Squatter sovereign., 1856-12-16
From Kansas.

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man yesterday who was direct from Lear
enworth City, in Kansas Territory, who
stated that Gov. Geary had suspended, or
arrested, the United States Marshall, fol
refusing to obey his orders, and that Judge
Lecompie was also suspended from his Of.
ice by the Governor. The cause of the
trouble originated in this way, we give il
as reiated TO US, that the free State men
indicted for murder were all refused bail,
and confined at Lecomp.on to await their
| trials.
This decision was approved By the Gov.
ernor. But itappears after the grand jury
had found an indictment against the pro.
| slavery man who sho; Baffun, for murder
IN the first degree, Judge Lecompte ad-
mitied him to bail In bond of $1,000,
the Marshall was one of his securities.
As soon as Gov. Geary learned the facts,
he directed the Marshall to re-arrest the
person indicted for murder of Buffun.
The Marshall refused TO execute the or
ders oil the Governor. when he q; once or
dered one of the United States officers to
execute his order which was done. Then
followed the arrest or suspension of the
Marshail and Judge Lecompte.-Doi2v
Jefferson hiquirer. l9.h.
The sloshy-uasly editor of the Jefer.
son NO. Inquirer, with saturnine GU
pidity for Horace Greeley notoriety, au.
daciously inficts the rea ders ef his paper
with the above composition OF ignorance
and stupidity. His object IN writing such
editorials is, to deceive the ignorant; for
hs knows that any man of ordinary intel.
ligence will not believe them. In this age
of enlightened civilization and refinement,
when the avenues of information are open
to all who seek it, how can tie editor
of public journal put credence in story
that bears On lis face so much sbsurdity as
the above. Can men of the press who
assume to influence and direct public opin-
ion. expect honest contemporaries 10 sit
in silence when they see such outrages
pcrpetrated upon she good sense, judgment
and information of the whole fraternity?
Whenever we sec such an utter disregard
of the obligations, honor and integrity
Of the Southern press manifested by any
Of its members, we conceive for them a
horror like unto that we entertain for Gree
ley and the Uile reptiles who wind through
s. bush and brarnble" to initiate him.
We are fully satisfied that 40 sane man. /.
acquainted with the formation and consti.
tuition of our national government, can
give eredence 10 such ridiculous fabrica-
ton as the one referred to. Hence we
believe it is published to the world, after
the style of Bennett and Greeley. not to
enligh,en the public mind and understand
ing, but to impose upon the ignorant, the
weak and the credulous. Those conduc-
tors oil thu Southern press who are capa-
BILE OF such low treachery and mastery
villany towards their readers and the pub
lie, " deserve iko fate of slaves only"
We should like the editor of the 1noui-
Ter 10 inform US whence Gov. Geary de-
rived the kingiy powers with which his
credited story above invests him. Gov.
Geary derives his authority from the same
SouIIC as y Suo5c ACSOH'PtCS oIi3 VIC ioitrA
can only be removed--if removal be pos
SHELBY those who gave him office. 1t
is mooted question whether or not the
President can remove the Judge OF oar
Territorial Supreme Couri. How then
can Gov. Geary do itl
The Boonrilie (Mo.) Observer places
itself in the same predicanent with the In
quirsr by republishing its absurd, ridiculous
story without correction or comment. We
admonish the rsritaGle editors Of these two
journals to read the constitution of the gov
ernnent under which they lire, and the
organic act of Kansas Territory. Having
studied these, ike good journalists should,
they will be better enabled to enlighten
the public mind.