Daily national Democrat., 1860-05-04
Tint Letter to Coy. Walker.


II said there was no necessity for submit
ting the Lecompton Constitution TO the pee-
pie OF Kausas-the Express echoed his words,
there ,sas no necessity. 1t appears now, that
Mr. Buchanan specially instructed Gov. Wal.
ker TO insiat upon the submission OF that
| Cons,itution to a vote of the people, and af-
forwards concluded it was well enough with
ont any submission. The Express says there
was a necessity and there was not a necessi-
tv Mr. Buchanan was right when he went
for submission. and he was right when he
justified "A non submission. Well this is
faithfuness and devotion, and no mistake.
But let US look moment at the reasoning
Of the Express. Mr. Buchanan, it admits,
was firmly convinced that the Constitution
ought to be submitted to the people. 1t was
no. submitted to the people, and Mr.. Buchan
an concluded, like wise man, lin the opin
ion of the Express that there was no reme-
dy. How did it happen that there was no
remedy Is a Constitution u Constitution
until the people either approve it or acqui-
esce in it? The people of Kansas did neither
| They demonstrated against it, repudiated and
denounced it. Ii there was no remedy; il
the Lecompton Convention was fully author
ICED 30 frame a Constitution, and set State
| Goverumentin motion, what power had Con-
1 gress to refuse the admission of Kansas into
the Union as a Statel There sods a remedy
and the President knew it. The remedy was,
not to recognize as an act and deed of the
people what the people repudirted, spit upon
and scorued There was remedy, and Corr.
gress applied it The remedy was a refusal
to admit Kansas into the Union under the
Lecompton Constitution The remedy should
have been applied at an earlier stage, and 10y
! the President himself He had already in
| sisted upon the submission OF the Cunstitu-
ton to the people lie knew that they were
opposed to the instrument framed 10y the Lee
compton Convention and he could easily
have declared that no State government
could possibly be formed without the full
and free consent of the majority, because
sovereignty resides in majority, and not in
a minority, and therefore refused to recon-
mend the admission Of Kansas under that
constitution. His recognition of the validity
of the Lecomplon Constitution. after his un
e9uiyocal declaration in favor of its subms-
sion to the popular vote, was piece of
straight-out turn-coat policy. and his abun-
donment Of Walker for refusing to turn his
coat also, on the same question, specimen
OF political treaehery unparalleled in the his
tory Of this Union.
1t was nothing but a question of equity
and justice There was no final and binding
authority on the part of the Lecompton Con-
vention. If there had been, Congress would
have teen bound to admit Kansas and recog-
nize the Lecompton Constitution without in
quiry or demur Mr.. buchanan, in regard
to this question of equity and Justice had
declared that the Constitution ought to be
submitted to the people. There was no rca.
son why 1t should not have been submitted
and, vhsn he found that it had not been
submitted, and that the people were opposed
/ to 1t, there was no earthly excuse for his
turning around audapproving what had been
done. 1t was mere question of equity, and
equity had not been done. 1t was a mere
! question OF justice, and justice had been vio-
! lated. Under the circumstances Congress
had perfect right to reject the Constitution,
and the President if he had been at all true
% the DolioV he bn1 uarEad ont f,r W,Il-er
would have recommended its rejection.
All the talk of the Express about Congress
and the President having no right to 90 be
bind the record" Of the Lecompton Conven.
ton, is peurile. ineffable nonsense. Con-
gress and the President have the right to in
quire whether fraud or an injustice has
been committed or not. in any matter which
comes up before them, and, if they are con-
vnccd that there has been fraud or Injustice.
it is their business to see that it is not sus-
tanned by the General Governments The
proposition is too self-evident for argument.
The California Stage Company have, says
the Nevada Democrat, put line of daily
stages on the route between Nevada and
Downieyille. A stage will hereafter leave
/ Nevada every morning and arrive at Down
! ieyille at six o'clock in the evening and the
stage from Downieyille will reach Nevada
about the same hour Heretofore, there has
been no direct stage communication between
the two places.