The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-03-25
The Goyernor.n.p OF wisconsin.

The GOyewnoTshtp on wisconsin
AS will be perceived by reference 10 the
telegraphic news, Barstow has resigned the
Governorship Of Wisconsin, it having become
apparent that Bashford was likely to be de- |
clared by the Supreme Court the lawful Gov |
ernor Of the State.
Relating to the matter we copy the follow
ing article from the Chicago Democratic |
Pres:
The telegraph informs MS that Gov. Bar
stow sent in his resignation TO the legislature I
yesterday moaning. The act was undoubted- I
" wise one, whatever may have been the /
motives which induced it. That his election .
was obtained by the grossest fraud is a mat
ter that does not admit Of a question, and /
this fact the Investigations now in progress I
before the Supreme Conrt will undoubtedly +
so clearly demonstrate, that even partizan i
cayil must be silenced. Mr.. Barstow and his I
friends must have known this, otherwise after
once appearing in the case before the court |
he would not have withdrawn from it. denied !
the courts jurisdiction, and asserted his de- |
termination to resist its decree in the case |
with all the force of the State. This move |
ment was a tacit acknowledgment Of all that
was claimed by Barstow's opponent That
he appeared 70 be sustained afterwards by
any considerable number Of the people Of the
State, furnishes only another illustration of
the extent to which inflamed partizan feeling
influences the action Of otherwise honest and
sagaclous men.
barstow has resigned, but that does not
settle the difficulty. Bashford took the oath
OF office at the same time that Barstow did.
and It Is not improbable that the Supreme
Court has already decided that he IS legally
and of right Governor of Winconsn But
Will not the same party that induced Bar
stow TO pursue the course he did, also urge
Mr.. a. Macarthur, Lieut.. Governor to as
sumo the functions Of the Office of Governor?
Is 1T not possible that, regarding him as pos
sessed of more nerve than Barstow, the lat
ter was ruled of by his friends 10 place the
game in the hands of man who could play
II out more satisfactorily? We do not know,
nor do we assert that any Of these things are
So We merely allude to them as probabili-
lies by no means inconsistent with the pre-
yious proceedings on that side in the case
Should II turn out that contingencies have
transpir i, the whole question that would
have been involved by the recusancy of Bar
stow, remains to be settled. The novelty Of
the case, the uncertainty which still seems TO
rest upon 1t, as well rs the important inter-
ests at stake, all combine to concentrate pub
nc attention upon Madison.
Geg' An Immense gun is now being manu-
featured in England, fifteen feet long, twenty
seven inches in diameter at the muzzle. and
forty-four inches at the breech. II costs
nearly $1,000 for material alone, carries
ball weighing one hundred and three pounds.
and takes one hundred pounds Of powder to
load 1t. The bore is thirteen feet and a-half
long and thirteen inches in diameter Weight,
something over twenty-four tons.
10 We see that Capt. Hughes. who was
contemplating the establishment Of a line Of
steamers between New Orleans and Keokok
has made an arrangement with the Pacific
= hatiroaa Company 10 run linc of daily boats
between jefferson City and Weston, ana we
infer, therefore, that he has given ID the New
Orleans project FOR the present.
PACIFIC RAlLRoAp.-The Washington star
says that there is no probability Of Congress
making gran, Of lands for the benefit Of a
hailroad to the Pacific. Or Of initiating tho
WORK 70 any way. 4 large majority ii saws
are decidedly opposed TO any scheme which
has been presented.
~ Inc ice went out Of the river at Quincy
on lhursday last,-three days before it con.
descended TO be SO accommodating ~ ~
hANsAs.-Ihe position and policy Of tho
State Of Kansas in respect Of its relations
with The Federal and Territorial governments
viii be observed from the following MESSAGE
Of Gov Robinson, dated the 9th instan,
70 the Senate and House Of RcDreseafat,r,
Of the State Of Kansas
3ENTLEAAS As there appears n ho
difference Of opinion in regard 10 the rigbt
q aw-making by the General Assembly. and
also ia regard 10 the construction to be mt
upon my communication upon this subject 10
yoar honorable bodies on the 4th inst i 4.
proper Tor me 10 state that the message s,f
the TN was intended To recommend no cnnr. u
70 DC taken IN opposition to the General Gov
ernment, or IN the Territorial Government .
WAhe Il shall remain with the Sanction =
e9hgfess, collision with either Is 10 he avoi,
ed. = ~ oe aFoit /
mat The people of Territory hive a r;,l ).
70 peaeeabiy assemble aud memorial;yn -,
gress OF Tue President. and TO adopt y -.
saiuiioA aui organize Il State Goyerumer
ana appo'n' such otieial agents and a. .aa !
otnef aet7 ~ Are indispensable to the act,o =
OF State, especially . its action as a man ).
Der Of the Union, prior 10 it's adrnissio,,
there IS no doubt, provided the proceedin =
are IN strict sabordinqtion to the existin !,
Federal Government, and III subseryieucv =
the power Of Congress. 10 this extent =
people may 90 in conformity to law. ana :. :
this there can Dc no penalty
q. RosNsox.