Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-07-08
N ASHVHLE:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8. 1857
Kansas-The Administration and the
Democracx nf the SnufI,

me way at the North, and another way at the
south; the North gave it one reading and ex-
position, the South another. These readings
we're given to the public, and breach seemed
Inevitable, between the two wings of the par
y on the subject of these constructions. At |
Lempts were made in Congress to construe the |
bill, and give it some definite and fixed mean
ing in reference to the principle of Squatter |
Sovereignty, which the North avowed and
the South denied that it contained These
attempts were futile. Douglas managed to go
hand in glove with the Black Republicans in
his and their reading, while the South was put
off without an authoritative exposition, and
left merely to insist upon their rendering
But with this the people would not be satisfied.
The demand became more and more urgent.
The difficulty was greatly enhanced by the
fact that Presidential campaign was on the
eve of opening. They had sown the wind and
they were about to be visited with the lawful
harvest of the whirlwind. At Cincinnati, the
Solons of the party met and laid their heads
together. The result was the merest make
shift, which was styled Popula- Sovereignty.
surprising alacrity, referring with much espe-
cial satisfaction to this particular plank
Nothing could bG1nOre just than that the peo-
pie should be permitted to fashion their own
laws and institutions for themselves, "a prin-
ciple as old as the government ITSELF" which
none but the factious and disorganizing could.
oppose.
By this artful dodge the widening gulf was
closed up, and the South and the North Joined
hands in supporting the nominee. Popular
Sovereignty and the Kansas Nebraska bill be-
came the rallying cry, all went smoothly, and
Buchanan was triumpbantly elected, by mi
nOrity vote, to the Presidency. But the stu
Pendous deception which had been practiced
upon the country could not always preserve its
efficacy. Kansas could not always remain a
territory; and the fraud and byPocricy-more
dangerous, more iDiquitous and more criminal
because it was fraud, deliberately perpetrat-
ed and witha successful-must of a necessity
be exposed. The miserable and unfortunate
bluDders which had attended every step of the
out going Administration towards that unhap-
Ply territory, and which had been upheld by
the Southern supporters of Mr.. Pierce, had
terminated; and as the ex-President retired
from the Executive mansion, Gov. Geary was
seen flying from the territory, as an outlaw ard
a murderer.
1t was the duty of the President to supply
the vacancy; and the country was called upon
to witness the practical operation of the Gin
cinnati swindle. To Ter CITIZEN out the deceit,
Mr.. Buchanan exhibited consummate art
The Governor WAS selected from the North
though he had resided in the South and had
been honored and trusted by the South; the
Secretary was taken from the South, and had
likewise been bonored and trusted by the
South. The personnel of the Kansas appoint
ments was, therefore, deemed unexceptiona-
BILE to the South. But there was no skill COM
mensurate with the emergency. The great
question for solution was still unsettled; and
was yet pressing with an uneartbly weight up
on the party in power. No mere name could
scatter the difficulties and relieve the subject
of its most fearful aspect. The whirlwind and
the storm were about to be revived, aud soon
er or later they must ex2end their fury. The
President and the Governor were closeted for
many days; a programme was agreed upon,
and as we understand aOritten out, before
Walker left for the scene of his labors. Since
he has arrived in Kansas, this programme has
been promulgated. And the country is now
painfully aware of its tenor and PurpOrt. Pop
ular Sovereignty is defined, in overt acts and
open speeches by the Governor himself, to be
IL - IS 81, L. e
tongue, who may be in the territory resi-
dents on the day the constitution, which is to
be framed in September, shall be submitted
for ratification, to vote for or against it, This
is the essence of the Cincinnati Platform
as understood and Practiced upon by james
Buchanan. He, the President, and his Cabi-
net, are the responsible agents, in this whole
tran sacton. Gov. Walker has repeatedly said
! that he has but given expression to the views
entertained by the President, whose organ has
said that he will continue to be sustained and
it is worse than folly to argue that Walker is
| guilty of an error and to hold Mr.. Buchanan
blameless. The truth is, Walker went to Kan
sas with instructions, and he is only executing
the commands of the President. 1t is worse
than idle to contend otherwise; to do so would
convict Walker of falsehood, and place the
President in the attitude of continuing in of
| fee and sustaining a man whose acts were in
direct conflict with his views. This is simply
absurd.
The day has now come for the country to
pass upon the state of atPIirs thus presented.
| The trick is at length exposed, aud the hypoc-
ricy is patent to every eye. The Independent
Journals of the South denounced the course of
Walker and the President in unmeasured
terms. These have been followed by the Dem
ocratic State Conventions of Georgia and Mis-
sissippi, and several public meetings 10 Ala
bama. At length other journals are speaking
out. the Enquirer and Examiner at Richmond,
the appeal, at Memphis, and tine Union and
American, at Nashville Each of these con-
denim Walkers interference to control the
popular sentimentin Kansas. And yet, strange
to say, these papers attempt to shield the Pres
ident from reproach. They even apologize for
Walker. some of them, and assert that the
preyious management of territorial affairs had
rendered it impossible for any man to pursue
a satisfactory course. To shield the President,
the Union and american, contends that Walk
er misrepresents the sentiments of the Admin
istratiou, and quotes the Washington Union
| to prove the fact; when it oughtto know that
the Richmond South promptly replied to that
| article and showed that IL did NOT ral;aya 3D. q