The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-23
THE UNION ON GOV. WALKER.


The Union Of Sunday morning, replies, in
a three-column article, to Gov. Walkers letter.
Il says:
ssThe letter with which Gov. Walker has thought
st 70 accompany his resignation has been laid be-
fore the public by himself without awaiting an
Official PRONUNCIATION $500. = a..~..,..
at wss confidently expected by the q,id- m1ncs
that the letter would contain full and damning
revelation of facts substantating all these amabie
surmises. Well, the letter is before the public,
and no damage Is done The internal machine s
discharged and no homes are broken The mine
Is sprung, and the administration survives un-
scathed Whoever else may be hoisted by the
dread petard, the President at least remains frm
and unjostled in his tracks. y.
"In short the letter is public disappointment.
1t is not crushing annihilang either in its facts
orits logic. 1t is not angry, yituperatiye, DENIM
ciat0ry, or even disrespectful. Neither as an APP
peal to the North nor as disclosure to the South
is it damaging to the administration. The admin
istration will survive il. The Democrats party
will withstand the shock Of the explosion--nay,
we fondly Trust that the cause of peace and order
in Kansas will receive no prejudice from the full
mination." A 1A n
The Union whistles to keep its courage up.
It puts on an air of indifference as If no body
had been hurt. "The internal machine" it
sneeringly remarks, lis discharged, and no
bones are broken. The mine is sprung, and
the administration survives unscathed. Who
ever else may DO hoisted by the dread petard,
the President at least remains firm and un-
jostled in his tracks" And there, we suppose
we are to understand the Union, he means to
remain. iea1t
It is q matter Of policy for the President and
that portion of the party which goes with
him, to seem to be z unscathed by the Wal
ker bomb; but at the same time appearances
give the lie to their vain boast. They have
not escaped "unscathed;" it has damaged
them, seriously, and they know it: and it will
damage them more and more as it runs through
the country and reaches the honest, unsophis-
'ticated, plain-mindcd people.
A Southern Democrat remarked to q North
ern Democrat, after reading the letter, that
there was no doubt on his mind, and there
could be none on the mind of any one, that
Mr.. Buchanan had changed his ground; that
he had been for having the entire constitution
left to the people Of Kansas, and that he had
deserted Walker. And such viii be the judg-
ment Of the people of the whole country, who
love honesty and fair dealing.
They will see, and cannot help seeing, lin
deed, they knoso, that Governor Walkers
and Judge Douglas Interpretation ofthe organic
law of Kansas is the true and honest one, and
that Mr.. Buchanan's is but juggle, a bubble,
a cheat, fraud, trick; worthy only of q
base varlet and knave Of thimble rigger.
Such dishonesty and trickery cannot sue
coed and will not especially when exposed in
the manner Judge Douglas speech, and Gov
ernor Walkers letter expose them.
See extracts from Governor Walkers letter.
FmL1BusrERNG.--A Nicaragua meeting was
held at Mobile on the 14th, at which Govern
or Winston presided Addresses were made
by Messrs. Percy Walker, Judge Meek, G.
Langdon, Judge Hopkins, and others. Reso-
lutions were adopted favorable to Walker.
This looks as much like an open and defiant
violation of our neutrality laws, and our moral
obligations to other nations as an indiscrimi.
nate war, on private account, upon the COM
merce Of all nations upon the ocean, looks like
piracy-to our pision. Have the people Of
this country lost all sense of justice and shamef
T Lord Napier, the British Minister, has
delivered to the, United States Government
medals prepared at the instance Of the British
Government, for the presentation to the officers
and men engaged in the several expeditions
which have been fitted out in the United States
for the recovery of Sir John Franklin and his
companions. 1a @ zs
W- The Leavenworth Herald, of the 10th
instant, announcing the arrival Of an express
messenger from Utah, states that he passed
Colonel johnson command near Fort Bridger
The baggage and provision trains were all safe
and the troops wore in good spirits. This il
the only news that transpired relative to tn
Utah expedition. @
W- The Legislature Of South Carolina il
about to pass bill limiting the circulation o
their banks to three times the amount Of theil
specie, and to prevent the issue of notes fol
less than ten dollars.
FLORIDA INDrANs.--A scouting party sen
out to discover the Indians was fired on by !,
party in ambush, and Capt. Parkhill killed
several of his men were wounded. Three In
dams were killed and their cornields destroyed
Az UspAssABLs GuLr.--The Mobile Regis
ter, the leading democratic paper Of Alabama
says: We fear there must henceforth exis
an impossible gulf between the Southern peo
pie and the Illinois Senator.