The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-07-30
From the Correspondence of the n. Y. Tribune.
NEGROES AND MULATTOES."
HAIL OF CONVENTION
WYASpor, X. T., July is, 1859.

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Stinson, of Leayenworth, precipitated the
first debate by offering an amendment to
section 2. The section reads: The Gen.
eral Assembly shall encourage the promo
ton of intellectual, moral, scientific and
agricultural improvement, by establishing
uniform system of common schools, and
other schools of higher grade, embracing
normal, preparatory, collegiate and unlver.
sity departments, which schools shall be
open for the admission of pupils of both
sexes" The amendment was to add:
But no negro or mulatto shall be permit
ted to enjoy any of these privileges in the
future State.
The Democratic" gentleman from Leav-
enworth said that he :" had a duty to per-
form" He believed a majority Of the peo-
pie Of Kansas were in favor Of the amend
ment that he had offered, and he desired
81 to get his Republican friends upon the
record" He spoke of negro lovers" with
the usual rigor, and seemed to be intensely
delighted al the idea that he had gotta SUBJ
ect that might divide the Opposition in the
| Convention Mr. -McDowall, another of
the Democrats, took up the niger" cue.
He did not avert to the subject immedi-
ately under consideration, but branched off
on nigger equality" nigger voting and
g nigger emigration" The gentleman
wished to protect his people from black
pollution, This was the great issue" and
he wished it "squarely met" He wanted
to " see the Republicans take issue on it."
He wanted to see the yeas and nays on
it." The people had signifed their wishes
on this point" He " wanted to see those
wishes carried out" He was in favor of
popular sovereignty" This was " a ques-
ton the people felt deep interest in"
He "was for the supremacy of the white
race"
Mr.. Kingman, of Brown, took issues
against the amendment His speech was
a keen and sarcastic series of repartees
against the proposal and the proposers.
lie referred to the " record" they desired,
and the wish he had to accommodate them.
Mr.. Slough, of Leavenworth, favored
the amendment He desired that all ne
groes and mulattoes be excluded from the
State, and consequently from schools and
educational privileges. He wanted to see
the Republican record on this subject.
The people were opposed to all amalgama-
ton. He wished to see this question test
ed, and wanted the yeas and nays on it.
Mr.. Ritchie, of Shawnee, opposed the
amendment, and took ground against the
inhumanity of the provision. They had
run against him on that issue, and he was
here. His house was open to the op-
pressed wanderer, no matter what his color
and he did not know that it would be
closed even to National Democrat
Mr. Blount, of Anderson, and some 9TH
ers, spoke, but the most able and impress
i've remarks were from O. S. Thacher, of
Lawrence He spoke of the efforts of the
slave power to fasten slavery on Kansas
how the Democracy, in their service, had
violated the Missouri Compromise, and
opened up civil war to plant slaves and
slave labor in Kansas F0iled in this, that
they were now relentlessly following the
helpless victims of their cruelty with this
bitter persecution. They were not to be
permitted to stand upon the soil, or breathe
the air that the struggles of freemen had
secured to freedom. OF all the deep
blackness of the Democratic debasement,
this Legislation, and prejudice, and crime,
was the deepest.
The scathing structures Of the gentle
man seemed to have some effect even upon
the African Democracy. They adjourned
last night upon the close of his remarks,
and upon the resumption of the discussion
on the report this morning, seemed to be
less disposed for an argument. The
amendment was laid upon the table, 20 to
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But they were not satisfied They still
offered amendment after amendment of
the same character, and demanded the
yeas and nays on them One motion to in
sert that negroes and mulattoes should be
allowed no privilege of education, in an
additional section, was rejected by 80 to
a. In pursuing the nigger" in this way
for capital they got into the incest predic-
ament that party seeking record on
their opponents ever got into. Appended
to the report on Education was an article
for the creation of institutions for an in
sane asylum, penitentiaries, and poor
houses Section of this article provided
that
"The respective counties of this State shall
provide, in some suitable manner for those inhab-
itants who, by reason of age, intirmity or other
misfortune may have claims upon the sympathy
and aid of society, under provisions to be made
by the General Assembly"
One of the jealous Democrats, following
the party cue, moved to insert, except
negroes or mulattoes' after the word mis-
fortunes Several of the Republicans
laughed outright at this, and demanded the
yeas and nays on it. The " niger" De-
mocracy found all at once they had got
into scrape. They tried to avert the
vote, but were not permitted to escape it.
Several of their speakers, in the earlier
discussion, had with an air of triumph
said, " We want this tune played out
come up, gentlemen Republicans, and face
the music" They had now the privilege
of facing the music themselves. They
did not know what to do. One of their
number voted one way and then changed
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