Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-19
Cow Walkers Manifesto TO the People
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G0Vs w nIheF's Manifesto TO the People
of KanZas.
WASHINGTON, May II. IN. Y. Herald cor
respondence. IA few days before Governor
Walkers departure for Kanzas, his introduce
tory manifesto to the people of the territory,
was made known to the Cabinet and APP
proved. Mr.. Walker says that he has con-
sented to become Governor of Kanzas at the
earnest solicitation of the President with the
cordial concurrence of all his Cabinet. Next,
after admitting the terrible character of the
lmbrogho on the slave question: Mr.. Walker
proceeds to a briei review of the history of
slavery in the United States; then, coming to
kanzas he falls back upon the popular SOW
ereignty feature of the Kanzas- Nebraska bill.
The people of Kanzas, in the State Constitu-
ton which they are about to frame, must
therefore settle the question for themselves.
The President recognizes the validity of the
local laws providing for the June election, sc.
In regard to the stand aloof policy adopted
by the free State party, MIR. Walker says that
throughout our whole Union, however and
wherever free government prevails, those who
abstain from the eH ereise of the right of suf-
trage, authorize those who do not to act for
them in that contingency, and the nom voters
are as much bound under the law and consti-
tuition, as well as by an overruling moral me-
cessity, by the act of the majority of those
who do vote, as though all had participated in
the election. He then implores the free State
party to take part in the coming election, ex-
pressing his belief that the provisions for the
election are smooth and fair and that if there
should be frauds in the election, the conven-
ton will be honest but then, as a last resort
if there is a wrong, there is q remedy in Con-
gress.
He next says, 81 cannot doubt that the
convention, after having framed State con-
stitution, will submit it by solemn oath for
ratification or rejection by majority of the
people of Kanzas." He enters into an ear
nest constitutional argument upon this point
from which it is evident that the President
desires this course to be pursued Mr.. Walk
er proceeds to argue that the constitution of a
State, as has been the case with many, may
be silent on the subject of slavery, in which
case, in the absence of any prohibition of the
legislative power of State granted in one
general comprehensive clause, the Legislature
of the State, elected by the people, might act
on the question of slavery, as they have done
in other States, etc. He thinks that this
Forthcoming convention will have the perfect
right to adopt this course of non intervention
in their State constitution.
He next touches upon Nebraska, soon to
become State, and upon the great and
future slaveholding Indian territory on the
South, soon, he hopes, to become q State,
aided and encouraged by the State Of Kanzas.
Mr.. Walker next brings all the Pacific
Railroads TO bear upon Kanzas, and winds
up by repeating that he must enforce the laws,
and by appealing to the patriotism of the peo-
pie of Kanzas inasmueh as the safety or the
destruction of the Union is in their hands.