The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-01-02
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Walkers lettsf Of rssignation OF Re oikcs
q Governor u Kanass, makes tkree col.
anns md : h6lf, minion type, h the New
for our space, it j. Addressed to Hon. Lewii
Cass, Secretary Of Stats. The second par.
agraph contains tho nutof the whols thing
He says:
"The grounds assumed BY the President il
his late Message to Congress, and in recent
instructions in connection with the events
now transpiring here and in Kansas, admon-
ish me that as Governor OF that Territory,
il will no longer be in my power to preserve
the peace or promote the public welfare"
To this statement he adds:
cat the earnest solicitation Of the Presi-
dent, after repeated rcfusals, the last being
in writing, ! finally accepted this oiiice, upon
his letter showing the danger and difhculties
of the Kansas question, and the necessity Of
my undertaking the task Of adjustment
Under these circumstances, notwithstanding
the great sacrifices to me, personal, political
and pecuniary, felt that could no more
refuse such a call from my country through
her Chief Magistrate, than soldier in bat
tie who is ordered to the command Of for
lorn hope"
He then details in tho following words,
the terms upon which be accepted the Office:
"Accepted, however, on the express con-
dition that should advocate the submission
of the Constitution to vote Of the people for
ratification or rejection. These views were
clearly understood by the President and all
his Cabinet. They were distinctly set forth
in my letter, on my acceptance to this Office,
Of the Goth March last, and reiterated in my
address Of the 9th of May last, as
follows: Indeed, cannot doubt that the
after having framed State
Constitution, will submit it for ratification
or INJECTION by majority Of the then actual
bona iide resident settlers of Kansas"
Gov. Walker refers to his Inaugural, in
which he said:
"That it was not question OF Slavery
merely, which believed to be Of little prac-
tical Importance then in its application to
Kansas, but of the entire Constitution which
should be submitted to the people for rati-
fcation or rejection. These were my words
on that subject in my inaugural 1t is not
merely, shall Slavery exist in or disappear
from Kansas but shall the great principle Of
self-government and State sovereignty be
maintained or subverted p" ... -.
After having laid the foundation of his
the Governor proceeds, to the
consideration of questions and deductions
which naturally arise, from his impregnable
positions, and of which it is quite enough
TO say that they utterly overthrow and de-
molish the Pillow-like defences of Mr.. Blu
chanan. How it is possible, that man of
such flow of words, can possibly be man
30 much nerve and action rs Walker has
shown himself to be, is surprising. There
is some narrative interspersed, but the great
portion Of the remainder is argumentxtiye.
Secretary Cass' Reply to Gov. Walker.
STATE DEPARTMENT,
Dec. 18th, 1857
SIR On Wednesday last received your
of the 18th inst, rendering
your resignation as Governor of Kansas
The resignation is accompanied by long ar
guulGUL OU Guo uuoll Va tlC 1ClkltOIy ECuCT"
ally, to which you are well aware it would
be impossible for this Department to reply.
Il any officer of the Government who feels
himself constrained to refuse obedience to
the instructions of the President, shall pur-
rue this unusual course and thus place
IN the files Of the appropriate department
criticism on the policy of the administration,
10 person knows better than yourself to
What consequences this might lead them, he
must either cause the charges and arguments
against the President to be filed among the
public archives of the country, without con-
radiction or reply, or it must spend the
ime which ought to be devoted to the pub
ic service in controversies with subordinate
ulcers who may disapprove of the Presi-
lent's policy.
Whilst duty therefore forbids me to en-
er into a controversial discussion with you
N the various topics embodied in your ar
,ument, it is proper that l should make q
emark upon single point. You state that
he President has changed his policy in re-
ard to Kansas. And why this allegation ?
simply because the Convention of Kansas
ave, in the exercise of the right belonging
0 them, decided that they would not SUBJ
nit the whole constitution to the people, al
hough they had submitted the all-impor-
ant and dangerous question of slavery,
'hich threatened to endanger the Union and
'as alone prominent with the majority of
he people throughout every State. He had
OF treated the subject Of this nomination
uestion as a mere nulity. Under these
it was his imperitave duty and
onnco,,,n,Sr, Nth Il
are that a fair election be held on this
uestion, and thus give peace to the Union.
he acted in any other manner, merely
ccause he preferred to submit the Consti-
ution originally to the people, his respon-
ibility would have been of the greatest
haracter had he intended or expressed the
pinion that the Convention was bound to
ubmit any portion Of the Constitution to
he people, except the question of slavery.
Much less than that portion would be in
olved without such submit. Had he enter
aimed such an opinion this would have been
0 opposition to the numerous precedents
rhich have occurred since the adoption of
he Federal Constitution by the different
tates.
The question Of Slavery was the allah
oAouH HoSseiohS Ahu Sou WClS ScHt W hdu-
as with the full confidence of the President
0 carry out the principles of the Kansas
'ebraska act, with the question of Free or
lave State you werc not to interfere. You
7ere to secure to the people of Kansas
rec and fair election to decline the question
or themselves. The President was there
ore happy to learn from your dispatch to
bis department of July 18th last that in all
our speeches you had refrained from cx-
ressing any opinion as to whether it should
&c Free or Slave State. am instructed
0 inform you that your resignation Of the
flee Of Governor Of Kansas has been &C.
epted.
am, sir, your obd't servant,
[Signed1 LEWIS CAss.
To K. j. WALKER.
Douglas on the Senate Floor.
The Washington correspondent of the N.
Z. Independent gives the following vivid
description of the ssLittle Giant" when un-
.. full headway: su. ..-..r H..
ssHe is very short in stature, but Of such
hysical proportions, aside from this lack,
> instantly to attract the attention of
tranger. Avery large head, connected with
road and powerfully built shoulders by a
hort, full neck, a chest sufficiently roomy to
ontain the lungs Of giant, and pair of
hort, dumpy legs, complete the physical
'icture of the Little Giant, If we except the