I
;ICAI\ T VOLUNTEER,
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JOHN B, iBMTIOJf, Editor & Piopripjor
CARLISLE, PA., JULY 2. 1857.
Democratic State Ticket.
/ - Foe Goteekob, -
WILLIAM F. PACKER,
Of ZycCming County.
Foe.Oanal Comuissioseb,
NIMROD STRICKLAND,
Of Chester County-
Fob Scfbeve Jddoes,
WILLIAM STRONG,
■ Of Berts County,
JAMES THOMPSON,
Of Erie County.
IOLDSTEEE FOB MB CAMPAIGN.
Being desirous of placing onr paper within
tho reach of all who wish to understand the
tree issue involved in tho coming Gubernatorial
contest, wo oiler it at the following rates; com
mencing at anytime during tho present month,
and continuing until tho first of November, or
until wo got tho official returns of the Slate
election':
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Post Masters and others will please act ns
our agents for getting up clubs.
Carlisle Deposit Bane—We are request
ed to State that this institution will bo closed
on tbe4lh of July,-and of course no business
of any kind trill be transacted by it on that
day.
The Banking house of Kcr, Brcnncman 4 Co.
trill also be closed on the 4lh.
Common* Schools op Carlisle. —Thdrcgu-
larannual Examinations of the Common Schools
of our borough took place last week, and passed
off in a manner highly creditable to the Direc
tors, Teachers and Scholars. Mr. Htckor, the
able and zealous State Superintendent, attended
several of the Examinations, and expressed him
self highly gratifled to find the schools in so
flourishing a condition. The scholars of the
different schools, male and female, deserve much
credit for the manner in which they acquitted
themselves, and the teachers are entitled to groat
praise for the zeal and ability they evince in the
cause of education. The Examinations termi
nated with an exhibition in Education Hall, by
the two High Schools, on Tuesday evening last,
which was attended by hundreds of our citi
zens, all of whom were delighted with what
they saw and heard.
Fourtu or Jtrtt.—No preparations have been
made that wo are aware of for a celebration o(
the 4th In this place. Those of our citizens,
therefore, who wish to comroendato the anniver
sary of oiir National Independence in some pub
lic or suitable manner, will, aa usual, have to
seek other quarters.
CoMMBUapMEHT Week.—Before wc go to
press again, the czcrcisea of Commencement
week of Dickinson College will be in full blast.
Wo understand that tbe Baccalaurate Sermon
Of Prof. Johnson 1 , will be delivered in the First
Prcsbytcroen Church, instead of (be College
Chapel, as before announced, at 4 o’clock. P. M.
A little raricty will be thrown into the week by
the laying of tbe cornerstone of the new Mcth
odist E. Church, at 4 o’clock, P. M-, on Wed
ncaday the Bth of July. The ceremonies of the
occasion will be conducted by the Ancient or
der of Free 4 accepted Masons, in which the
Independent order of Odd Fellows will partici
pate.
The" usual Commencement exercises, wc un
derstand, will be held this year in. tho Court
House.
Opinion of the Supremo Conrt,
On jour first page w« publish Iho opinion of
the Supreme Court in the matter of the applica
tion for an injunction to restrain the Pennsyl
vania- Railroad Company from becoming the
purchaser of the Main Lino of the Public
Works of the Slate, at the sale advertised by
the Governor. The opinion of the court was
delivered by Chief Justice Lewis, and meets
the general concurrence of public opinion, as an
eminently fair and just interpretation of the
law. This opinion should be read by all men
capable of understanding thequestions decided.
The injuncliou asked for was denied, except so
far as relates to the exemption of the property
of the corporation from taxation, wherein, in
the unanimous opinion of the Court, the Logis
laturocxcccdod itaconslitutional authority. The
company, therefore can avail itself of do privi
lege dependent upon this exemption, but at the
same time the increased obligation, incidental
to the exemption, is invalid ; and tBo Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company arc placed, in any
competition that may arise for the purchase of
the works, precisely on the same fooling with
other parties. The decision, and partial in
junction, will not. therefore, bo likely to inter
fere with any purpose entertained by the Com
pany, and if they become the purchaser, it will
bo on jho same terms specified as to other par
ties- The decision settles beyond this, on im
portant principle of law of interest to every tax
payer of the State—that all the property of the
State shall bear its proportion of the burdens
of the Stale, and that no Legislature can bind
its successors itr iho exemption from taxation
of any portion of such property.
SiLTEß'mKsw Jbbbbt.— Patterson and vi
cinity* apparently, i 8 destined lo be one of tlie
most noted *apot» in the country. Already It
has becoroccclebrated for the discovery of pearls,
end now, Ui&£unrdidu says, a vein of copper
and silver hU been struck in Garrant Moun
iain- A fihaftaboat 65 feet deep has been sunk
and A bed-of copper ore 10 feel below the sur
face and'24 feet thick, has been struck, and
Mh Chadwick Imssubmittcd it to a smelting
company In Ilarlcro, N. Y., who oflered him
$2OO a .U)0 for No. 1 quality. Some distance |
below tlys copper, a vein of silver ore has been
struck. The thickness of this at the
where the shaft has been sunk, is between two
and three feet; how far it extends is unknown. ‘
07* Hon. James TnoursoH, of Erlo comity,
who.has beta nominated by the Democratic
BtaU Conveotlon, for Judge of tho Supremo
Court, wo* at onetime an. apprentice in ono of I
UlO newspaper printing oOloes in Philadelphia.
GOV. WAMEB’S SPEECH AT TOPEKA.
To the exclusion of our usual variety,'wo
publish in'obr inside form to-day, the able, Sht
isfoclory and eloquent speech of Gov. Robert
J. Walker, of Kansas, delivered at Topeka,
on tho 7th of June, before a largo assemblage
of men of nil parties. 'Wo feel satisfied our
readers will read this speech with interest, and
bo pleased with tho sentiments it advances. At
tho time Gov. Walker was appointed to his
present position, wo spoke of him os tho very
man for tho crisis, and wo now feel satisfied
that ho will not disappoint the sanguine expec
tations of his many friends. It will be observed
that during the delivery of his speech ho was
frequently interrupted by impudent-questions
being put to him, all of which hoanswered tri
umphantly, and to'tho satisfaction of all fair
men. That there is a large body of men in
Kansas—abolitionists from Massachusetts -
who desire to sec the difficulties continued, for
the solo purpose of manufacturing political cap
ital, is evident to all. They will be sorry if,
through Gov. Walker’s agency, peace is re
stored to that territory, for that will destroy
their political hopes and aspirations. Rut, the
Governor will disappoint them, and will, we
feel satisfied, restore good feeling and friendly
intercourse between the people of Kansas. The
editor of the Kansas Statesman, in speaking of
the Governor's speech, says he takes great plea
sure in publishing it, 44 not merely because of
its ability per se, but because its tone and re
ception were alike indicative of the feelings of
mutual confidence, reliance, and good will
which have already began to signalize Governor
Walker's relations to tho people of the Terri
tory without discrimination of party, and which,
we sincerely believe, will result in the establish
ment of a permanent peace-in Kansas, on the
basis of the principles of the sovereignty of the
peoplo’and the unqualified right of the majori
ty to frame the laws and determine the charac
ter of (he institutions under which they arc to
The Statesman reiterates its sincere pleasure
at the candid interchange of sentiment between
Gov. Walker and the citizens, and at the
spread of those feelings of mutual regord and
esteem which cannot produce other than the
most favorable results in the final settlement of
the difficulties in which Kansas has been so long
involved. A correspondent of tbe same paper
says there never was an audience that “gave
more interest and attention, standing as they
did in the open air, and presumed—many of
them at least —to he against the gentleman who
entertained them. But the distinguished gen-
tleman gave them eloquence of the highest or
der. argument of the most logical character, and
wit and humor of the most captivating style.
No man can meet Gov. Walker without being
struck with his honesty, integrity and ability;
kind and courteous in bearing, open, frank and
manly, ho is certainly the man above all others
for the crisis.”
Queen Victoria’s Future Son-In-Law.—
—The betrothed of the princess royal of Eng
land is described as a floe looking young man;
in height about five feet nine inches. His de
portment is exceedingly dignified. His com
plex'on is naturally fair, although his face is
slightly browned by out-door sports and exer
cises. He has light hair, cut very close, a still
lighter moustache, which runs Into a thin light
whisker, and doca'not conceal a pair of Targe
red lips. His nose is long, and bien prononc,
his eyes are blue, and his face is of tbe some
what broad German type. Speaking of hisap-1
pcarancc at tbo Derby fast year, a gossip thus
described him ; " ilo was dressfd like a young
Englishman, in compliment (o the people among
whom he has come to seek a bride. There is ,
Something about an English hat, with its small
fiat brim, which pronounces its nationality far
and wide, and an unmistakable specimen was
selected for the young prince for his debut. He
also wore one of those black check cravats
which English country gentlemen frequently
Inflect. The prince seemed pleased with the
slightest mark of courtesy, and was quick to
acknowledge it.”
Life Without Ladou. —Labor is commonly
spoken of ea the curse consequent upon the
Fall, but let us see how butterfly idleness would
seem to us ! Mr. Wells in his book on “ Cen
tral America,” gives an account of the Inhabi
tants of a climate over-productive, in the region
called Olancho. " The people who inhabit this
paradise arc the laziest set of philosophers who
encumber (he earth. The indolence of the 01-
anchalo is proverbial even in Central America,
where all arc indolent. Imagine a native reclin
ing in a hammock attached to the rafters of a
hut. through the chinks of which prccolatc the
cooling gales of these paradisiacal regions.—
From above, and within reach, depends a lus
cious bunch -of plantains or bananas. lie
swings Icisarly to and fro, watching the curls
of lua agarro writhing in fantastic figures be
tween his vision and the blue mountain peaks
that form the green valley of his birthplace.—
To all the great issues and sounding events of
the noisy world beyond and abroad, lie has re
mained all his life in blissful ignorance. When
appetite demands, bo detaches a plantain,trons-
Qxes it upon a long stick, and leaning out of
luxurious nest, deliberately toasts it at the em
bers smouldering near the door. This simple
operation completed to his taste, Don Fulano
hauls llto fruit into the hammock, and discus
ses it. stretched at full length in bis swinging
eyrie.”
ICT'ltls estimated that the whole amount
expended in the business of exploring and work
ing the mines on Lake Superior, up to January
1, 1857, was about 88,000,000. The present
value of the best mining establishment in that
region is set down at 86,500,000, and the whole
amount of copper produced up to January 1,
estimated at $8,073,100. Balance in favor of
the mines, $2,073,100. But if the unsuccess
ful establishments be estimated at onoqunricr
of their cost, am) this cstimoto added, the bal
ance will be more than doubled.
Boor Found with 81800 in Gold upon it.
—On Saturday last, the body of a genteel-look
ing and well-dressed man was found by some
fishermen, in- the Ohio river, opposite the farm
of Mr. Williams, at the end of the plank road,
1 0 miles below Louisville. On tho person of the
deceased wore found $lBOO in gold, a fine gold
watch, a largo and- heavy knife, and a pair of
small pistols, lie was rather good-looking,was
about 5 feet 8 or 0 inches in height, and wore
dark whiskers.
[£/” The crops in Kow England are said to
bo getting along finely, and stimulated by high
prices the farmers have planted a great breadth
of ground.
Tho Else and/aJI ol Enow-Nollilngisni*
The Washington Union, in picturing the rise
and progress of Know-Nothingism, and the im.-
momlitica and excesses it occasions,, and the
speedy disolution which follows tho disclosure
of its rcpnlsiyc and disgusting, features, argues ■
that from the very purpose avowed, so directly
hostile to individual lights, and all-true Amer
ican principles, the order could only maintain
a foothold by the aid of.its oaths to secrecy*
and that this, while it called into life tho worst
of passions, was of itself n species of political
slavery unequealed in history. The leaders or
dered their subordinates when and how to vote,
and whom to expel from the polls, and directed
the application of force when deemed necessary
and safe to prevent their adversaries from exer
cising the privileges of freemen. In thp exe
cution of these lodged edicts, blood was freely
shed in Baltimore, New Orleans, Washington,
and other cities, including Louisville, where (he
torch, as well as tho musket and bludgeon,
wreaked vengeance even upon innocent women
and children. Successes .thus acquired were
naturally temporary- The secret oaths and
contrivances for controlling the well-meaning
tho well-meaning and ignorant were revealed
by tbosc whose conscientiousness coaid not be
longer reconciled to them. The denunciations
which honest indignation and patriotic feeling
heaped upon these wretched and wicked contri
vances constituted treason to morals, religion,
and liberty, and thereupon they commenced the
work of renouncing them. The leaders were
compelled, at least- in form and pretence, to
abandon their recret operations, including their
oaths lending to screen guilty brelhern, even
in courts of justice, and come before tho ‘people
with a public declaration of political principles
upon winch they professed to stand. From
that day tho doom of know-nothingism was
sealed. The Union adds:
Thirty Slates last fall ignored and repudiated
the illiberal and narrow principles of the order.
To Maryland alone was reserved the distinction
of an apparent approval of what her thirty sis
ters bad emphatically condemned. It is due to
her to add that tho recorded vote was not tho
will or voice of a majority of her voters. Tho
war upon all not native-born deterred hundreds,
and probabl ythousandsof good, worthy natur
alized citizens, aud probably some others, from
attempting to vote, while large numbers of pea
ceable, quiet-loving Catholics voluntarily staid
from the polls. It is now history that very
large numbers of both were driven from the
polls by Violence and prevented from voting,
while know-nothing mayor and ciity authorities
used no suitable exertions to protect tho voter,
or to restrain, of arrest or punish tbe aggress
ors. Had the vote in Maryland been a full and
fair one, she would have markra her condemna
tion, of the illiberal and intolcrcnt principles of
the know-nothings. Although they may
achieve an occasional local success through tho
means successfully used in Baltimore, and at
tempted,. fut failing, here, tho party has fallen
to nso no more. When its secret operations
were abandoned its power wasann'hiliatcd, and
it fell, and the hand of resurrection will never
come to its rescue. There is 100 much liberal
ity of principle and Christian sympathy and re
ligious charity in the breasts of our people to
secure the stability of success of a party whose
solo claim to merit rests upon binu-place and
intfllerenco towards a single sect entertaining
different tenets and practising different forms of
worship. This party is substantially disban
ded and at an end. Tho democrats who have
unwitingly been seduced Into its ranks will re
turn to the standard of their old friends, who
will welcome them to the path of right and du
ty, where alone liberal and Just principles are
professed, cherished, and carried out in prac
-1 tico. tllibcrality, bigotry, and tyrannical ac
tion, have no supporters In tho Democratic
ranks. Those formerly Whigs, who can no
/ longer odopt (he principles and practises of this
I intolerant sect, and have no affinities for Black
Republicanism, will naturally be attracted by
the poor principles of Democracy and their ben
eficicnt results, and join our standard and form
a portion of the only liberal parly existing
among us. Wc shall soon have; as formerly,
but two parties in the country—the Democrat
ic devoted to the Constitution, the Union and
liberal principles—and U> adversaries by what
ever name they may be known, who will be
their opposite in whatever concerns cither.
Spnln Anna.
The Ex-President and dictator of Mexico, has,
since his abdication and flight, maintained, un
til lately, perfect silence, as to bis plans and in
tentions. An occasional newspaper correspon
dent who has'visilcd'him, in His home at Car
thagena, has described him as being comforta
bly situated, but by no means indifferent to th*
movements going on in the world, and to the
events of his own country. lie has recently is
sued a manifesto, reviewing the history of her
revolutionary struggles, and denouncing the al
leged weakness and corruptions of the present
government. The document which has been
severely circulated among the friends of Santa
Anna, in Mexico, is published in the Nov York
Ilctald. It intimates the policy of selling a
portion of the territory, and of placing some
good man at the head of the government. lie
concludes by saying:
"Mexico cannot continue any longer to be
governed by men who believe that society can
exist without religion ; men who have not been
able to maintain relations of amity with foreign
nations { men who have brought civil war into
the very bosom of private families , who have in
vaded the sanctity of tho.domeaiic hearth and
sought to subjugate the consciences of men
even in their most private transactions. It is
inevitable that such a government must fall,
covered with infamy and contempt. The men
of Mexico, united under one banner, must inev
itably recover again their natural rights and
their former glories. Although by my age—l
have now attained the lost decade of my life
feel within mo the necessary force and valor
with which to aid the man who is destined by
heoven to acccomplish this great movement.
Whosoever he may be I will obey him as a cit
izen—l will defend him as a soldier. Fellow
citizens, the time to save the country has
come.”
Teb Mormon Kjipihw.— Brigham Young is
said to hove within his jurisdiction 20,000
fighting men, armed and equipped, who arc
bound to fight for Church till the
last man has expired.
The population of Utah is estimated at 100,-
000; besides which there arc 200.000 adher
ents of Mormoniam in adjoining States and
Territories, according to Judge Hammond.—
Tho entire community of Utah is Mormon,
thoroughly so—actuated entirely by the will of
Brigham. They are mostly Englishmen or
Europeans, and very few of them naturalized
and never probably will be, as they have no af
fections for tho Instltulloifltof this country.
The tillable portion of the soil in the Territo
ry is supposed lo bo capable of sustaining a
population of two millions, and every foot of it
is susceptible of cultivation. All accounts re
present tho soil as exceedingly fertile and pro
duclivo.
Nbw Potatobs. —New potatoes aro Belling
in the Philadelphia market fpr Gfc cents per lb.
they are wfrnt Is termed tho Bermuda Potato,
and ars a good article.
THE MAIN, wane SOLD I
-THE PENNSYLVANIA IU11R0A1) COMPANY
THE PDHCIUBER.
T’lftOE ,87,500,000.
Philadelphia, June 26—8 P. M.
, Tho Main Lino of llje Public Improvements
was wW at auction thir evening, In tbo Mcrch
anlsVEschange, for seven million flyo hundred
thousand dollars, to thb Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. There was but one bid, which was
made by J. Edgar Thompson, Esq., President,
for the said Company.'*. Governor Pollock was
present at the sale.
Under the recent decision of the Supreme
Court, declaring- Invalid the proviso exempting
the Pennsylvania Railroad from taxation in
cose U becomes the purchaser of the Line for
89,000,000 (or-$1,500.000 moro than any oth
er bidder,) thq Company will toko their pur
chase subject to the tonnage and other taxes as
at present. / •
On© Week I»ater from Europe.
ABBIVAMP TUB STEAMER PERSIA.
DEATH bF DOUGLAS JERROLD.
Panic in a Theatre —43 Killed and 134
IFounded.
Nbw Tonic, .Juno 23.—The steamer Persia
has arrived from Liverpool, bringing dales to
Saturday,the 13th instant.
The Persia left Liverpool on Saturday, the
I3th inst.. at 24 o’clock in the afternoon, and
arrived at her dock-bcreatT o’clock this morn
ing, making this trip in 9d. 16h. 45m.
Dougins Jeitold, - the well known dramatist
*nd novelist, died on the Blh inst., from an at
tack of rheumatic gont.
An influential meeting had been hold in Liv
erpool in aid of the movement for an increased
supply “ . .
In Franco .the election excitement was in
creasing. ;
The proceedings in. Parliament arc not very
important, though strong opposition to the bill
for the admission of Jews into Parliament, has
sprung up* headed by the Duke of Norfolk.
The Birkenhead half of the Telegraphic Ca
ble has been completed and pronounced to be
perfect after Ibe requisite tests. The U. States
steam frigate Niagara iVcxpcctcd in the Mer
sey tit a few days to commence taking it on
board.
The firm of Evans, House 4 Co , London and
Australian shippers, has failed. Liabilities
£200.000.
In Franco tho Red and While Republicans
have coalesced in their opposition to the Gov
ernment at the coming elections.
The Bank of France returns show a very
i large increase of cash.
A terrible catastrophe occurred in the theatre
at Florence, on the night of the llih instant.
During the performance the scenes took fire and
In the panic that ensued no less than 43 of the
audience were killed and 134 were wounded.
The American advices received had occa
sioned an advance of one eighth on cotton.
.Prighlfoi Calamity.
A Canadian Steamer Hunted—Tiro Hundred
Lives Lost.
Quebec, Ju'po 27j’Eremng.—The following
particulars, relative to the burning of tlic stea
mci Montreal, have been obtained :
The Montreal left here at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, for Montreal, with four or five hun
dred passengers, mostly Scotch emigrants, re
cently arrived from Europe. JS'othing unusual
occurred.until (ho steamer reached Capo Rouge,
twelve or fifteen miles aboro Quebec, when the
wood work near (he furnaces was discovered to
bo on fire. Quickly after, (ho flames broke
forth, causing the utmost consternation among
the passengers. Every possible effort was made
to subdue tho flames, hut to no purpose. Capt.
Rudolph finding to sate (ho stea
mer, ordered her rub towards (ho shore. The
officers and crew of the Montreal exerted them*
solves si tho tan«<ii|i)o to got out Ibu life boats.
The flames spread with the most astonishing
rapidltyj and tho wildcat confusion and despair
prevailed throughout (ho ship. A number of
tho passengers throw themselves overboard, and i
wore drowned. - 1
Fortunately, the afonmer Napoleon, alio for
Montrca) % waa bat a jew miles in advance of (lie
burning boat, and gut back, with all possible
expedition to her assistance. The Napoleon
succeeded In rescuing from the burning wreck
127 passengers. ,
Capt. Rudolph and the purser of the Montreal
were amongst those who throw themselves Into
the river. Bothbcipgcxcullcnt swimmers, they
succeeded In reaching the steamer Allanco,
and were saved. j
It is quite possible that some of the others
succeeded in saving themselves by swimming,
but ns the steamer became unmanageable, when
a considerable distance from laud, no doubt the
most of those who threw themselves from the
burning boat, met a watery grave.
Sixteen of those who were saved died shortly
after reaching Hie deck of the Nopoieon. From
present Information It Is believed that the total
lessor nib by thlr terrible disaster will not fall
1 short of 800 or 400 persons.
Tho steamer Alliance arrived licit) this'after*
noon with 45 of tho dead bodies.
Tho Montreal had on board 258 Scotch emi
grants, several German families, and several
American passengers.
A Governor for Glob.
It appears that a Governor lor tho “'latter
day Solnts” of tho Territory ol Utah has at Inst
been found, and no mistake. The Washington
Union, believes that it is “ not too premature in
announcing that Col. Cumuino, of Missouri, has
boon appointed Governor of Utah, and that he
intends to remove his family thither with the
view of making (hat Territory his permanent
residence. Col, Gumming is a gentleman of
tried ofllciol Integrity and oflargo experience in
frontier life. Possessing great personal cour
ago, of a conciliatory nature, yol prompt and
energetic In tho discharge of duty, ho will bring
to tho Important responsibilities which lie has
assumed tho most essential qualities for success
in tho delicate, o«|d oven dangerous, mission
which has been cogfldod to him.
“Tho diflicultiefc to bo encountered In Utah
are more numcrouiand complicated than Is now
generally supposed'. Among them may bo In
cidentally mentioned (hat Drlgliam Young claims
a title to all tho lands In tho Territory, and has
never recognized |ho United States surveys
None of Ills followers have purchased lands In
accordance with otir laws. Hence, one of (ho
delicate duties of tho federal courts of (hat Tor
ritory will bo to establish and maintain tho rights
of those who may hereafter purchase In accord,
anco with our laws.* Not on Individual In all
Utah now holds a foot of land (ho title of which
Is derived from Ui6 United Stoles, and It follows,
under this stronga condition of things, that nil
parts of (ho Territory aro at (ho present time
open to pre-emption,”
American Cousins op thk Empress Ecge* '
nib.— A correspondent of the New York A/ir- i
ror states that two young gentlemen, brothers, 1
tmro arrived in Paris from the Interior ol the !
Stale of Now York, to make known to the Em*
press Eugenie that they aro her relations. We 1
all know that the Emperor had kinsmen and
cousins In the United states, loth Murats and
Bonapartes, and they are all taken caro of who
have claimed to share his favorj hut that the
Empress hrd any. American, relations, took all
by surprise. Her mother, though a Dutchess,
was the daughter of the British Counsul either
at Carthngena or Barcelona, who was a Scotch*
man of the name of Kirkpatrick, himself con
nected by marriage with.a Spanish lady, His
brother went to America many years ago, and
settled in Washington county, Now York. Ho
had a son, William Kirkpatrick, who held the
appointment of Superintendent of the Ononda
ga Salt Works lor many years. At a late pc*
Iriodm his life, lie married a Miss Dunscome.of
I Syracuse or Salinn. and this lady boro him two
children, twin brothers, who survive -him.—
These young men. on the accession of the Em*
press, began to trace back their own pedigree,
and ascertaining they were cousins of her M
ai lesty, have gone over to make her acquaintance,
b;u with what success has not yettrsnspired*
[From i'e Topeka Statesman, of June 9/A.]
The Pacification of Kansas.
POLITICS AT TOPEKA,
PMC DEMONSTRATION in honor op the
NEW EXECUTIVE.
SPEECH OP HIS EXCELLENCY, U. J.
WALKER. GOVERNOR.
In compliance with-an invitation from the
Citizens .of Topeka, Governor Walker, accom
complied by Secretary Stanton, and fllr. L.
O. Perrin, visited cur town on Saturday last, for
the purpose of forming an acquaintance with
our people—of ascertaining their views and
wishes—of interchanging sentiments, and or
promoting feelings of mutual confidence and
good will. At 4 o’clock, pursuant to previous
notice, a mcetingofourcilizcns, alike numerous
and intelligent, was convened at the 1 übhc
Hall, in order to hear an expression of lb. 8 yov
ernor’s views in regard to the existing difficul
ties and his plan of adjustment, and to confer
freely with him on the various political topics
now engrossing, the attention of the people of
the whole Territory,
Col, Holiday presided, and introduced the
Governor, who advanced and sold:
Fellow Citizens:— Upon the invitation of the
citizens of the town of Topeka and its vicinity,
I rise to commune with you. in regard to those
most important interests which are connected
with the administration of the Territory of
Kansas. At the earnest request of the Presi
dent of tho United States, I consented to come
here and occupy the position of Governor of
Kansas. Ido not come among you as a volun
teer. I have not sought this position. On tho
contrary, 1 have accepted it, and I om free to
say, with great diffidence growing out of the
conviction impressed upon the minds of tho
Chief Magistrate of the Union and all his Cabi
net. that the peace, not only of this beautiful
Territory of yours, but that of the whole Union
depended upon the settlement of these difficult
and exciting questions which have heretofore
introduced civil war and discord throughout
your borders.
When, therefore, the mailer was presented to
me in that light by the President of. the UniUd
Slates and all his Cabinet, I felt called on, not
withstanding my deep sense of the responsibili
ty which I was required to assume, to withdraw
my declination of this office, and accept the
proffered trust. lam now here this day, llicn,
fellow citizens, to address you upon those grave
and momentous questions which concern so
much, not only your own peace and prosperi
ty. but that of the whole Union.
And here permit me to say, that it has been
my lot. to have travelled ibroughevery Slatein
this Union, except California, and I must say
that I have never seen anywhere any region for
which God has done so much as the Territory
of Kansas, (cheers.) All that you want is
peace and prosperity, tins recognition of the
principle that tho people in Kansas alone can
rule here, and its exercise in connection with
all the great questions which have disturbed tho
quiet and harmony of this Territory, in order
to moke not only the town of Topeka one of
the most prosperous of the Territory and of tho
Union, but to make Kansas, soon, at the prop
er period, to become o sovereign State, one of
the most important and flourishing of the whole
confederacy,
Now, gentlemen, this is a practical question,
and I take it you arc practical men : that you
do not look to theories but to facts and results,
and that you desire to ascertain what is the
best mode in which n peaceful adjustment of
these most deplorable difficulties can now bo
made.
On that subject, gentlemen, 1 desire to read
you o few extracts from my Inaugural Address
just published In this Territory, together with
my instructions from the President of the Uni*
led Stales, pointing out the mode In which the
Chief Magistrate of tho Union, just elected to
that high position by the whole American peo
ple, as well as.hia Cabinet and the humble in
dividual who now addressed you, believe those
: questions can be peacefully settled : and settled,
not by a party whether it be for or ogninst sla
very', but by tho whole people of the Territory
of Kansas, who, ns is their sovereign right, by
that great principle which lies at the foundation
of all our institutions, shall determine by ac
tual majority of tho- rotes of all her people,
what shall be their own Constitution and their
own social institutions.
I speak not now in regard to the past, or any
registry of voles. But I speak as regards the
future. My doctrine is tins, that in the future,
when tho Constitution shall "bo submitted to the
tote of tho citizens of Kansas, that It shall bo
submitted to the vole of tho wholopcoplo. Ido
not mean those who are now registered under
the Territorial law. Ido not mean those who
were residing hero on the 15th of March last,
but I mean the whole people of Kansas, not
only those who are here now. but those who
will Uc here next tall, as actual residents—that
they—the people over whom these institutions
are to opcrate—-that they by a minority of their
votes, snail decide for themselves what shall be
their Constitution, and whnt shall bo their so
cial institutions. On this subject. I desire, I
repeal, to rcad'toyou an extract from my In
augural address to the people of the Territory of
Kansas, together wtih the views of the Presi
dent of the United Slates.
“ Indeed, !• cannot doubt that tho conven
tion" {T mean the convention which is about (o
meet In September next)—' after having framed
a State Constitution will submit it for ratillca
lion or rejection, by a majority of the then oc
tual tana ildc resident settlers of Kansas."
i With these views, well known to (he Prrsi
: dent and Cabinet, and approved by them, I
i accepted the appointment of Governor of Kan*
sns. My instructions from the President,
through the Secretary of State, under date of
the 30ih of March last, sustain ••the regular
legislature of the Territory" in “ assembling a
Convention to form a Constitution." and they
express the opinion of the President, that “when
such a Constitution shall bo submitted to the
people of the Territory, they, must bo protected
In the exercise of their right of voting for or
against that instrument: and the fair express
ion of the popular will must not be inlcrrrupted
by fraud or violence."
I come now to my own Individual views—
“l repeat them, ns my clear conviction, that
unless the Convention submit tho Constitution
10 the vote of ail tho actual resident settlers of
I Kansas, and tho election be 'fairly and Justly
conducted, the Constitution will bo, and ought
to bo rejected by Congress.” (Cries of good.)
Gentlemen, on this subject I wish that there
should be no mistake, no misapprehension as
regards my opinions and tho policy which I
shall deem it my duly to pursue in the admin*
istration of the Executive department of the
Territory of Kansas. It is Involved in a few
simnle words: That tho majority of tho people
of Kansas must govern—(cries of right)—that
the majority oftho people ol Kansas mpsl adopt
their own Constitution or 1 reject it—that the
majority of the people of Kansas at tho polls
must decide whcther.thcy will bo a Slave State
or a Free State. (Applause.)
Indeed under whatever specious disguises any '
other doctrine may bo presented, I believe that 1
tho man who desires that the minority of the
people shall establish institutions for tho major*
Ity; is. whatever ho may call himself, neither a
Democrat or a Republican, but a monarchist,
or an aristocrat. . Ho desires that the few shall
govern tho many, whereas, the great fundamcn*
tal doctrine winch lies at tho basis of all our
American Institutions, and upon which they
all repose, and which has been carried into sue
ccsstnl operation in every other Stale but Kan*
sas, and which, gentlemen, with your aid and
co-operation to sustain mo, it Is my sincere
hope, shall obtain its fullest »calizalioa hero,
Is tho rule of tho majority.
Now, then, gentlemen, as to tho mode in
which this is to bo accomplished. I presume |
wo all ogreo—at leasts hopo wo do; ns to the
, doctrine that tho majority of tho people of Kan*
• sas shall establish their own constitution and
, introduce such social institutions as tho. major*
. Ity prefer. But bow to this to be. douc.l The
Congress of (hc.Unitcd Slates lias established
for Kansas bul one mode of action on this .sub?
jeet, and that action is through tho Territorial
Legislature. • , _ i
'.Now, none of you can regret more than I clo
any of those deplorable and calamitous clrcum
stances which have taken place in tho past.-— :
For myself, I wish to overlook tho past and
look forward to a better and brighter future.—
That Territorial Legislature has, in respect to
tho authority over this question, been rccognia.
cd by the acts of Congress of 1854 and 1857.
That Legislature has colled a Convention to as
semble in September next. That Constitution
they will, or they will not submit to the volcof
the majority of the then actual resident settlers
of Kansas. If they do not thus submit it, I
will join you, fellow-citizens, in lawful opposi
tion to their course. . (Cries of “good,'’ and
cheers.) And I cannot doubt, gentlemen, that
one much higher than I, the Chief Magistrate
of the Union, will join vou in opposition. But,,
gentlemen, for myself, T cannot doubt that
that Convention will submit such an instrument
as they may frame, for the adoption or rejection
of the whole people of Kansas; to all who now
arc or then may be, actual hona fide resident set
tlers of the Territory of Kansas., Then, at
that time, and in pursuance of the method des
ignated by the laws of your country, by tho
instructions of the Chief Magistrate of the Un
ion, who was placed there by the people and
sworn by them to execute the laws : I do not
entertain a doubt but (bat that Convention
will submit to the whole of the then bona fide
settlers of Kansas, the determination for ihem :
selves by an actual majority of the whole peo
ple whether they shall adopt or reject that Con
siitution. ff they reject it there is an end of
that Convention. It has performed its office.—
It has adjourned never to meet again.. A voice.
•• What next ?” What next, you ask, gentle
men ? There arc two other very easy exits
from tho difficulty, and os the question is a
practical one, I propose to answer iu TnOc-,
tober next, not under tho act of tho late Territo
rial Legislature, but under iho laws of Con
gress, you, the whole people of Kansas, have a
right to .elec a delegate to Congress, and to
elect a Territorial Legislature ; and through
that Legislature you can speak your views and.
instruct them either to call a new Convention to
submit a new Constitution for tin? consideration
of (he people, or they can instruct thcir’Uelo*
gate to Congress, chosen by amajority of their
own votes, to ask Congress to pass a law au
thorizing the people of Kansas to form a State
Constitution for themselves.
It is quite certain, gentlemen, that in this
mode there is in any event, a peaceful, tranquil,
quiet exit from all the cmbarassmcnls and dif
ficulties by which you are surrounded, and that
the lime is rapidly coming, if it has not already
arrived, when the rules of justice and the peo
ple shall prevail in Kansas Cheers.
Then, gentlemen, what is the other mode
which is presented. You arc about to have as
sembled here at Topeka, next week, what is
called the Stale legislature, for they tell you
that they are now out to convene a legislature,
for the State of Kansas. Who elected that Leg
islature? A voice, “ the people.” Thoptople !
Why the whole vole given for your so-called
Constitution, as claimed by- yourselves, was
hut 1.731 : whereas, there are now registered
over 10,000 votes, as residents here on the 15th
of March last, exclusive of the thousands omit
ted, or who have arrived here since that date.—
The people! Do you mean to tell mo that 1.-
731 voles constitute the whole number of votes
in the Territory of Kansas ? A voice—“ That
was a year and a half ago.” But should those
1.731 votes a year and a half ago impose a con
stitution for all time to come upon tlic present
people of Kansas? A voice—*‘Not against
their will.” Should the Constilutiou be sub
milted to their will for adoption, or not ? A
Ivoico— ‘‘Yes.” That, gciUlcmen, is the great
question, so far as they are concerned. But I
understand you claim to be a'State now, and
that your so called Legislature, chosen* by a
small number of votes, propose next week to
enact latvs to be enforced in Kansas. This mis
erable minority, constituting not otto tenth of
■ the present people of Kansas, propose, In abao
' lute defiance of the acts of Congress, and in
1 open rebellion, mark you, gentlemen, not only
’ against the Territorial laws, but against the
' lavfS and government of the United States, to
assemble here, and, representing 1,731 people,
impose (his Constitution by force upon tlicpco
pic of Kansas by the enactment of lows. A
voice.—“ Where nrc those 10,000 voters that
ore not on the record ?” Some inadvertency
omitted, many who would not register, and
thousands who have arrived since the 15tl\,of
March tost. As regards the register, however,
I say to you it is of comparatively little conse
quence, if the constitution be submitted to the
whole people.
It may suit the purposes of faction to ask
such questions by those who refused to register,
but the substantive is that the Constitution can
be of no (oicc or effect unless it is submitted to
the vote of the people, and if it is so submitted
it is for them to declare whether they will adopt
it or not. But here comes a body of men ac
ting in defiance of the laws of Congress, and in
open rebellion against the government of the
United States, representing, according to their
own statement, less than one-tenth of the people
of Kansas, who come forward and say that the
people next full shall not dccido this question !
That neither you nor [, nor any of our fellow
citizens dsswhcrd throughout the territory shall
have the right to determine whether we shall
accept the new Constitution; of reject it.
Gentlemen; P como hero fof purposeffof peace
and pacification: p como here to inaugurate
the rule of law, of justice, and' df the whole
people of Kansas, by giving them all an oppor
tunity for adopting their own'Conslilution In
sicad-of allowing A handful'of 1,731 men' to
thrust a Constitution on them; by adopting a
codp of laws, prepared by their vorious edm
miltcctf cut and 1 dry, to put in operation as
soon ns they meet, binding the whole people of
the Territory and depriving them oflhoright to
decide on their own form of government and to
adopt their own Constitution.
Now, then, 1 repeat (hat I como hero for the
purpose of restoring ami perpetuating peace, but
I tell you candidly that my Instructions ami my
oath of office require mo to put down the cxccu.
tlon of such taws, and for the good of (ho people
of Kansas, they must and will bo put down,(crles
of “never, never." A voice—« bo not the peo
ple of the United States say that those laws are
right V ’) The people of the United States have
just elected a President who declares that such
laws would bo unconstitutional, null and void.
(A voice—“who cares 7") Nay more j the peo
ple of the United States have Just elected a ma
jority to Congress who entertain the same opin
ion with him. This is a matter Involving the
peace, happiness and prosperity of tho whole
people. Your towns will advance In Importance
and wealthy your claims will increase In valuo,
good will reign throughout tho
Territory IT tho people who aro now hero and
who will bo hero in November or December
next will only dcchlo.for themsiilvcs what shall
bo their own form of government, and their own
social Institutions., Hut what is it this Legisla
ture proposes to do, without tho slightest neces
sity, without tho slightest pretext or apology
under tho mode of adjustment now proposed ?
I epoak not how as regards tho past. 1 wish to
God that you, and I, and all of us could rub out
tho past. (A voice, <« It cannot bo done," an- |
other voice, V Hub oiit tho bogus laws.*') . Hub
thorn out, gentleman, If yon plcuso, by a vote
of tho people. (A volco, “Wooannotgotthat. )
You cun get that. (A volco, “ Give us a fair
vote at tho next election.”) Y®« will got that.
At tho next election In October when you elect
the Territorial Legislature you can repeal those
laws, and you can (hen also, hy ,a majority of
vonr votes, adopt or rojoctlho Constitution pre
sented for your consideration next tall. Now,
what, I ask again, is proposed to ho done hy
this Legislature 7 It Is proposed to put In ope
ration a body of laws. Hut you must remember
tho pifssugo of laws is no farce. It is not a hum
bug. (A volco, « It Ims boon boro.") A law
Is a command t it exacts obedience from tho
whojo people, and is to bo actually put In force
In tho Territory. Wllat Is tho consequence 7
Why you thus product) an adsoluto, clear, direct
and positive collision botwoon that Legislature
and tho Government ol the United Slates.
There are two sols of laws to govern you* Ev
ery man's contract, every mao’s title, every
man’s possession: will .then bo -involved lb dim*
culty; and In the' Course' of tlifoo dr f orir mont?J
you will have, n largo importation oflawrora
(A' voice—“Wo have plenty of r tlicm now *
IntightorO ‘ It will Involve you In'endless litiffT
tion, from which tljefo will bo no possible d?
trlcatlon. Now* gentlemen, is there any uccp?
sity for tills / ‘ (A voice, “None} nota blf *thiirS
never was,”) , Can you not peacefully
this question In tho mode-pointed stithy tho nit
of Congress, If, as>ou can and wi)l have- a’ffi
and full opportnnlty of recording frotirVoto
(A voice—‘.‘Why have we not had it ?”) ; g’7-
tloracn, I.was-not Governor of-Katms, hnd Mr
Buchanan was notPresldcnt ol’lhc United Slates*
(A voice—“ How are wo to get It?”)., You will
get It by tho Convention submitting the Const! •
tution. to tho veto of the whole people,, ca
voice—“Who is to elect the Convention?* Thnt
is tho grand question!”) Gentlemen, it |g a
comparatively small point by Whom tho Conill
tution, la to, bo submitted.; -Don't.lot ns n»n
away after shadows. Do not refuse to reclslnv
and then say you ,can’t>q|q.., The great aub
atantinl point is tills, will Hid.wholc people of
Kansas next fall, by a fair election impartially
and fairly conducted by impartial judges, hnVe
an opportunity to decide tor themselves what
shall bo their form of government and whatslmll
bo their'social institutions? I say they will
but Igo a stop farther—(A. voice—“Hqvo you
got tho yower?”) If I ijavo not the power to
• brlpg it about, if tho Convention will not do it
I will join you In lawful opposition to theirnro ,
ceedings., {Cries of “good, good.”—A voice*
“wo will hold you to your promise.” Another
voice—“ How ore wo to vote for this hero Con
vonllon ?” Another ..voice—“Nothing can bo
naked falrcrthan what he. says.”) Wcllj gen
tlemen, I havo.no power to repeal tlio Jaws that
have been passed in reference to the tfonvtn
tion, and if those Idws have not been fulrlycxc
ented it is Simply no fault of mine. (A voice
“has not James Buchanan power to rcpcaUhoso
laws 7” * Another voice—“ Hasn’t he sanction
ed them V*) Ho has’ had nothing to do with
thorn, but tho Congrcss'of.tho United States has
authorized tho Territorial Legislature to pass
laws. Tho President of ,tho United States has
taken an oath to carry tho laws into effect and
It is for you,-if you are opposed to~thcso-l«ws,
through the pcopld’s voto to'repeal them.—(A
voice—“Wo cannot get at them.”)-: There is
not tho least difficulty «boutyour getting at
them. (A'voico —“Koepout Missouri arid wo
will do well enough.”) Well, gentlemen, I
pledge myself to you that, so far as my power
is concerned—and Ido not doubt that you aro
not, In-nny event, to have re-enacted boro tho
scones of tho past—but so far as my power la
concerned, I pledge myself that the people of
Kansas, end of Kansas alone, and not the peo
ple of Missouri or of Massachusetts, or auy oth
er State, shall inte>ferdoven by.one single vote,
to decide tor tho people of Kansas what shall bo
their Institution; A voice—“ That la mydoc
trino.” Cries of“ Good, good.” But, gentle
men, they shall dccido It lor themselves. When
these views of mine are not carried into effect,
when you sco that you will not have a full and
fair opportunity to decide for. yourselves what
shall bo your form of government, and your so
cial institutions, It will tbon be time enough to
complain of me; but not till then. Several
voices, “That Is right.” Another voice, “What
about Iho bogus laws?” And now lam asked
what about tho bogus laws? Why, your very
Governor, Mr. Robinson, has acknowledged
those bogus laws by putting Into effect a char
ter, passed by that bogus Legislature, and so
have many of you, and nearly all tho people of
Kansas. .And iftho bogus Legislature has pow
er to pass charters it has power to pass any other
law not in conflict with tho Constitution of tho
United States. A voice, “How are those In?
spcctors to bo appointed ?” They must bo ap
pointed fairly and.lmpartially, of course. A
voice, “Who Is to appoint them 1 ” I doubt not
that the Convention will prescribe a fair, Just,
and impartial method, ns they do in other States.
A voice, “They did, in giving us 280 voters In
this county.” Well, gentlemen, let n* look at
that question. What have these 280 to do, if
yon have all a fair voice next Fall on tho Con
stitution. A voice, “There has been no census
taken.”. That has nothing on earth to do with
tho question. But while.l must deeply regret
and deplore tho circumstance thnt there has been
on Insufficient census, what am I to think alien
told by those who profess to represent tho Re
publican party of tbU Territory that tell yoa
. that you should neither rcgliu-r or vote. Ttfc
wore kept* from registering ns yon »p. fc no w by
following tho ndvlco of Ificso party leaders o!
yours, and then complain, they cannot roto.—
Ton could havo registered hero 1! you pleadcay
and hundreds in this territory since hearing my
plan havo expressed fo mo their deep vegret
(hat they had not registered, and many of your
county, since my arrival, havo changed their
position and resolved to vote. Every tnnn who
responds (hat lie will not acknowledge fboso
laws has boon deprived of ho privilege In not
being registered, boenude*ho declares that whe
ther registered or not ho will not vote. If you
dislike the convention, do you best oppose it by
standing aloof and allowing a majority of other
persona to adopt their Constitution, or by voting ,
down that instrument. If you do not vote next
full for or against thnt Instrument whop you havo
a fair chance, Congress wilt act ns though jpa
hnd. No, you cannot defeat tho Constitution
by refusing to vote. [A voice, “ tho Governor
Is right, and wo will veto then.”] Now,gen
tlemen, I really believe I have detained yoaloo
long. There is nothing qp earth thalllw
more than fVco opinion, a ft-eb press and ftopnbr
discussion. fCrics of “right.’’,] Instead of tty
joctlng to it, I love to hear somo few df yaa dif
fer Rom mo or ask questions. Cofric, fet uS
reason together. Discarding passion and pre
judice, rpgrqtting as you pud I do, nil thsdifll,
cultlos that have occurred fn tho past, let ns ns*
oursolVos this groat practical, questions What
I Is best forthogreat fhturodf Kansas? fAvoice,
“ThoTopokaConstitntion,”] Well,gentlemen,
I hope no ono will, say so, unless tho man who ,
believes that 1,701 voter* ehouJd dopif*' o t
20.000 or 30,000 voters now in the Tcmtary,«
that sopn will bo hero, of deciding tliolr own
form'd government for themselves., , 1
A voice-- How was it "I™ P««P“ H
Misnonrl entho hero , I I""™ "°‘W*
with Ihd'peoplb.'of or N
setts. lam onlylooklng to tho ■ * na ,i
say Ifydu dosfro war} Loud cries of n . • I
If you desire conflict | “No,noi jf I .
to enter ft rebellion, not against tho
laws only, hut against tho government or jw
United Slates;. “No, no,” oil you "
to sot up Iho Slftto government »*«ln»t IM S",
ernmont approved by tho President ond the se 1
of Congress by Iho present enactment of o
lows. A voice—“not now.” There consol b»
ft Slftto government without ft Slate Oovcrno >
without ids superseding tho Governor «pr O,D
cdhyUio president of the Untied Stales >
tho lowa of Congress. There cannot bo ft am
government without State Judges, nmt t“"J
cannot bo Slftto Judges without their anP t, ‘ t £
Ing the Judges appointed by tho I’reslJe»'
Iho United Stales under the Inns of-Could"
or ft Stale Log stature without stipersotlls, l "
Territorial laws. "“‘"'SSfIS
Ing. Surely this in open rebellion u
government of IhO Uttlled Slates « 5 .
101 l mo yon do not mean to rest. _ Bl moct
■Now, thoD, gentlemen, I rc,, ( '\"l, l , CI ,iitlcn.
ulnccro thanks lor tho klml “ n ",T myrows*'-
Son with which you havo listened to m f()Ij , ,
A voice, “wltal as to Hie laics J ’ Wf
I ant called on for any olllolftl “I 11 ?"' m w »«
ofltuV. cf Justice and of.the e
folly establish** he r o that, nsgonjcltlMOO,,»»
wlli y aU ohcotlblly.pay this small pi hnieel O, J|J
port your own government. AVp co "»• ,
have n groat deal more confidence In tno v«‘ jj
iho people to bo given next Fall, if you j.
us by what authority tho judges-aro to W K
polniod.” I will answer that question *°
have no doubt it Is thirly nskod-ond W *
spirit. Tho voice, “It certainly is.” * v ”.
then to you, gentlemen, that If; they
point n fair ami impartial mode by wlli< 7 .
majority' of tlio actual, bona lido, ™ B \ dc K, (rU .
tiers of Kansas shall vote, through ln°[JJ' n
mentality of impartial judges, I will Join . a
in lawful opposition to tliolr dolnga. ® n ''
rrcsldent and OougroflK will reject their o " .
tution., A voice, “Will (ho Convention*PPV
Impartial Judges ?” It Is tliolr duly t°
A voice, ••Will they do so /”
uot tho Oonvontlon, hut Ido notdtmm' 1 ' ;
give you impartial Judges. A voice, j[l
thu Governor If therein any ono who wll ,, [l( „i
lowed to vote for this Convention •oxcci«
.registered ?” An rogattls tho post. I ‘I
no power to recall it. Tho past •• J. rro Yo
oven by Almighty power, and
very little power, much loss such (M
Over tlio past I havo no ponlroli hut ®
futuyp Lbavoj and- X tay to you that 'I