Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-24
rhc rolicy of Gov. waiter in sansn..


: We have never doubted, from the neruent we
: saw the announcement Of Walkers appointment
Pto Kansas, and the flourish made about his In.
tention 10 secure the right of etery man in that
TERRITORY to yete, that the Administration had
taken the alarm and giyeB up the idea OF driving
the white men OF the territory AT the point Of
Ithe bayonet 20 make room for negro slaves. That
policy had been parsued by the last 4saminis-
trstion until it was no longer safe, and u had
become evident tina. il the people of the country
had known one-haIf of the rascalitY practiced
by Pierce, II would have insured Buchansii's de-
feat. This conviction had got TO be so strong
/ that it was necessary In Pennsylvania and other
States TO proclaim Mr.. Buchanan the friend of
free Kansas In order to secure his election and
made IL necessary TO give up the scheme Of fix
ing slavery in that territory by the military pow.
| or OF the Government, This was and Is very
tieklish point tor the Administration, for there
is lttlc doubt that the Southern politicians con-
1 slider Mr. Buchanan as pledged 10 that scheme,
and it is equally clear that if he sticks to those
pledges, every vestige OF a democratic party
| VIII disappear from the North Hence arose tho
/ necessity OF adhering TO the bogus Kansas laws,
which are so contrived as to give the pro-slayery
party, with scarcely tithe OF the voting popu-
lation on their side, the complete control OF tho
territory and of sending out Robert J. Walker
| Govern for the purpose of prevailing the
pro-savery men TO give up their plan OF making
it q slave State. IfBuchaBan had failed TO re-
| cognze the bogus laws he would have had the
whole South about his ears. IT he sustained
| them, and thus made Kansas a slave State, no
would have annihilated his whole patty at tho
North. 1t was necessary, therefore, whilst APP
pearng to side with the South by sustaining the
fraudulent Code, to take measures By which
Kansas might be made free State without
giving otiense to the South. Hence the appoint
ment of Walker as Governor aud the proclaimed
policy that i, is TO be made a free State, but
Democratic Free State with Walker and STAN
ton for the first United States Senators.
Since it has become evident that Kansas is to
be free, we do not intend to trouble ourselves
about the distress which Walker and Buchanan
and others will suffer in reconciling the north
to the forfeiture of their pledges to make 1t
slave State. Their southern task masters will
lay the lash on them when they discover the
double game that is playing, and We expect to
see the blood flow and the weits rise their
backs--but We shall not enjoy the triumph of
seeing Kansas made free State any the less
because the Administration have been scared
out of their design OF forcing slavery there with
the military arm of the Government, which is
the only way it ever has or ever can be carried
or sustained there.
There is one difficulty, however, in the way
of Mr.. Walkers plan. In sustaining the bogus
laws, they have placed the whole power of the
leItitoFs III tile MINUS vi suiail sNudu VI
slavery fanatics, the most of whom have been
guilty of gross outragcs against the free State
men of the Territory. If they should allow
themselves to be persuaded to make it a tree
State they the risk of being prosecuted for
the crimes they have committed, and they will
not nave Cato and Lecompte TO admit them to
bail and allow them to escape. Will the mur-
derers of Barber, those who murdered Phil
lips, or Jones, who cut such fantastic tricks AS
sheriff OF Douglas county, like to be tried by u
Free State judge and jury in order to send Wal
ker and Stanton TO the Senate, or relieve Mr..
Buchanan of his embarrassment! We feel little
interest in the answer to this question, tor the
simple reason, that no matter what the Conyen-
ton called under the bogus laws may do, the
destiny of Kansas cannot be changed, it is GER
tain to be free State; and when State, the
United States troops cannot interfere, nor can
the infamous Judges put there by Pierce to pre-
vent those who have co Lmitted so many crimes
from being punished as they deserve. Nor will
the federal offices conferred by Mr.. Buchanan
upon the perpetrators of crime, shield them from
the arm of justice when Kansas becomes
State.-St. Louis Democrat.