Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-08-13

Fore the change Of county lines, Wood and Epsy
we're elected by over fifty majority so that to take
the position that what was Wise county was pro-
vided Tor, or that no provision was made for Chase
and Morris counties, the delegates were clearly
entitled to their seats.
When we proposed TO show these facts to the
committee, the majority of that committee failed
to meet and hear them. When we asked the con-
vention to grant us q hearing at the bar Of the
convention, we were Indignantly refused. When
we asked the privilege to withdraw our claim to a
seat, We were. strange as it may seem. refused.-
On the final hearing Of our claims, q humble re-
quest was again made, that we might DO heard,
but wo were again refused. Finally, whipped,
cowed down, and 'gin OUT, as humble petitioners
we asked that our solemn protest might be spread
upon the journals. withou: being read, or its con-
tents known to the convention, by a solemn vote
they pronounced it an insult and refused it a read
ing. And even s. o. Thacber, a leader Of the Re-
publican party, after voting to refuse a reading,
moved to reject tho petition, and it was rejected
To what Republicanism in Kansas will next de-
generate. we are at a loss to determine. In years
gone by, we all sang hosaunas to a Slade, an Ad-
ans. a Giddings, Q Seward, q Chase, etc., Cor their
noble efforts in behalf o: the right of petition (;
yet the old Anterior gag may now be called q
plank Of Kansas Republicanism. Two years ago,
we denounced the Democracy from one end Of the
United States to the other, for having disfranchised
a portion Of the people of Kansas yet the Wyan-
dott Convention, by a strict party vote, has dis
fraDchised whole counties. The charge that zoe
were defeated, and went to the convention as de-
feated candidates, will not win. The fat went out
from these men before the election, that Chase
county was not in the district-that il was unpro-
vided for. So said the Emporia Neos, 'tAat ster-
ling Republican paper. But not satisfied with
DISTINGUISHING our counties, they added insult to
injury, and shielded by the bar of the convention,
within which we were not permitted, charges were
made by that chief Of fanatics, John Richie, that
would be a disgrace to a common brothel, and
which mono but O liar and coward would make,
anywhere. By this pink of modesty, we were
charged with being a NEGRO ~stealer"; a lie as in
famous rs the source from which il originated
As We never yet stole q negro to make him a slave
or a slave to make him free, we have washed our
hands Of ihe institution, and propose, for a while,
to look to the interests Of white men as we'll as the
negro. While we despise those who go into
neighboring states, and coax away or aid the es-
cape of slaves, slave catching is not our business.
If a negro runs away, like the boy with the molass-
es, we "let him ram. So far as political capital
is concerned, we have nothing to do with it. In
Kansas, we seek according to our best judgment,
to make Kansas a free safe. In national politics,
we believe freedom is national-slavery local
Whilst we claim that we have no right to interfere
with slavery 10 the states. yet We would entirely
denationalize slavery, and place the influence of
the general government on the side Of freedom. If
that is Democracy, we are a Democrat; if il be
Republicanism, then We are a Republican.
If the Republicans Of Kansas, see proper to fol-
low the lead of such insane fanatics as John
Richie, and ruin their party, the blame rests with
them and not U.s. nav -.u $50,