White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-07-25
Correspondence.
(For the Chiec.)
EMPoMA, KANSAS, July IL, 1867.

For the Chiefly
EMroRA, KANSAS, July IL, 1867.
EDIroR CHIEF:-You will allow me, through
your paper, to correct falsehood which, I am
sorry to say, the friends of female suffrage have
put in circulation, and which you published in
the Chief of the 4th inst. Iu an editorial, you
said: "Sam. Wood has written reply to Esk
ridges tirade, Among many other good points
made' he says he was advocating the leaving
Of the word ,chite out of the Constitution of our
State, when old Sam. Mcdsry and Eskridgs
were trying to organize the Border Rufian
Democratic party in Kansas"
whcn you can 50 INTO .lwoss.ay fam :.
ny in the State, and find Just as honest brains
as Sam. Wood possesses, wrapt up in cout,
amsurprised that any honestly disposed per
son who knows him as well as yoa do, should
publish any Of his charges against other per.
sous, With NO other evidence of their truthful
ness than Sans signature. never saw Sam.
Medary. never spoke to him-never wrote
to him. never acted with the Border Ruffisn
Democratic party, in Kansas or elsewhere, hut
always opposed that party. here and every.
where. came into Kansas in the Spring of
'55, settled at Lawrence, and remained there
until | came to Emporia, where l have lived
ever since. Railways acted with the Free State
party; and have two certificates of honor able
discharge from the Free State army, signed by
Gen. Robinson and Gen. Lane. was stand
ing as sentinel on the ramparts Of Freedom, in
Lawrence, and Irving on snow birds, during
the Winter Of sc, one of the severest we have
ever had, while Sam. Wood fed the State. l
never. received an appointment from the Ter
ritorial officers, until after the Free State par
ty took possession of the Territorial Govern
ment, and remodelled the laws Then the ap-
pointments were all of local character, and
not for political considerations at all. These
are the facts If "good points" can only be
made for female suffrage by misrepresentation
of this kind, its success hangs by very "slen-
der thread" .r r..-
Sam. sayshe was favoring the striking Of
the word ,ohite out of our Constitution. Sam.
vas not in the Constitutional Convention. He
was badly beaten in this District, BY ]. M.
WinchelI, who was President of that Conven.
ton. / do not believe the idea ever entered
SANE head, until IL was proposed to give -lhe
negro male the ballot, after he was made free
in consequence of the war;. To defeat this in
the Legislature, he moved to amend by su5sti
tuting the word male instead of ,chite, thus
wishing clearly to retain the word ,oAite in the
Constitution, aud was content, when the prop.
osition to strike the word ,ohite out failed, to
let his amendment, TO strike the word mall
out, fail alse. This is true, as many present
will remember, and is conclusive evidence thai
the proposition to strike the word male ont
was pressed to defeat the proposition to strike
the word ,chite out. But Sans way Of telling
the truth is not like other peoples. lie says
when he wants measure to carry. he oppose,
it,; when he wants it defeated, he fi,ors it
Therefore. we may infer that his true position
is the reverse of what he advocates.
And yet Sam, as mere tail to Lucy Stone.
kite, swings into her wake, and expects SEMI
BILE people 10 follow him. When they honest
ly and fairly present the proposition to US, i
will be time enough for US To honestly and Sc
riouSly consider it. If it shall be voted dowr
this time, the real friends of i. need blame no
body but its deceptous, dishonest and reckIes,
leaders in this State. Not only for this do
oppose the proposition. but oppose it because
] believe its adoption will be injurious to soci
ETY., and the evil results of it will fall more
crushingly upon the women themselves. The
women now are the objects Of our love. regard
and highest esteem. Drag them into the TO-
litical arena, and. instead Of love and regard
it will be contention and strife Its tendency
is to free love and disorsanization. You will
find all this class advocating the proposition.
Disregarding tine divine command of Jesus
Christ with reference to husband and wife.
they two shall be one," the advocates of this
measure, and some Of the most influential
ones, in private conversations have sustained
the ree-love doctrine, and actually taken the
position that Christ was an old ,fogy, and the
Scriptures relic of the dark ages. From all
such, say, "good Lord deliver us.'
Whatever your own feelings may be, Mr..
Editor, 4 trust yon will publish the above, not
only to correct the misrepresentation in your
editorial remarks, but to give your readers an
idea as to how this proposition came before
them, and how,some Of US. away down here in
Southern Kansas. look at it. Ny judgment is,
that it will be defeated in Usage, Lyon. Green
wood, Chase, Marion, Morris and Ba:ler Coun-
ties; and. for the sake of the women / trust
throughout the State, asit has been recently
in New York, Michigan. and England. o.
'ns ! Respectfully yors. 81 ' soa aiss
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