The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-10-24
G9e 4ortage Sentinel,
Wednesday, October "a, 1850.

Wednesday, October "a, 1850.
Douglas and the LecOmptOn Con-
stitutiOn-An AtrOciOus Charge
RepeIIed.
2 Douglas addressed a monster meeting a,
Milwaukee on Saturday last, and in the
course of his speech answered as follows On
Infamous lie whirh me- Breckinfidse snt
Black Rapublican papers are now circula,
tine eon6erpiDg him 9ssa z, z = I.
Ah Abolition Newspaper has lust beer
placed in my hands, containing what pur
ports to be correspondence betwaen q
FBreckinridge committee in Kansas aIi Der
tain citizens OF that Territory. have no
means Of knowing whether this correspond
ence is genuine or fictitious. IA voice,
H"Ficiilious Undoubtedly."1 have looked
over the names attached to it, and recognize
no one asa personal acquaintance. In this
correspondence Tam distinctly charged with
Ebeing the atthoE OF the Lecompton Cons,i.
tdticn. fGreat Laughter. do not blame
yon for laughing at that statement. IRE.
|newed leughtar.] II there is any statement
On earth that ougbt.to seem ludicrous and
.langhable,it is charge Of that kind. Bu,
nevertheless the charge Is distinctly made
that not only devised the Lecompton Con
|stitution. but thpt it4wss submitted. to nae
and that "a pppFoFed rs together waK the
plan oG7 G7spbmiltipa the slavery, clause. =
Eauehter. j desire io.ssyslo y6u empbat
l.lcult that it Is false IN every Baftic6lar.-
/ lmTaase applause. / never saw the Le-
compton Constitution until alter. il Ind been
adopted in .Kensss by the Convention, and
sent to the President of the United States
for accepsance. ! nevar saw the schedule
by whichtthe slavery ctause was submitted
unit after it. was fprwsrdedto the States for
| tpublicatioh. never hesrd, nor conceived,
nor dreamed that any man on earth ever
thought OF such a scheme. | make these
Staiementss dittintHyyWithout equivocation
or mental reservation. Eappeslsto God in
the preeeneeof high heaven and this uudi
ence, that the charge is false, care not who
made it: tremendous applause. 7 1T seems
as Y. the disnDionists Of the, South and the
Abolitionists Of the North are determined to
bnPt me down by all the means ihat ma lice
csr invent [*That's So. .f"Tbey cart do
it," .Never, never" You sFc bo much OF
"a giaRt,D end appIausesl I'LL 49,
Nov 1 fatend 10 submit tosyou simple
n of fpcts on tFiis subject. Before
4 lell shihSlop, in tho spring 81 1851,
after hfndnsa ananka,r ration, the Pee.
sRobass SValksrNhe al.
: " N = II hS III
cline q 20 dccept. Mr.. Buc6afSaH sabss'
qnently appealed to mo to go and see MI
Walker and urge him to accept the appoint.
ment, apon tho ground that he (Mr. Buchan-
ap) believed the peace of Kansas, the peace
OF the country, and the Union itself, wes in
danger, and that Mr.. Walker was the only
suitable man in America 10 administer that
office in such juacture Of off4irs.
lvisited him accordingly, and urged him
as pat lot TO make the sacrifice and go to
Kansas. Mr.. Walker replied that il the
PreAident put it upon the. ground that the
Union was in danger, and that he was the
man to perform the high trust, under these
circumstances he would no, decline; but
that he would never go to Kansas unless
the administration stood pledged to tie prin
ciple that the Constitution, whatever it
might be, when formed in Kansas, should be
submitted to the people for acceptance or
Election. He also said thslhefQre be would
60 he must know distinctly rom the Presi-
dent that eyerRs EeaHzal Office holder in Kan.
sas va |. eerrying out that prln-
ciple. y mentioned Mr.. Calhoun, the
Surveyor General of Kansas. 6 tie man
having the geutes' power. By ne Hsklonage
in surveying the public lands:
Irepofted these facts to MI. Buchanan,
and be declared that the progrsmme marked
out by Gov. Walker was the one under
which his administration would sink or
swim. MI. Buchanan then requested me to
see Mr.. Calhoun, who was then in Wash.
inston, and say TO him that he must act in
concert with Gov. Walker. told him he
had better give bid aun orders to Gen. Cal.
haun. was infofn|Ha afterwards by Gen
Calhoun shat the President sent Tor him
explained to him the programme ngreet
upon between Gov. Walker and imself
and told him (CalhouD) that he was expect
ed to carry it out in good faith. At thai
stage of the proceedings left Washington
and returned to my hume in Chicago. A
few weeks after, u messenger brought me
the card or Robert ]. Walker, aski6g ne a.
caIi and see him atathe Revere Houscsi 10
Chicngo. did so, and as soon as entered
his room he produced q. roll of papers, and
said that he there'held.in in his hand his inau-
guraI address TO the people Of Kansas, which
he was going to polish as soon ns he urrv-
ed in the Terriiosgs He further said that it
had been agreedto by the President and his
Cabinet, and that they had Instructed him to
come BY the way OF ChicSgo and stop one
day in that city in order to get the assent oI
Senator Douglas to it. EApplause.] Gov
Walker then proceeded to read that naugu
raj address, and whe nshe got to that part o
it in which he stated that he was authorized
by the President andaby esery member o
his Cabinet to say lIal, II lhe Constitution
was not submitted 10 tte people, it woult
not be accepted BY ConereSs, I asked hin
whether he had that distinct understanding
with the President and with the Cabinet
He replied "Yes," and then turned over hi,
manuscript and said that he had reud everj
word Of it to President Buchanan, that the
President had anRroved Of every word ane
syllable of it.,hus wanted to make one OF
two veEhal fs, which he permitted
hin. to d lowed me to examine
,ht m. 10 the document 10 Mr.,
BucndAsn's Wn hand writing. [Tremen-
dOus applause, Thus had Before my own
eyesAhe unerring evidence thst the Presi.
FdeneIsud indprsed the document. csked
Coz. Wafkeri III he had read il to the Cabi