Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-07-17
From The New York Day Book.
HIVLn Suo NO" W"
Governor Walker and his Friends.

=
The ultra southern papers not sparing in their
denunciations of Gov. Walkers Kansas policy, and
whilst the Washington Union is defending him Oh
very Just and democratic grounds, offering 10 the
people of Kansas that protection in their legitimate
rights which the people of all the other rritories
have enioyed his free soil friends in the North
defending him on very different grounds namely, for
endeayoring to make Kansas free State. The Eve |
ming Post rejoces that for the first time in twenty
years. the national government begins to pay respect
to the great and growing anti avery sentiment OF
the North" The ultra Southern papers condemn
Governor Walker for precisely that which the anti
sla, ery papers commend him for both look upon his
course in the light both consider it ntl.savery
in its tendency, whilst the Washington Union con-
tends that it is neither anti pro slavery, but an
independent neutral course, such the adminisra.
ton approves and has marked out for ITSELF up to
the present time the national Democratic party has
never been neutral on the slavery question: though
large portion of those who like the Evening Post,
have CO operated with it ard counted themselves OF
it, have tried to make it so. 1t is therefore quite
natural for them to rejoice at the respect paid
by the administration to the great antslavery SEN
timent of the North "
| Governor Walker commenced his Kansas policy ID
this city by paying respects the antslavery seatl.
ment of the Black Republican press. After settling
his free soil friends in goodsnug berths, organizing an
opposition in Tammany Hall TO Mayor Wood, he IN
vited two or three of our Black Republican editors
to meet him in consultation, and make known to
them. and through them to the public his Kansas
policy.
Now, there Was nothing in all this that Governor
Walker had not perfect right to do: His well
| known character as Spectator and his amoltlon
for the Presidency warranted the expectation that
he would cultivate the northern free-soil sentiment
and use his il huence to make Kansas free State,
and therefore, when we saw this woong and cooling
and fixing up things" with the Black Republicans,
we not disappointed. Neatly all the leaders of
the Black Republican party-and many leading
Democrats, too-are more or less interested in 'tOwn
sites' in Kansas They have bought townships, and
are parceling them out to their friends and associates
and getting many d" outsiders" interested in
village lots as possible. They the bulls' in
the great Kansas market and as it is generally con-
ceded that if Kansas is free State and settled by
northern working men, more villages will be built
up and village lots sell higher than if it is slave
and purely agricultural State it is natural that men
owning townships should all tt.er influence to
make it free State. These Kansas Spectators have
not one particle Of principle about them, and ii
for their interest that Kansas should be slave State
they would labor just as hard for it they do low
1 10 make il Q free State. Wilson and Banks, and
Hanscomb and Greeley, and Matteson and Thayer
and Weed and Lane. all own townships in Kansas
: and desire, of course, to get in northern working
" population to whom they sell town lots.
In the lar uage of Wall street, these men al
bulls ;" Walker is bull y Saunders is "buIl >
# all the spectators &" bulls" whilst The grea
agricultural South is bear" The working me1
of the North are hears" though they are used BY
the bulls to advance the price of lots in Kansas
The farmers all the Union are BEARS, but tbey
have been made crazy about nggers and all to hell
. up the prices of lots " Build up villages, get VI
e manufacturing towns, bring in your merchants arr
leaders, construct railroads and raise the price flots
|. has been the cry of bull Spectators all lhroug
!, and all the West and the people have listene
j. not died-and bled for these patriots
It Whatever will advance the price of land, that
their policy and it is impossible for one of them t.
% be true Democrat as for pig to roost in cherr
d tree They may think themselves Democrats, and be
long the Democratic party, but their interest ben
forever and always with the enemies of Democracy
e, they will surely play into their hands and wor
II for them and with them The merchant will Ioo
,e for profit his merchandise.
" Governor Walker, like the rest of them, want
is Kansas to be free State, and if bring it abou
Mt by any apparently fair means, he will do it. II
le expect any other than the he is pursuing
III from him, is idle, for besides having eye to tn
great North 10 support him for the Presidency il
l. 1860 he is in with that class of known spec
ID uators He belongs to them, is one of them an
re must do and for them for himself 1t is grea
n pity that be processes just at this time to be Dem
ID ocrat.
We shall continue this subject another day an
. endeavor to show the position and dan gers Of tn
e national administration in it's attempt to make a
~ army for its defense out of the deserters and
s ways from the two opposing hosts, and also its NEAR
). of escape.