New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-08-15
PRECEDENT Buchanan ana Robt. j. walker

Presidcnt Buchanan and Robt. j. Walker.
from the Shreveport Gazette (Democratic,) sth inst
We are not Of that class of political editors who find
fault simply to render ourselves notorious IN the eyes
Of the world. In other words, we seldom, II ever,
strain at gnat and foolishly swallow camel In
our connection with the press it has always been our
policy to complain of public dignitaries as little o.
possible and always throw the mantle Of charity
around any whom we considered wronged or mlsrep.
resented We shudder at the degrading thought q
endeavoring to injure a political opponent, mueh
less those who comprise part Of the great nemo.
cratic family. Notwithstanding these pecuiarltsss IN ~
our political mode of warfare, it becomes our pailu
duty agreeably to the dictates Of truth hoh9l anu
iustice to censure President BuchdnGns condact IN
retaining Walker as Governor OF Kansas. we e nave
examined the matter carefully with deslre o. sup
porting the administration bnt We are 70 con
TESS our want of ability to gee things as tney seem 70
annear to the heads Of departments at Washington
II our last issue we conscentiousy and fearessy de
nonnced walkers treachery, at the same time ex-
pressed an abiding confidence in the Justice, wisdom
and prudence of Mr.. Buchanan and his able cabinet
We present to-day, Tin another column) the exact
instructions Of the administration given to Governor
walker as his special guide in the administration of
the executive affairs Of Kansas In these instructions
tie President reiterates the great and fundamental
principles of the Kansas.N Nebraska act, in reference
to the yexed and aggravated subject Of slavery upon
last memorable Presidential struggle We see no
very plausible objection to urge against these instruc
tions. So far as we understand them, they go to
prooe Walker guilty of the highest order Of treason
against the South and her abused institutions. We
have NO ambition to make war upon the President,
but facts as they now stand, compel US to ignore nus
short. sighted policy in retaining such Judas as
Walker in power, after the nnmstakabe evidences
he has given of his talent and peculiar adaptation to
medde with matters entirely foreign to his mission.
II was our expressed opinion that he would be
promptly chastised by the President for departure
from cabinet instructions, but alas! we are obliged
to acknowledge our error and sad disappointment,
for we discover that the obnoxious parsonage is to be
retained, let the consequences be what they may
This being the case it becomes our painful duty, as
faithful journalist, toSond the alarm and scarn our
readers Of the facts they really erist 1t further
more devolves upon US to cut loose from the admins
traton in this particular and proclaim its course and
policy as UNWORTHY or SOUTHERN CONFIDENCE, SUP
PORT Oh RESPECT.
We deeply regret the necessity for such step;
Gould we remain silent, sustain our sefrespect and
do Justice to section of the Union claimed BY our
wife and children as the home of their earliest In
fancy, we would willingly do SO. When the Presi-
dentand his cabinet discovered tie Black Republican
proclivites Of Walker, why was he not Immediately
recalled and branded as having violated executive
confidence? In other words, why did not Mr.. Bu-
chanan prove the priceless and sacred value Of those
noninteryention doctrines as proclaimed in bis mimi
table inaugural address? These are grave questions
Democratic press lin Louisana) to answer. Can
they do it? We think not. We level this article
directly at the President and his cabinet, on the
grounds of their NoN-AcTIoN. When father fails to
rebnke prodgal and disobedient son. we take it for
granted that be approves the sons waywardness 1t
Is the non-aetion at Washington that satisfies us
that Walker is sustained and will be continued in his
present high and influential position as Governor of
Kansas.
With such fearful and startling facts as these look
| hnyo nt, than
repudiate step SO fatal to the South and the future
welfare Of the Democratic party.
Doubtless, Mr.. Buchanan is a Democrat, and for
aught we know, pure State Rights advocate, but in
this particular instance his official tendencies go to
prope the contrary A Democracy that is not free
from sectional bias Tin President) is neither pure
nor orthodox We profess to be national Democrat
therefore, it would be vile hypocracy in us to pander
to an administration which condescends to retain a
political s,ctadler in po,cer, simply because said
swindler has sufficient sagacty and shrewdness to ex
press his treachery in language susceptible of a
thousand different constructions. The retention Of
Walker proves Buchanan's n0nintervention doctrines
q sublime burlesqne and decided humbug. 1t
further shows thatfhe South has lost ground By his
election and that his pledges to enforce the principles
OF nonintervention were meaningless. If the Kansas
bill fails in its objects, it will be owing to the
treachery Of such vampires Walker, backed up by
the strong arm of Federal power.
Those who charge US with attaching too much i'm
porance to this matter are either ignorant of the
true ISSUE or careless and Indifferent as to the future
welfare Of the South We repeat the administration
has acted badly, and its conduct cannot and should
not be excused unless Walker be recalled. If mat
ters continue they really exist the South is
wronged out Of her Legitimate rights and Inundated
beyond the power Of human description. As at pres
ent advised we dissent from the Kansas policy Of the
administration, and its agent, Robert j. Walker. We
are neither factonist nor seeessionst-we simply
in for equal rights to the gallant South too long
insulted, robbed and outraged by Freesoil fanatics
President Pierce appointed Reeder, and removed
| him for errors committed. James Buchanan ap
pointed Walker and the future welfare of the whole
country demands that he should remove him. We
stand on the Cincinnati platform; If Buchanan re
tains Walker consider him off of it, the bustel
Of the Washington Union to the contrary notwith
standing.