The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-08-27
Prom the Richmond VA soa,h Aug II.
THE SOUTHERN CAUsEIf KANSAS

Is there any abatement of in crest in Vir.
ginia concerning the destiny ,ot Kansas? II
so. whence does it proceeds Has popular
opinion changed in regard to Tue magnitude OF
the issue? Is the conviction IS Ablished. that
the question whether Kansas INT rs the Union
"a slave or free State. is 70 onger of the
slightest moment to the South? Surely such
is not the capse of this sudGep indifference.
The peoole of Virginia are not 80 blind to their
best and dearest Interests the So ETY. and secu-
rity of their Institutions as to che -ish for mo-
ment such fatal delusion. Do they believe
that Nature he's placed an insufu ouptable bar
lrier across the path of SlaSsrysextension in
thatHirec'on. and therefore ia It roadness to At
temp. to introduce them in Ksnsas? We have
seen nothing to warrant the cpnclusion that
such is the general sentiment. On rhe contra
~, we are satisfied the Incidental" theory
finds few prosslytes in Virgiris Are they con-
WINGED that our friends in Ksnses have aban-
dnred the field, have struck hele colors, and
hasely surrendered the Territory Is the domin.
ion of Aboli.ionism u? This idea it is useless
TO deny, does prevail. to what ekteot we are un-
able to say. II has been exprAssTd by inauer-
tial Southern presses. presumeG &c have at least
some information on which To bise their req.
soning, and the popular mind hts certainly in
an alarming degree received the erroneous i'm.
preston. Against the evil Consequences of
this foregone conclusion, We eafaestly entreat
the people of Virginia TO guard. The report is
entirely unfoupdsd. The Pro.Sl'svery party in
Kansas have not surrendered he question
Read the letter we publish this M suing. from a
leading member Of the patty, an{. the letters Of
General Atchison, copied from. tie Charleston
Mercury. Do they breathe the spirit Of NIB.
mission? Is better evidence va ted to relate
f1z1 al l. l.. -
ouslv circulated BY the iufamnns traitors who
would sell the South at any NONE for the sake
of personal thrift and aegran51 ,ment9 De.
spite the powerful combinations gsinst them,
our friends are laboring as zealo sly and fear.
lessly as ever, and will struggle % the last for
the possession of the Territory.
Our correspondent from Atcb son confirms
the view We have already 80 rep atedly urged.
Governor Walkers deliberate furpoee is to
make Kansas free State. To Il at end all his
official acts have tended. he as openly de-
clared the object and pre.exs If his policy.
The adoption Of Slavery Constit alton. and the
admission of Kansas as slave State. he says,
will leopard the success of th' Democratic
party in 1860. The South mast therefore re-
lipquish all hope Of Kansas in Or Ter to prevent
the election of Back Republic IN President
To fortfy against the remote poes ibility of such
an event, Kansas must be saeri iced to propi.
tiste the Anti-Slavery wrath of The North. Who
would have dared to preach that doctrine to
Southern ears six months ago If it were
really 80, if the admission of Kan ,as as a slave
State would undoubtedly insure the election of
William 81. Seward, or any o.he Abolitionist,
yet what Southern man would hesitate an in.
slant in determining bis course? If Abolition.
ism cannot be appeased in any cher way than
by q full satisfaction of it's demands in regard
to the Territories of the Union, then let the
worst come. The South will nos surrender q
single practical advantage for tbs empty glory
ola miserable party triumph. o tenfo'd more
importance TO us is the possession of Kansas
than the election to the Preside cy of such q
National Democrat as Robert j. Walker.
1t is time the people of the South were look
ing this subject fully in the face. Already it ia
a settled conviction. that no man of any party
south of Mason and Dixon can be elected Pres
ident. Now we are told that Black Republi
canism must triumph, unless The South quits
all claim upon the Territories. If this be so
what have we gained by the repeal Of the Mis-
souri, restriction? The necessity of - preserv
ing the Union" is stronger than the necessity
of preserving the equality of the South. Con,
cession is still the cry, and the South, it seems
Is ready to yield everything for Union.