The weekly ledger., 1857-09-26
Democratic Central Committee.
JACK SON.
SATURDAY MORN. SEPT. 26. 1857.
Alleged Southern Conspiracy against the
Administration


Administration.
II was of course to be expected that the eminent
and promising success with which President Bu-
ohanan has thus far conducted the affairs of Kansas
would call forth from the Opposition whatever as
sault, however groundless, they might deem best
calculated to check the rising popularity of the
Administration. Notwithstanding on the
one side and fre-eaiing" on the other had created
dangerous turmoil. which threatened the further
existence of amicable relations between the States
and no sooner did Mr.. Buchanan succeed in fairly
starting his plan for the restoration OF peace and
tranquility upon just and equitable basis than
did the "frcedom screcching" enemies of Democ-
racy cry out, with a desperate hope Of crushing
him, that there split in the party and a South
ern conspiracy against the Administration
Mr.. Buchanan instructed Gov. r. J. Walker to
carry out the principles of the law organizing the
territory of Kansas. He enjoned him to see that
popular sovereignty should prevail to see the
laws faithfully maintained and executed and the
public peace preserved. He directed him to see
that every bona ide citizen Of the territory be
entitled to the right of free suffrage unmolested
by threats of violence or rufliansm. He charged
him that the enaetmeuts of the majority must be
maintained the law of the land aud pledged to
the enforcement OF these things the power of the
government Gov. Walker faithful to his trust is
exerting all his abilities as statesman, land they
are of high order,) 10 carry out the instructions
received from the President: and in consequence
as before stated, peace speedily restored for
the time, which still continues. with the most cheer
ing prospect of permanent tranquility hereafter.
This was altogether too much for the natural enc
mics of Democracy. Something must be done to
stay the onward progress of Democratic principles
as sgnifed by the successful operation of the Kan
sas Nebraska act: something to "hold in the doe
trine of popular sovereignty; so straightway the
Abolition presses of the country get up howl that
Mr.. Buchanan aud Gov. Walker are going to hare a
D"te ON the Constitution in Kansas-that this looks
like giving the Free State men an equal show with
those who favor Slavery, and that therefore the
South had conspred in its might against the Pres
ident and the Governorl
This was the beginning aud few Southern
newspaper editors were silly enough to imagine
that "Southern Rights were about to be invaded /;
or rather IL suited their purposes to create an i'm
preston if possible that such was about to be the
case. The leading papers that raised their traitor
Gus brawl against the righteous acts of the Admin
istration in Kansas are of the stamp many of them
dentical,) that only few years ago were bitter
Secessionist Could any good be expected Of them?
Others were Know Nothing in potics-for il is
known that in several OF the southern States the
decayed and bad-smellng carcass of Know Moth
ngsm still essays with ali the bitterness of despe-
ration, smarting under defeat, to battle with the
Democracy-still labors although rapidly passing
out of the arena, to cast stumbling blocks in the
way of the Democratic party and Democratic prin-
cpes. The organs of faction so miserable in ev-
cry sense Of the term of course ready to join
IN with anything that gave eve the least promise
of Democratic dissension. Therefore they echoed
the cry of the Abolitonist press-pratcd that Bu-
chanan aud Walker were untrue to the South-call-
ed upon southern men, to stand up against the
"aggressons' they were about to suffer- and sought
by all the means they could employ, and all the
brazen-faced hypocrisy at their command to create
a sort of Union-Sectonal agitation, tif we can he
allowed the expression that is, agitation at the
South and agitation at the North, hand in hand
against the National Administration.
But the panic proved to be even shorter lived
than might have been expected. The sterling De-
moeracy of the South were not to be thus wrought
upon: hand in hand with the Democracy of the
North they sustain and support the Administrations
Very few southern Democratic papers were led
estray--very few indeed-and the tide is already
flowing back with an Irresistible torrent, enveloping
with ignominy the areh-conspirators who set on
foot and gave distorted form TO what they attempt
ed unsuecessfully and ngloriousy to palm off as a
Democratic conspiracy against Democratic Ad-
ministraton. Even now they are hiding their
heads with very shame, and the finger of scorn
points to them as unworthy of other or further
consideration. The Washington star, received by
the last mail, announces that its table is daily
loaded with the Democratic papers of the South,
manfully and zealously doing battle for the Ad-
minissration, aud in bshalf Of tbe patriotic course