Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-10-07
HON. JEFF. DAVIS, AND THE ADMINS


Perhaps there is no in the South, to whom the
people of our section look with more confidence and
reliance than to JEFFERSON DAVIS Of Mississippi. He
alike esteemed for the soundncss of his democratic
and his devotion to the of Southern
Rights. Besides this his prominent connection with
the lac Administration has given him such facilities
Of knowing the men and measures Of his day, that
what he tcsties in regard thereto may almost be said
to proceed cr cathedra.
And what docs the Honorable ex-Secretary give as
his belief concerning Mr. Buchanan and his Admins
tration's Kansas policy?
In speech not long since made by him at Holly
Springs Miss, we find the following passage having
reference to the appointment of WALKER to the gov
ernorshp of the disputed territory:
at was needless to say that far from the Souths
forcsccng any cause to complain OF hn appointment
she had every reason, in viewing his antecedents to
congratulate herself and 10 expect him to pursue
satisfactory course There was nothing in his past
history to rouse suspicion of his unauthorized inter-
ference there and the character of that
Hence his appointment was Mt the time satisfactory
to the southern people. Col D. said he was personal
" acquainted with Mr. Wukcr-that very friendly
relations hnd existed between thenl-hc thought lie
knew Gov Walkers views when he was sent to Kan
sas and he was never moro surprised than when nc
saw his Inaugural Address and Topeka speech"
The attentive reader will discover in these few
sentences several points of Importance. lie Will SEQ
in them fat denial of the position taken by heated
journalists of the South, that Walker was unfit by
reason of his character and principles for the post in
question: "Thc South" says Mr.. Davis, chad every
reason in rieiring his antccedems, to congratulate
herself and to expect him to pursue satisfactory
coursc"-Again, that gentlcman's testimony will DC
observed to bo only distinct but emphatic, to tho
effect that the Southern people were (and justly so)
satisfied with his apponncnt-It furthermore ap-
pears that the speaker himself, knowing RoBT j.
WALREn Intimately, was, up to the period Of the lat
ters being "scnt toEnsas," entirely satisfied with
his views pertaining TO the state of matters in TINT
territory What else is to be inferred from the eH-
treme "surpriso expressed US to his Inaugural Ad-
dress and Topeka Speech. h.-Add to theso points tho
significance Of tho expression" unauthorized inter-
ference therc"-and VIC submit that the paragraph
quoted shadows forth defence of Mr.. BUCHANAN,
not only in his appointment Of Walker, but also in
respect to that funclonary's presumption in abusing
the limits allowed him so far to do violence to the
declared principles Of tho Administration.
But the high-toned statesman of Mississippi goes
further, and explicitly declares his belief that WALK
Err went "beyond his instructions, beyond the cline
of non-intcryention, doctrine to which MIR. Bu-
cHAyAy was pledged" And then, with dignity and
candur trulY admirable, he accords to tho President
the tribute Of his warmcst confidence. After announ-
crg that he had good authority for saying that Mr.
BUCHANAN would not sustain Gov. WALKER's policy,
no adds:
Besides, he (Col d. knew Mr. Buchanan we'll
had been OH terms Of intimacy and confidence with
him. both wien he was public man and when hewas
u urivuc citizen. Their relations were most confden-
tial when Mr.. Buchanan in private life They
had ncrchungcd opinions freely upon the subject OF
the constitutional rights Of the South i'll the Terrific
rics, and he thought lie understood Mr.. Buchanan's
views well enough to say, that if the Kansas conTen
ton adopted pro-slavcry Constitution, and sent it
to Congress- the President would favor its admission,
whether it had been submitted vote Of the people
of Kansas Or not
Such arc the yicws of most devoted Southcrner !;
of ono whose attachment to the Rights of his State
and the intercsts of his Section far above suspi
con of ono who of all othcrs is perhaps the man to
whom the South would look rs leader, should cir
cumstances nocessitatc dissolution Of the american
Confoderacy. This sentincl-statcsman stands calm
and composed, and sees no issue in the Kansas i'm
brogo to excite alarm, to call up the array Of any
new political organization to meet its dangers. lie
feols and expresses his reliance upon the Almnstra
ton in power. lie is conservative in the present
juucture that his voice may bo the hecded should
renl pcrils close around us.
As is JEFFERSON DAVIS, so arc the conservative
Southern Rights Democrats of South Carolina. They
do not visit upon the President the faults and focs
of WALKER. They do not believe that lie has over
sanctioned that agents interference in Kansas affairs
If he has not recalled the offender it is yet clear hat
he has enforced upon him line of conduct eonformn
bio to the policy Of nonntervention and equal justice
to all The governors late proclamation is sufficient
proof of this fact. His positive recall has perhaps
been avoided from motives of policy; and doubtless
lhvsc motives are entirely consistent with patriotism.
We are willing to think them so in the case Of Prcsi-
dent Buchanan. So too, We believe is JEFFERSON
DAVIS. So too is the great body Of the rejecting
Democrats of tla South. Some still dissatisfied
and clamursus But they generous spirits at bot
tum and will soon como to see the Administration in
its true colurs Once convinced (as others of us aru),
that its purposes are elevated and pure, they will bc
us quick to rccant their suspicious they have been
impcuous in expressing them. And should Prcai-
dent BUCHANAN have occasion, ut any time during
his tcrm to call around the government the pride and
spirit and worth of the land these will DO among the
first to answer that summons rnrgctul Of the doubts
which lately alarmed their jealous devotion to their
homes and their honor.