Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-06-02
Kansas Politics.

The Republicans recently held Con-
vention at Ossawoltamie, and adopted the
platform that follows. Horace Greeley was
present, and made speech. The Conven-
tion was largely attended, and the members
were very enthusiastic, as we are informed
by the papers.
Here is the platform:
Resolred, That we, the people of Kansas,
in Delegate Convention assembled, do pro-
ceed 10 organize the Republican party end
declare our principles as follows:
Resoiued, That we affirm that the only
true basis of Free Government, and OF pop
ular rights for all countries and times, it is
TO be found in the great self-ident truths
enunciated by Thomas Jefferson and the
Fathers of the Republic in the Declaration
Of Independence.
Resolred, That while we declare our SUBJ
mission TO the Constitution and laws of the
United States, and disclaim all control over
slavery in the States in which it exists, we
hold that the Constitution does not carry
slavery into The Territories, but that it is
the creature of special enactment, and has
existence only where supported by ii, and
we reprObate and condemn The perversion
Of the Supreme Court Of the United States
10 sectional demands and party purposes.
Resolved, That, with the founders of the
Republic, we believe that government de-
rive their just powers from the constitution
Of the governed, and that i, is proper that
the people Of an organized Territory should
be permitted 10 elec: their own officers and
enact their own laws. free from Congress
ional and Executive control.
Resolved, That Freedom is National, and
Slavery Sectional, and that we are inflexl-
bly, opposed 10 the extension Of Slavery 10
soil now free.
ReSolUed, That we condemn the rdminis-
traticn for IFS feebleness and impotency in
the enforcement of the law prohibiting the
importation Of African slaves into the Uni
ted States, and demand such further legis-
Iaiion by Congress as will forever suppress
the lnhuman traffic
Resolred, Tha, the Wyandotte Constitu.
llonal Convention be required 10 incorporate
in the Bill Of Rights in the Constitution a
provision that neither slavery nor involun-
tary servitude shall ever exist in Kansas,
except in punishment Of crime.
ReSolred, That the passage of liberal
Homestead Bill, giving l60 acres of land TO
every citizen who will settle upon and i'm
prove it, would be measure just in prin-
ciple, sound in policy, and productive of the
greatest good TO the people of the nation;
and that we regard the defeat of Mr..
Grows Bill in the Senate, by the Demo-
cratic party, as direct blow at the labor
ing classes of The country, and as unworthy
Of the iiberaliy Of great government.
Resolued, That the President in ordering
the public lands in this and other Terrific
ries to be sold during season of universal
depression, thus impoverishing thousands
of our fellow citizens, has been guilty of
an act of injustice without parallel in the
history OF a free government, and that the
Republicans, for their generous though un-
successful effort TO secure the postponement
Of the sales, deserve the thanks of the peo-
pie of Kansas and the West.
Resolved, That we protest against any
action which would put the adopted citizen
under greater political disabilities than those
now imposed by the naturalization laws Of
the United States!
RESOLVED, That the people of the West,
the commerce of whose lakes and rivers
in spite of the neglect of Democratic Ad-
and Congresses-has grown
to be three-fold greater than the whole for
eign commerce Of the country, will hold,
the empire Of the government,
and should unite in inaugurating national
policy which will open and improve the
rivers and harbors of The country, and high
ways over the interior os the Continent for
the great and growing commerce Of the
plains, and that a railroad to the Pacific by
the most central and practicable route, is
dem anded by the interests oi
the whole country, and the Federal Gov!
ernnent ought TO render immediate and ef-
6cient aid in its construction,