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siitution, and they express the opinion Of
The President, that shen such COnstitu-
ton shall be submitted TO the people Of
The Territory, they must he protected in
the exercise OF their right Of voting for or
against that instrument, and the fair ex-
preston Of the popular will must not be
interrupted 5y fraud or violence. regret,
thea. as my clear conviction, that unless
tie Convention should submit the COAST.
tuition 10 the vote Of all the actual resident
settlers IN Kansas, and the election he
fairly and justly conducted, the Coustiiu.
ton will be, aud ought 10 be rejected by
Consiess. This inaugural most d stiuctly
asserted that il was not the question Of
slavery merely which believed to be Of
little practical importance then in its appli-
cation to Kansas, but the entire Cousiitu.
ton y hich should be submitted 10 the peo-
PIE for ratification or rejection. After
quoting from the Presidents Inaugural,
Gov. Walker refers ms lollows to his course
rs Governor OF Kansas, and the good ef-
iects: The power aud responsibility, he,
ing deyolyed exclusively upon me BY the
President, Of using the federal army in
Kansas TO suppress in,uTrction, the alter
native WAS distinctly presented TO me by
questions propounded at Topeka, of ARE /
ing revolution by the slaughter ofthe peo.
Iple, or ofpreventiug, together with that
civil war which must have extended
Throughout tie Union. NV solemn assu.
rance was then given that the right of the
people to frame their own government, so
far as my power extended, should be main
tanned hut for this assurance il is conced
ed fact, that the Topeka State government
then assembled in Legislative session,
would have been ut inio immediate ac.
tual operation, and that sasguinary cole
sion with the Federal army and civil war
must have ehsued. extended, it is feared,
throughout tie Union. Indeed the whole
ldea Of an inaugural address, originated in
the alarming intelligence which had reach
ed Washington City, Of perlous and in.
cipient rebellion in Kansas. This iEsur-
reclion was rendered still more formidable,
On my reaching the Territory, by the near
Iapproaoh Of the assembling of the revoIu-
uonary State Legislature, and the very
numerous mass Conventions by which 1t
was sus aimed. In truth, | had choose be-
tween aresting that insuTection, at what
ever cost of American blood by the Feder.
al army, or to prevent the terrible catastro
php, as | did, by my pledges to the peo.
pie, Of the exertiou of all my power, TO
Obtain fair election by the vote of the
people, for ratification or rejection. My
inaugural aud Others addresses, we're there.
fore, really in the nature Of procIamatlous
so often issued 10y Presidents and Cover.
nors, with u view to prevent, - they did
in this case, civil war and insuWectiOn. -
, Now. by INV oath of Office. | was sworn
{ to support the Constitution Of the United
States, which | have shown in my judg-
ment, required submission Of the Consltu-
tion to vote Of the people; was sworn,
also, to take care that t e Kansas Nebras.
ka Bill should be faithfully executed, which
bill, in my Judgment, as hcretolor stated,
required that the Constitution be submit.
tel to the vote Of the people, aud | YVES.
therefore, only performing my solemn du-
= ty when, as Governor of the Territory,
to whose people my first obligations we've
due, endeayUred to secure to them these
results. The idea entertained by some
that should see the Federal Constitution
and the Kansas Nebraska Bill overthruwn
and dlsregarded, aud that playing the part
Of Il mute in pautomue of ruin, | should
acquresce Ivy my silence in such result,
especially where such acquiescence iOvol.
we'd, rs m immediale consequence, a disls-
. trous aud ,nguinty civil war. seems to
: me most pre- 'oS;erous. Not drop OF
blood has been shed by the federal troops
r in X nsas during my administration. bat
/ insurreclion aud civil war, extended, feal
throughout the country, where alone pre-.
vented by the course pursued by me on
= those occo~onsanl the whole people aban
@ tloniug the revolutionary violence where
:, induced by me to 20, for the first time, in
q to n general and peaceful election. Thes,
important results constitute a sufficient
" consoIalion for all the NJ ust assaults made
Is ND II ma on thi, hjert, do not un
G ,lerstand that these assaults have ever re
Il ceived the slightest counlenance from the
- President; on the contrary, his message
4 clearly iudic ties an approval Of my course
W to the present most unfortunate differ
1t ence about the so-clled Leconpton Con
q slitution. luasmuch, however, as this dit
ference is upon vital question involving
practical results ald new institutions, it il
certainly much more respectful TO the Pres
ident on my part to resign the Office o
# Governor, aud give him an opportunity o
N filling it, as his right under the COnst;tu
.. ton. with one who concurs with him il
of his present opinion. rather than to 60 t,
le Kansas aud Ioice him to remove me b,
d Iisobelience to his instructions. In m,
3. Judgment, 1t would be incompatible will
20 proper respect for the Chief Magistrate O
n the Union, incoasistant with the rules O
i moral rectitude or propriety and could b
@, adopted with no advantage to the right
II ofthe people.
y President Buchanan evidently cherisht
~ y. feeling of revenge against the dead. G'r
: Jackson, in letter to Major Lewis, spok
= of Mr.. Buchanan as unfit to be trustee
> aud now Mr., Buchanan has appointe
'e ~ Lieut.. Randolph, the man who pulled Ge
y Jackson's nose, to an important office.
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