The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-12-31


To the House Of Representatives
ofMe Territory of Kansas:
GENTLEMEN: | herewith return the bi.l otigi-
mating in your House, entitled Gan actrepeal-
ing an act, entitled IAN act to provide for
taking census, and election for delegases to 8
Convention" ~
In my communication to the two Hopses, at
the commencement of the present session Of
the Legislative Assembly, distinctly st,sted my
objections to the measure now presented for
my approval.
Believing that the Legislative Assembly has
no power to repeal the act for organizing the
late Constitutional Convention, after its func
tons have been executed, cannot approve the
bill for that pun pose sbut now return it to the
House in which it originated. +.
FRED. P. STANTON,
Acting Gopernor.
LecOmpton, Dec. l6, 1857.
The bill was Immediately passed over the
veto. In the House the vote stood 20 to | /; in
the Senate the vote for it was unanimous.
The Protesting Resolutions.
The suboined message from the Governor
was received at the same time with his veto:
LECoMPToS Dec. l6, 1857.
To the House of Representatives
ofhe Territory Of Kansas:
GENTLEMEN l have duly considered the
preamble and Joint resolutions in relation to
the Constitution framed at Lecompton, Kansas
Territory, on the 7th day of November, 1852
They do not constitute law, in the proper
sense of that term, and do not seem to me to
require the approval Of the Governor. | have
no objection to the resolutions themselves, but
there are some statements in the paeaanble in
which do not concur.
AS resolutions which merely exprsss the
opinions of the two Houses of the Legislative
AS emily, will very cheerfully communicate
them to the President and Congress- as thereto
requested, but l decline to approve and sigA
them, for the reasons stated. E
FREDERICK p. STANTON.
Acting GooernOr.
No action was taken on this Communications.
A rumor thet both Messrs, Walker aad Stan.
ton have been renaoved by the President was
received from LIE xington this morning, land hes
been generally accredited here through the da.'.
| 1t has caused little excitement, almost every
one saying, just as / expected"
The Legislature will probably adjourn to.
morrow morning. 1t only awaits Governor
Stanton's approval of the act for submitting tie
Lecompton Constitution to the people on The
first Monday in January. Mr.. Stsnton his
stated that be shall sign it, but he is at hi!
.i claim" two or three miles out of town, tbh
| evening.
The Presidents message was no. received
| here until tonight. Gov. Stanton inmediatesy
had tina. portion of it relating to Kansas affair.
printed and circulated in the Legislature
During recess of the House, a meeting WAS
organized, and it was read aloud. It's sophist-y
and special pleading elected decided NANTES
| tationu of decentralization
Detailed Account of Walkers surrent er-Inter
esting Narrative.
We are indebted to the New York Times 70,
the following, dated Asp inwall, December 10
You heard by the Star Of the West of tn,
landing of General Walker and his raen on tn,
Point Arenas, directly under the gins of til,
| Saratoga. have now to announce-to you BIZ
capture. Upon landing, he took possession o
SCOTS buildings, and also of a schooner lying
at the wharf. Capt. Chatard, of the, Saratoga
informed him that he must give up the schooner
and evscuate the buildings, which he did, NOV
ing further up the Point, where he hired few
small buildings--huts, l may call taem-ahG
hoisted his hag+here.
He assumed that Point Arenas was the head
quarters of the army of Nicaragua :; and upor
one occasion when Lieut.. Cilley OF. the Sara
toga, in company with two other Off C ers, landed
on the Point, he was ordered to leave.it. Cile,
| told him that he did not recognise ais author
ity, but that if he repeated the ordtr-bavias
| the power to enforce it-he would leave. a.
states that Walker threatened to shoot him
he came there again. On the 4th inst. forty
FIVE of his men, under Colonel Anderson, VIII
had previously gone up the river, CAPTURED tw,
steamers aud the Fort of Castillo. Thus far
all had gone well. He had command of tn,
river, and only waited for his reinforcement
to 60 up into the interior and carry all before
him. tI
The Wabash arrived off Greytoyn on tn
9Th. The next day. Commodore Pau.ding hoist
ed his flag on the Fulton, and Immediately ae
about his preparations to capture Walker ant
his men, whom he found encampedon Punts
Arenas. 1t appears that the Commodore bat
received by the Fashion, before he sailed from
Aspinwall, (which was on the after Don of th'
3d,) a most presumptuous letter from Walker
In which the writer styled himself !: Presiden
of Nicaragua, and Commander in-chief of The
Army of Nicaragua"
This letter complained bitterly against Capt
Chatard and his officers, for presumilg to ques
tion his rights as sovereign of the cdantry, &c.
and among other things asserted, that when b,
threatened Lieutenant Cilley, of the Saratoga
that he would shoot him if he care near hi
headquarters, the lieutenant was Without biz
uniform, and consequ emily he had so right Il
claim that he was United States naval officer
In this letter Walker avowed his i,tention o.
asserting his right as President of Nicaragua
by force of arms, if necessary. 5
On the 18Th, Commodore PauLling sent
through Captain Engle, of the Wabash, his re
ply. This reply was a model of Erevity, bu
was couched in language so plain Ind pointed
as admitted of only one Interpretation, and in
vted no rejoinder. The Commodore blunt,
disputed all his facts and premises, plainly tell
ing him his expedition was an illegal and wicket
one, and that he had come there to f,reak it up
AS regarded his threat to LieutenaRj Ciley, b.
could only say he had the Leutens,t's author
ity for saying that he soGs in uniform !; and
concerned Gen. Walker to know II at any sio
lence used by him to any officer of the squad
ron. would result in an act of retribI tive justic
toward the offender.
The dispatch concluded by cpmmandin,
General Walker to lay down his arias, and rur
render himself and men to the Utited Strife
naval forces.
Commodore Paulding had previt nsly biz Oh
AIDED the mouth of the river San Jian, 80 fha
there was no chance of the escape of the hl
busters. On the 9th, the broadside u the sara
toga was brought to bear on Gee. Walker
camp. Capt. Engle had the day before n
ceived his written orders as to the arming an
disposition of the launches. He was direete