New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-18

Ketsaa n carry gu. my cris!n. instuc.oes .,d thu,
ke'esve Toe resce Of tie 1.rrtcrZ soc ntsll- es..
Ine hanses qrs iitn By reseenng M pledges % 10,
ttCfF II lot ny intention .. this time 20 otScu az
ise peculiar Circumstances sad unexpected evans
Vbich have m0.iRed tas cpnions g the President
ulOt FONT 80 vital as ne submission o. tho COnti
tuiIon foE ratification rejection By the vote OF TIE
Eeope-much less do desire Ary controversy W.. the
fies.dent On this subj eot. Yet, however eioely
n7 views may differ from those enssitsned By him
ths qrestOn-y:egs which | have held a. n! life,
ara which, a, involving fundamental principles OF pub
Tic liberty and Of tie Constitution are unohange .bl4-
ye', as Gs al hose great measures which trust
vii constitute the policy OF his Administration n
o.ttr iespecta, i VIII give Ee pleasure, as prvsts
ct!ztp, to yield my cordial support have said that
the Slavery question, as practical lssue, had cissp
pesIed from Kansas loBg before my arrival there,
and the question Ct self government lad been
substituted In s place. On some future occasion
shs,l ossipate the delusion which hes prevailed upon
this subject, and show that after three years expert
me IT. when arrived In Kansas there were less than
800 a.sves there, and the number conitaL.y diminish
ing; that as proved by the official records Of Congress
Published and authenticated by those distinguished
Southern statesmen, John c. Calhoun and Jefferson
DAVE, the Winter climate even of istern Kansas is
colder than that Of NewErg gland, and that tie Pro
Slavery Territorial Convention Of Kansas con,oli-
dated with the ProSlavery Territorial Legislature on
the 4h Of January 1857 nearly Eve months before my
sris al there, did absndo tie Slavery Issue becaue,
es get forth by Of their number, the PToSlayery
rarty was In small and admitted minority, and the
cooperation OF the Frees ate Democrats was u-
v!ted az .he only hope Of success-not to make
Kansas Slave State, which was conceded to be in
possible but TO make il conservative Democratic
Free State. Even as late as the ID Of July,
1867, when the Democratic Territorial ConvtLt
assembled at Lecompton, in consequ of the laws
Of The climate and the welkrown will OF the people,
lone contended that Slavery could be established
there; was it Until my Southern opponents inter-
fered in the affairs Of Kansas and by denunciation,
menace ard otherwise, aided at critical period by
several yederal Office holders Of Kansas including the
Surveyor General, and the President Of the Conven-
ton with bis immense patronage, embracing many
hundred employees, interviewed, and as believe with
out the Knowledge or appreciation Of the Presi-
dept Of the United States. produced the extra
Yet this act Of Intervention by the federal officers to
defeat the will of the people seems to be sustained by
my opponents while my Intervention, as II is called
in obedience to my duty and oath Of office to support
the Federal Constitution and TO take care that our or
ganic law should be fairly executed By endesyorng to
secure 10 the people of their rights under that
act Is depounced and cslumniated. 1t 10 still more
remarkable, that the Hypothetical remarks made by
me as regards climate in its connection with its
Influence upon the question of Slavery in
Kansas after that issue had been abandoned there,
which views were for consolidating tho Union
between the Conservative, the free-State and Pro
Slavery Democi ats go as to prevent the conscation
of the small number OF slaves then held IN ksness,
have been denounced by many distinguished Southern
Senator'S, who, when the Kansas and Nebra'ka bull
YVES pending in Congrets, and when such remark from
them if ever might affect Southern emigration were
then loudest 10 procaimng that because of 1t. climate
Ksnsas could never become a Slave State. Indeed, II
II seems that all persons and out Of Kansas whether
in public or in private hfe may publish what opinions
the 10 gadto these questions except the Gov
ernoi Ct that Territory, who has 80 tie power and no
patronage. And now be pleased to express to the
Presdent my deep regret as regards our unfortunate
difference Of opinion in relation to the LecomPton
Constitution ard to say to him that, as infa ibiity
does not belong to nan, however exalted in intellect
purity of intention position yet if he has commit
ted spy errors in this respect may they be oveIrued
by experimenting Providence for tue psrpetuity OF
our Union and the advancement the honor and inter
est Of our beloved country. .
Innow dissolyirg my official connection with your
department. beg leave to tender to you my thanks
for your constant courtesy and kinduess.
ISfrnedl X. J. WALKER