Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1857-12-09
Kansas Affairs.

1t appears to be generally understood that Presi-
dent Buchanan and Gov. Walker differ widely in re-
laton 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 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 reputed organ, the Chicago Times has done
81; but that will not affect his course Senator
Douglas is understood to hold that the Submission
of the slavery clause Of the Constitution vndicates
the popular sovereignty doctrine of the Kansas-Ne-
braska act.
We had some fears at one time that conSidera-
bic portion of the Northern Democratic press would
take ground against the President 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 are gratifed to stale that
in our opinion. this will not be the The last
Washington Union says:
"Attempts have been made in certain quarters to
produce the impression that the northern democrat
ic press. with few exceptions, are opposed to the
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 heen and still are in the habit of examin-
ing these journals with slight care 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 contemporaries in regard to at best nobes.
sen,ia question, the difference il slight quite limit
ed in extent, and. disposed to believe, sus.
ce,tible of easy carly settlement. The posi-
tion, sentiments, and language Of the Democratic
press OF the North at this juncure, cannot be mis-
taken An honest difference Of opinion 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 toll
Grated but the entire democratic press will hold
democrat guless who seeks 10 promote his peculiar
views by associations with black republicanisrn in
| any form. 10 sanction even for a moment the sec
tona objects, to adopt for temporary pur.
pose the wreched sophstries and fanatcals appeals
of the enemy, may be safely regarded as the pre-.
liminary steps of formal deserton. White Bell
and Tamadge did not abruptly abandon the prn.
ciples and organization of the democratic party
| Wilmots utter apostacy was discovered amid the
loudest protestations Of his orthodoxy.
We have already placed before our readers 9
large number of extracts from northern democratic
journals, in which tho action Of the Kansas conven
ton was spoken of in the warm language Of approv
a.. We could 6ll whole pages of the Union with
extracts Of similar character and from the same