Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-25
E R ACCOMMODATING.

The Republicans are exulting over a victory
gained by their party in Kansas. The election of
delegates by the Constitutional Convention has
just been held in that Territory, and has resulted
in q Republican majority of from three to seven
members. s. N. Wood, editor of the Kansas
Press, was a nominee for delegate on the Repub-
lican ticket. In his paper of the 9th inst, we
find on abstract of the Republican Platform as
adopted by the Convention at Osawatomie. lie
says
1.-The first resolution organizes the Republican
party. The second ayows that the only true basis
Of Free Government, etc, is to be found in the
great self-evident truths enunciated by Thomas
Jefferson and the Fathers OF the Republic, in the
immortal Declaration Of Independence" We
presume nobody will take issue with them, on this
resolution"
Such resolutions generally mean very little,
whether incorporated in a Democratic or Repub-
lican platform. In order to know whether the
editor Of the Press regards such self-evident truths
as "glit.ering gensralities," or as designed for
practical adoption. it is only necessary to read his
next article, in which he objects to the nomination
Of certain persons as delegates to the Cone,itu-
tional Convention, and for the following reason,
italicizing the point which he makes, 90 that he
will not bs misunderstood.
at is true that both were members of the
Lsavenworth Convention, and if our memory
serves US Alright, voted for oil the radical measure,
Of that instrument, Negro Suffrage, and all q
least, we know one of them did. The result was
that constitution fell to the earth, still-borp almost
as odious as the %Lecompton Constitution itself
Now, for our part, We are in favor of having 9
constitution that will be ratified by the people
and thus rid US Of our Territorial bondage. Blu
we'll do we know that another Leavenworth Con
stitution would be voted down, two to one.
PARTY lines are now drawn in this Territory
the party that succeeds in getting control of tina
, convention, will have to take the responsibility O
the kind of constitution made. Let, for instance
the Republican Party elect a majority of the del
egates 20 that convention, and endorse Negr,
! Equality, or Negro Suffrage, and the constitution
will not only be voted down, two to one, but th,
Republican Party is beat for all time to come il
. this Territory. Only three or four states in thu
= Union allow Negroes to vote, and those are state
where there are few, or no Negroes. No Western
state allows Negroes to vote Ohio, known a
"The Great Abolition State" refuses to ALLOW
Negroes to vote, and should the Republican Part,
of that state take a position 10 favor of Negr,
Suffrage, they would. in our estimation, DO bea
fifty thousand votes"
What now has become Of the great self-eviden
truths enunciated by Thomas jefferson, The,
are with Barnum-nowhere! But the edito
uoh Y otop ! Ao UttSt huNo u COubtltutl0n-
honestly, if he can, but have it, he MUST. In tn
: same number of his paper from which we hav
already copied, in commenting upon the Platform
Of the Kansas Democracy he says,
"The fifth resolution asserts the 'inferiority o
Q the Negro race, and calls upon the Constitution
= Convention to prohibit Negro and Mulatto Sui
future state of Kansas" We are of The opinion
that Negroes and Mulattoes should be exclude,
/, from voting but a clause excluding free Negroe
1 from Kansas, We question the policy of putin,
: into the Constitution. Missouri put such a claus,
!, into her Constitution, and was required to abro
gate ii. before she could be admitted, as it wa
= deemed at that day unconstitutional. We know
4 number of Northern members of Congress woul,
D vote against our admission into the Union will
4 such a Constitution. Alter we are admitted, WI
can do as we please; besides, this is q question
for lawmakers, not constitution-makers. Gu
t motto is, make a constitution to get into the Unioi
with Jr it to suit us afterOards."
Verify, this is q kind Of GOOD out of which any
thing can be manufactured from a goose yoke +
q Republican delegate. We wish the Repub
licans great joy at having succeeded at getting
majority in the Kansas Constitutions Convention
and especially for having an editorial membe
who goes against negro equality and negro sul
frage, and who is not quite so Democratic but b.
questions the policy of excluding free negroes from
Kansas-is decided, however, in thinking it bes
not to prohibit their settlement there by the Con
%ssitutiOp, lest some might vote against her admis
sion into the Union, MS they did in the case o
Oregon. What an admirable policy is emblazone'
in his motto MAX q Constitution to get int
the Union with fig IL 10 sud US afterwards"
Great 10 Republicsnism in Kansas, and great
Wood, its prophet!