Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-10
From Washington.
WAsHISGToS, Thursday,

The Tins is quite right in doubling the
truth of the representations that have beaD
made Of the Presidents position On the Kan.
sas question. They have done him, as well a.
Gov. Walker, great injustice.
The Message will express distinct appro.
val of Gov. Walkers entire official course in
Kansas. The President will also, in that dor.
ument. express the opinion that the ConyeDtfon
should have submitted the whole Constitution
TO the popular vote, and his own regret that !,
did not pursue this course while he will also
say that in his opinion the spirit of the Kan.
sas- Nebraska Bill has been carried out in the
submission of the question OF Slavery, which
has been the principal topic of controversy
But the President will not recommend the ad
mission of Kansas under the Lecompton Con.
stitution, or even suggest any specific action
upon it. He will merely lay that docuneD,
before the legislative body for its considera.
ton.
It has been stated that the President desires
Governor Walker to return to Kansas, but
that he declines to do so. This conveys an er.
roneous impression 1t is perfectly well under
stood here that Governor Walker is not onlv
willing but anxious to return to Kansas, Dro
vided he .an do so without any departure from
the course he has hitherto pursued His ia
structions as he understood, them warranted
him in assuring the people Of Kansas that the
whole Constitution should be submitted 70
them If the President will assent to this in.
struction of them. and permit Governor Wax.
er to act upon it, as he has done hitherto be
will start for Kansas at an hours notice, and
do everything in his power for the preserya,
ton of the public peace.
The Indications here are that the entire D.,
mocracy of the North and West will resist, and
of course, the admission of Kansas under aGy
Constitution not distinctly and entirely sub.
mtted to the judgment and the vote Of the
people
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Dec. g. l9J7.
Judge Douglas and the President had to-day
full and free interchange of opinion Oh the
Kansas Question without, it is understood, be.
ng able to arrive at the same conclusion in rs.
gard to the line of policy which justice and d..
ty require each to pursue. The interview
is further stated, was courteous, and they Oar.
ted as they met, friends, regretting they could
not view the LecomptOn movement in tie
same light.
Senator Douglas, in conversation with his
friends, freely defines his position. He stands.
| he says on the principle of the Nebraska-Kaa.
sas bill, which guarantees to each State auI
| Territory the right to regulate their domest.
! institutions 10 suit themselves, aud he will fol,
low that principle wherever its logical conse
qucnces carry him, defending it against all as;
saults from whatever quarter they may cone
In its application to Kansas, he insists upon
ignoring both the Lecompton and Topeka
movements, and securing to the people tie
right to form Constitution for themselves
| He considers the Lecompton movement direct
Iy vioative Of the principles of the Kansas.
/ Nebraska bill, and the Cincipatti Platform,
and he will probably at an early period Of The
session introduce bill authorizing the paopIea
/ Kansas to call Constitutional CONVENTION
wAsuINGToS, Friday, Dec i lS5c
The agent OF The Admi, istraton, who repre-
sented them in Kansas during the sitting Of |
the Covention, was Henry L. Martin, Shrevi |
and intelligent Miss'Ssjppian, then and bow /
! Clerk in the Interior Department. under Sc
cretary Thompson. Martin was constant, !
present at the Convention caucuSeS, and il Va,
chiefly through his representations and mfr 1
euce that the Convention determined on only /
partial submission of the Constitution to tie
people. As the agent Of the administrator
his credentials Were strengthened by the tat
that he was at the same time Clerk in tie
| Government service, and his influence was psT
amount. Except for his interference, it is fl.
ly believed that the Judge Elmore Party v.0
favored free submission of the C0nstitul
would have triumphed.
1t was Martins despatch 10 Washncto-
also, which led the President and the Jag1
to take their positions early in favor Of Il:
| Conventions action.
1t is stated that although under Governs
| Walkers influence the President struck from
the original draft of the Message his recon-
mendation in favor of sustaining the action &
Convention, since the Governor left he has Tey
| tored it, and is determined to take bdi
! ground in favor of the admission of Kansas a
once under the LecOmpton Constitution. i
would seem more probable that he will Eo |
commit himself on the question either way.
! The Democratic members of Congress iFlI
the Northwest are very decided in their Dc
clarati0ns for the Walker and Douglas p0iE.
| The rlYalrleS for the SpeakerShip have
been compromised, through the influence oiW
President. The bargain is that Phelps sAa.
Withdraw in favor of Orr, and that the ai"
when elccted-as he will be-shall apPGH
Phelps Chairman of the Committee OF NanI
and Means, and j. CLANCY Jones Chairman
the Committee on Foreign Relations, IsI
arrangement make Jones the political a'
Phelps the financial leader of the House.
BSlg@ Lola Montez has had another tr0d.'
with railroad conductor. Accompanied .
a pet dog, she was about entering 4 car G
the Pennsylvania Railroad, when the coId1'
for informed how tbot In would boVn hk