Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-20

Our cause is a just and also a reasonable one,
| and our policy is to rely altogether on showing
our extreme Southern friends that we have
right and common sense with us. in as mild and
conciliatory language as we can command, with.
out giving utterance to a threat or denuncia-
ton, Or even to sheer in reply to those uttered
against us and our cause. By pursuing that
course consistently until the first Monday Of
December next, our life ont we will most sure
ly defeat the purpose of the three or four jour-
nails of the South that evidently aim to gsner.
ate split in the party which will end in the
generation of balance Of power party in the
party of both Houses.
VEIL SAID.-The journal of Commerce,
deservedly conided in and respected through.
out the South, and always duly considerate in
all its views on public affairs, explains, with
great force and justice and truth, the propriety
of securing such manifestation of the will of
the people Of Kansas upon their new constitu.
ton in an article from which we make the fol-
lowing extract, in the belief that our friends
throughout the South will at glance see the
propriety Of the Administration and Governor
Walker in this matter: .r...
"The majority of the people must decide
whether they viii be slave State or a free State
What is this but the great doctrine of State rights
FOR which every true Democrat and friend of the
constitution and laws has commended for years
which was the main plank in the Cine matt plat
form, the principal issue in the great contest of
1856, and the basis Of the Kansas Nebraska act.
the constitutionality Of which has been recently
affirmed by the highest judicial tribunal Of the
nation =. Besides, there is nothing new or strange
in the principle or its application. In the older
States when change is to be made i'm their ar
ganic law, not only is the utmost care taken pre-
Vlous to the election of delegates of the Conven-
hon to ascertain the opinions of the candidates.
but when the Convention has concluded its la
bors the result is required to be submitted to the
people at the polls for their final ratification and
approval. If the citizens Of old settled States
lind such. precautions necessary for their protec.
ton, 1t is not unreasonable that the settlers OF a
new Terfltory should enjoy similar privilege,
particularly in the case of Kansas, where barely
nth Of the registered electors voted for the Con.
stitutional delegates, and where il is believed a
large majority of those who did not vote is polit-
ically opposed to those who did not to sneak of
those who will become fairly entitled TO a vote.
between now and next fall Ii il because Cover.
nor Walker is determined to give the whole
people OF Kansas security In free and independent
expression OF their opinion by their votes and
leave them free from foreign interference (wheth
er from New England or Missouri,) to decide
their own destiny for themselves, subject only to
denounced by the ultraists of the North and
South, who seek not the triumph Of popular SOW.
efelSnty, but the supremacy of their own sect ION
al views, and who only advocated that doctrine
so long as the practical test was remote or they
had reasonable hope OF making its subseIvient to
their partizan prejudices. These men are hos.
tile to Governor Walkers policy; but who sup
port it, FIRST, he is support ted by a vote of form
10 oHs, by the Democratic Convention of The Ter.
ritory, majority of whom are known to be of
pro-sidvery opinions Second, he is supported by
the National Administration. in conformity with
whose express instructions he has acted and
htTd, by the candid, intelligent, peace. loving
citizens OF the entire Union, whose political creed
IS contained in the Cincinnati platform, and who
erected James Buchanan to the Chief Magistracy
OF the Republic. Gov. Walkers miss ion was moi
TO Halter the prejudiceS further the ends of any
section or party, or TO advocate or oppose the in.
PRODUCTION OF slavery. 1t was to hold the balance
evenly between both parties, to promote concilid-
ton and harmony, and insist on the recognition
OF the right of people to decide their own desti
ny for Themselves The actual settlers of Kan.
sas-pro-Sl slavery as well Free.soil men-who
have witnessed the struggles through which the
Territory has passed who have had abundant op.
portunlty TO ascertain her wants and cond ItIon
ana VINO are most capable Of Judging what is best
for their own interests, endorse his policy and
pledge themselves to aid i'm carrying it OUT
PAYING THE PIrER.-The journals of the
North are deploring the condition of trade there.
The New York Central and Erie Railroads and
the Great Erie Canal are doing less business
than last year; hundreds of manufactures in
New England have closed their doors, while as
many more are at work but three or four days
IN the week; commerce on the sea is stagnant;
money is tighter than for years past, and thou
sands on thousands III trade are failing. ..
This is bad state Of things, truly Yet it
comes legitimately upon the North Thus, it
is natural result of the fever for specializing
in wild lads, stupendous schemes and cues.
tionable enterprises of all sorts that has RACED
and ragged and ragged for the last two or three
years in that quarter of the country, until it
has not only crazed large portion of the bust
ness men there, but has so infected the South
as to superinduce the investment of much
Southern money also in such gambling opera.
tions, the scenes of which are invariably located
north Of Mason and Dixon's line.
A month or two ago we expressed the opinion
that the pecuniary affairs of the Northwest
were in very unhealthy condition indeed :;
and for doing so, were roundly abused and
greatly derided by hundreds of Northwestern
journals Our only regret in that particu lar
connection is that our anticipations are so soon
being realized. The effect of the speculation
there is felt here and throughout the Whole
United States in the advance of the nominal
prices Of almost everything. Thus, while the
advance is bona yfde one in the necessaries,
comforts and convenienees of life, for which,
under the rules of trade, cash or its equivalent
must be paid, and, as a consequence, those of
small means arc real sufferers from this undue
imitation of prices, men who have specialized
on credit are being ruined by thousands-for
they cannot meet their engagements-and those
who have paid actual money for property at
speculation prices find themselves great losers,
for they cannot realize at remunerating rates.
Happy, just now, is the man who has kept
out Of debt; or he who owes nothing for any.
thing bought for speculation. That the coming
crash will be similar to that of 1887 is utterly
impossible, for the disease is not as virulent
now as in 1885, when the policy of all the bank
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