The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-04-24
For tas Ara,d Of Freedom.
LAwRExcE. K.T.. April ID. 1s5a

/ enquiries in reference to the action of the
Union State Central Committee. And
permit me to say, once for all, that have
had no part or lot in any call of that Com
mittee, although, if God spares me, I in
tend to be present at the Topeka Conven-
ton. and use what little influence POS
sess to induce the FREQ State men to
make nominations fit to be made.
Whilst at Leayenworth, / received notice
to attend meeting of that Committee.
did so, at No. q Planters House, and
found Henry Harvey, Bill Hutchinson
and J. Fl. Lane present, very anxious to
call State Convention. / opposed this,
because a quorum of the Committee
were not present. We finally agreed that
Hutchinson should go to Lawrence and
get together the Committee, and issue a
call for the State Convention, we, who
were in LeaVenworth, authorizing persons
i'm Lawrence to act for rs on the Commit
tee. This was Thursday night. Hutch
inson was to come to Lawrence, and re-
turn the call to US on Saturday. What
was my surprise, on Saturday evening,
after the adjournment of the Constitution
al Convention, and after a majority of the
members had left the hall, to hear eau
Gus announced, and to see that caucus of
thirty, "a small minority of the Convention,
headed by Lane and Army, attempting
to dictate to the Union Central Commit
tee; Lane and Army positively denying
the action of the Committee, and assert
ing that Hutchinson had come to Law
renee, not to get up call for Conven-
ton, but to secure meeting of the Com
mittee upon Monday ereaing, and solemnly
declaring that this whole matter would
finally be settled at that meeting of the
Committee. I spent the Sabbath in
Leavenworth, and hurried here to be
present at the meeting of the Committee
Monday evening but was again surprised
to find that Lane and Army had come
over on the Sabbath; that meeting of
the Committee had been previously ar
ranged by Hutchinson for Monday morn
ing, adopting in detail and forcing upon
the Committee the programme adopted
in the select caucus at Leavenworth, by
Lane, Army & Co., and had call already
in circulation for State Convention, thus
violating all their pledges, public and pri-
vate, and proving themselves miserable
falsifers. Thus this whole affair was
concocted in Leavenworth, and was fin
ished here, by these men who disregarded
their solemn pledges in the premises
Not satisfied with usual call for State
Convention, they travel out of their legit
innate sphere, to announce that the Con-
vention will nominate, "as the people of
the several districts and counties may de-
termine, five Circuit Judges, one County
Judge, one County Attorney, one County
Clerk, and IS Senators and Is Represen-
tatives," &c. Again they say 1.-TWO
United States Senators to be voted for,
as indicative of the choice of the people
for that position" an idea perfectly ridic-
ulous in itself. as it would have just as
much effect as the election of United
States Judges, and no more. The Com
mittee seem to have forgotten that the
Constitution of the United States says
1.-THE Senate of the United States shall
be composed of two Senators from each
State, chosen By the Legislature thereof" &c.
But gentleman has said that " the
Slavery question is now settled, and the
only issue is whether HE is to be United
States Senator or not" Hence mems
pledges are to be violated committees over
ridden, conventions packed, United States
Senators nominated, men compelled to
vote for them under party drill, and the
whole Free State party used to put a
certain man into the United States Sen
ate. Out ! for shame on such conduct.
If necessary to vote for Senators, as an
indication of our choice, wherefore this
packed Convention to dominate them 2?
Wherefore this movement to prevent
every man from going to the polls, and
there indicating his choice, without any
effort to control his vote ? And when
will the people cease allowing themselves
to be used merely to put demagogues into
office
Then the idea of my uniting in call
for nominating Convention with Bill
Hutchinson, man who travelled from
one end of Douglas county to the other,
to defeat the nominations of legitimate
County Convention, just because his own
neighbors, those who knew him best, re-
fused him nomination. Ha! Hal
shall attend the Topeka Convention
as locker on in Venice (Topeka,)
not that I care SO much what the Con-
vention shall do, for I now, as ever, re-
gard the Leavenworth Constitution as
valuable only to kill the Lecompton
Constitution, and that mission once ac-
complished, that our Government viii
again repudiate this "squatter sovereign
humbug,' and settle down in the good
old policy of an Enabling Act; that we
shall remain Territory year or two
longer, get our State House, penitentiary
and jails builtour territorial expenses paid,
and, finally, our territorial existence end
ed, through the medium of another Con-