Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1857-07-22
Kansas and Gov. Wa!ker-.-The Northern De-
mocracy and Mr.. Buchanan. J y

moeracy and Mr.. Buchanan. :
I'VE Of the South must do justice to Gov. Walker
(and our Northern Democratic friends. We must
remember that are in minority in the Union,
apd that we cannot protect ourselves in the Union
without the aid of Northern statesmen and Northern
votes. We should remember, too, that without the
aid of Northern friends the fugitive slave law
could not have been passed, nor could the Consti-
tuition have been restored by the repeal of the Mis-
souri, restriction. Nor should we forget that Robt j.
Walker has always been unflinching advocate of
our Constitutional rights His efforts in favor of
the annexation of Texas, by which that vast domain
was added to the South and to the Union, should
never be forgotten. He stood by US, and wrote and
talked for US then breasting the tide of Northern
opposition slavery exension and since that time
and especially during the late campaign, he has
been conspicuous among those Northern statesmen
who have entitled themselves to our respect and
gratitude by their bold aud eloquent advocacy of
our rights.
y There be no hope for the Union of the States
in the event of the dissolution or the defeat of the
national Democratic party. Mr.. Buchanan is at
present the head and the exponent of that party.
We of the South have placed rights to a great
degree in his keeping This implied the fullest
commence OH our part we kuOW tudl ue is edTll.
estly and honestly striving to settle the Kansas
difficulties, and to restore peace to the country.
His responsibilities heavy and his duties most
arduous, and we him a warm, constant, and
generous support He feels the fact as we do that
we are in a minority in the Union; and he would
not knowingly inAict wrong upon US, nor permit
our rights and interests in Kansas to be trampled
down. If Gov. Walker has erred, as We maintain
he has in ntmating that the climate and soil o
Kansas are not favorable to slavery, Mr.. Buchanan
will rebuke him for it, though he may not deem it
wise to recall him. We must bear in mind also,
that several eminent Southern statesmen who sup
ported the Kansas Nebraska bll-Mr. Badger, Mr.
| Hunter, and Mr.. Mason, for example-expressed
the opinion at the time that slavery would not be
permanent in Kansas; and indeed if the
prospect that it would 60 there had been fair
possible, that prospect would have been clouded
long before Gov. Walker was appointed, by the
treachery of the former Governors, Reeder ant
Geary. Still, this furnish excuse for Gov
Walker in expressing the opinion above referred to
| 1t was not incumbent on him to give any opinion
the subject and if he had said exactly the con
trary-if he had declared that, in his judgment, tht
climate and the so of Kansas were favorable tt
slavery, should have regarded him having
departed from the true intent and meaning of the
Kansas Nebraska act. 1t was one thing for Sena
tors, when discussing the measure, to give thel
opinion as to its results; but it is quite another
thing in the Governor of the Territory itself, ap
pointed to represent both sections, and to hold tn
scales evenly and justly between them.
Nothing has occurred to shake confdenc
in James Buchanan. We confde in him, and W.
ho1; fforlv If \,
the South. We have no idea that he justifes o
j approves the denuncations of the Washington
Union, directed upon the State Rights Democrac
of the South, because they have thought proper t
censure Gov. Walker. The Union speaks for itself
and Mr. Buchanan speaks by his acts. No suc
organ can either iEjure him contribute to uphold
him IN the affections the judgment of his friends
Let all true Democrats-let all who are sincerel
attached to Mr.: Buchanan and his administration
observe, that while so-called secession" press
even in the South censures the President, thougl
they condemn Gov. Walkers conduct the Know
Nothing presses of the South have suddenly con
ceived violent affection for the doctrine of non
intervention, and are busily engaged in decryin
Mr.. Buchanan for failing to establish slavery il
Kansas; while the black Republican presses of tn
North are denouncing him as an ultra pro-slaver.
man, intent on planting slavery in that Territory
"Dvide and conquer" is their motto. Preciou
little do these K. N presses care about slavery il
Kansas, SO the administration can be injured Thei
past history shows that they think much more o
spois and of party triumphs than they do of th
rights of their section. Let friends we repeat
observe these facts, and act accordingly. Let then
sand by James buchanan, now and hereafter, Al
'he only hope and stay Of the whole country. If h
cannot rule the elements and restore peace-if IL
ihamnot shield and secure rights then othel
human agency can.