Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23
Mr.. Walker on Kansas,

In view of the appontMsnt OF the Hon.
Robert ] Walker as Governor of Kansas, the
following extract from letter which he wrote
while the Presidential elecii on was pending, $50
interesting and important. The letter. was da
ted Septemher 80 1856. and was addressed to
the Democratic comnl.ee in PillsbpTg Pa. II
was an elaborate review If the principal topics
of the canvass, and contained the follow ing
sentences relative to Kansas:
'If1his question. as provided bv the Kansas
ard Nebraska Bill, should be left to the Peep e
of the HerrIlory in forming Their States Con
s,itutou, i will be determined by soil, climate,
production, and the laws which govern the
movements of the population. Here the North,
aided By the greater facility of movement min
numbered BY The transport of the slaves, or the
apprehe sion Of their ultimate co"dill"n where
taken, have great advantages over the South in
the sell 'ement Of new ierrltnrs, and should be
perfectly satisfied with he principle which
leaves the determination Of this qursi"n, when
they become State, TO majority the people
of the Territory THIS is non-intervention-
absolute n IN interference hv the federal govern
ment This is III dneiliDe Cd s!le Constitution.
This is that rule Of absolute egpalny OF rights
of all The safe which avs al the foundation OF
Aa.- ss~rtr-'stsr, 'SfA his IS fhgt --efstft iouuf
| Ffgh,, recognized in the adms ion Of new States.
ihai lhey cume into the lluian, upon an equal
fnoliDg ~ iih the other States. in the respects
whatsoever Bul the quantity does not exist,
if other States did accede or come into the Union.
with or without slavery, at their pleasure, and
Kansas cannot do SO
| There is annother reason, not heretofore al
verified TO- which SEEMS 10 render it impractical
| bic long to maintain slavery in Kansas In a !
the slave States there is a large MAJORITY of vo
ters who are non slave holders but they are de-
voted to the institutions of the Somh-lhey
would defend them with their Iives-and On this
question the South are united people This
class, composed of many small farmers, Of mer-
chants, professional men. nechan cs. overseers,
and other industrial classes, constitute mainly
the patnl Of the South, and cheerfuily unite in
carrying out those laws essential TO preserve the
Institution. Against powerful minority aud
constant agitation, syery should MT long exist
in any State 1t is a we'll known fact thai this
resul, would have lt'Ioved soon in severa Of
the slavsStates. but for the unanimity speedily
produced there by the ab0lllnn agaprs and
Intermediates of The North. Now Kansas is
much divided on the question Of eaTery there. I;
there is a powerful minority there not ma
jorlty. "A party not neutral. but bitterly hos
tile to the ion and for this in addition to
the reasons before given / do not believe Kan
sas pW become s1aue State.
If Mr. Walkers offic al acts are governed
by the views herein presented, and the prncl-
pie of popular sovereignty is administered with
thorough impalilaIity, the friends of free Kan
sas can reasonably expect nothing further of
the new Governor in the advancement of their
own ideaso the true destiny of the territory.