Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-08-07
WHAT'S UNDER THE SURFACE

tity, and those of Austria still less.
WHAT'S UNDER THE SURFACE?
We understand thata private letter has
been received in this city, from an intelli-
gent and reliable sourcein Kansas, which
throws deal of daylight on the mysteri-
GUS hoto and ,chy ofWalker's Kansian pol
icy. Things which are beneath the surface
to the ordinary observer at this distance,
| it appears, are. beginning to emerge into
view in Kansas. The correspondent to
whom we allude has caught glimps of
them, and intimates that they may be fully
revealed to the whole public in due season.
Governor Walker, we understand the
correspondent to have stated, has declared
in Kansas that the policy he has been pur-
suing there was not originated by him, but
that he accepted his appointment and fra
med his policy at the earnest request and
unanimous advice of eminent Southern
members of the National Democratic party,
whose views in those regards were known
to and concurred in by Mr.. Buchanan and
his Cabinet. Moreover, Governor Walker
is said to have declared it was well under
stood by all those advisory and coDsulta-
tive parties, that it was to be his object as
Governor of Kansas to so direct affairs in
that Territory as to reconcile the Pro-Sla-
very and Free State men as far as posi-
bic, and, generally, to so paciGcate the diff,
culties there as to preserve the integrity
and secure the future success OF the Ma
tional Democracy.
| If all this be true-and how can it be
reasonably doubted2-we may expect mo-
mentous developments ahead, in case Wal
ker's Democratic assailants in the South
push him to the wall on his Kansian policy.
In such case, the futtering among his
Southern Democratic advisers will doubt
less be painfully spasmodic and grievous
to behold We knew we'll enough, from
the beginning, that the Walker programme
was deliberately concocted to trade off the
interest of the South in kansas for the rot
ten nationality of the democratic party;
but we were scarcely prepared to believe
that such bargain could be struck by
eminent Southern emoerats--outside of
the Cabinet, at least. Alas, National Dem
ocracyI National Democracy how many
more wrongs and treacheries are yet to be
perpetrated in thy once honorable name?
IL w alher ldlfS--dnu IL dppcdIobhdI idli Hc
inevitably must, unless the South herself
sinks into perdition-there is no telling
how many hapless Southern politicians
of national proCliyities he will drag with
him in his downward career. They will
appreciate too late, possibly, the moral of
the classical quotation beginning, "Facilis
descensus GUGRi," &c. The "hoc opus" and
the "hic labor" it may be theirs to expert
ence in abundant measure; but the upper
skies and clear onsciences-will it be their
lot to know them again? We answer no t;
we prophesy not; but who ever may beself-
inundated on the altar ofnational ambition,
National Democracy, Federal Union, or
what else you please, we shall say; Let them
perish let their idols perish-but let the
South be saved--N. o. Delta.
ARREsTED-The General Land Office has
information of the arrest of VIM. ii. Wash,
of Powhattan, Va, for forged papers to
su bstantlate claims to bounly lands, effec-
ted through the instrumentality of Mr..
Gregory, the U. s. District Attorney at
Richmond, Va. The accused is now confined
in the Richmond Jail, awaiting his trial
The Bureau has doubtless evidence suf-
fcient on hand to insure his conviction
PILE SALvE.-Dr. CAYANAUGH, we are