Beyond all question, the motives of Mr.Cobb were proper.

Mrs.Walker and Mrs.Bache have just left me after a half hour's very agreeable conversation.

Mrs.Walker desires me to inform you the family are all well and sends her love.
From your friend, very respectfully, JAMES BUCHANAN.
Hon.

ROBERT J.WALKER.[11] [Sidenote] Report Covode Committee, p.

111.
The question naturally occurs, for whom did Calhoun speak when he approached Governor Walker, offering him the bribe of the Presidency and assuring him that the Administration had changed its mind?
That was before, or certainly not long after, the probable receipt of this letter in Kansas, for the Governor left the Territory (November 16) about one week after the adjournment of the Lecompton Convention.