Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-23

Iesnss.ssa into . msfe political organization, "
Iriously aniteA b sksain power I'D place. o
lSsrfy HFine5 eeae deemed rital 10 The South. n
lN>rthsn nssnbers. p BODY. are against u
ISoath md aeree, eabsiantialtyy with tas Consoii
t1lienfsa nd Bissk Rspsblicsns.
The Buchanan walker and Covode I'm
broglio.
L, We published, IN Saturdays paper, the famoa'
lor rather infamoas letter addressed hy Old Buel
10 Robert J. Walker. while the latter worthy wa'
Governor Of the Territory Of Kansas. As o"'
readers are doubtless. anxious to be made &C
loaaintsd with tho circumstances which brought il
forth, we make the subjoined extracts from the
reported doings oI the Covode Investigating Com
mitsee, which we end Published at length in the
columns Of the Philadelphia Ires. The citizen
Covode IL, evidently. in pursuit Of "Jeens' Bu-
chanAn with very sharply pointed stick and an
anxious and outraged publiS may expect disclo-
sores ofthe richest AID most interesting character
The old adags Of ''set rogue to catch rogue"
10 likely to find striking and practical illustra-
ltion in the present Instance. Coyode and Bucha.
nan arc both Peansylvanians. and are, doubtless,
thoroughly acquainted with each others tricks.
and however great q knave Covode may be, we
presume the testimony coming from other wit
nesses, though his fundamentally will BIO mono
the less worthy Of credence. IL there can now
be found patriotic old-lne Wing, who concciyos
liz his duty to coalesce with the Democracy in
der to save the Union and protect tho rights aud
interests Of the South, to such an one. we would
commend the careful perusal Of tho extracts in
question;
Hon. Robert J. Walker, Ex-Governor Of Kan
sas, was called before the Carode investigating
committee yesterday morning, and requested to
produce the letter OF Mr.. Buchanan TO him, dated
tho 18th of July, 1887. Governor Walker suited
that the letter was not confidential private, and,
although not official, was intended to direct him
| in rho administration Of tho government 1t Kan
sas. Ito had always considered that he bad
perfcct right to publish the letter whenever he
pleased especially in yindicnton OF hs honor and
that he had shown IL 10 various persons with
view IN meet the charge that he had violated his
instructions rs Governor Of Kansas Immediately
after It's receipt in order that his policy there
might be understood to hive Tho sanction Of the
President. lie had not, ms yet. published it--not
from any selfish or personal motives. but because
he had feared, heretofore. that ls publication;
however, advantageous TO himself, might be at
tended with consequences injurious Ia the coun-
try: that he did not think the committee had any
right TO compel him to produce it ut this time.
that he respectfully declined to do 81. and would
90 to Jail rather than 70 give it up at this Pc
riod.
Early this morning Governor W alker was re-
summoned before the committee, shown the testi-
mony of several witnesses who had testified to the
contents Of the letter shown to them in le'S by
Governor Waller, under no confidential re>tric-
tions but to yindicate himself from tho charge of
the Presidents instructions in regard TO
his official action in Kansas One Of these wit
nesses swore positively that, few days since. he
had mentioned 10 Judge Black, Attorney General
Of the United Statcs, tho existence of this letter.
and stated that Governor Walker had read It To
him. Judge Black, tho witness testified, went
into n violent rage. and declares that such let.
ter existed: TINT IL it had, Governor Walker would
have published it long ago; that il no attemptcd
to produce any such pretended letter. ho would he
covered with the shirt Of Nessus; and that IN the
name Of the President. he dehed Mr.. Walker Ia
produce any such letter. When this testimony
was shown to Governor Walker. he was very in
dignant and much excited. lie declared that NJ
though no had heretofore refused to produce it.
now that its contents were made public, and that
he had been thus dched by the President through
the Attorney General to produce tho letter, whose
existence wns denied, his own honor demanded
it should be produced and published. lilo then
produced to tho committee the iginal letter OF
signature, is all in tho handwriting of Mr. Blu ch
anan.
After the reading OF the letter. Mr.. Walker pro
ceeded to give historical account of his appoint
ment as Governor OF Kansas, and of his action
there under tho views and instruction of the Prcs
dent demonstrating that he bad been fully sustain
cd by the President until the latter changed hi,
policy, in November, 1857. Ito also explained
how tho programme ofthe Lccompton Convention
bad tna rod In,
mtted to Kansas and his co-opcrntion asked an,
refused: first. because it did not submit the Con
stitution OF the people; and second because it di,
not even submit tho slavery question to tho pcopl
but only to those who were willing to vote Cor tn
Constitution, being very small mil oi,y Of tn
whole.
Governor " alkcr then declared Mt that date, i,
the fall Of 1857 in Kansas that this device
wretched fraud and base counterfeit. designed t.
prevent the people Of Kansas from voting even oi
the question of slavery. On being then iniorme
that it was the programme OF the President and u
the Administration, he denied that it could poss
bly, be the programme ofthe President. and Shove
Mr.. Ducbanan's letter OF the 10Th oi July 1857. I
sustain tho assertion Mr.. Walker was assure,
that the President had changed his opinion an,
that all the Cabinet went with him. Mr.. Wake
said that, whatever the president or Cabinet misl
do or say on this subjective would forever denounc
this programme rs base and dishonornble, and Il
FORGETTING the pledge which he Mr., walker) ha
made in his own name and that Of tho President
that tho Constitution should DO submitted to th
vote Of the people Of Kansas for ratification RI
lection, upon the faith Of which pledge the peopl
had acted. and, in the absence of which, Kansc
would have been involved in immediate reyolutio
and the whole country in civil war.
Governor Walker said he had never retracted G
modified one word he had ever uttered, or one lin
he had ever written on this subject and ncvt
should do 20.
Very Accommodating.
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