Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-03

TEN, the erection n Nafionsf once would not
only infinitely increase that expenditure, but
would greatly contribute towards the subver.
sion OF The principles Of our political system
through the Capitalization of preponderative
power in the Federal Government, verbearine,
and thfsatening the different sections of tie
Union, corrupting what is now comparativdy
pure, and converting our American populations
into people of soikieiteurs, capable of every
"ignomiuy, and "ft instruments for ersry
base purpose 20 Every citizen of the Republic,
but particularly every Southern man, should
early examine and seriously reflect upon a
measure fraught with so MANY evil consequent
ces of such real magnitude and lasting peril
To ALTO every American breast. in which
there is one spark of real vital patriotism-the
strangulation, while yet in embryo, Of such ia
hideous monster of corruption, extravagance,
and Federal power, should at once engage all
their attention and arouse all their energies
but to the South and her people, who have
so long and so consistently battled against all
increase of Federal power and patronage, and
who have so often been made to feel the whole
force of that power, the employment of all her
forces and resources for its destruction is
duty imposed by her time honored policy, the
law of self-preservation, and the motives and
instincts of honor and patriotism
The INBRoGLIo.-A considerable portion of
the Democrats Of both Houses have reached
Washington. They talk the Kansas imbroglio
over freely. From their comments on its pres
ent phase, there can be no question that with
two or three exception in either House, they
are prepared to solve the difficulty at once
transferring the settlement of all the Kansas
questions, directly or indirectly in issue, to the
people Of Kansas themselves, by admitting
Kansas as State into the Union on the Con-
stitution to be presented here this winter 1t
is very evident already that they are not to be
humbugged into getting up bleeding Kansas
fight among themselves for the amusement and
certain profit of the opposition. However much
many Of them may respect and regard Governor
Walker personally, they are skeptics concern
ing the propriety of making the point of main
tanning his individual consistency flor, accord
ing to an elaborate and evidently authorized
version of his views in Washington letter to
the New York Times of Tuesday last, that ap-
peared to be the gist Of his alleged opposition
to the policy of her admission on the Constitu-
tom cause for breaking up the Democratic
national organization and defeating most of
the measures Of the Democratic National Ad-
this winter.
We certainly have so far, reason to antici-
pate Democratic harmony and consolidation in
Congress to a far greater extent than we con-
ceived possible up to the moment when it be-
came apparent that the Governor would refuse
to stand heart and soul by the position of the
party. .. ......... ....
Once admitted into the Union, the Kansas
question instantly becomes local to the partic-
ular people who from that moment will be en-
powered to do With it as they see fit Then
they may establish or abolish slavery within a
month, make as many bank charters as they
will, or blot them all out of their law, funda-
mental or statutory; and, indeed, dispose of all
their own affairs, just as the people Of every
other State of the COnfederacy may and do dis
pose of theirs t-' #... 'F'
Of all preposterous ideas, that which the let.
ter writer's Boosting that they are speaking his
views harp on-that by securing these rights to
the people of Kansas as soon as possible they
will be striking at the right of popular sover-
eignty-the right of Kansas to govern herself
is the most preposterous. The Democracy of
Congress are far too shrcwd to give up the sub
stance Of the settlement of the controversy in
order to run after its shadow. That is, to legis.
late to proptiate the abolitionists of the Terri
tory, who have always condemned its laws and
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election Of the late Convention on an abstrac-
ton, and who on the same abstraction de.
NAL of the legality of the territorial government
and laws propose now to refuse to vote upon
the question Of slavery in the new State.
Our PAcIFIc-sIDE APPAIRs-T To-day, we
continue the publication of extracts from let
tiers from leading men in various parts of Cali
fornia on the SUBJ ects of the loss of the Gen.
trail America" and the late Indian and Mormon
massacre of emigrants going west In one of
them will be found grouped with much force
the system Of improvements, at the cost of the
Government, which the writer holds are neces-
sary to be Immediately commenced. We pub
lish his views on the subject as q matter of
news and general interest, rather than as sig
nifying our particular favor for his scheme:
b" The Indians and Mormous are going to give
our Government great trouble, from present ap-
pearances; but Il Mr. Buchanan is half the man
he appears to be from his letters, he will soon
dispose Of them. The war should be styled the
Indian and Mormon war putting the Indian
hrst; as the Mormons themselves have placed
them in the lead, so should they there remain.''
Another correspondent says OH
:" The loss Of the Central America, and the
murder Of ls0 Americans by the Mormons and
Indians last month, In the neighborhood OF the
old Santa Fe trail from Salt Lake have ed
fearfnl sensation in our State. and the cry is
Vengeance, and the Pacific Railroad The
Panama Mail Steamship Company has come i'm
foT an awful denunciatton by the press and peo-
pie, and, i think, In many respects uBjustiy
But, there is no mistake, they have made great
enemies drought the length and breadth Of thu
land. as, moreover, the very steamer that brought
the news Of the Central America had a very long
passage. ......H .".t .rr...... E.. -.-'.r =
"We have also rising up an ugly frontier In
dian war, from the Oregon line TO Fort Yuma
and the Indians on the eastern slopes of the Sisr
"a Nevada prove to be much more numerous and
warlike than was suPposed-said to number not
less than LOG, 600 souls, which, think, IL likely
true. | have studied this Indian subject very
closely, and ind II deep we'll -'f -