Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-14
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
TUESDAY MonNING, July -, 1s5,,
THE INSTRUCTIONS OF coy w,,Kru
BY RITCHIE & DUNSAvA NJ,


We publish buiuw tie Instructions If ,b. pr..iJ,u,
"i the united hth'e' 10 Gov. Walker. We approve
o them eora"'y ana III every particular, and wish
no Delter piatiorih from which TO defend the admins
tration from whatever quarter the assaults NAV come
Ii The whole public life of JAMES Bu,u,say did moi
furnish conclusive aud irrefutuble evidence of III, de-
sire 10 maintain The Constitutions and to protect The
rights OF ALL these instructions would at once ssti
US OF the rectude Of his intentions.
Whilst no Slae has done mora than VIRGINIA IN de
ienh The Interests q" the South yet it is gratifying
remember that when satisfied of tls houes,, and in
teSrlty oil "n administration, her Democracy have
never gwen encouragement to the dangerous aud
frequently lmpraccable uIlraiss of South Curolips
| and other extreme Southern States When she cus
her vote for JAMES Bucn,SAN, aud hailed his cl.c
ton as temporary guarantee of the safely of our
institutions SHE did not expect him TO enlist as par
llsah IN the Kansas conroversy-a controversy
which was menacing the perpetui,y of the Union.--
lie was supported and elected by the national De.
snocracy not for the purpose Of continuing the sg
tation oi the slavery question: but for the purpose of
healing The gaping wounds from which the life blood
Of national harmony was rapidly ebbng. Those
who expected JAMES BUCHANAN TO enlist for long and
sangunary conflict under either the colors of JIM
LANE or ofSTRINGrELLow, have, of course, been ds.
appointed Those 10 whom the perpetual agitation of
slavery was more pleasant than peace and pros.
perlty, have nothing TO hope for from the present nd
ininIstratt There is hope for extremists either
North or South, in the ranks Of the national Denoc-
racy.
fIyD at,I p.ladh h,,
al Union living statesmen be called to his aid inen in
WHOSE hands the interests of the South ars as secure
as they would be in those who are now rejoicing in a
| sectional and Saamander atmosphere uf fire end
| flame.
The Instructions to Gov. WALKER breathe nothing
but conclialion and harmony. They embody they
are the e,sence of all aud "f every argument which a,
ever ben made in Congress, ur 0U the stump, in ia
| vor of the Kansas hill. TnE ADMINISTRATIONS nE
SIRE THAT THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS SHALL, WITHOUT
| foRklGS INTERFERENCE OF ASY KIND, BE ALLuwEI
| TO DECIDE UPON THEIR ORGANIC LAW IN THEIt
| owN wAf. No sounder doctrine of States Rights
than this WAS ever proclaimed. 1t is that for whicl
CALHoU,, UpsHuR, and all the lamented leaders O
the State, Rights party would have contended, were
they nov living.
Topryent foreign interference with the citizens o
Kansas to prevent all interloperS from New England
and Missouri from brow beating the legal voters, the
PreSid,nt in lis instructions authorizes and iLsruc
Gov. Walker TO call out the military. All tina
Walker all that the administration desire is that the
people of Kansas may have the same right whct
other States have, Of saying whether they approx,
of, or disapprove Of their own Constitution.
To deny this right to the people of State who
desire it, would be the worst of despo.ism. The people
of Kansas or our own friends there, the pro.slavery
party, hac, IA EOnccA,ioa wH one dissenting roic,
| dcs,r,i MGt he CoaaaHtioA Mo~ld b. SMLmRicd.
After such expression Of opinion, what partcula
doctrire of the States right party sanctions th'
interference of Georgia or Mississippi with Kansas
There arc ten thousand registered voters in Kansas
Of tha; number, more than two thousand voted Il
the ais election Of members Of the proposed Con
| su,ional Convention. The election occurred u
Il time when either apathy or the fever Of snecu
lstiou prevented eight thousand registered voters
from exercising the right of suffrage. Nor is il to b.
supposed that the people Of new and wild Territory
before the late eleaon, devoted much tins to th
confederation nf tn. character of the Constitution
| which the Convention may construct.
| So ealously do the citizens OF the oldest State
guard he powers which they give to the members O
Il Constitutional Convention, that not content will
obtaining from the candidates u full expression o
opinion during the long canvass which precedes ~
election of all questions relating 10 tlI. PROPOSED
changes Of the organic law, they require thei. work
when completed, 20 be submitted 10 the people, at th
polls This tho Virginia people have twice required
this the people OF other States have also required
without one dissenting voice.
Ii there are always good reasons for this il
the old States, where nearly all the voters usually
vote h the election Of delegates the reasons for it ar
imperative in II new territory or State especial!
where but two Thousand out q ten thousand voter
| took sufficient interest in the election TO vote.
| Now it is perfectly obvious that 10 constitution
will be acceptable to the people OF Kansas unless j
is submitted to the people. So many frauds have
been committed there that the voters place conf
dence in their legislative bodies in that territory
But the opponents of the National Democracy il
the Southern States, those who refuse to believe il
the integrity Of the Northern Democracy, in spite
their thousand sacrifices in our behalf, charge tha
the proposition to submit ne Constitution to the peo
|
! Walker to make Kansas free State The pro STARE
RI pariy Of Kansas, h0~ercr, m60 hare mrctoj0r,
ma!ched Mstr Goreraors ~,M iynr.Hkr rtgiianc,
! yrpudinte hi, chargr, and rndorSr walker and III
administration.
We DO not imagine that the most rabid Of the sc
ceasiousts are yet prepared TO charge home upor
JAMES BUCHANAN and his Cabinet a d,ii6erah
M,Msn 10 obOlaion.-c Kansas. They have not ye
worked themselves 6p to That state of phrenzy al
though the ogdays of Summer may develop tht
widest stages of their malady.
The pro. slavery voters in Kansas having no fear
Of the result of popular vote, and no body yet be
ing exactly prepared to excommunicate Mr.. Buc-
HANAS and his Cabinet traitors, what serious con
sequence is likely to flow from the instructions of thu
administration to Gov. Walker
Unless the opponents Of the Administration know
more about Kansas affairs than the pro oslavery party
of that territory nothing but full expression of the
voters Of Kansas is desired, either tor or against the
Consultation; that is all The fear OF aid societie:
and Yankee emigrants forcing and controlling the
elections comes too late. REEpER, SHANNON anc
GEARY, "saraps" Of the late administration have
according 10 the admissions of ATCHsoN and others
settled the fate of Kansas. What we now ask ia tina
for the sake of the sacred pledges of the Democratic
party to the nation the spirit of the
net may be fairly and honestly carried out.
Recurring to The instructions of the administration
to Walker, we feel assured that the Democracy OF
the South will sustain the Administration. About
Virginia we have no doubt. The conservative, clear
headed Democracy OF this State have never deserted
Democratic President because, in the discharge OF
his high duties he refused to play the part of par
tisan leader Their faith in the wisdom and in.e
gritty Of JAMES BUCHANAN, who has been the friend
of the South, through life, cannot be shaken by
idle and groundess denuncations The extrem
ists and impraccables of the extreme Southern
States must, rs heretofore, learn wisdom aud mode
ration from Virginia Selfreliant and justly proud
of their ffty-seven years unbroken triumpls, the
Virginia Democracy do not usually repair to The