The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-04-02
cEARY,s RESIGNATION

GEARY'S REsiGSATIo
Through all the recent discussions on
the troubles in Kansas, the lovers of qui.
ct and prophesiers of smooth things hav,
rested on Geary as the cornerstone o
their hopes. Have you no faith IL
Geary ?" they triumphantly asked =
See what Geary is doing 70 restore
tranquility and secure justice and fail
"play." they exultingly exclaimed :
Give Geary your confidence, and al
"will come out well |" Such has beer
the burden Of the anti Republican press
ofthe Free States for the last half year.
Now, we are confident that we have
not misjudged nor misinterpreted Gov.
Geary. He went 10 Kansas as Demo
cratic politician, intent on stopping the
fragrant outrages and wrongs which were
fast dcmoralizing his party in the Free
States, and determined to govern as fair
ly and justly as the hard necessity i'm
posed on him of recognizing the bogus
Legislature as legitimate, and upholdlng
its edicts as laws, would admit OF. His
FIRST object was to get by the Presidential
Election as quietly as possible, AMI thus
secure the triumph of his friend and pat
ron, Buchanan. So he smiled on all par
ties, whispered words of hope in every
ear, and treated the Free State men as
well as his necessities would allow. He
could not save them from the most un-
just legal persecution and conviction OF
felony, in that they had dared to defend
their homes and families against Border
Rufiari outrage but he gave private as
surances that he would pardon them SO
soon as circumstances would permit, In
short, he has done his best, in consistency
with the fatal position of his party and OF
the Federal Executive, to keep things
quiet in Kansas and reduce the wrongs
and expressions to which her Free State
settlers are subjected to the lowest point
within his reach. And we believe that,
as he has become better acquainted with
their condition and their wrongs, and,
since the necessity for getting through the
Presidential contest without exciting hos
tility or suspicion at the South has passed
away, he has softened to the promptings
ofHumanity and Justice in his own breast,
and has realized that the Free State men
cf Kansas are this day the most oppress
ed and abused people living on the face
of this earth. But, whether this be so OF
not. he very clearly perceives that to
make Kansas Slave State by violence
and fraud is to seal the destruction of the
party which lends itself to this nefarious
purpose.
AT length the fog lifts the illusion is
dispelled the name of Geary no longer
serves as "poppy or mandragora for
the uneasy conscience and awakening mo-
raj sense OF the Free States. Gov. Geary
was to be sustained, butts not Lecompte
is kept in Office as Chief Justice; the
Border Ruffians have most of the Federal
officers in their interest, and the bogus
Legislature, which he is required to re-
cognize as rightful, passes over his veto
all manner of oppressive and cruel enact
ments designed to aid in the consumma-
ton of their purpose. Gov. Geary sees
that he cannot protect the Free State
men, can hardly protect himself, and that
the conspiracy to make Kansas Slave
State by one more fraudulent election
marches forward with irresistible force.
Unwilling longer to be dragged behind
the chariot wheels of the exultant fraud,
Gov. Geary resigns, and Mr.. Buchanan
readily accepts his resignation. Thus
closes another act in the fearful drama o.
crushing out -. Freedom in Kansas
what, o oracles of Cotton shall be the
next, and the next ?-N y Tribune.