Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-07-16
Walker ia halea,a- I5Jlci,nren and the
SnlfE.

Walker ia haLeass-S}Jkc i-nEcn ead the
South.
The political question Of the day Is, says
that ably conducted journal the Cincinnati
Commercial viii 3Ir BrcnASAx sustain
Gov. WALKER of Kansas, in good faith,
IN carrying out the policy to which that Of
fetal has irrevocably committed HIMSELF
Some DAYS since, Senator DorGLAs deliv-
cred speech at Springfield, H., portion
ofwhich, Of course. related TO Kansas He
did not refer directly to the policy of Gov.
WALKER, in urging the submission Of the
constitution to be framed by the convention
just elected to the people, but artiully and
studiouSly conveyed the impression that he
repudiatel that policy. So his organs in
the South understood and interpreted him.
The Washington tIhion took its cue from
DovGI.As. The next day after publishing
bis speech, that journal declared:
1.-The Democratic. conservative portion
OF the country will regard as the people of
Kansas only such as arc now uniting to
frame form of government in accordance
with the provisions of law. and not those
who are seeking to paralyze the popular
will by illegal subteriuges and the bubbles
Of fanaticism. Whatever the Constitution
may be--wilether recognizing OF excluding
Slavery, or silent in regard to the institu-
tion-it will he ciewe9 as Tie erpress;on Of
tie wiA Of tie yeople OF hansas, and those
eeho frons'U ,rW ut under tie Feier0i Con
Stitsfion, ond IN manner recognized Jy tie
orgaric iaw.'
This IS an excellent condensation Of the
spirit and intent Of the remarks Of DoUGLAs
about Kansas. But the next day. the
Union had no argument to offer the fault
finders" who held that the whole people Of
Kansas, when the constitution should be
formed, would not have a right to express,
with effect, BY ta.iot, their approval or dis
approval of that document. Il said them
Is the Constitution thus formed approved
by the people IF Kansas, and does it not
reject their viii Oh the question. not only
of Slavery, but upon all others? fit docs,
every one will sag that with that Coustitu-
ttpH, NIiLtuct hislst, ice, VI SllSui Oh tA3t
point, she would be admitted as a State
Ii it does not, then no one viii pretend for
inoment chat q Constitution condemned
by a majority of the people should be
forced upon them, no matter under what
forms and by what authority aAoptcd.-
Granting ,he CORE .tness of the proposition
Just stated, We as, how can that fact, SO im-
portant to lie known, be ascertlinel? We
will not say that there is no other mole OF
ascertaining It, JW re xiii s0y Nat tie most
satisfactory arb coacIus;re esiaen c Mat tie
Constitution IS ofpro,ei 5y he reofle, ~W
he tie ratification r. L by thar at tie Polls.
The Richmond South, Edited by RoGEr
\. PaYon, which takes the leaf as the
Southern Democratic organ, declares It's
inability to reconcile these paragraphs from
the organ and demands an explanation
Tho fact is, the two articles Of tn, Union
ar irrecon,iiailc AMI the ON! IS plausible
explanation is, that the Union editor
thought he was safe in following DovGIAs.
bit was taken to tasl, and talked to by Mr.
BUcHAXAN, who makes an effort to bc TN
derstood to stand up for WALKEr. For
this he Is assailcd by the Southern press.
The Richmond Wing asserts that Mr. BE-
cuAxAx is a second edition Of MArTIs VAy
BcRrx WHAT the South expected Of NJ.
BUCHANAN Is clearly declared in the Rich
mond South. of June 18th, thus. Speak
ing ofthc lat Presidential contest, that pa
per says:
The Kansas controversy was 4 contyolI-
ing issue in the canvass: and Mr. Buchanan
vas indebted to no small share of strength
III the Soath, to the conviction that h
he 7erritory. Does anybody deny this as
scrtion? II can he cas;ly eoougd estaiiShed
on of' tie columns # any Ucaocro'ic foper
lis SUE ofLe .pofomuc. W hen the friends
of Fillmore brought those placarIs from
PENNSYLVANIA, with the inscription Of
Buchanan, Elcckinridge, qaI Free Kan
sas." did We not indignantly dcny hQi or
candidate ,0as ~ tagor Of making Hansas Il
free State, aIsi dill 1ce nct protest lis deg9-
ton - he interests Of tie Soah} The pco-
pieJeiiece9 u.s. and H. BvclGaaa ,,ds cIccf-
ri by tie almost uaon'ao&s rote Of he
Souti.
Mr. Bucn,sAx i. by nature AMI educa-
ton, in principle and practice, trimmer
lie is undertook, Just now, to be endorsing
WALLER, in Kansas, in the view that the
constitution soon to be formed must BE- sub
mittcd to the people, the whole people, and
nothing but the people But there Is moth
ngnorc certain than that the ro-Slavcry
ruiiians, who have the JOB Of making The
constitution, viii refuse, unanimously. to
snbnit the result OF their deliberations II
tho people, and will bring their bantlins
ut once before Congress Then the ques-
ton Is, wW .Hr. BHcianoa susfa;n Goreraoy
Jgalker IN ne assertion Got Congress shoVta
refuse, IN that case, 10 ddlei hqasas as q
.Stote< His antccedents, and those Of his
party, arc full of facts, the logic Of which
Is, that he will not dare to use his influence
nndcr any circumstances, to keep Kansas