The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-10-18


against Kalloch, Plumb and myself bsinj
authorized to speak for the party under Ii
auspices of the com mite. because, as b
said, we had used dsfamatory laoguag
with regard to these imported character
who are going over the State calling u
"tyEa nts," ''usurpers, aud "brutes.''
The committee, at the last meeting, a
the custOdians of the party Interests unit
the next S tate Convention, could only ap
peal to Re publicans, as they did, not t.
forget, in the consideration of side issues
Ia party proposition, and. one cf the mos
essential measures in the reconstruction
of the late rebellious States. The com.
mittee said not word against female suf-
frage, but when they reflected that neither
Congress, nor any State, nor the party 10
any State had ever even considered the ex-
pediercy of making it q plank in the Re
publican platform, they were not so CT szy
as TO lug it in as party measure here
The principles Of national party must be
natioual,-not sectional nor local. Your
complaint against the action of the COM
mites evidently arises from the fact that
the committee did not regard female suff-
rage as the paramount question. Task you,
should they have done so? Sho uld the
Republican party of Kansas have different
measures aud principles from the Rspub-
lican party of Ohio, Illinois or the other
States? The action of the party in one
State is cited by it's opponents in other
States.
Negro suffrage is party measure. A
Republican Congress enfranchised the
male negroes of the age of twenty-one
years and upwards in all the territories OF
the United States, in the District of Co.
lumbia, and throughout rebeldom. The
Congress that did this was reelected by
the Republican party of the country
There is not leading Republican MOI
Republican paper but recognizes negro
suffrage as party measure in every State
in the Union. Our last State Convention,
after full discussion of the negro suf-
frage question, which was then talked OF
under the general heads of universal
suffrage" aud Impartial suffrage" rs-
solved that elm partial suffrage" be sub
United to the people, which meant at that
time and was so understood by the con-
vention, that a proposition be submitted
to strike only the word Wkite out. Wo-
man suffrage was not men toned in the
Convention, nor, at the time, in connec-
ton with the resolution. Negro male
suffrage was earnestly supported, and the
discussion ended in the adoption of the
resolution referred to. The Republican
State ticket nominated by that Convention
was overwhelmingly elected. The speak
ers of the party everywhere advocated
negro suffrage boldly, as every voter in
the State knows. But none of them then
ad Vocatsd female suffrage. This proves
clearly that female suffrage was not meant
by that resolution, nor by that Conven-
ton.
By the action of a Republican Congress.
which the people of every loyal State
have endOrssd-by the action of the Re-
publican State Convention of Kansas
by the general expression of leading Re-
publicans and pspers-by the action of
the Republican Central Committee in
conformity thereto, negro suffrage is q
party measure, and upon it the Republi-
can party has based the reconstruction Of
the rebel States, He who Opposes it d.
rectly or indirectly, steps from the ranks
of the Republican party, and must be
regarded as unsound. If the people de-
feat negro suffrage north, it cannot be
forced south, and the policy of Andrew
Johnson prevails, and the negro remains
the bone of contention between the two
sections of our country as before the war
Taking this view of the questions before
the committee favored brief appeal for
manhood suffrage, and the selection Of
speakers who held the same opinions.
leave to Republicans to say whether the
action of the committee was right, under
the circumstances. or whether, ia the
language of the Patriot, it was ''dowu-
right, doubls>distilled, harrow~minded,
contemplate aud uncallsdfor shystering."
} General POmeroy says negro suffrage
is party measure. Ex- Governor Robin
son saysit is not. Pomeroy Gays female
suffrage is party measure. Robinson
7 smiles. They have both been travelling
t around with Liz. and another tall, lean,
lank nail rod specimen of humanity, who
3 has undoubtedly been "left over" with
name sounding ike "Breakiughoss, >
e or something elisa regular graveyard
b scrsamer-and they seem to be it'll,
t confused as to what the party measures
e are.
9 1 remember when General POmery
: crspt under a building at Lawrence sut
, hauled out the Free State cannon snt