Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-02-11
Letter from Col. J. c. Walker.
Editors cf' Times.

1 L>UHoFS ~ 4 fUteS
Having asscnted TO the call which ha
been made for Mass Convention to as
semble at indianapolis On the 22l of Feb
ruary, You will, hope. yield to m,
the use of your columns, to state to tn,
Democracy the causes which impel me tc
this action.
| returned from orr Convention, held OF
| the Sth Of January, reconciled to, though
not pleased with the work of tho delegate,
of our party. The Wallace resolution, ;
adopted after day and half night.
struggle. was regarded as a fair concession
TO the Popular Sovereignty" sentiment
and. for one. was willing to concede al
points of difference. and accept tho entire
platform adopted. 1t is true, that not nm.
til after the Convention had adjourn,
ed. was the discovery made. by either its
friends or its enemies. that the word
| now" was omitted in the Wallace Resolu-
tion." -
must confess that tha. omission (fol
which attach no dishonoyable intention
to Mr.. Wallace) dissipated much of the
salts faction ]. had felt previous to tho dis.
covery. 80
Itwas the resolution, with the interpre.
tation given it by its author, which in
duced all the harmony and good feeling
which prevailed among the delegates at the
time Of the 6nal adjournment of the Con.
vention. Without Resolution smboay-
ing the sentiment of the one last alopte;l 4
was understood to cmbody, there wonld
have been no harmony and no good feel
ing. at last, among the delegates. This
fact is well known to every man who at
tended the Convention. A wrong inter.
probation ofthat Resolution by the oppo-
nents of our party, was anticipated, and
should by no means be headed. Aa inter
pretation adverse to that given it by its
friends. by leaders of ihe Democratic par
ty-those who have a right to speak fer the
Party and hold it responsible for their Of.
fetal action. must Of necessity destroy
the harmony and good feeling resulting
from its proper construction. a correct
analysis of the resolution. even with the
word now" omitted, could, however,
subject it to no other construction than
that given by its friends. 1t could not be
possible, ! thought, that q Resolution
enunciating great principle would be so
construed as to embody the idea of an i'm
mediate violation Of that principle-par
ticularly when tho resolution itself had It's
origin in that sentiment of the Convention
which locked upon even the semblance of
that violation with scorn.
The one object held constantly in view
by the Popular Sovereignty" mon, was
the necessity Of defining their iaterpreta-
tion of tho prominent principle embodied
in the organic act OF Kansas. We conse-
quently wrote: -' - =
"RssolDed. That we are still in favor of
the great doctrine Of the Kansas Nebraska
Bill; and that by practical application of
that doctrine the people of State or
a Territory are vested With the right Of rat.
flying or rejecting at the ballot box any
Constitution that may be formed for their
Government &c. -.
This announcement was necessary, be-
cause it had been declared. that for, the
sake of expeiiency, tho Administration
was inclined to favor the admission of
Kansas on a Constitution which had not
been submitted to her people for ratiiica-
tion or rejection. and which would have
been repudated BY. > majority Of thosa for
whose government it was framed, had it
been SO submitted. If then, By strictly
logical conclusion. the last clause Of th,
Resolution may be considered to SO quail