New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-12
Robert A. Hunter Endorses walker.

1t is quite clear that Robert A. Hunter, Democratic
anddate for State Treasurer not only votes free
yroes in the parish Of Rapdes bnt endorses the sale
made by Gov. Walker of the Territory of Kansas to
he free negro voting Freesoilers of the North. In
regard to the verify of the latter proposition have
high Democratic authority. In the Shreveport Gazette
Of the 9TH instant we find the subjoined report Of
his remarks relative to Kansas matters made in
speech delivered in that town on Wednesday, I'd inst
which the editor pronounces verbatim" Here we
append the before mentioned report Said Col.
Hunter:
My position as regards Walkers course in Kansas
s this That he did not violate his instructions nor
the principles embodied in the Cincinnati Platform
when he declared that .the Constitution Of Kansas
should be first submitted to the people of Kansas for
their approval or rejection before being sent to Con
gress understand that he (WaIker) could only mean
when he says the people those whom the Conven-
ton shall declare" to be entitled TO rose. condemn
Walker for presumng to say, what might or should
be the action Of Congress in the event Of this
not being taken by the convention, as an intermed-
ding with what did not concern him, and calculated
to do harm.'
We here subjoin the comments of the Gazette on
the above extraordinarily anti-Southern doctrine:
With regard to the above views we have to remark
that we differ in toto though it is proper to say that
we look upon Colonel Hunter as gentleman Of great
personal WORTH of nndoubted capacity for the station
to which he aspires, and we may add, is a per
sonal friend of our in the srictest sense Of the
word. But when principles are involved we know nc
friendship, no overrulng influences of any kind that
can, or ought to keep us silent. We look upon Col
Hunters remarks affording no explanation at all
he has, in fact involved the whole mat1r in fog, in
which nothing can be clearly seen. Walker took a
position far beyond and in form infinitely more
offensive and dangerous to the South, than would be
implied by the remarks of Colonel Hunter. He went
so far as TO demand that the new constitution be sub
mitted to the whole people Of kansas-all who may
be in the Territory at the time the constitution is pro
posed TO be ratified. Now, the ph of our objection
is that Walker should have said anything about sub
mittng the constitution at all and that he assumed
the right to intervene, it was done in a spirit un
friendly to Southern institutions. 3*-'
Although the excellent comments of our Shreve
port contemporary fully make out a case against Co
Hunter, and prove him an unfit man for the Souther
people to repose confidence in, during the perilou
times which the future foreshadows we will ventu1
a few remarks of own. We hold that Wake
has betrayed the South. We hold that Mr.. Bncl
anan sustains him in the betrayal. We hold tt
rights of the South superior to all other Objects
consequently, hold any man, Or set of men, who su
tain the migrate agent, directly or indirectly or IL
ungrateful principal Immediately, contingently
remotely, as altogether unworthy the confidence
support of our people. o
If it is written in the Book Of Fate that the Sout
ern people should work out their destruction.
that they should immediate themselves in pursuit
an unreal and incomprehensble partyism-we su
pose it will be done. We do not believe they a
destined for such a fate, however. Their intel
gence, virtue and patriotism, will assuredly prote
them, ...