The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-24
ADDRESS.

ties deVoiVed upon 1t by the acton OF
Congress and our State Legislature, has
decided TO organize q thorough and ex-
haustive canvass OF the State, before the
coming November election.
Having arrived at this determination,
sfer full and free interchange of We've
with representative men from different
parts OF the State. among whom We have
found a wide divergence of opinion as TO
the necessity and pFopriety Of,iDauguTat |
ing State canvass, under the auspices of
the Republican Party, at 3 time when |
there is no general election peEdiug; We
deem 1t wise aud best 10 address you with
a statement of the reasons wherein our
action is based.
You will share With as in q firm con-
viction, that TO the perpetuiy aud contin-
ued power of the National Republican
Party. we must look for the realization IN
civil government. of perfect equality be-
fore the Law. The DeclSratioR of Amer
lean IDdepen 1ence proclsimed lhis prin-
! cipIe as the corner stone of this Govern
ment; but the builders placed thereon
block after block of oppression and polit
ical wrong. until the great corner. stone it
self came near being sunk out of sight.
The Republican Party was born Of the
necessities Of the hour, and vas commits,
stoned rom It's BIRTH to tear down all OF
the national structure that had be en- built
OF false material. until not one political
wrong rested its degrading weight upon.
the grand old Revolutionary corner. Step
by step. the party has gone forward ia the
performance of this, its God ordained
mission. Never, in the history of man,
did human effort meet such resistance;
never was labor and sacrifices crowned
with more brilliant and valuable success.
The false and wicked structure has been
torn down, until not one, stone is left up
on another. The slave has been made
free. and tie dangerous heresy of State
Sovereignty crushed with the traitors by
whom it was cherished and defended.
Nothing now remains but to reconstruct
the temple OF lr eedom. rejecting every
material not equal TO the corner itself.
A Republican Congress, in ans wer to
the will of the people. has commenced the
work of reconstruction, by extending and
guaranteeing civil equality to all men, ir.
respective of race Or color. 1t has, by
the enactment and rigid enfo, osment OF
law, extended equal political rights to all
men, Of every race and shade of complex
ion, in the District of Columbia, and in
every foot Of territory placed under its
jurisdiction by virtue, OF law, or the re-
suits Of S -uthern rebellion. It has dis
trancbised loyal men. Il has, bv virtue
of authority delegated to it by the people n
he results of the last general election,
dscreed that the unjust aud false Distinct
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liucal right sLall be wiped from the stat
utes of every State-of the UaiooI This
wshold to be the sut btrisatively declared
purpose and uudeniable position of the
National Rs publican Party before the
country and the world to-day. This
Standard, SO proudly raised by the party,
must be carried and sustained in The ap
proa@ hing Presidential conflict; a last and
fearful struggle, 10 which all the ele men
of opposition to equal rights for all"
will be combined against us.
! 1t becomes US, then, in view of these
facts, to ask ourselves and you. what po-
sition is kans 8 to assume in the confict
fs she to lead IN the contest for right, as
1t has ever been her wont TO do, or will
she lag behind, and lose her cherished
o. estige and honoTed fame? Every true
Republican, from the very heart of prin-
cI and just pride, will answer, kan
sas must lead as she has done and will
do"
| We beg you to remember, then, that
Dsr;y with u organization is like an army
without dIscipline-a defenseless mob,
inca abie of enforcing rs will, or pro
| tecling. itself. If the Republican Party
| IN Kar e f. - =.
The front rank Of political progress, it
must orgauizs and drill its forces. To
this end. and for this purpose, We have
decided that right and duty demand
canvass of the state. as determined.
The Republican Party of The State of
New York has, in the most emphat Q
manner. admitted the right of the major.
Ity in Congress to make a platform fer
he party represented by It, and sigdifed |
its loyalty to that power in On official and |
positive manner. by the following decsr-
alton, adopted Without a dissenting voice. |
by State Convention assent leJ TO NOM |
nate candidates at large. fer convention |
o revise the State Constitution, VIZ
That Republicanisms IS as good for
tie NORTH as necessary for tie South, and |
Ihat in honesty Weare bound 10 Sustain /
at home a0h0t zee COMPEL 06road-IMPAR.
TIAL SUFFRAGE U
Upon This declaration of PRINCIPLES tLe
Republicans of New York entered the
canvass. and elected their candidates by
twenty thousand minority. TIE Conven-
ton which is 10 assemble the coming
moHth- has large Republican majority,
aud will put the Empire State" in bar
mony with the General Government by
adopting impartial suffrage.
The Legislature of Kansas, By request
If q Republican State Convention, has al
ready, in advance of Congress or other
States, given ne an opportuniryto take an
advanced position. and be the frsf OF I
States to Voluntarily consecrats this cen
trail plank 10 The Republican Piatform-
ENFRAECHIs EMzET OF TIE LOYAL, DIS
FRANcafsEMEET OF Rebels.
With this explanation, We submit our :
actions to the Republicans of Kansas.
confidently anticipating it's cordial en-. !
d9Fsement by the press and members OF !
the party. Let rs go to work and Gil up s
The ranks of the Progressive Republican
Amy, and move on to the consumma.
ton Of the great end for which Il was
called anfn AZ IL. L ri =