The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-07-19
JUNCTION, KANSAS.

A call has been issued for the Republican
State Committee to assemble at Lawrence on
Wednesday, the Odd inst, to take STEPS rrerara
tory to the coming Gubernatorial canvass.
Whether this Committee has the authority to
determine the complexion Of the ticket TO BE- sub
n,itted to the people this fall, or not, We know
not but We are confident they will mark out
that line Of policy which will best subserve the
interests Of the State at large, and the establish
ment Of the principles of Union and Freedom on
a still more substantial basis, and We may add,
the FOUNDING of Official Purity in the State. The
unfiinching devotion Of the people Of our State
to Union and Freedom during the ordeal through
which they have passed make these but second
ary issues. The rascality practised upon our
State has become unbearable, and hence Official
Purity is trait Of character now demanded in
those aspiring to the relgns Of power. Wethere-
fore believe, in view Of the past, that the sole
animating object, in the composition Of a ticket
for the suffrages Of our people, ehould be HON.
Es1r! 1t behooves the people, then, when in
Convention, to snub the political tricksters with
which our State is overrun, and begin at once
the work Of political reformation. The humili
ating spectacle our Commonwealth presents to
the Country need not he dwelt upon. Our State
Government, ruined in almost every sense of the
word, We must watch with o jealous eye the
progress Of events, and use extreme caution in
The choice Of those in whom We must confde
our affairs for the ensuing two years.
Nor have We any idea of the character of the
Convention which will he called together by this
Committee. The papers throughout the State
have been for some time discussing this question,
but We have not learned anything definite as to
the views of the members Of the Committee. The
question at issue is as to whether it must be .
straieht-out Republican or Union ticket From
the quivering of the political compass it is i'm
possible to even surmise the policy which will
be adopted. As for ourselves, although expect
ing to he governed by the action Of the Conven
ton, We would prefer that a platform Of Princi
pies be laid down broad enough to include our
Democratic friends, whose patriotism will not
permit Of their being found in the ranks of the
acknowledgements, and that an invitation be ex
tended them to participate. We hold that by
such action other issues Of trivial nature would
be laid aside for the time being, and in the con-
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paramount duty of selecting HONEST Men would
be more easily Of consummation. Practically,
the present war has set aside the principal issues
Of the Republican party, inasmuch as the with
drawal Of the Southern members has allowed the
present Congress to complete many Of the ideas
set forth in the Chicago platform. The passage
cf the Homestead and Railroad Bills, the aboli-
tion Of Slavery in the District Of Columbia, and
the restriction Of Slavery from the Territories,
and the whole tenor Of the legislation of Congress
on foreign affairs, attest this. Public attention
is all absorbed by the war. which has resulted
in leaving, as almost the bare issue-Govern-
ment or no Government-and We do not deem
it entirely just to detract from that attention
which the magnitude of the occasion requires.
Then, too, magnanimity should prompt us to
open wide the folds to our loyal Democratic
brethren, who have been rendered homeless, as
it were, through the treason of their leaders.