Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-10-21

position to the celebrated George Poind,xter,
and after a long and arduons struggle, being vic
torious ia that remarkable contest, was
returned to the United States Senate. He
remained 10 that body for six years, ard was
again elected to that high station b. a discern
ing and grateful constituency. He contributed,
whils in the senate, more than all others be-
sides, to the great and important measuEe Of
Texan recognition. All the world knows that
be was the principal champion Of the measure
Of annexation which was afterwards adopted, a
measure which has done more 70 strengthen and
to sustain the domestic institutions OF tie south,
than all the noisy elamOrs even Of tloss ex-
trenists who are now hssrtiessly ps-sseuting
him have been able TO weaken snd discredit
them. To him, more than to any mar besides,
is the South indebted for that noble system Of
frse-trade, which has become one Of the chief
glOriss Of the Republic. Never weIe South
ern institutions ssssilsd IN his hearing whilst
be was a member Of the National Senate, that
be did not defend them promptly ana efficient
". One Of the mos, active and niaasntal
members Of Sir. PoIk's Cabinet, he ever pos
sessed the confidence and respect Of tlat sound
and discerning statesman, than 'shon a
more j~uaieious and faithful defender the South
has never known.
Governor Walker wrote the FIRST 90 a series
Of letters, psnned by sundry distinguished
statesmen Of the Unien, in the e~ventfui summer
of 1850, which aided most materially in bring
ing about the adoption Of the Conipronise
enaetnents of that period; and he has
ever adhered to the principles contained there
in, whilst some of bis present sssailants have
been VIGOROUSLY engaged in asssiling, or in M
dernining them. Il is well known that be did
not seek the GoVerhorshiP Of Kansas, bat ae-
eepted this difficult and responsible post with
great reluctance and after much and earnest
persuasion. He did not accept the eOrnission
Of Governor at last, until he had made known
his views upon the questions pending in ksR-
sas, sni ascertained that these views were
fully concurred in BY the President and the
Cabinet. He was prudent enough to So
licit full instructions before be set out FOR
the execution OF his arduous mission, and, if !
am not misinfOrmsd, be even prepared and
read in the hearing of the President and his
Cabinet, the whole of that much denounced
document, aud received full assurance that
every paragraph, sentence, and line thereof
was approved. IhaVe watched his course in
Kansas most attenttveIy, aud I have no hesi-
tatiOn in saying that see nothing TO condemn,
and much to commend. It would be well that
certain gentlemen VIGOROUSLY fond Of CO.
NEEDING with men in power, could have learn
ed a little earlier that the facts of the case
were such that they would not ind it possible
so to discriminate between President B lehansn
and his faithful agent, astO denouncs the
one whilst recognized By the other as sup
porters and allies. It would have saved them
from a world OF embarrassment and chagrin, TO
which they will now be inevitably subjected.
The main ofsnse OF Governor Walker, in The
Judgment Of several Of bis most prominent
r~eyilers is that he has had the misfortune to
agree with all our Statesmen Of the Revolt
ton, and with all who have succeeded them
since in supposing that all government, in
order to be legitimate aud binding, msst in
some shape or other, have the consent and
approval Of the governed. Until a few weeks
since, I really never heard this vital principle
of popular freedom denied or called in ques-
ton and when it shall be denied or called
in question successfully, / shall believe that
the establishment Of a permanent dtspotism
among US will not be far distant. Mr.. Pitt is
reported to have said Of bis great rival
NJ r. ~ - s-ew1ru@-H HE -H-m ~
a Regency, OF on some other occasion,
that he intended to @HAuhig the GENTLE
man for life !" 1 an confident that no man
who disputes the grand fundamental principle
Of popular sovereignty embodied so distinctly
in the Kansas-Nebrsska act itself, aud always
respected in this country heTetoiore--and in
England too, ever since the session Of the ia
nous Convention Parliament which elevated
William and Mary to TIE British throle-can
fairly lay claim to Be recognized as a true
friend to our Republican system Of govern
msnt. The wild and dangerous doctrines re-
Gently put afoat on thissubject, il carried into
practical operation, would justly make the.
American people an object Of mOeksry, Of
derision, and Of e~OntempttO TIE whole civilized
world and Of this an 80 certain, that do
not hesitate to assert that the man is not living
who dares to attempt the defence Of these
doctrines upon anF fair field of controversy
either before the people or in Congress. It
would be easy to expatiata uPoa this fruitful
theme, and 1 am even strongly tempted 70 do
so, but the hour is growing late, and an con-
tent with bringing these remsrFs to a close,
bv prsdieti-s nUr Governor Walker sueh a
triumph over his infatuated and malignant ad-
v~ersaries ere long as viii eonsign them, one
and all, to that permanent disgrace which all
reasonable and ibsral-spiritsd men must agree
that they so emphaticaily deserve.