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TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST IL, 1857.
THE VOICE OF THE DEMOCRACY.
The Democratic journals Of Mississippi, and Demo.
cr.ts generally, are almost unanimous in their con-
aemnat,ou Of the Walker Buchanan Kansas policy.
The sdItcss speak as Southern men should speak
boldly ia nanfully. Their patriotic course should
be initiated throughout the South especially in
Louisiana. st'
with these remarks we add the following extracts
10 our list Of quotations from Democratic sources in
that State:
The Southern Era says
The fact is patent to every one that Robert j.
Walker is playing into the hands Of the Aboltionsts
ana aining every nerve to secure the asceudancy Of
Freesoilism IN that devoted Territory His conduct
cannot Ne justified There is no palliating circnm-
stances connected with the course he has seen fit to
pursue in regard to Kansas affairs. And the Admin
sraton viii prove false to the South false to every
principle Of Justice false to the principles embodied
il the Cincinnati platform, and false to the great
doctrine Of noninteryenton, which we all talked so
much about In the last canvass unless it revokes the
appointment Of this man Walker:
By permitting him to remain where he is it thereby
renders itself obnoxious to the charge Of winking at
WaIkers tfatorous designs against the rights, inter
est and honor Of the South. Walker must be set
aside his appointment must be cancelled or else the
South viii have just ground TO suspect that some
thing Is rotten in Denmark that the administration
nov II power IS her worst enemy. win you recall
him, Mr.. Buchanan You appointed him and you
have power Of removal. And if you are faithful to
the pledges upon which you were elected, and with
out the making Of which you could never have car
ried one Southern State, you will, without moments
delay call Walker home and appoint some one in his
stead entirely free from the leprous faint Of Adolf
tonisrn.
We know not, neither do we care, what others may
think about the matter but as for ourselves we think
that the great appointing power-the.. President
course so long Is that political knave is permitted
by him osway the baton Of authority over the people
ofKansas !.
This Is plain talk, but the occasion calls for IT. and
our duty as Southern journalist demands 1t. Inc
time lor soft phrases has passed.
II the administration is opposed to the Walker
policy why does it not speak out and let the people
know that such is the fact? Why does he mot re-
woke his commission!
The DeKalb Democrat says:
This conduct of Walker is q gross departure from
that impartial neutrality which be was in duty bound
to observe between the contending parties in the Ter
rit0fy and fragrant violation OF that non interven
ton by the Federal Government on the question of
slavery in the Territories which is the basis Of the
Kansas. Nebraska act
Whether the constitution shall be submitted to the
people, and II 50, 70 whom it shall be submitted,
questions which the convention, and the convention
alone, can decide. And it is to be hoped that the
arrogant dictation Of Walker will be treated with
the contempt it deserves.
The Jackson Mississippian says:
LISA gratifying fact that In the South no journal
of any party has given faint sign of approval OF
Walkers course. There is but one voice, and it is
loud and emphatic 10 condemning it. If it be true,
therefore, that in betrayng his trust and pandering
to the vicious spirit Of Freesoism which has created
all the disturbances in Kansas aud shaken the Union
itself to its CENTER Gov. Walkers eyes were turned
hopefully to future and large honors at the hands OF
the Democracy, his vaulting ambition has oyerieapt
ITSELF Nothing will be left him as the reward OF his
peridy but fruits that have turned to ashes on his
lips and the singing consciousness of guilt.
The Monticello Journal says:
"a Democratic administration and Freesoll Gov
ernor do not Jingle well together We hope Mr.. Blu
chanan will not hesitate in removing this carbuncle
from the fair escutcheon Of the Democratic party"
The Covington County Democratic Convention
which assembled in the town of Williamsburg, on
the 18th ult, adopted among others, the following
resolution:
Resolped, That we disapprove of the inaugural ad
dress Of Robert j. Walker, Governor of Kansas, and
trust that he will be removed from Office by President
Buchanan.
At convention Of the Democracy of Yazoo county,
held on the 25 ult the subjoined resolutions were
adopted
Isesofved, That we re-afirm, and endorse the reso
lutions of censnre, passed by the Democratic State
Convention lately held in jackson, upon the course
of conduct which has been pursued by the Hon.
Robert ]. Walker, Governor Of Kansas Territory.
esoiped further, That whilst to the extent of our
ability we supported the election of Mr. Buchanan
President Of the United States, and disposed to
look to his administration with favor and hope yet
holding ourselves free at all times to bestow upon it
praise when deserved and condemnation when called
for; it is the opinion Of this convention that the
nonremoval by him Of GOV. Walker, is worthy of our
censure, and an approval by the President of his
course, merits the condemnation Of every Southern
man. g KIM 4.s.st
Resolved further, That while we feel thus called
upon to censure the administration Of Mr.. Buchanan
upon this point do not array ourselves in opposi
ton to it generally but hold ourselves in the future
as at the present and in the past its enemies in the
wrong. in the right it's friends 49,
Resolued, That the Secretary Of this meeting be
instructed to forward copy Of these resolutions to
the Hon Jacob Thompson, the Representative of our
State in the Cabinet s ,s AZ. vi
The Aberdeen (Miss,) South, holds the following
truthful language in speaking Of Kansas The South
is Democratic paper:
There seems to be singular fatality in regard to
this Territory The four individuals selected to set
tie diG6cnltes in Kansas have all proved lncompe-
tent to the task and the troubles in the Territory
daily multiplying instead Of being diminished. Reeder
was the first Governor appointed and, after short
but infamous career of six months, he returned from
the field amid the curses Of an outraged people.
Wilson Shannon, drunken vagabond from Ohio,
was next appointed. He was fit successor to the
notorious Reeder and, after short Of drunk
and debauchery he reeled out Of the State to
give way to the staid and sober John W. Geary. But
he too, although true and patriotic man. was I'M
equal to the task, and he left in disgust Robert j.
Walker was the next individual the President Sc
lected. 1885,
This gentleman was pressed upon the President by
the Southern people, on account of his having
been Southern man, and always a consistent cham
pion Of Southern rights But it seems that even
Walker, who accepted the nomination under such
attering auspices of good, is about to prove treach
erous to the South by shamefully abandoning those
great principles or non-interyenton which the
watchword and shibboleth of the Democratic party
in the late Presidential contest.
The jackson Mississippian-from which we have
quoted previousy-of the 4h nst takes still strong
er grounds against the Buchanan-Walker Kansas
treachery. The Mississippian it should be remem-
bered is the official gazette of our sister State and
has always welded potent influence over the masses
of the Democracy. That mas spoken, and is speak
ing, the voice of the of Mississippi we enter
tain not a single dnubt.