The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-07-23
irom NE -Nur York Ete"i"y Post.
THE TItRN OF THE TrnE

: Wo prcsnmie,swc do not uttael, too much i'm.
portnncc TO mn n,iclc which Ne copy 10 day from
ms washington l,llon. when we infer from it n
determination On the part of the Federal Admin.
istrniion to sustain Governor Walker in Kansas.
and treat II ns IA pledge that the people of tIint
territory slialf haye ali opportunity sc passing
upo'r the Constitution Under which they nre to
lirc. It bears internal evidrhcc Of having been
%ittcn by authority, and sccms to be 50 con.
strucd, uniformly by The coynvsc.,tti at Washing.
ton.
Tins article, assuming il to be authorized by
tho government, marks M in the political
history of the country; it is the first tribute OF
respect to the unti-Slavcry sentiment of the
Northern States which has come from tho Fed
ernl Executive for the last twenty wears After
contest conducted with great bitterness, aud, so
lar US the North was concerned, under every I'M
aginnble disadvantage, we have to -lay to record
the very first act OF any federal administration
wearing nh aspect ofresstance to the pro slave
ry Poiicy OF the Southern oligarchy. The 9uic.
! t"s which Gen. Jackson gave to the nulIificrs in
1896 tho,tSh n blow to the same political interest
ns that which has had the control of the govern
nent Tor the last few years. arose upon altogether
different issue, and, therefore, does not deserve
to be regarded as all exception.
MIR. Buchanan and his advisers in the article
to which We refer, have deliberately sounded II
retreat IRON the ground which was occupieI by
the late administration; they admit that the cir
cuinstanccs under which the late legislative rov.
erninent OF Kansas was imposed upon its people
were unpopular, and mover could command their
geher"i obsdicnce or respect; and liz spite Of the
threats and dcn'lncintons Of the Southern Dress
they recognise the necessity Of giving the PEOPLE
oil The territory an opportunity of approving or
OF rejecting the constitution which q convention
elected under that organization should provide.
such a submission to The popular voicc was not
proVueu Tor nor even contemplated, SO far rs
we can discern, by Congress no sucl, concession
| was ever dreamcd Of by the late administration
who spared neither bribes nor blood TO slenc. the
speech and bind the hands of rrcc-state settler.
who sought ut the ballot jox and with the press
| TO keep slaves out Of the territory But we have
had Presidential election in the country lately
and state of feeling has been revealed which
| Mr. buchanan, we begin to think, has had the
good sense 10 profit by. lie has discovcrcd-so
we suspect-that the government of this country
cannot be conducted any longer under IL slavery
exclusion policy; that the nearest approach to it
that our people will bear is rigorous neutrality.
and tor that he is steering. To reach it he will
be ooiiged TO tako several steps back. The first
we have to-day the pleasure of recording. We
hai' the omen May he select for his motto the
| words inscribed by the uncients upon the pillars
OF Hercules, Plus ultra. If so, he will bo able
TO do what no President of late years has done
(and Tor all obvious reason,) he will lay down his
Office more popular and murc respected than
| when lie assumed it.
But the question which will soon be in every
| inals mouth Is, will the President have the
courage to meet and brave the assault which ,h,.
F., policy here Indicated is to bring upon him ,
Nearly every leading Administration journal is
committed against Walkers course, and most Of
theni such as the Charleston Mercury the Rich
| Eiond South, the Washington States, and the
! 1coiga, Mississippi and Louisiana presses have
very generally denounced it in terms which will
compel them hereafter to occupy an attitude of
hostility to the Governor aud to any party that
sustains him Two State Legislatures have cx.