The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-20
Mr., DOUGLAS AND THE EcoMprM CONSTITUTION
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port tbs charge made against senator puass thsa -
bad ooccooted tho scheme BY which the peoo,e a. K.
vs deprived a ths rsht Or voting against shs Leoo.
tcp oousttutioa.
tr end has given the whole charge most direct sad ..
aaAiaed dnlai In bin speech At Milwaukee, % the ASA
iast be thus dsposss q The matter
Al abolition newspaper has Just beeu plscsa Ia -
dsnce between Breokinrcge committee In Kansas e
Knowing whether this correspondence IL genuine or aes
toas. q voice, "ftcsitious, undoubtedy") I have
g.. Vv psrsOa . 4 aS s
cence am distinctly charged with being the snther e
me Lscompson ooDss..stloa lsrsss sushier DO -
scShtex there ID anJ statement earth that oagAk
Q seem iua,orou: and lAushaOs, It's . charge q tkA
bat not only devised ths Lecompton oonsItutioa bod
lbat II was submittsd to and that approved t. To-
ssshsss deere @ say = 70. sa ~ ;aIs n ~e ~,
ioSsa oss sppsu,s nsvss sav .ss L
Kansas by the Convention and sent to tho PreS6eas 4
tho United States for acceptance Ineuv sar < scAe6
q ahteA DC sa,s-7 ase ,eas Submitted u'1 ayser
oooesoed. dreamed tAat any man on say.A e,
thca0h g sue. schsse. make nese statements dhna
sadse-ee, aas as chap. . fal., car: S@ sss
esunlonis.. q tho south and ssooIs.s Of he
North determined TO hun. by all the means
Mat malice oaa invent CHATS go, 'rhey can't d
H." "Sever. never ''XcI too much OF giant aal
applaasc) Nov, I inteci to submit to you = simple
s.asesnsat q fscts this subject. Before / le0
naugarstIoa tie Preside .enacrs: 10 Robert J WsiKsr
the oce of Governor Of Kansas which declined
see Mr. vxer and urge him 70 accept the appoint
meut upon the ground that he Mr Buchanan) believes
Und II % as .S 81 Ne and a.
only suitable mar IN America admlnsta that Office u
such Isncssrs Of Affairs ! visited him accordingly.
90 70 karsas. M Walker replied that II the Presi
deos put It upoo tho ground that the Union was IL
vust-under these circumstances be would nos
decline; but that he would never 20 70 Kansas
principle that the constitution whatever might be
when fgLed Ia Kansas shevld be submitted 70 the peo
pie Tor ptaace rejection he also that before
be would 60 be must know distinctly that every federal
chce6dar Ia Kansas would aid aim Ia carrying out
principle And be msnsioce ID Mr. Calhoun, the survey
Censra o. kansas a. the man ha wing the greatest power
5g ais patronage In surveying the uDllc lands. re-
ported these acts 70 Mr. BuchAnan AID be declared that
The programme marked out By Governor Walker was shs
under which his admin would SINK OF swim
G Buchanan theQ requested me to Mr. Calhoun, whs
then Washington ano say to him that be mus. sct
IA cooceft with Governor Waker. told BIN hs bet.
ter give hs own orders to General Calhoun. Ives In
formed Afterwards by General Calhoun that the President
sent for him, explained 10 him the programme agreed
rroo between Governor Walker and hlmse and told him
(Cahoun) that he was txpe ,tcd TO carry out In good
ton. and TO my home u Chicago few weeks
after messenger b. ought me the care OF Robert walk
n
Chicago. did 50, and as coon rs entered his hs
produced roll OF papers and said that be there held
his hand The inaugural address to the PEOPLE Of Kansas
the Territory Rps Ssr Sal. that Sesu ssr.s
by tho President his Cabinet and that they had
day that city order 10 get the assent Of senator
boogiN TO II. lApplause) Governor Walker then pro
ceeded 70 read that inaugural address when got %
that par, OF il in which he stated he was Authorized sy
the President and by every member OF his Cabinet say
that e eonauutson ,ocs nos rtraited TO ts people
he In - ESk.
had aai dssind tsd7ro1ding prh as Pr.sides snS
rsa he Caoina ~. r4lied " re," aa4
tina, no had read every word Of It to Premdcat
Buchanan that the President had approved q
Two verbal Alterations. which he permitted nm 70 a.
ana he allowed 10 examine the lnterineAions the
documsos N Mr. Buehanan,s IN handwriting. lrrs.
unerring evidence thai the Pres ieat had endorsed
document asked Governor Walker II he had read 1t
that he had attended Cabinet meeting and discussed
al oyer and stated all Of is propositions that svey
member Of The Cabinet srocpt one cordially approved
a. He that when that one member o. the Casa-
net disapproved a IT, he told the President that would
no, 20 e KAas that he would bot enter that Territory
with any one member OF the admin sraon against hin.
tina, thereupon the dnseniiDg member OF the CAbnet
withdrew hs objection, and lhey all pledged themselves
the eOns,in.cn 70 The people (oheessl
then Informed Governor walker that, as Q ssna.
should require TIE Sss, evidence he nature 4
the would admit o. that the constitution 10 be adopt
ed 10 Kansas vas the &C, ana aesd q tina. people ana
ton TO vote Of the people the bcst Of
tanning that fact (cries ,f .Good" and chsersl I
proposition that President and Cabinet had
TO 90 with the matter; that did VIVA, the tx
cuive Of the government with ths
consultation Of KansAs and that my opinion the peops
we're 70 make as they please In the frst instance anl
he bess eyid nee shs, was the -. Ana sssa n ~,
people (cbeer) rhereupon gave him the assurances
that. according 70 my judgments the constitution oashs
10 be sutm tied 70 toe people, and intended So0A
tor Chairman Of the Committee 90 Territories 70 d.
mand evidence That II had been properly done Cover
condition Of Kansas, and II wp conceded By 10
both, 90 had been by everybody At washingtos.
free state II vN edged that ave out o. si1
not nne out OF ten Of the peops Of Kansas oppose
70 makirg slave STATE and u WAS cooccded BY both
that they had right 10 make II free state, II tnsy
chose, or slave State, IL they preferred h (cheers)
But, nasmuch a. conceived that there WAS Args
majority the people 10 favor Of free state, We d.
cuiseo tho proposition the superstition that Kansas
would be free state expressed the hope that, upos
their Constituted . would guarantee she falasos On
The part Of .her people q every provision Of the oons
tuition o. the unltd States and that they would pat ute
state and every citizen to lend bis AID In the enfovcemsss
Of ali constitutional proyls'onsihe Fugitive SLAVE lag
included. fCries of Good and cheers declared thea,
do TO you 10 day that ought 10 be peYntses
70 vote any election Who : 10, wiinr to obey tho oon
AppAuse) And l, therefore, trusted that thcy
would frame their Constitution TO make q
oogstory on every eNaea q hhnss V perform n@ 90
gallons under the Constitution. Bot ghs expressed
Tia opinion 10 Governor Walker a distinctly uncer
stood thai this question for the people Of Kansas
decide for themssves and VIII n way they decided
Il 10 be nns and conclusive. Do dtsacf, rod
~ whhr- Too'anarSoicd e Mr. Calhoun not ~ ~
ssh II Gh1 infrrrseW tvsh Ggs.Tnr Walk. II IL v.e
Sno TO my rioads that hsoii Of writing
political letters 4 ta< thas 2as many letters fs-
i-ogsfscs 70 NJ Calhoun " persons applying Tor sur
veyrg CONTRACT having business with The land onos
70 kanss, ard nay po0fsg hare written Nm na-rufsV
lhis sntyTrt,g Bet very that wrote d IN ~
letter upon The subject Of politics, the lecompton CO.
sttuto1 pending the session OF the Cor ventcn Gov
waker proceeded 10 Kansas, and publshcd bis "a
sug'Tsl adtrc@, containing the statement that sc
sNs authorized IN the President and his "a
btnet 70 gay that the coussiiutcn would Be re
ccted unicSs Il submitted 10 vote o. tns
peope Wiea Ne Ct0revson e<opted 1s eonss-
ion cus A. ard IN Fore vsfAss s,sni6i-q % Ao
rSgis E-cnscsd q ne re-y tnfast Aeavd Of (rre-
fous shous OF arplaase me rey ns9m ~ resl A.