, 1859-05-28
TIE REPUBLICAN pAgrY OF kASsas,
I Tie 0ssawatemie Convention,
Tie pr.a, al. Tt.tuae,1


'E3, oeaAvAroxss K. r., A:- u, 1c:3,
4 most insportlut day for the people Of Kan
sas has just closed. The first organization Of
the REPUBLICAN PsRrr OF KAssAs has been con-
suminatcd, and its platform Of principles pro-
claiEned to the world. Tie Convention unfor-
tana''lt fell upon a time when nearly all the
sire: rs in this part Of the Territory were i.n-
plssai':c. aud the attendance ia therefore nut
one-frA-'.l as :.reat as it would otherwise have
becn. st::l the 'rnlbcr prcscnt is large, and
YESTERDAY IL rsass' meeting WIS treated to !
speech Of nearly two l,nrrs from Ter. Horace
Greeley Of New York-not Horace Grcc.rv ri
1fi"poo, ~ho, in company with James l'n-
chanan and other distinguished foreigners,
helped swell the vote Of TINT celebrated pre-
cinct on an important occasion.
The Convention organized yesterday by the
election Of the following officers:
For Presidential. O. Leonsrd, of Coffee Co.
Vice Prcsidents-Sathan Price, Of Doniphan
County; 5. C.. pon,eroy, Of Atchison County;
"hos. Ewing, Jr., Of Leavcnworth County; Jo-
xept specI. Of Wyandottc County; Erastus
Heath, Of Doniphan County; Henry Fox, OF
Shawnee County; u. ". Houston of Anderson
County, and E. G. Jewell. Of Bourbon County,
SecFetaries-D. ". Wilder, Of Elwood; 7. b.
Thutctaer, Ut Lawrence; ]. l.. Cummings, Of
Toueka, and John 4. Martin, Of Atchison Coun-
ties.
After 4 session of some twelve hours the
Committee on Resolutions reported the follow
ing
PLATFORM:
wnl.rAs slnre the organization of the Territory Of Kan
t3s tho )emncr!c JslFty las bren in cuEtst VI the Lt
latiy. sud Executive artruvnts f this Government: a
w.ts. u ha; qa s hSs i, ws sa.1 Iss
r:: y.Acd every 1ncapls i eEH.td to ad'oease IE'.
l,uudeled houses, wasted sus1tlanty, de-
s:rrrd "u lt.s-ss a numbered OUT peopie e'aest IT,
soes u. iio u vo .. sass1y u u;Sn US; tnp,e 10
put. execution la~s which fr n}1>,irc cruelty md fraud
,es ssT 'nx IT,
& "a M s an !ti;1 r i kd ~;
Aa:ha; ap!: n's r. in;la"u, s1a d;esfa! di>tine:
tl.e uuion uudes The former Without gsr-
scst-,i population :ulu refusing ::J'nsann udrr liz
ss df @ 9sa I'M ss sxsa ID, 5
paris .:nIainiee and a! lecon, ayr prevented the
s: nj %.aS H,''* Iuse ,s H. s t"t 1a f. f a !. s
lstr # ss'>s aud tEe enemy II Dpul,I rsat< every.
WIH:~s. The Republican }sty la', all occasions
:s't,, ,sto:.o t. p'%a1 :ls md u! ,Aelnent t.
ad4 /. s:.iLrsnce The principles u the Father, ii
t'c I:crat!:n, and Its eatnst support ii ihe es
''' IN Kansas WI o1'r APPRECIATION a'sc eas1I1uls:
,nr:r:.. Nebv~e til. ,ias has tastts .vo,;e #
III IT, -, .at!na AMI t'jrds.
@ = zs s as s @ T. + 1s;ss Tsa ,he n Rss ssxs
c.n p.ry a.:s :'tlars our principles a. f"lI"ws:
H.. VI e aa ts1, ! : tf e1y ~ .fSe n L, q Fri
II :; ] =. re 'Gssa H. f't r. s4 4 f; r. ss. t.
~. That while de<are our submission IT. TIE
satra - ,e which tx:s::. We hod
that tEr IN dtr not 'aF slavery i,t' 'as Terrific
esis M " TIL i; M re- ess sn'tca AID rts ass M a:
c,,. ma % rsin II tic >uvsuu Laat u liz United
Ta 9n af114 tt iosnss fy o psEit IT. Ete b.
licvc t government derive their Just 1uwtss f1n t1-
sa If N rrftS III sil @ ic 1tisit % dc to e Ihe .ef
o'1 .1d t:tact ikr:t Laws free f1n Congress.
' Iae".. M : Tta, :fetd IN / Satso md SLAVERY se1ion-
Al ani ' ~e ars latcAlLy e!s%d to the extension Vi
I<.', ILat con4' mn The Administration trI.s stc-
t s IT,, snsy IL y ~ f ,y r. IT, hT lay H.
states. r:ri such further legislation by Cungrr-. as
VIZ T if.s s 4. %ysaos csuon, ',S oavvn,
l.; ll's,;si t. 'ncsFls;ts II shs LII :" Ilts n tie to:
.:'sit shalIesrr e1i il kaaz c1eep: ID lie rni-nra
u eri!t.
~: ! That r. P7;:sr e 80, .; u,es2 o;se,sa, ; : ill.,
a:d It:< y %onld sG 'us're = jus il principle. sl'ud
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& Q! f Maot' W n. .t asss Htss arr ,on vch cu
tan 't' :. INV imposed hr the naturalization aws If TIN
s ace sAi! = Eat ,hv peo,. If the We. tic eou., c+
wir:,s l,t uni 1ser-in >J'e Of the nsse It 'eny:
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cornr vii hd bsne"h, The cap. oT II" "s .I
m,:t ~. -',ud unite III tuauEu;atlus na,in:i "'!s:
wss VII ;n and .m,I"yS IN" tiEcrs and har'A! y t
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ran @ IT, -, raGaS ~ .f'T 1n" =. *, SitT a !G..
g:anl ri The Feie. G":stn1ea1 ought to Ecnlcr iuasr
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