New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-28
GOVERNOR WALKER AND KANSAS.

GOVERNOR WALKER AND KANSAS.
From Tie Commercial -idrerts'eT
Ny doctrine i. ;b,Lst in the frnre when the Constitn
Ill b. .ui1ned 70 the vote Of the whole people 90 not
those who tre nox rrieTse Shu' s n on M & "
Norcb sst the whole people o. ktss-no only
a. sc:n residents that heybe people whom these IN
opes.shsi hey S' majority Of ths, vote.
" bet .lall be their social instit stions"
Thus sroke Governor Walker of Kansas in his "a
nous Topeka address on the 9th Of June-an address
evidently prepared with care, and designed to alay
the olprehe sons of the FreeState residents Of the
Territory and Of the friends of Freedom outside the
Territory. 1t had that effect, and though it savored
Of the squatter-severegnty creed, the conservative
press Of the North generally accepted the assurance,
as being quite as much could be expected from
Democratic Governor and Democratic Federal Ad.
mirstraticn. The general response Of the press, this
journal included, was, every well; LEI that be done,
"ard whatever the decision may be, reasonable and
"patriotic men everywhere will acquiesce" Indeed,
by that assurance from understood to be fully adj
vstd of the purposes Of the Administration and fully
eInpowered to declare them and carry them out,
awakened very general hope and belief that the pro-
tracted and ruinous controversy in that Territory
about to be brought to decisive end.
The declaration soon attracted attention at the
South, and provoked in some quarters unmeasured
abuse of Governor Walker ard unmistakabe signs of
hostility to the Administration, in whose confidence,
ard the exponent Of whose intentions, Governor Walk
er had declared himself to be. When theee demon
stratious of dissatisfaction at the South became
general and vioe1t, Tie Washington Union, the
gan Of the Administration, began to show symptoms
of alarm and tried for awhile to create the belief that
Governor Walker had been mirepresepted. This re.
source falling it next deliberately argued that by the
people" must be understood the voters and that the
Constitutional Convention would have authority to de-
clare who were voters. The sopbisy of this was at
once apparent, and the impression became general
that the Administration, either of original purpose or
because OF the feeling manifested at the South did not
intend act up to the promise clearly and frcby
given by its executive representative and Spokesman
in the Jenfory.
Recently dispatch from Washington purportingto
give extracts from q communication made to Washing
ton by Governor Walker, pretty ccncuslvely showed
tina, he had been officially apprsed Of his error Of
the change Of purpose by the Administration, as the
case nay be-the dispatch beiog Of the following
tenor:
Gov wslAer Ksn,ss in Official dispatches, recently
.eltcd namely ar desiring every should who
happenei be in the Territory the day Of election Tor the
be delbe there conclusive evidence that all such
person. were actual SoHa ae & 'u' 1ae ony @
On this point which Of detail he had never pro
poe to suggestions to the Convention although when
aked his opinion by Of that body he had indicated
previous residence Of three Elk months and that the same
not only to that but to all future elections.
In bis judgment the other Of these terms will be
co0teu0n 1t is somewba. extraordinary he adds that
~an IL the Te,or, On the dar Of election has been
preferred in the South as indicating de- sire on my part to let
Rcpublcons Of Kensas have drawn entifely different
cluon viz That designed IN manner to bring many thou
fand MssouIisn into the Territory to decide the contest
will be seen that herein the Governor explains
away the promise deliberately made at Topeka, and
shscowed FORTH if rot substantially given, in his in
auguIal address. lie entirely changes Lis ground go
far az the public are concerned, although he claims
that while declaring at Topeka that the whole people
of the Territory at the time of submitting the Consi
tuition TO the popular vote, and lot merely those who
resided there given time should be allowed to vote
upon IT, lie wss privately representing to members of
that BODY that previous residence Of three six
moths ought TO be required. 1t is for Gov. Walker
to show how bis promise at Topeka and big private
to members of the Convention compot
with hor or aid .rathfulness We that they
CO. and with such evidence Of double dealing, of Con-
tra,eiy between bis public promises to FreeStae nen
stitutora Convention our confidence in his Admins.
tation has necessarily been weakened; and we were
not uppr pared for the disappointment that nov
to await all who had built their hope of peace 10 that
Territory upon Gov. Walkers seemingly frank expo
sition and sincere promises made at Topeka.
However, not Gov. Walker, but the President and
tis Cabinet are to be held responsible for the nom
fluff lment row too evidently contemplated, of the
fnr -. 4
that tie exeIt of bis own powers, and the purpose
that tLen prevailed in the mind of the President were
fully al clearly explained to and understood by the
Governor while there .s apparent cause for the
President change of purpose. The canor raised at
the South hos int Undated the Chief Magistrate. The
evidence of this has been supplied in toe columns Of
his organ, Tie Washington Uaion. Its editorial,
have been specially addressed to the alsyng of tni-
Southern storm, now by expsus.ons and qualiica
tons. ard anon by arathemas and defarc.s A. re-
Gently as Saurdsy had articles of this character to
the extent of oSuple Of columns. 10 a Word of
Explanation" it makes two apologies, as follows:
In our article yesterday as we'll sin cher 1ztccs on
the snbtc. ID Kansas have bad cssion
cis,ion OF Gov Walse !, seems tnat Of friends
have construed stFee. as applicable T. 'i who have
Such BEEN our Purpose, and We not wiling
tina, those who hsge provoked these reiuTs sLoud DC
ENt'N''-'N~
m.nt Of the South
Another word Of in reference article Of
Yesterday II il proper that shord tnat the opinion
ID. rein * pe, ed that t.r 10 probability Of Kansas b..
canin, Free =. aa but our own individual opinion
end that expressive Of our w.a on toe subject but
on such an EXPIRE salon our psrt be subject
eoDltrue;op As Conductors d matte nal organ have
Il ,hs, II & cur duty 20 deal with prncip We have been
ha continue 70 bold and un,ns 10 the advocacy OF
ne p.peiprs Of the Democratic p-Ity-ia regard
kAnsss and al other questiona