Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-28
WON M EXPLANATION.

We take pleasure In puo''s'''" ,>.:
uud honest letter, from an es'eeu'N -. ::
friend, touching the course OF "o'e'n''
Kansas. And as the writer seems s''ne oa' ~ A
annr.beud the position OF the Enquirer" "o'u u
nlsnation may not be altogether 'naPpoS"e' do oil III
troauctlon to his communication
II ia mot our purpose to endorse anu attempt 10 JUS
.ev avery unpuarded expression or supernuous sen'
Won, wb;ch NAV have bscn uttered by Governor
w .,ks, and under circumstances winch neHher We
oo,-esnondeut nor any other person or per
Nv. could competently weigh SO far from the scene
..,;or .s yrpuis is from Kansas. 1t is possible
ore nrobabe, that in his addresses TO the people Oh
s tsrritory, he has sometimes exceeded the oouius
e nrpdepce Sucl We are not uh"iihn6 ~
admit may have been bis errors. But ID Inere
any malfeasance in that; any derei'cuon OF
dutv. any treachery, or animosity manifested
,ow,rds the Sou,hl We appeal to every Impair
,;., pnereudicsd and dspassionate Democrat for an
o,svar. It may be true in essayiug to pacify ia
r.tci,n. to calm The angry passions Of both parties,
and prepare the public mind OF TIE people OF nan
sas for an amicable adjustment OF toeil athcuI'eS
nv an equitable sscertanment OF the popular sense
that Governor Walker gave utterance 10 WORDS
which. considered aside from the motives whlch
nromnted, and the circumstances that SURROUNDED
him. ara in some sense c1ceptionab!e as being uh'
called for and if you will, extra official and prtua'
ca, 70 his popularity with the South But the emphatic
endorsement of his acts and words by the pro.slavery
ss,,lsrs os Kansas in formal Convention, 1t seems 10
u.s., il of itself enough, and more than enough n"'
only to establish beyond all dlsputa'ion Ills
efficiency aud good faith, but also to assure
the nation of his patriotism, Judgment and zeai anu
TO dssipate all doubt to the general correctness oil
bis course However Democrats may dtier, with re-
gard to the propety Of his Topeka speech those who
eepsurs should at least extenuate his error, there
was one committed In bis alleged dictstion to the
Convention, by bearing in mind that the people OF
Douglas county had previously instructed their dele
oates to pursas the identical policy then urged by
Gov. Walker who wss, ia fact, following IN The lead
Of public sentiment.
Our correspondent appeals to US, not 10 dairact
and divide the Democracy OF the South. hoih'ne,
we assure him, is farther from our purpose On the
contrary is the highest hope OF our heart that The
Southern Democracy will continue undivided, and
the Northern Democracy never separated, in sentl.
ment or in action from the Democracy of the South.
IA TO those chivalrous champions of Sop!hern
rights 10 whom our correspondent alludss, he may
he assured that "their trivial. impulsve errors, viii
never be dealt with, by US, otherwise than gently
and with feelings Of frstsrnal friendship.
Let il not be inferred iroIa the national tone OF the
Fyopirey. and it's ardent devotion TO the Union, that
1; does not now as il has ever DONE acknoTiscSe IN
allegiance to the South higher than that it owes TO
| anv earthly party or power. The CossTITuTtoS IL
stil tho beacon that guides US in our political course
| TO the Editors Of the Enquirer
| Gentlemen While thoroughly subscribe to the
doS,rius of nou.iuteryenton in Kansas affairs, laid
ter You oug6i not 10 GGva Ipt|!fed ffe.naExsuner.
Gov. Walker that you have applied TO all Others .
What right had he TO make stump speeches over the
Territory for the purpose Of debating 10 the people Of
Kansas what they must do with the Constitution
which they were about to frame Or what right had
he to threaten to JOIN tie i6oltiontsis las he did in
his nterneddlins speech at Topeks) 20 resist the
| adoption Of the Constitution which they were about
to make unless they should submit to his dciation
to tina mode OF its adoption, unless indeed be intended
| 20 violate the very rule OF nonntrrvenon which you
hava so ably commended for, and, by his threats
pei the pro slavery party TO submit 10 his dlcaton
hazard the safety Of the properly which they had IL
gs!ly brought with them 10 The Territory! For
spectiuly submit that the act;oa Of the Lecompton
Convention, after Walker had told ,i.o shareholders
in Kansas thar the whole influence {: the
Governor of Kansas, and, by inference, tie
Federal Executive, would be brought TO bear
against them ii they did not submit 10 his die
tation, ia 70 evidence of what they might have
solved upon ut Leconpton if Walker Ind not impro.
pery interfered with e;; .se action in the prelnse;
and aurnbiy conceive that tUS whole question al is
sue between you aud our South Caro,Ga Georgia and
Mississippi friends Is simply, did not Gov. Walker
in his Topeka speech nsu!,ingy violate The ruis of
Intervention which he Sas bound to observer And
il lie did, as think he did, then let him DO censured
for bis threats, and let him take the consequences
and do not, for Gods sake, distract aud divide the
Democracy of the South by defending an act which
ia in ma lQ6t6USlDl6.
james Buchanan has not now nor ever had
warmer friend, either personally or politically, than l
am and have been; Gnd intend to support him with
all my heart and all nay soul, believing from what
know of the purity of bis private and public lite, that
the interests Of the country and will he entirely
safe in his hands; but, at the saWe tilne beg to ad
monsh his friends not toinvove bis Administration in
tho iuextrcsbe difficulties that they did the Admins
traton Of Franklin Pierce, by attempting to defend
the iudefeusbe arts Of Governor Walker. as they did
the insane acts of Secretary Guthrie in first inpro
perly interneddling With Judge Bronson, and then
removing him because he refused to obey his impro
per behests. Up to the time Of the removal Of Judge
Bronson, the Administration Of Franklin Pierce had
immense majority in bSi houses of Congress, but
after the next election ths tSb.ss were completely
turned in the House Of Representatives. and the
sequences matters OF history.
Let us then. gentlemen. treason calmly together"
about the consequences that may result from the
fare in which you and the editor Of the Examiner are
engaged with tho hot-spur seceseomists Of the South
Can the Administration Of james Buchanan do with.
out tho votes Of the representatives from South Caro-
lima. Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi! ] think
not. And IL be right in that 10 it not highly inpOi.
tic drive them off because they deny the right Of
Governor Walker 10 threaten the pro.slavery party
of Kansas with his opposition If they do not obey his
behests 70. that take il to te is all that they COM
plain OF, as do not understand them to presume 70
dictate any terms to the people OF Kansas to ob
ject to the submission of the Constitution to vote of
the people, provided that they had chosen to submit
II without the dcta.ion OF Governor Walker or any
hndv ola In an look
act of Mr. Walker as the sole origin of all the trou
bes that have arisen in the Democratic ranks, and
would treat it a. merits, aud let him meet the
sequences Of hie unfortunate blunder.
The people Of Mississippi, whom he served so iorg ;
in the Senate of the United Safes, know Governor
Walker better aud much better able to pass judy
ment ON HE acts than We are. and, hence l think il
would be better to let him and them settle the matter
without embroiling them with the Administration at
Washington about it. Mr.. Buchana surely did not |
send Mr. Walker to tell the people of kansns that
they must submit the Constitution to vote of the
people, whether they would or would not, or il they
did aot that he Walker, would join the Abo.i,ionsts.
This would be non intervention with u vengeance
No, gentlemen, take it that his Instructions simply
meant that the right Of suffrage must be protected AT
all hazards and thar in the election Of delegates
voting upon the Constitution, if 1t should be legally
submitted TO their votes, that he, Walker should
tnat all should be permitted 10 vote who wero legally
entitled TO do 90, aud none others and If am right
in this, cannot &c. how the disspprova Of extra
ofhclal act OF Governor Walkers be properly
construed into censure OF Mr.. Buchsnsna admins
tration.
have no sympathy for many of The politicians of
South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi but hot
headed, violent and cratic as believe them 10 be-
am not ready TO class them with Greeley, Parker,
Philips 20 nor even with many of the called
Simon-pure National Dsmoo OF the Northern
States, who like b. F. Iiallet OF Boston, could not be
got to act o. 5. Conmissouor sfew years ago. uu,i
q fugitive slave had fed hey ond h. jursdc,ion I'm.
pulsive and cratic as they whenever the great
sruype between the North and the Sonth r..uf, n. |
the two sections, Messrs. Keitr, Quitmau, Yancey,
and their compeers. will then be found in the .o:e
part of the hottest battles, gsanily defending their