Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-25

lSyesterday's Yirginisn, published COM
munication irom Hon Robert &. Walker, address |
cd to the Editors q the Rationa, lntei'igtccr in
which he corrected certain inaccuracies contained
m the statement If bis testimony b'ere thu Co
New York papers Ia that communication, rsfa
renee 10 made to private letter written bs Mr..
Walker 70 tho President and to which NJ. Bueh
anan's, published day or two sinco. was reply.
Mr.. Walkers letter is very lons ono. aad IN tn.
ken up principally with notices of the physical
features Of tha. Territory. iN temperature and
the like. The Governor begins with r7me re-
marks on the different political organizations in
KansGk, classifying them into u Free sats Dcm-
ocrats, who number 5000 t2l RefaHieans.
5000; ds) Pre-, Slavery Democrats. 800; AZ
Pro-siarry Know. Nothings, 5000, making an
aggregate popala.ioa Of $4,000. An al the first
party. and most Of the third. he says arc with
him. The othersars mostly ia eppoeiti~n. Had
he not taken ground IN his inaugural il, favor of
submitting the Consultation 70 the people. the Lc
gsla, uee. 10 Asys. "wosld certainly have passed
a complete code Of laws, and could have put them
in practical operation by the popular will in
large majority Of the counties of the territory.
and they will do the same thing next Tall if the
constitution is not Submitted TO the peopa. This
Is, Of course, all wrong. but it would have been
done. and would have united nearly all the Free
State Democrats with the Republicans. 4aa rem
dered bloody collision and tedious and san sui.
nary cixilwar inevitable requiring tive active SER
vices Of troops IN large majority Of counties
certain. When you recoilect how many hun
dreds hape faaea on both sides in the late civil
war; how many houses were burnt; how much
property was plsndered, and how many were the
insults and injuriess you may find the Cause in
part. But the principal cause is tear tina, n
pro.slavery constitution will be forced by aiuor.
ity upon the majority. The number of slaves in
Kansas is probably sboat two hundred, il being
sstinsted that two tundsed have been taken away
since the last severe winter"
The Governor then proceeds to elaborate h
theory and stase its effects on the extr a,ists N
the South. whose attacks would. zen the whole
beneht hiAs6f and Abe general administration
After declaring 4scsnd time that, but so< hi.
fnsnxur1l. civn VIM would have been raging
1hsoa1hoat Kansas, Overwhelming the Dc@ocrat
y party. md ossrthrowing tho Government itself
re condemns the appointment Of Judge williams
Assgrest injury 70 Kanas-done unntentional
Ere= The poiat be turns to the yote cas-
for delegates 70 the forthcoming Conyentioa at LIE
NaYton. The aggregate, he says. is 2, 100 oat o
i. 924 regissred VOTES. He does not believe tb
fbrmer u b the whole pro-slayery strength ii
the tsritsey. Thoagh "the Black Republican
would pot VOTE. and the Free State Democrat
were kspt fro. votipg By the fear that the Cor
stitntioa would net b Submitted" he believe
ftat Il god conservative Consultation is mad
- subnistsd 70 the people. ''they will vote ne,
kat. md We will succeed with great deal Of han
WORK.