White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-05-26

DoH'phah Oouhty' was unable to get
hold of copy of them, but the substance
Of them was, re-afiirming the bred Scott
decision, and declaring that the Legisla.
ture has no right to legislate On the SUBJ
ject Of Slayery-in short, the old Pro.
Slavery Platform of SO, as enunciated
and the workings of which have been so
beautifully displayed and carried out BY
the leader of Democracy, James Buchan-
an. towards the people of Kansas, and
the whole North. Upon the offering of
Col. Johnson's amendment, Wood, of
Palermo, and Col. johnson, spoke in ia
vor of, and Wrigley, Tennent and Stire-
walt against the amendment. The lat
ter gentleman's remarks were so incon.
gruous, that one hardly knew what he
was driving at; but the general drift of
them was, that it was matter of policy,
at the present time, that the party should
advocate the question of Slavery as being
settled here in Kansas and also that he
was a Simon Pure Democrat, and that
he had only one relative who was ever of
any other political creed, and that was a
brother, whom his father discarded, upon
his death bed, for being a Wing 1t
was the drift of the remarks Of all those
who opposed the amendment, that they
did it, not from any objection to the prin-
ciples therein contained, but as a matter
of policy. 1 will give the delegation
from Wayne, and Wood, of Palermo,
credit for the bold and fearless manner in
which they came out and avowed their
principles.
We can, as party. do honor to such
men, wide as may be the gulf of political
opinions between us. They are foes with
whom It is a pleasure to dispute the
ground inch by inch, for they are honest,
1 think, in their opinions, and are the
true exponents of the doctrines of the De-
mocratic party, here and elsewhere-and
which they claimed to be. throughout the
entire discussion; while the gentlemen
who were opposed to them, wished to cut
and cover their past nisdeeds. to enable
them to gull the people Of Kansas. AS
a proof of this assertion, and also of the
corruptness Of the party, l suppose no
better evidence will be asked than that
coming from one of the until recently
leading lights Of the party. 1t is a no
less parsonage than Judge Blair, who is
a gentleman actuated by stern sense of
justice. He was invited to participate in
the deliberations Of the Convention, which
he percmpterily refused to do, assigning
ass reason, that "the Democratic party
had become SO damnably corrupt, land
it was the first time I ever heard the
Judge swesr,) that he could not and
would not cooperate with them ~
After blowing of good deal Of gas,
generated by country produce" (alias
rot-gut, which is to be had here in album
dance, land which, as it is, might say,
without one single exception, freely i'm
bibcd by the party. L think that it would
be Nc more than right to have it incOr-
porated as one of the planks Of their
Platform, the combatants held an armis-
tice, until they should nominate Delegates
for the Constitutional Convention. The
following gentlemen were nominated
John w. Forman, of DOuiphan; John
Stirewalt, of Washington Township ;
benjamin Wrigley, of Troy; Judge
Lewis, Of Wolf River Township; and
E. N. Hubbard, Of Highlsad-whereup-
on Col. Tennent made a motion that the
candidates he declared by the CoRVentioH
unanimously nominated. Col. johnson
offered an amendment to this, to the ef-
feet that a committee be appointed to
draft resolutions to govern the party in
DoRirhan County. when war was waged
anew, which resulted ia the amendment
of Col johnson being put to vote, and
lest, whea the original motion of Co.
Tennent was put to a vote, and carried !;
upon which. Col. johnson and Wood
withdrew from the Convention. So that
Wayne Township, the strong hold of
Democracy in this County, and portion
of Marion, have virtually bolted the Con-
vention! AN EYE WITNESS.