The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-23
GOVERNOR WALKER /.

Weregret to notice disposition the part of Gov.
Walkers assailants and among that number not few
who were his political and personal admirers
until very recent period, to revive and give cur
rency exploded and well-nigh SANDERS
The last attempt to asperse the private character
of Gov Walker has called forth the following salts
factory explanation from the correspondent of the
New York Herald:
The extreme Of the South finding the administra-
ton and Gov Walker course on the Kansas question i'm
pregnable and sustained by every patriotic citizen in the
country and especially by the poslavey party in Kansas
and finding that they cannot longer continue the
fare the merits Of the question without stultifyng
themselves have been driven TO the desperate resort of
attacking the private character of Governor Walker in
the hope and expectation of nuring the administration
One of these attacks-yiolent and grossmade its APP
pearance in the Richmond South few days since The
attempt is made to connect Governor Walker with a
fraudulent transaction which took place in Virginia
TWENTY-FIVE years since. Fortunately for the Of
truth and justice the gentleman who in possession of
all the papers connected with the transaction udcd hap
pened bepassing through Washington the star West
and by chance heard of the attack and having with
him the papers spoken of has kindly placed them in
hands, and from which we undertake to say I'M
mitigated Misrepresentation than the contained in
the South has rarely under our notice Inc crcum
stances merely these In 1896 friend of Governor
Walkcr--then in Congrcss-yised the eastern part of
Virginia. and entered into contract for the purchase of
large number of negroes credit That contract spec
fed that mortgage should be given the negroes
also valuable tact of land in Mississippi and that
in aldition certain endorses should he given on the
notes-one of whom was to be Gov. Walker The con-
tract regularly signed the notes. in blank, en-
dorscd by Governor Walker, with understanding that
two other cndorsels should so the notes. The pur
chaser again proceeded to Virginia to take possession
the negroes but getting there contract was
entered into by the parties the seller agreeing to waive
the mortgage and thereby took away the snbstratmn
upon which Walker agreed to sign the papers, cond
ton that the terms Of payment should be changed and
additional price should lie given for the negroes Inc
notes filed up and handed to the seller under the
new contract, after they endorsed by Governor
Walker and it not until years after that Governor
Walker appraised of any change in the original
tract under which he endorsed the paper nor did he
know that the seller had also agreed receive the notes
without requiring the of the other parties This
is the whole transaction in nutshell and we do not
believe there is in the country who will contend
that Gov Walker was is, legally morally bound
for cent The gentleman who has afforded a view
of tho papers informs that they have been in his possc
sion about fifteen years that he would have been en-
titled to large fee if the debt could have been collected
and matter of he examined the case in all of
its aspects and became fully satisfied that there was not
equitable claim against Governor Walker. 1t is
not true that Governor Walker visited the old gen
tleman with whom the transaction took place