
informal, but in the absence of proper
Committee is justifable, and we hope to see
it well responded to.
The following is the call of the secretly
appointed Committee
NOTICE.
''The Territorial Committee of Kanzas
and the State Central Committee of the Free
State party, with view to a more perfect
organization and to enable them to act more
efficiently and unitedly, have determined
upon appointing a Sub Committee of five
reliable Free State men in each county of
the Territory of Kanzas, with whom they
can correspond, and who will take measures,
on the cali of either of our Committees, for
Territorial or 3 State Convention, for a
fall representation of their respective coun-
ties in such Conventions
The undersigned have been requested to
oficiate as Chairman and Secretary of the
Free State Committee of Cawhola county,
Kanzas. The said Committee is authorized
to call County Conventions, &C., for any
Legitimate purpose which may be deemed
advisable.
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the above,
we hereby notify the citizens of Cawhola|
county that Mass Convention will be held
at Americus, on Thursday, the 25th day of
February, 1855, for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates to represent the Free State
party in Convention soon to be held at
the Capital of Kanzas, to frame new Con-
stitution. This call is of vital importance
to the people. and the Committee hope that
there will be a general turnout.
A. I. BAKER, Chairman.
/ o. THOMSON, Secretary.