Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-05-07
New Parties and the Administration.

New Parties and the Administration.
We think we have expressed more than our sense
of fatigue over the interminable Kansas affair Upon
this matter we have now little to say farther than TO
revert slightly to position we assumed at the time
when the Lecompton constitution was first published
and when we placed all its essential provisions before
our readers That constitution is preceded bya certain
ordinance amounting to waiver of all right in the new
State to tax the lands other property Of the United
States within its borders, condition however, that
Congress shall grant to such State certain amounts
of public lands for certain specified purposes This
dnanee published at length this week in connection
with the bill introduced by the committee of conference
By this ordinance Kansas claims the condition of her
waiver of the sovereign right Of taxation amount of
public lands wholly out of all reason and proportion 1t
claims that these lands shall be given, among other
things for the construction of certain Railroads therein
laid down. Apart from the outrageous extravaganza of
the quantity of the lands asked for there apparent
the face of the thing certain speculative designs of
particular parties and the President of the Lecompton
Convention the surveyor of the Territory, not and
could not be above suspicion. At the time we re-
marked upon this affair, our opinion being that if
this ordinance was insisted upon integral
part of the constitution an indispensable con-
dition of the admission of Kansas it most likely
would and, thought ought to, form bar to her ad
mission under any constitution of which formed part
The question in regard to the ordinance was raised
Congress and by the press Did it form such part of
the constitution of Kanzas would render its rejection,
rejection of the whole Different opinions have exist
do hn K
from the Committee of Conference admits Kanzas under
the Lecompton Constitution provided Kanzas is willing
to make the usual waiver of the taxing power upon
dton of receiving the usual consideration of such waiv
If Kanzas is willing to do so she is to be State
soon as she expresses her acceptance of this condition.
Congress the trustee of the public lands for the of
the States in their confederaed character and such
has right and is indeed bound to take cognizance of
this matter We cannot any serious objection there
fore to the bill before both Houses.
1t is the misfortune of politics that is
one President inaugurated than politicians commence
forming combinations to act upon the election of his
successor The country is allowed rest. This is at
the bottom of nneenths of the trouble about Kansas
1t is not Kansas-it is wirepuling 1t is simply oppo-
sition to the administration with view so to shuttle
the cards that deal may throw the game into
hands 1t matters nothing to those who at the bot
tom of these combinations how they disenegrate the
Democratic party-how, or on what issue they defeat
the policy of the administration so they ITO defeat and
embarrass it-so they do dsarange and weaken the
tional Democratic organization of which the President
almost Ell ocio the head. TO this end Giddngs and
Gmer affiliate Davis of Maryland and Howard of
Michigan shake hands, Douglas and Seward cooperate
Well suppose out of the debris of all these elements
of opposition party is consolidated, what sort of
party will it be? What will we think-what must we
think of party to be thus formed which can only raj
ly to its standard four members of Congress who have
any shadow of right to call themselves Southern men,
for the Baltimore men, 81. Winter Davis ETC., in
manner shape FORM different from any other Repub
licans.
The struggle is hardly Kansas-the onslaught is upon
the organization of the only party that rally any
strength at the South and which alone prevents the total
standardization of politics. That party gone and where
are we?
The first part only of the programme of the amaga-
nation has as yet been displayed The heart and soul
of that party must be the Black Republican clement
Will Southern sympathise with such combination
will any preconceived notions former preudices
far influence them to them to rejoice at the
barrassments of an Administration thus attacked and
threatened Eighteen hundred and sixty approaching
and as it approaches the programme will continue to
develope itself more fully But we trust that it will fall
asunder from its inherent lack of principle and without
principle, there can be no real cohesion.
Democrats, too from the North will find that they
have been made catspaws Of and will retrace their
steps. If the South stands frm the combination will
prove obortion-f motif the combination prevails