The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-06
knnsSs-Senator Trumbuli rs. DOugiRs-tIou
Mr.. Keiat vs.. Gov. Waiker-How Goes TN,
Rattle.

Kans~s-senaior Trumbuli Dougiss-fion.
Mr.. Keiat Gov. waiker-iiOw Goes the
Battle.
The great apostle Paul admonishes us to 'prove
all things" and to Z" hold fast that which is good"
This is plank in our platform for it is a sound
Christian and constitutional rule Of action.
Hence upon all public or personal issues, it is our
custom to give both sides full hearing, aud
upon their merits to decide between them. Aud
thus il is that we present to our readers this
morning. in the same budget, late speech of
Mr.. Senator Trumbull, OF Illinois "a Northern
ultra, and the latest published letter of Mr..
Keitt. of South Carolina "a Southern ultra), on
the Kansas question, together with certain news
paper commentaries North and South, essential,
in this connection TO a complete exposition Of the
case.
A. far a. Mr.. Senator Trumbull is concerns
il is not the whole of his late Springfield speech
which we give, but only that portion of it ad
dressed to the Kansas controversy, which is all
that has come to hand. This, however, is sufii-
cient for our present purpose. The dispassionate
reader will discover, too, that Senator Trum.
bull (impracticablc political Niger worshipper
though he may be- is yet a close, To-
gical, and very able constitutional pleader
Mark the contrast between his searching. oom-
prchensive, systematic aud outspoken exposition
OF the Kansas controversy, and the exceedingly
brief, cyasivc and double dealing observations OF
Mr.. Douglas in bis late speech upon This subject
In fact Dir Senator Trumbull, as siatesmanlike
rcssoncr upon the great public questions Of the
day. is not only more than a match for Mr.. Doug
La and his claptrap for Duncombc bat rs a
learned and practical expounder OF the principles
OF his party be eclipses W. ii. Seward, and throws
the peculiar stump oratory OF such boisserous
men as Senator Wilson completely in the shade.
1t is hMdly necessary bore, howcvsr 10 under
take Oh elaborate answer TO Mr.. Trumbull. We
sc what he is driving at He is not satisfied
with the fair, honest and conciliatory Kansas ad-
ministration OF Mr.. Buchanan; AID from this
fact We are compelled to rank Mr.. Trunbull as
we rank his colleague, Mr. Douglas, among the
sectional agiators and disorganizers of the day
the one being in the same boat with the Northern
anti. slavery ultras, and the other, the Little
Giant, with the reckless niggoc driving ultras
Of the South. The republican editor of the Chi
cogo Dcpocyd says that the speech Of Mr..
| Douglas is copied by the slavery press in
other States and cndor led" and "may, therefore,
bc regarded the keynote Of the campaign,
upon which, IL seems, we are thus early enter
ing;" that the forces Of the slave power are
being marshalled and drilled" and that il be-
comes the friends of liberty and humanity, there.
fore, to take the ini,iatory in pcrfccting full,
thorough. and efficient organization throughout
the country
Against Mr.. Douglas and bis Southern sectional
Presidential programme this is the counter
movement of Mr.. Trumbull and the Northern
anti slavery sectionalists. We are opposed 70
both; and if we turn TO the letter of Mr. kcitt as
furnishing the key.note of the real Simon Pure
secessiousts, we constrained 10 say that there
is no prospect for the preservation Of the peace
and integrity OF the Union political insn-
cial and coinmercial-but in the general orgsDi-
zation Of third party, resting upon the consti.
tutional, mediatofial and conservative policy of
Mr. Buchanan's administration. Mr.. Keitt tells
Us that be has no faith in the kansas policy pur-
sued by Governor Walker-that that policy is in
violation OF the Kansas Nebraska bill. Gin viola
ton Of The Presidents Inaugural, and that is in
cyitahe Tendency is to subsidize Kansas into
free -oil Sae. through the hot influences of dis
honest intrigue, and the manipulalions OF an o.
fetal demagoPue."
Tbs IS pretty strong language, but all that il