Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-11-06
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| The New York Day Book, Of tbo 9o., -, :,
speaks of Gov Walkers treacherv. ~" oi'' mus
We have been slower than most of tho ;n,
democratic papers in finding fault with Gov Wt
mass but we can no longer refrain from caIno,
aItentlon TO his acts and asking for them tho :ng
consideration Of readers It is well known
nave what are called free and slave Stator we
is, otales where negroes placed in subordnaon' ~
wnlte men by law and States where this exists to "
great extent, only by the force of custom or tho
social life class of politicians at the NORTH bo, VI
do not desire to explain this truth to the public hnt
Stunning that so-caled free - State that Is Gu. az
where negroes are turned out loose is much bptter W
one where their relation to white men is defined ond
they are thus humanely cared for have been anv "u
make Kansas " free State "
An election has recently taken place in ansas which
was TO decide this question: and though it has been f
ly charged that Gov. Walker was using his inAnaroo
to further the object of the free State men, there ov
ted no tangible proof of the fact We have for tbis
son. abstained from any severe comments on his co
but we now feel satisfied that he has been zealonsy e.
voring the abohtlOnists from the start We ask atta
ton to an extract from letter from ansas in anotb
column, which we clip from the Richmond South We 600
by TINS mat "nle the abotlonists are loudly complain
ing OF frauds, they themselves up to their eyes in b
very niquity they condemning This is character;
TIC OF the party and is no more than was to have hea
expected. While the democracy of Kansas have hoon
congratuating themselves upon hard earned VICTOR
achieved only by the most earnest labor Mr. Gov WI
ker steps in with his ipse dat and kicks it an over H
rejects at blow the whole returns of one entire nro
cnct and thus throws the election into the hands of tLo
aboitionsts This is most assuredy greater idea than
his projected Pacific Moonshne Railroad. '''''
MIR. Walker was going to Kansas to harnoncn mot
tiers and to settle the negro question What we aal
with all humility, has he settled? Suppose he snccnod
in making it free Statc?" Does he or any of tho MOO
dies who talk about the subject know what free Stt
really is Suppose the few free negroes in Kansas were
kept in subOrdination to white men, would onv win,
man in the wide world be the worse off? Oh! bnt
then it would be slave State " says some putty north
cm Democrat who is frightened out of his boots at the
Black Republican cry of slave States. Out upon such
lodging the question such shocking subterfuges The
question can never be settled until you explain to the
people what free and slave State really is-unt all
this twaddle by which politicians try to cover up the
truth Is done away with. Gen Walker may talk about
his "isotherma theory until his head is as white as the
tail of polar BEAR but will amount to no more than
Mrs. Partingtons attempt to drive back the sea witha
broom.
The truth is. must explain what is meant by free
and slave Does any one want to make Kansas real
slave State? We answer a thousand times NO. What
is it, then, that they do want? Why simply this =
There are few negroes now in the territory owned by
people who have emf grated there from the South 4
party there desire to allow these negroes to be still held
under the State law they held under the Con-
stuton OF the United States Governor Walker SAYS
J No! The putty Democrats of the North say No =
Why, gentlemen why what is your objection p
they would vote for Buchanan Kansas should be free
State and now if not make it So we shall lose
our Offices for they will punish for our dishonesty"
But would it not after ALL be better gentlemen to Just
honestly explain to the people all this humbug about
free and slave States ~ Would it not be better to
utterly repudiate this silly claprap of Aboitionism
and boldly strike out the merits of this question:
Governor Walker lays claim to be statesman and
little of philosopher but thus far he has shown but
little evidence of the first characteristic and Just none of
furn in thn Ql1d IN hn thn
catspaw of northern freesoism, we shall be joyfuIy
mistaken.
Since writing the above, we have received Gov.
akers Proclamation, wherein he attempts to justify
himself in rejecting the returns OF the Oxford Precinct
1t is sufficient to say that his action is wholly without
authority, and an outrageous exercise of power The
following is the section under which he acted -
By the 10th section of the act of the Territorial Lega
ure of Kansas entitled an act to regulate elections is
made the duty of the Secretary to examine the returns the
presence of the Governor and to give the person hay
ing the highest number of votes in their respective districts
certificates of their election to the Legislative Assembly.
Now; ask in all seriousness how does this section
give Gov Walker the power to reject these retums?
His duty is to give the persons having the highest
Der of votes certificates of election and yet he pumpy
refuses to do so More than ALL he does not even pre-
tend to base his action upon any official evidence before
him. but he takes this bold STEP which is to change the
destinies Of Kansas upon his personal responsible
ity
1t is generally understood that Legislatures are the
proper parties TO determine the legality OF the election
their own members, but this Gov Walker refuses to al
low them to do in this instance If an executive officer
can thus interfere with the sacredness of the franchise
and use his official power for such purpose, then, in
deed may well at submit to the rule of some
mperious Louis Napoleon. Better a thousand time
that Kansas should sink than that even the forms of Re
publicansm should be grossly and so insultngy vic
lated Allow that the wrong in the returns was all thai
Gov. Walker claims it to be, who made him Judge an(
dictator in the premises? Frauds should be rightel
! but Gov Walker has no right to commit fraud in or
der to counteract fraud The Legislature the pro
per place to investigate the frauds in Oxford precinct
! any had been committed Gov. Walker had no powe
in the premises and he would have thought of
ercsing it had it not been for the camor of the northern
4 AboIitioniss Well, he is already beslaved with the
praise of Greedy and Raymond and we presume will
be taken into full communion in the "nigger freedom
church. But should be greatly mistaken if this high
handed outrage upon the principle of free government
does not procure his instant removal If the people
the South or even of the North-for all alike are inter
ested in the preservation of Republican principles whet
r er nggers not allowed in Kansas-do not call
with one accord for the removal of this man. we shall be
10 astonshed with their apathy. 1t longer admits Of
doubt that he is political adventurer playing into the
hands of the Black Republicans
- ANOTHER BANK MOB IN Omo-A letter from
Mount Vernon, Ohio, says
o On Thursday, October 10, Mr.. G. A. Sturges clerk
in tho han<inO IF of Mount