M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-14
GOV. Walker Of Kansas.

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can paper, thus speaks OF Hon. Rob
ert j. Walker, the newly appointed
Governor Of kansas:
Mr.. Buchanan had, probably, made
mp his mind previous to the arrival OF
Ex,G Governor Geary, whom he would
appoint in his place, and hence the in
timations which We're thrown out that
a statesman OF the first order OF talent
and energy, would be chosen, and that
opportunities OF higher distinction
would be offered in Kansas, than could
be enjoyed in any other appointment
under his administration.
1t seems to be the common suppo-
sition that Mr.. Walker is entirely
identified with the extreme Southern
interest, and that his sympathies are
with the school Of Davis, Toombs, and
others Of the secessloniststripe. This
is not the case, and scarcely ought to
be charged against the mai who was
chosen to the United States Senate,
from Mississippi, as the opponent Of
Mr.. Poindexter, in the very campaign
in which the latter gentleman stump
ed the State under the Palmetto flag,
as the advocate OF South Carolina
notification Mr.. Walkers course,
at that time, met with the appreciation
of every Union man throughout the
land. His standard flag was Of the
Union, which he wore around his
waist. In this costume he denounc-
ed disunion as treason, in every prin-
cipal town and village Of his adopted
Southern State.
Robert j. Walker, the son ofJudge
Walker one ofthe Judges of the Dis.
trict Court of the United States-was
born in Pennsylvania and | believe, not
far from the home of Mr.. Buchanan.
He studied law under his own father,
and practiced his profession at Pitts
burgh, where he married a daughter
of Frankling Beache of Philadelphia,
and a grand daughter Of Benjamin
Franklin. The first nomination Of.
Andrew jackson for the Presidency
was made by young Walker, shortly
after he was admitted to the bar, at a
Convention ofthe Pennsylvania De-
mocracy. After his emigration to
Mississippi he became identified with
Texas independence, but took no part
in national matters until the declara.
ton of South Carolina in favor Of
notification had excited his zeal in
behalf Of the Union. Then succeeded
the famous struggle between himself
and Poiniexter-the latter the right
hand of Calhoun in Mississippi, thro'
whom he hoped to gain over the State
to the cause of secession, or an uncon-
stitutional States Rights extreme. -
No Mississippian will ever forget that
famous canvass, nor ought it to go
out of the memory of patriots in the
North. Whatever may have been
the real cause of complaint against
Mr.. Walker since, he did his duty
then manfully, triumphantIy, and in a
way which caused him to take his seat
as an equal among the giants who
composed the Senatorial body Of that
Walker, in the Senate, soon became
a confidential! friend Of Jackson, and &
took a ! leading part in the annexation i
of Texas bnt be it remembered by I
those who distrust him on account of
his supposed Pro.Slavery %proclivities, {
that he s%trenuously opposed Mr.. Cal
houn'S project Of making all Of Texas t
Slave Territory, and was the main t
instrument of making the freedom Of
the soil Of the Northern portion Of our
newly acquired possessions a condi-
ton Of annexation.
Walker was first requested by Mr..
Polk to enter his Cabinet as Attorney
General, that post being deemed most
in accordance with his tastes; but
subsequent events transferred him to
the Treasury Department. He then
inauguratod the Revenue" as dis
tinguished from the ''Protection" tar
if system, and drew up and reported
the tariff of 1916. 1t was a bold
measure, reducing duties more than
one-half, on an average, and that at q
time when the country was involved
in a war, and in opposition to the
views Of the commercial, moneyed
and manufacturing classes. On the
passage of the bill, Mr.. Evans, Sena-
tor from Maine, and considered the
financial leader of the Wings, declar.
ed, in his place, that the Revenue Of
the next year would not be $4,000,
900. Daniel Webster left q memor.
andum with the clerk Of the Senate,
that it would not produce $4,000, 900.
Abbott Lawrence and the banking in
terests of this city and New England
considered the policy destructive
Walkers recorded estimate that it
would give, in the first wear, 100000,
900. 1t gave S29, 100000 and some
hundreds OF thousands, and has gone
on Increasing until il has reached its