The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-09-09
WASHINGTON, August 81, 1857.

tr.. .rrH, WASHINGTON, August 81, 1887.
Mr.. EDITOR: 1t is conceded the administration
viii have small majority In the next Congress-
by which they will be enabled to inaugurate the
policy enunciated in the late canvass, and which
elevated the present incumbent to power. The
people win expect their pledges and promises ther
made, to be strictly and faithfully redeemed, and
will hold the administration responsible for any
variance or violation Of them. The Kansas af-
fair-"t the interminable nigger question will
doubtless engage the attention of Congress at a
very carly stage Of the session, and, perhaps. he
the rock upon which that party will split and suf.
fer shipwreck. Already, the South are in arms,
in a state of rebellion, waging war OF discord
and hatred against Buchanan and Walker, on ac-
count Of the latter's course in Kansas No paper
in the South comes TO Walkers rescue in tIis
emergency. No paper defends or vindcates the
propriety OF his action, except the Union, States
and STAR of this city. The Southern papers assail
and denounce Walker with a vehemence and ma
lignty scarcely equalled. Senator Tombs Of Gcor-
gia, and others, are upon the stump, stirring up
the elements of opposition denouneing Walker
as a traitor to the South and her interests de.
claring, that he will not be confirmed by the Sen.
ate next winter; and in conjunction with others,
| uniting in the request to old Buck for Walkers
| immediate recall from Kansas, as the only mode
to satisfy the wounded pride ofsouthern ehivalry,
on the ground that he has been guilty of reachery
to the South and is now bamboozing and delud.
ing them in order to play into the hands of NoI t.
ern men, and with their cooperation to make
Kansas free State Such Is the treatment Gov.
enor Walker now receives from his southern
friends Toombs and Others who now 40 bitterly
oppose him, were among the first to acquiesce in
Walkers selection as Governor; his talents as
legislator and statesman, combined with sound dis
eretion, ripe experience sagacity and unbendipg
integrity, were highly extoed, and pre- eminently
fitted him for those delicate responsibilities devoL
wing upon him by reason of his high official posi-.
ton, and assigned him by Mr.. Buchanan, in obe.
dence to the behests and opportunities Of Southern
dictation.
Governor Walker encounters the opposition Of
these men, who, few months ago, were loud and
exultant in his praise; who rejoiced at his ap.
pointment, demonstrating their approval in the
anticipation that Kansas, under his wise and be.
nign administration, would soon be restored TO
peace and tranquility, and harmony, and concord,
would reign throughout their distracted borders,
and that all difficulties hitherto insuperable, would
be overcome, and be speedily removed. But these
sanguine hopes, so fondly cherished in the South,
were doomed TO utter disappointment, and were
suddenly dispelled in the gloomy apprehension Of
the admission Of Kansas as a free State through
the instrumentality Of squatter sovereignty, that
powerful auxiliary and ally in the hands OF
TO be free State, and for this privilege che viii
be indebted to the Rdnsas Act. The locality OF
Kansas, her climate, her soil, and productions
hopeessly preclude the idea that she could be q
slave State; or If slavery were once introduced
there, could permanently exist for IL would
soon cease, by virtue Of the immense tide Of New
England emigration constantly pouring in there
and by virtue of the indomitable energy, enter
prise and industry of her inhabitants who woulc
soon eradicate and crush out slavery by the very
identical process now totentiy at work in Missouri
This State must, IN the course of a few years, be
come free, by reason Of her proximity to her neigh
bors, and by the character of her homo geneouspop
ulation. The subject Of emancipation has already
been broached in that State, aud the result OF the
recent gubernatoria election is strong presump,
ton Of the popular sentiment in that State, IN
| favor Of gradual and total extnguishment o.
slavery in the only slave State north OF Mason q
Dixon's Line. In the language of Ourran, Mis-
souri, WILL in few short years, stand redeemed
repenerated, and disenthraled, by the irresistible
genius of emancipation
The North, who we're originally soopposed and
SO hostile to the enactment Of the Kansas and Ne