The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-08-04
SOUTH CAROLINA JOURNALIST ON KANSAS
AFEAIRS Ell Il

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AFFAIRS.
The following article from the South Carolinan
of the 3lst ult meets the querulousness of sectional
ism in such candid conservative spirit that we take
great pleasure in commencing il to the attentive pc
rusal of democrats in every section OF the Union
IA few months since the South enjoyed greater
nmty their action in the election OF President than had
existed beore-we were more united as southern
people tLan any previous time The democratic party
the of bringing about this state OF things, and
they effected what the South had never been able To do
concentration of southern influence In support OF states
nominated by that party The repeal OF the Missouri
Compromise and the passage OF the Kansas Nebraska bill
gave evidence that the democratic party was constitu
tonal party and the South united with it, as she has
been constitutional in bringing into power the pres
ent administration.
sIt has never been held that the democratic party
the administration to exert any influence TO make
slave States for all that have expected to be
allowed equal privileges with the North in settling the
Territories and to be supported in carrying property
where pleased The democratic party by the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise opened the country to us in
Kansas and we had then the opportunity OF making
Kansas a slave State made an issue with the
North in relation to it, and have been out-voted
Our papers undertook to stir up our citizens to the
great interest of the stake our districts had COM
mittees to collect and money to COLOMBO the
Territory and extend institutions into Kansas Our
young in and took possession where spirit and
pluck and intelligence could have sway, and gained
the ascendency and ooshy supposed that had made
another slave State We did not send families with their
slaves to possess the land, and to hold it by their
votes did not send bona de settlers to live in the
country and to impress institutions practically there
No made great stir, and became possessed OF the
idea that Kansas should be slave State because we will
ed it, and were determined it should be We boldly
went into the game without preparation and have been
outvoted. Where are the southern votes In Kansas
We assert that next to climate the fundamental princ
pie that the sovereignty of the people to settle the
question in the Territories yet have neglected to send
our sovereign people to vote for institutions against
the sovereign people Of the North who have gone there
What is the pro-slavery vote in Kansas Some five
thousand What the vote of the northern coonists
settlers About seventeen thousand How many slaves
have been carried into Kansas All told about one hun
dred and fifty three Yet Kansas should be !; it
ought to be slave State although many of those slaves
have been frost bitten and their footing in cold climate
clearly shown to be totally failure! But Gov. Walker
has been treacherous and has used his influence against
he has given the force Of authority to prevent Kan
sas becoming slave State the administration has sup
ported him carrying out their instructions to protect
the people in their votes and therefore the former should
be recalled and the latter repudiated because of the
treachery of its official
.'We must, however humiating to the pride of the
South admit that it duty to ourselves to have
made slave State had made the issue Let
us admit that we failed in the effort and that have
right in throwing the onus on Gov Walker,
the administration that Gov Walker committed
acts to prejudice cause did not omit acts to
cure its success Admit that Governor Walker acted
wisely and beyond his instructions and that we think
the administration should recall him, why should we
of the South insist upon it, If the people Of Kansas
satisfied with their governor He not our governor
he has been sent to Kansas to govern that distracted
country, and when he got there he found state of
things existing that called for somewhat different policy
that expected by the South to pursue and he
pursued that which he supposed would be the
best for the Territory and the constitutional
sm of tho government. He satisfies Kansas, but his
course given satisfaction to u.s. and the South
tensively condemns him. Well make him out second
Arnold, the yeriest traitor in the world, we have
lost Kansas by our own acts not by his. Our pro-
slavery friends in Kansas instant in their appeals to
us for mentor votes--but responded feebly; they
have long since abandoned the hope of making Kansas
slave State and they approve Governor Walkers
and support him in his efforts to get for the South
constitutional Staten other words, State that will
be democratc--the terms being in southern political
nomenclature together than is the with any
other party Admitting that Gov. Walker has deceived
us and his been distasteful to why should
decide his final execution before the convention of
acts The sovereignty of Kansas is in their con-
venonhat sovereignty is to settle the fate OF Kansas
We abide its action.
ssour lulewarmness and neglect of opportunity has
changed the issue in Kansas from prosayery and aboli
onsm to that of the constitution against black
lcanism That is the struggle now
We have made wrong issue on this Kansas ques-
ton mpetuous and eager were we to test southern
rights and we have gone into battle without hosts
and been overwhelmed by numbers. Why should we al
low such issue to create division and dssenson among
ourselves Rather let promote union for the great is
pending when the North and South will be arayed
against each other in greater battle than has yet been
fought-when a southern man and q northern extremist
will be before the whole Union. Then the union of the
South will tell in the Union out of it.
Let not such issue that Of Kansas divide
breed distraction in ranks Let keep cool, mode
rate and firm, but be united. I"