New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-13
The Southern Democracy and tire Kansas

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Issue.
The most contemplate Of the desperate shifts to
which Walkers defenders have resoTted, s the impG
tent attempt deprecate the character and extent 0
the dissatisfaction among the Southern Democracy,
and to Sgmatse it the factious outbreak Of few
headylmaleontents. This miserable trick has been
time and time again exposed but like drowning
men catching at stFawG the sol dsGnt organs Of the
administration still cling to it with contumacious
tenacity. But week ago they tauntingly demanded
to know what prominent Democratic statesmen and
politicians af the South had expressed their condem
nation Of Walkers Kansas policy. We pointed TO
TooTnbs, and Stephens, and Brown and Longstreet
to Dowdeli and Lamar, and number Of others, and
then requested them to name single Southern Demo
crat, not an official appointee or applicant for Office
under the Federal Government, who has endorsed the
conduct Of the Infamous apostate. We again repeat
the request Sho,c US q Southern Democrat of posi-
tion and influence in the party ,cho approves Wdisrs
course In those States where elections OF members
without exception repndiated the Governor of Kan
sas in the seyerest terms And elsewhere, when coca
sion has served, (for few are 50 presumptuous q
pragmatically TO obtrude their opinions upon the
public without being properly interrogated the lead
ing men Of the party have been equally decided and
prompt to condemn him. s# II
But it is to the press chiefly we are to look for the
true exponents of public sentiment in Of gem
eral qnietude in politcc' circles Ont of Virginia.
every Democratic journal Of the least ability and
standing has denounced Walkers treachery in Ian
guage which admits of misconstrus1icas Here snd
scte an ouscufe Vlilage pllDtt Bu0De e5f - eftQef
postmaster OF revenue collector els hungry ex
ectant OF Federal bounty, has feeby esssyed 20 PAL
hate ms onences and proptiae the indignation oi his
accnsera anos. But the leading papers saling The ~
most unanimous voice OF the State Rights Dem0cfaey
have from first to last poured their btteFest ceusuf
up0n his head. The virulent assaults upor the sece
sionsts Of the South have only intensified the feeling
OF lndignanon against Walker, and provoked The
severest recrmination upon his subscriptions defe-
ders. Virginia alone, once the proud and honored
leader of the Southern States in their 1t IN res c
to Federal usurpation the cradle of State Rights Dc
original fountain to which other suns reueird and
their golden urDs drew light Virginia alone, Of an
the South, presents the shameful spectacle Of spps-
rent distraction and strife in regard to this question:
involving the essential interest and dearest lights Of
the South. The doctrines Of the old Virginia school
once the pride end boast Of her manly sons are deF
ded upon her own soil, and by the very men who but
yesterday were foremost to proclaim aud defend the
right of Secession. S'l's ls5
No wonder this disgraceful detection should impair
her might and tarnish her glory in the eyes Of her
sister States Of the South Any division OF sentiment
in such crisis Is depldrabe enough and the fact
that the oldest Democratic journals in the State are
found enlisted in defense Of Walker we'll calculated
to induce unfayorable conclusions in regard to her
fidelity. Nevertheless, despite these evil ndicatons
we sssure our readers that these arrogant journals do
not reflect the sentiments Of the Virginia Democracy.
They draw their inspiration not from the temple Of
our ancient creed, but from the oracles at Washing
ton. That the Virginia Democracy agree with the
Democracy of Georgia and Mississippi, we desire no
/ petteE eSuence tnah Is suppneos by our State ex-
changes. In the farthest South it is impossible to
find papers more bold and energetic in their con
demnaton Of the baseness of Walker, than the large
majority of these in Virginia. ~
| The Lynchburg Republican, WythevilIe Telegraph,
Clue Ridge Republican, Fredericksburg Recorder,
Norfolk Statesman, Lexington Star, Winchester Vr-
| ginian, and many Others we could mention, have
spoken out fearlessy and continue to lash the cnprt
with unabated vigor Our friends need have no fears
for Virginia. She is with them, in this emergency,
| heart and soul. Richmond South. s1 n