Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-12-05
Kansas Affairs.

1t appears to be generally understood that Presi-
dent Buchanan and Gov. Walker differ widely in re-
lation to affairs in Kansas. The President will re-
commend to Congress the admission of the new
State with the Constitution framed at Lecompton,
and to be ratified by the people the 2lst instant;
and Gov. Walker opposes this, and contends that
new Convention should be called, &C. Congress
will assemble on Monday next, and we shall there.
fore soon have the views of the President in full on
the subject. ...
1t is not true that Senator Douglas has taken
ground with Gov. Walker and against the President
His rcputed organ, the Chicago Times, has done
8, but that will affect his course Senator
Douglas is understood to hold that the Submission
of the slavery clause Of the Constitution lvndicates
the popular sovereignty doctrine of the Kansas Ne.
braska act.
We had some fears at one time that considers.
bic portion of the Northern Democratic PRESS would
take ground against the President on the subject
and insist that not only the slavery clause, but the
entire Constitution should be submitted to the peo.
pie Of Kansas; but We gratifed to stale that
in our opinion. this will not be the case The last
Washington Union says:
"Attempts have been made in certain quarters to
produce the impression that the northern democratic
ic PRESS with few exceptions opposed to the &C.
ton of the Kansas convention. We have upon our
exchange list over one thousand papers, embracing
all the leading democratic journals in the free States
We have been, and still are, in the habit of examin-
ing these journals with no slight and the re-
suit of our observations is quite conclusive at least
to our mind, that far from there being serious
and widespread difference Of opinion among our
northern cotemporaries in regard to at best nones-
sential question, the difference is slight, quite limit.
ed in extent, and. disposed to believe, sus.
ceptible of easy ard early settlement The posi-
ton, sentiments and language of the Democratic
press Of the North, at this juncture cannot be mis-.
taken. An honest difference Of opinion as TO wheth-
er the Kansas convention should have submitted to
popular ratification the whole the great essential
part of the constitution framed by them may be toi.
Grated but the entire democratic press will hold no
democrat guitless who seeks to promote his peculiar
views by associations with black repubcansm in
any form. To sanction even for moment the sec.
tonal objects, to adopt for temporary pur-
pose the wretched sophstres and fanaticas appeals
of the enemy, may be safely regarded as the pre-
liminary steps Of formal desertion' White Bell.
and Tamadge did not abruptly abandon the prin.
cip,es and organization Of the democratic party
Wilmots utter apostacy was discovered amid the
loudest proteststions Of his orthodoxy. g -
We have already placed before our readers q
large number Of extracts from northern democratic
iournals in which the action Of the Kansas conven-
ton was spoken Of in the language of approx.
al We could Gil whole pages of the Union with
extracts of similar character and from the same
source if our limits permitted"