Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-12-25

first obligations were due, | en1eavortd to
secure both these results. The idea en-
tertaibed by some, that should see the
Federal Constitution and The Kansas Ne
braSka Bill oycrthrown and disregardcd, i,
and that, playing the part Of mute in a
pantouIimic scene, l should ac9uicsce, by
my silence, in rueh a result, especially
where sneh au scquiesccnce involved, as
an immediate consequence, u disastrous
and sansuinary civil war, seems to me
mos, pEepOste-ous. No. a drop of blood
has been shed by the Federal troops in
Kansas during my administration. Bat
insurrcc,icn aud civil war, extending, |
fear, throughout the country, were alone
prevented by the course pursued by me
on these occasions, and the whole people,
abandoning their revolutionary violence,
were induced by me to 60, for the first
time, into general and peaceful election.
state it is fact, based on a long and
intimate association with the people Of
hans1s: that an overwhelming majority
of tha, people are opposed to that iDstru-
ment, and my letters state that but one
out Of twenty of the press Of Kansas sus-
tains it. Some oppose it because so ma
ny counties were. DISTINGUISHED, unrepre-
sented in the Convention. Some, who
are opposed to paper money, because it
authorizes bank Of enormous capital for
Kansas, nearly unlimited in its issues,
and in the denomination of its notes, from
one dollar up and down. Some, because
of what they consider Know Nothing
clause, by requiring that the Governor
shall have been twenty years citizen OF
the United States. Some, because the
elective franchise is not free, as they can
not vote against the Constitution, but on
ly on the single issue whether any more
slaves may be imported, and then only
upon that issue by voting for the Consti
tuition to which they are opposed, They
regard this as but mockery of the cleo
tive franchise, and a pcrilous sporting
with the sacred rights Of the people.
Some oppose it, because the constitution
distinctly recognizes and adopts the Ok
ford fraud, in apportioning the legislative
members for johnson county upon the
fraudulent and fictitious returns so falsely
made from that precinct, which recognition
of that fraud ia the constitution is abhor.
rent TO the moral sense Of the people.
Others oppose it, because, although in
other cases the presidents Of conventions
have been authorized to issue wits of cleo
4. ,,.1 Stat. nj.
fccrs with the usual Judges, with the cs-
tablishcG precedcnts and adjudication of
returns, in this case, unprecedented and
yiceregai powers are given to the Presi-
dent of the Convention to make the pre-
cincts, the judges, and TO decide finally
upon the returns From the grant of
these unusual and enormous powers, and
from other reasons connected with the
fraudulent returns Of Oxford aud M'Ghec,
an overwhelming majority Of thr reop'e
of Kansas have no faith III the validity of
these returns, and therefore I'd. inUt vote
! lThe Governor goes on to state that the
President entertaining views which would
compel him to violate his convictions of right
and duty, he is forced to resign, al the same
time expressing his respect for the President
himself He still argues that slavery can
not be maintained in Kansas, on account Of
the climate; and that he had uTged the pro-
slavery and Free-State Democrats 10 unite
and yield the slavery point, as The only way
10 make Kansas a conservative Democratic
free state He complains that rybody, in
public or private life, may speak their opin-
ions Of Kansas affairs, "c1cept the Governor
Of that Territory and concludes his truthful
and lhought-strrins letter as follows )
. In now dissolviDg my official connection
with your Department, beg leave to ten
der to you my thanks for your consistent
courtesy and kindness. Most respect
fully your obedent servant,
(Signed) II. J. WALKER.