Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-06-19

Peace IN Kansas.
We hope and believe that the bogus civil war in
Kansas is at end, and that the half tragic farce OF
the last three years is fairly played out at last
Some of the principal actors joined Gov. walker on
his advent into the Territory, and from the manner
in which they met that dignitary, well as the CIV
ings out of the Republican papers, it may be pre-
sumed, We think, that the worst is over. True, 1t
may be different, and probably would be different, #
there was Presidential general election at har d.
but in the absence of every temptation of that kind
and with the prospect too, or hope, at least, OF get
ting the Governors aid in some grand fnanclerlng
scheme or other the chances that the '' chiefs OF
the revolution" the grand and sublime leaders Of
the cause of niger freedom, will give in their ad
herence to the constituted authorizes and peace,
gentle end meek. eyed peace, again smile benefcently
on the sc long suffering people of Kansas
But, even if this be So if the fires of revolution,
as in Paris in 1852, have burnt themselves out, and
Jim Lane and other leaders of the popular cause,
like Cambasceres and 1roptong, are ready to compro-
mise with despotsm and law for the sake of rail-
road charter or town site or two there still remains
the difficult matter of terms, or how to dispose OF the
Niger question to the satisfaction OF all parties
Indeed this difficulty is great now as ever before,
and with all tina, has been said and written on the
suhecl-all he sacrifices made the :" sutferlngs
dured-the ink, if not blood, shed by the politicians
they are no nearer solution of the mystery a
settlement of the question than they we're in 1850,
when the grand idea of compromising the slavery
was to extend slavery for the South and Init it
for the North, and to leave to the people OF the terri
tory tie labor or right as it was called, to reduce it
to practice. Well, they went TO work at 1t. Tae
opponents of" slavery" formed aid societies and car
ried in their emf rants. The friends of slavery
were equally active and the result was, Of course
collision the moment they together or took a
single step to reduce the idea 10 practiceto limit
" slavery" for the North and to extend slavery "
for the South Thea came the civil war, or the So
called civil war, and really so civil that We have
always doubted if any was killed at all.
few of the more devoted and obstreperous of the
friend of freedom" of the stripe of the Rev Pardee
Butler. undoubtedly ynched, that is had their
heads shaved and their sacred bodies toeably we'll
saturated with tar and feathers, but we very much
doubt if any man was killed in the regular and legi
innate cause of niger liberty. And if there were
they deserve no pity, for if any white in this
publc--any man born and bred under republican in
sttutions-were so debasei, debauched, so utterly
besotted, TO fight for niger liberty ito elevate
| negroes or to degrede white men to a common level
the they killed off thrust out OF sight
! the better. Such wretches social lepers whose
foul faint the atmosphere of freedom. and
| they should not be permitted to live among white
men, whom they dishoner by their baseness and in.
suit beyond forgiveness by their impudence.
But the question comes back, what shall be the
terms of settlement How shall the idea of the pol
iticans be reduced to practice: How can " slavery
be extended md how If be limited al the same
time! How can the North and the South be salts.
fed with settlement of the question The South
wants slave" State and the North wants a d" free'
State-what shall be done? Why this-et Kansas
adopt Constitution without any reference to the
subject The people of the North dislike negroes
The owners of slaves " will not take them to Kan
sas because their labor is worth more in the gull
States What folly then, TO insult the people of the
South with unnt cessary and outrageous illumination
against their morality by useless and totally unne
cessary restriction against their bringing slaves
into Kansas! Let Kansas, we repeat. adopt Con
sttution without any reference to negroes and leave
10 the Legislature to provide, or not provide, il
may deem proper for the protection of 81 slave >
property To this complexion it must come al
last :" The whole subject is governed by industrial
and climatic laws, and Legislatures and constitutions
are ultimately as absolutely mpotent in their efforts
TO control 1t they would be in their efforts to reg
ulae the tides of the or the lislings of the
winds.
Governor Walker is a man of remarkably clear
mind and his views the " slavery question, with
one single exception, have been more liberal and
state manlike than those c. any other northern poll.
tician, and he has only pursue that wises of all
courses the lesstz fa1e policy, 10 restore peace and
order and prosperity TO the people of Kansas.
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