The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-03-26
From the st. Louis Democrat, March Ia.
GOVERNOR GEARY RESIGNED.

wrongs lnnicted oy the Border HUMANS
Kansas. which, we think, maybe credited
Let us hear no more Of "Free State pei
versions" and Abolition lies" The cor
respondence that has appeared in the col
umns of the Democrat from time to time
has only been untrue in its failure to full,
represent the atrocities of the Pro- Slave
ry outlaws, who have gained foothold il
Kansas.
Gov. John w. Geary, at Lecompton
on the 4th inst, forwarded his resignation
of Governorship Of Kansas to the Depart
ment at Washington. Having notified
Mr.. Woodson, Secretary fthe Territory
Of this fact, and having surrendered tc
that officer the official control. he, in q
few days after. quit the country and start
ed for the East. He arrived in this city
on Sunday evening. accompanied by his
private Secretary. DIR. Gihon. Yesterday
afternoon he called al this office, and il
the course of a long conversation gave us
complete history Of his administration
in Kansas, and more than confirmed al
the reports which reached the public
through the Democrat of the outrages o.
the Pro-Slavery bandits and rebels in
that unhappy Territory.
The Governor states the cause of his
resignation to be, the failure of Ex- Pres
ident Pierce to fulfil the pledges made at
the time Of his acceptance Of the appoint
ment. The promises Of Mr.. Pierce, he
says, were to support him (Geary) with
the United States army, the Militia, and
the Treasury, if necessary; but instead OF
receiving this aid, either in men or mon
.ey, from the President, he has paid twelve
thousand dollars out of his own pocket
for the support of his administration, and
with regard to military support, he has
even been refused detachment of two
companies Of cavalry, for which he ap-
piled under the most sturgent circumstances.
and received the naughty answer from
the officer in command, that the army Of
the United States was not employed to
protect him. In addition, the Judiciary
of the Territory, as well as the military
of tie Government, refused its support.
Judge Lecompte thwarted him on all oc-
casions, and having the means to execute
his judicial DEGREES, was enabled to over
rule him in every important measure.
Again. throughout his whole official
career, he has been an object of hatred
to an organized and sworn band of con
spiri .tors in the Territory. He states that
fifty men were under oath from the day
he entered the country until he left it, to
assassinate him, provided his official career
should dcyiate from that course which
they had marked out for him. His life
thus in constant jeopardy; the judiciary
bitterly opposed to him; the military mae
tive and stubborn, and the government
without money or means of any kind, he
was necessarily compelled to decline.
The Governorsays he regrets the step he
was obliged to take most sincerely, and
feels confident that had he received the
assistance promised him, he coull have
administered the affairs of the Territory in
a manner acceptable to the honest settlers
of both sides.
In relation to the robbie ries, arsons and
murders at the hands of the Pro Slavery
ruffians, which have taken place in Kan
sas. the Governor says the half has not
yet been told. He says: the murder OF
Bufum by Hayes was one of the most
cold blooded and atrocious affairs ever
Witnessed. The Governor reached the
spot few moments after the affair occur
red. As the poor fellow was lying upon
the earth inhis agonies, the blood stream
ing from his wounds, and the cold sweat
OF death upon his brow, he seized the
Governors hand, and declared, that as
re looked for mercy hereafter, he was in.
nocent of all cause Of offense-that it was
a most foul and unprovoked murder. He
asked his assassin why he sought his life,
or desired to take his property-that up
on his efforts depended the subsistence of
an aged father aud mother, deaf and
dumb brother, and sister-that he.
himself, was a cripple, and therefore harm
less. To this appeal. he was told that he
was a id Abolitionist, and that
they intended to destroy the whole of
them" Upon which, Hayes. one of the
gang, seized him by the collar, and pla.
cling the pistol against his stomach, shot
him.
The Governor pledged him, while he
held his cold hand to his own, that he
would use all his power to bring the mur-
derer to justice. Il spent said the
Governor. "fve hundred dollars to have
the assassin arrested, and l would have
spent five thousand dollars to have
done SO, If it had been necessary"
1t is well known that the Governor had
Hayes arrested, but scarcely was put in