Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-06-19

FRIDAY. JUNE 10, 1857.
walker and Kansas-The Democracy
Speaking out

SRcdAAn& OUT
Upon the first arrival of Mr.. STANTON
in Kansas, and the publication of his mani
festo, we thought we saw that scheme was
on foot to hoodwink the South, and under
the deceptive name of popular sovereignty,
to make Kansas a free State. We then
our belief, and stated our rea-
sons for it. Since that time Gov. WALKER
has reached the territory, and the scheme
has been still further developed The
masses of the democratic papers of the
South, have been as silent as death con-
corning Kansas affairs. They have not re-
piled to ours and the structures of other
American papers, upon the outrageous
course of the Administration and its ap-
pointees, in this business. They have pre-
fered to conceal from the public the hypo-
critical policy of the freesoil, democratic
Governor. But there are few men and
journals, that act with the democratic par
ty, that are bold and independent enough
to speak out upon the subject. In another
place we have given the Reproduction of
Mr.. KETrr, of South Carolina, of this be-
trayal of the South and her interests.
Below we reprint extracts from several de
mocratic journals upon the same subject.
The Charleston Mercury quotes the fol-
lowing from Gov. WALKERS inaugural adj
dress:
"Ipdeed, cannot doubt that the Convention, az
ter having framed State Constitution, will sub
NIT II for ratification rejection, by majority of
the then actual bona de resident settlers OF Kan
sas.
t'With these views, well known to the Presi-
dent and Cabinet, and approved by them, accept
the appoiptment Of Governor Of Kansas Ny iu-
structons from the President through the Secre-
tary of State under date Of the 30th Of March
last sustain the regular Legislature of the Terri
torv.' in assembling Convention to form Con-
,titnt;on.' and they express the opinion Of the
President. that 'oben such Constitution shall be
submitted to the people of the Territory they must be
ot.c,ed an the exercise of their right of yoting for
or AGAINST that Instrument; and the fair expression
of he oD,ldy ciH mast not be interrupted by fraud
or Violenee.
az repeat. then, as my clear conviction, that un-
lees the Convention submit the Constitution 10 the
vote of all the actual resident settlers of Kansas
and the election be fairly and justly conducted,
the Constitution will be, and ought to be rejected
by Congress"
The Mercury thus comments upon this,
and fixes the responsibility upon Buchanan
and Cas-:
governor Walker, in this extract, shows that
he not only speaks for himself but for the Secre-
tary of State, Mr.. Cass, and for the President of
the United States. There are two terrors evoked
to intimdate the Convention-hrst, the Govern
ment and second the rejection Of the application
for admission of Kansas into the Union by Con-
gress. unless the Constitution the Convention shall
adopt be submitted to the people OF the Territory
for ratification.
"The words of the Secretary of State do not
entirely support the use Governor Walker designs
to put them to- The words are, ''when such
Constitution shall be submitted to the people,"
&c. They tske for granted that this policy will
be pursued, but do not commend it. But the
threat that Kansas will be rejected by Congress
a State unless this policy is adopted, is all Gov
ernor Walkers own. He supposes, we presume,
that he can accomplish this end in Congress by
combination of Black Republicans and Northern
Democrats Governor Walker can deceive no
that his great anxiety for the submission OF the
Constitution which shall be adopted BY the Con-
vention in Kansas to the polls again, is to carry
out bis policy, SO freely promulged during the late
Presidential canvass, that Kansas should be free
State He does not doubt that with the United
States troops to keep open the way his call to the
Northern people to food Kansas with white voters
sufficient to make il then free State, at the poll,
by r,iacting the Constitution, should it tolerate
vyil ha IN
vention about to assemble in Kansas will stand
firm, aud despise his counsels and defy his threats
il i'll defeat his traitorous policy. They will be
admitted into the Union, and Missouri aud
the Indian Territory to the South. 81 ould Gov
ernor Walker succeed in his policy, Arkansas will
be the frontier slave State in the West"
From the n. o. Delta, we take the fol-
lowing concluding paragraph from long
article, condemnatory of the scheme which
it exposes
$50 much for Kansas paoi6cation; 80 much for
the model pac6cator; much for the policy Of the
Administration With respect to the Slavery question
10 Kansas. II is plain that, under thin disguise,
this policy looks TO the admission of Kansas, not
formally but virtually, as a Free State; and such
we predicted would be the policy when the present
model Governor and pacifcstor was drawn from his
speculative avocations to save the nationality of tn
Democratic party, and preserve the Union.
Kansas is already mesmerised by this policy;
Slavery in Kansas is becom ing obsolete idea IN
der the Buchanan-carn-W alker-cln-Stanton infu-
ence which has lately dwelt there sll-pervad-
ing presence; Southern Democratic leaders scarcely
dare to call their souls their own, in the apprehen
sion that they may be taboOed by the national party
for occupying too Southern position; the Southern
mind, for the most part, seems immersed in an alb
nj Nv hat no ierla AhduI
Medjid might envy; and so we go, drifting on to
perditon, perbaps"
The Columbus, ga Times d Sentinel,
another sterling democratic sheet, which
is not much given to quarreling with its
party, speaking Of portion of Gov.
WALKER's inaugural, says:
"This is an unheard Of dictstion to the freemen
Of Territory by a Federal nlinion. which they
ought to, and, we hope, will spurn aud despse."
Again
"There is, however, reason for these recon-
! mendations and threats by the Governor. By the
providing for the call Of Convention the right
OF suffrage was restricted TO residents of the Terri
tory at specified time, and a registry of votes was
taken. Since that time a large emigration from
| the North has taken place under the auspices Of
! tue Ne" bnRlahu Alu ooclet', VINO, uuu'r the ACT,
cannot uOte for Delegates to the Convention. And,
doubtless, the proposition Of the Governor to sub
mt the Constitution to direct vote OF the people
! for ratification IA made with the Uisp Of carrying
| favor with this class Of residents"
The South, a new paper at Richmond,
Virginia, whose editor has been connected
heretofore. with the South Side Democrat,
the Washington Union, aud the Richmond
Enquirer, and whose democracy has never
been questioned, has repeatedly declared,