Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-29
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KANSAS SoUIH

DOuEiaS ana atheT lOuTlalS- AHu"S M0S
We may mention the Richmond EsamiHsr, Louis
vile Democrut, New Orleans Courier, Richmond
Enquirer, and Mobile Register. The New Or
leans C0urir says:
There are indications of extravagsnt de-
mands upon the Northern memberso of the Dem
ocratic party"
And says the Louisville Ky.) DemOerat:-
In our Judgment the most of tue South are
wrong on this subject A people have a right
to vote upon their organic law before they are
compelled to live under It In this instance they
are denied that right 4 count Is erhei fer,
aHd R Is SAeer despotir1a to refassiG This right
they have, without any promises or pledges
but in this case the promise was made in addi-
ton to the natural obligation. 1t was ostenta-
tiously made, and repeated by millions of
tongues. After all that has been said for the
last three years, nothing will do but the most
fair and literal fulfilment of the pledge that the
people of Kansas shall frame their own inStitu-
lions to suit themselves. 1t will not do to dodge
1t by any technicalities, excuses or subterfnges.
An extreme southern view of Senator Doug
las position, from the New Orleans Bee
The Black Republican Party, which was de-
feated in nearly all the political contests of the
past Summer and Fall, and which seemed on the
brink of dissolution, has recently been gaIvan-
lied into renewed symptoms Of vitality and vigor.
The skiilful and successful operator in this
great work is Senator Douglas, who though for
merly styled a Benedict Arnold, a Judas, and n
traitor by the Freesoil sheets, is now beplaStered
with panegyric, and extolled as a pure patriot
and profound statesman. The honorable Senator
is unquestionably entitled to the measureless
and eternal gratitude of the enemies
Of the South. He has availed himself of his
prominent position as the representative of
sentiment, aud of his powerful in
huence as the leading champion of Democracy
in the United States Senate, to adopt n line of
policy which revives the sinking energies of the
faction, and inspires them with
fresh hopes of the future. He has deliberately
and dispaSsiOnately assumed a position in refer
ence to Kansas that necessarily places him in
luasi-hoStility to the, Administration He COM
bats the LecOmpton Constitution, advocates its
and proposes to pass q bill to enable
the people Of Kansas to form a new Constitu.
ton.
KANSAS NORTH.
From the New York Express, Fillmore paper:
Plain truths, in a crisis, often do a great deal
Of good. even il offensive and just now it is
to utter these truths. The President is not
enough to force a government upon Kan
The LecomptOn movement was known to
be, from the start, not only a fraud and an out
rage, but is believed now TO be against Lae, and
it will be resisted as being against Law. The
frauds and the outrages of the Lecomptonites
have been abidcd by up to this time, because
they were inflicted according to Law, but now,
if it is attempted to establish this constitution
against law, it will be, If necessary, resisted by
arms. The Federal Government cannot inflict
constitution upon KansaS,-but it it thinks it
can, it must try through the processes of law,
not through the Federal troops,-fOr If the
Federal troops are brought into action to en-
force a foreign government upon the people of
X aDcas tho Eadnral fFOOUE will no rnsisfnH iuSf
AS quick as any other troops. When this is
done, we Northern conservative men, who have
been preaching submission all along to the Lee
complexities, for the sake of peace, and because
time would correct all : rOHgS, shall then preach
Resist" resist" "REsIST, If necessary, unto
death" The right of selfgoyernment is worth
a civil war.
TFrom Ehe y. Y. Courier and EHqa!rer.l
We write in sorrow more than in anger, be-
cause We have ever respected aud esteemed
James Buchanan, and believed him both capa-
bic and honest; and from the day that he put
forth his inaugural, pledging himself to do jus
tice to Kansas, we have approved of his and his
Tovernor'S acts in regard to that Territory, up
to the issuing of his late Message to Congress,
IN which all those acts and pledges are deliber-
ately ~rePudiated and ignored. Whnt means this?
Has he really lost his mind? Is James Buchan-
an in truth a madmanO or II knave? Fool he GER
tainly is not, and never was. No sane Iuan ever
yet doubted his ability; and until this gross and
palpable reputation of himself, but few, even
Of his political opponents doubted his honesty.
But now, the ablest and wisest in his own
ranks-those who know him best and love him
mOSt-bOldly make proclamation that he asks
them and the Democratic party, to degrade and
disgrace themselves in the eyes OF the whole
country; and that compliance is impossible. II
cannot do as you wish" says Governor Walker
"without personal diShonor.' ale t.iiS me-"
says Douglas, ''that his honor and n.ine, and
the good faith of the Democratic party. are SOL
EMMY pledged to give to the people OF Kansas
the free exercise of their admitted right t, cstab-
lish their own government; and yet in tie same
breath, he asks me to Withhold that RIGHT / can
be guilty of no such qualification Of myself
| cannot and will not thus dishonor myself and
degrade my party will not be aparty to any
such riNainOus conspiracy against the rights of
the people Of Knnsas!n
TUcEERuAN, THE MAIL RoBBRa-This indi-
vidual is still confined in Jail at New Haven,
Connecticut, awaiting his examination. His
wife continues to visit him every Saturday, and
remains by his side until the succeeding Monday
morning, when she returns home to New York.
1t is stated that nearly every day brings to Ii int
new evidence against him. a correspondent of
the Boston Journrl writes:
The evidence against him comes from witness