The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-27

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Governor Of Kansas, to the ls.e Indian.
apolis Convention. Let every reader re-
fleet how strong must be the convictions
of wrong, that impel man in Mr..
Walkers position to declare such bold
and whitening denunciations Of the
measures Of his friend the President, and
the pet scheme Of his own section Of the
Democratic party. Silence and subserv-
ency in this matter would have PuTchas-
ed him the highest honors and emolu-
ments in the gift Of the Executive. 1t
was reported but few days asO. that he
had yielded to the Establishments Of
power, and the seductions OF Executive
favors. The report was started upon the
moral probabilities that humen nature
would yield under such trial. But the
letter below indicates its author from
the aspersion, and proves him to be in
corruptible. 1t is the most fierce and
trenchan. assault made upon the Admin
istration and lis schemes from any quar-
ter. If it does not disturb Mr.. Buchan-
an and shake him in his purposes, it will
move the people to action.
The Kansas question has, within The
last sixty days, assumed more and more
important phases. 1t was before the
PRONUNCIATION Of the Lecompton Consti-
tuition, a question of the extension Of
slavery over free territory. After the
disclosure Of the designs Of the authors Of
that Ubiquitous imposition, it became q
question Of State rights and popular SOW
ereignty. In the progress Of the tyrrany
it has assumed still more alarming as
pect; it has now become conflict be-
tween the win Of the people and the
corrupt and illcgitinate influences of the
Executive. 1t is the first attempt Of the
power that has constantly been stealing
from the people and usurped by the Ex-
ecutive-and which is fast making the
country a monarchy virtually-to over.
ride and crush the popular will. 1t j:
an effort of Executive power, sustained
by official corruption, invading popular
rights and defying popular opinion. !
it succeed in crushing the sovereign
power Of the people in Territoy
how long will it be, when it will turn
upon q State, or some section of thu
States, and then upon the whole confed
eracy Of States and coerce q surrender
of some one of their fundamental rights
and in the end not rest satified till it ha:
grasped the whole, and an imperial rul'
be installed. From the development
which has been made Of this alarming
encroachment Of power within q few
months, the country will find before tn
final settlement of this Kansas affair, tina
unless some measures are adopted b,
the people to restrict the Executive pat
ronage, the Republic will in anothe
generation exist but in form and name
And as Mr.. Walker asks, the query ma.
now be put with some significance, q
these be not the first days Of the Amer
lean Monarchy The question is nov
one vital to political freedom, and ever
man must choose his side. The issue
the old one between wing and tory; be
tween the sovereign rights Of the peopl
and the usurpations of arbitrary powe
WASHINGTON CRY, Feb. Goth, 1s5s.
AusrN H. Baows, Esq, Chairman, &c.
Sm:-Your letter on behalf of the Con
mittee, inviting me to address the ma,
meeting of the Democracy of Indiana on Il
2Srd of this month at Indianapolis, has bee
received. 1t would have given me sincel
pleasure to have complied with your reques
but on the oath of this month one Of IN
most important cases, now pending in Il
Supreme Court of the United States, is s.
down for argument, and cannot be absel
on that occasion.
The power of Congress to admit ne
States into the Union has heretofore, ut va
ious periods, been fully discussed by me-
This power of admission mos clearly impli
the previous consent of the people Of the u
choate State, not only by the very terms, b.
as required by the fundamental principles
our Government. Indeed, presume it wi
hardly be commended that Congress posse
any power to force the people of a State in
the Union against their will. The Union
composed Of eonfederacy Of coequal sove
eighties, and each must have freely enters
into the federal compact. BY the people
a State, under our federal Constitution,
always intended the majority of that peopl
The people of State, in entering into Il
Union, always indicate their previous asscl
by the adoption of a State Constitution
My own opinion, as heretofore often expires
cd, distinctly repeated in my letter OF accep
ance of the Governorship of Kansas, and r
iterated in my inaugural address, was tn
the assent Of the people TO their Constitute
can only properly be ascertained by dire
popular vote for or against its adoption. Il
deed, in what other way can it ever
known that the people would have assent
20 the Constitution unless they are permit
to vote for or against its adoption! T
President, in his message of December la
admits this must be done as regards t
question of slavery, as regulated by Sta
constitution, although he comedies that
Instructions To me as regards the submissi
OF the constitution were general and u
qualified" 1t is most unfortunate that su
an opinion had remained SO long dormant
the breast OF the President, for il the sligf
est suggestion to that effect had been ma
TO me, 1t rs quiet evident from my life-lo
opinions on this very point, so often and d
tinctly expressed, repeated in my letter
acceptance of the Governorship of Kans
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