Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-09-19
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Kansas Affairs.

eitCleh before TIE irtrteHPS with and
oFertures TO the Frecso.I patty by Wal
ker had satisfied it that Nr. Buchanap's 9
pTofcge was most gnXious TO secure the
prohibition Of slavery in the Territory.
| lie frees1ll men refuse to'pote, AGAINST
The counsels e many Of Their Waf.nest
friends, aud suffered the election to 20
by default. lhey regret their short
sighted policy now, the more bitterly be
cause they perceive tba tbe periiijous
course purs cd by Walker, backed by
The influence Of The administration, and
jts Office holders In kausas, has so
strengthened the anji~stavcry feeling. and
50 depressed and discouraged the sup
! porters of the South, that had the FREQ
solIers made All earnest and resoiute tf-
fort, they might have succeeded in OBJ
tanning MAJ jgritY IN the Convention
The golden opportunity fos the freesoiI2
efs has been lost, through their owu
want Of sagacly. But these geotry are
not by any means destitute o! resou ces.
Their culver holds more than one arrow
Having failed 10 control the Conyea'ion
they Will now strive 10 make amends
for past blnnders by bringing to bear
upon that body every power and appii--
ance ''"h executive patsonage, oEieiat
the weightof the Governors s
can accumulate, to induce i to
lng The sense Of the oeo-
n.u {'auat,i,I;,,
they succeed, Gov. Walkers triumph is
absolutely certain. The class OF nhabi-
tsuts to whom The prlyiege of voting on
the question will be accorded, constitute
what Walker styles the bona fdc resi-
dent settlers Of kansas--in other words,
every individual, native. naturatlzr,l, or
alien, whom The ernigrant societies Of
the North have Dispatched to Kansas
within the last three or four months-a
number probably far exceeding the total
Of Tie registered voters who alone were
qualified to elect delegates 10 tho Con-
sention. And if this preponderance Of
irve State sqnatters was not sufficient 10
ensure the rejection Of pre- slavery
Constituti r, that 9 ent would be faciii-
| iated by The iustrumentality Of Gov.
Walker, whose consistent and systematic
conduct, from the hour lie entered Kan
sas 10 the present ine, has cen favor
sUle in every respect to the views A,d
wishes Of the Black Republicans.
There is, however chance that the
Convention will not suffer itself to be
caJoed or menaced m,o tho fatal meas.
ure Of suffering The sqnattef emigrants
Of the North 10 pass judgment upon
their iabors. We are somewhat encour~
aged in this belief from letters received
from the Territory which state that the
Convention will frame a pro slavery Con
stitution and forthwith refer il to Con
gress for final action. II this be agreed
upon, Walker and his insidions schemes,
may yet be defeated. We should great
ly rejoice at the opportunity of testing
the souudness of the national Democrs-
cv Of the North on this vital question:
Their organs have repeatedly pledged
themselves that if Kansas should apply
to Congress for admission into the Union
with pro~slsvery Constitution, they
would interpose no obstacle to her claim.
They boast Of their fidelity to the doc.
trines Of the Kansas Nebraska act, and
declare that the Democratic Congress
men elected by the North will faithfully
carry out that pledge. We have little
confidence il these ASSURANCES. We feel
entirely convinced that the cordial ap-
probation bestowed by the Northern
democratic press on Walkers proceed
ings in Kansas is based excluslyely > on
The belief that through his astute policy
Kansas will come into the Union As a
FREQ State; and that if they were re-
CURED practically to demonstrate the
sincerity of their profession, by sustain
ing pro>slavery Constitution in Con-
grsss, they would beneh from the test.
There are 6fty>two Northern Democrats
in the House Of Representatives-every
one of them ostensibIy thorough-geing
advocate of the non-interventIon prinei-
pie consecrated in the Kansas act, What
splendid chance they will have Of eyin-
cling their frmness, fidelity and patriot
ism, 10 case the Kansas Constitution
should come before Congress. We
should be gratitied to be enabled to
chronicle their dIsinterested regard for
the constitutional rights of the South
But wa must doubt it until it Is
proved.
AS germane to the subject, and in
evidence of the game which Walker. con-
.inues to pay in Kansas, We copy the
following extract Of letter addressed to
the Charleston Nercury, by South
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