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Important Revelations.
LETTER FRoN MISEEsorA FARMER
CoRrersatioH piA Co.. Gcary-Hs Treatnfn
By he Admimstrafion.
TREMoST HOUSE,
CHICAGO. March 30. 1857.


from Washington to my home in Minnesota, |
] canDo: better spend an hour than detailing the
ubstanee Of, and, as far as l am able, the Ian
guage used in a conversation with Gov. Geary, in
e Washington on Wednesday last was iDtrOdu.
E ced to the Governor by an old and valued friend
, of his and was very cordially received. l found
him to be gentleman Of about 40 years Of age
tall, well propOrtiOned, evidently athletic, and
with very honest and agreeable face. 0fcouTse
our conversation turned at ouce upon what is now
. uppermost in every mind-the affairs in Kansas.
{ have, all my life, been what is called Nation
| al Democrat; and though my territorial residence
t forbade me taking any part in the pas! Presden-
tial election, my sympathies and hCpes were earn
!. estly fer Mr.. Buchanan.
k was not, then, as you may imagine, exactly pre-.
n pared to hear the tale that Gov. Geary tolJ.-
e had looked upon the reports which were cir
culated in opposition newspapers, as grossly exag
gerated statements of occurrences in the Territory
and, though willing to admit that the pro-sayery
!. men had been guilty of some excess, consoed
myself with the natural supposti on that the other
e side was equally to blame. Even the report Of
the conversation Of the Governor in the office Of
; the Missouri Democrat looked upon as a par
tizau statement, greatly distorted for political pur
a poses. Judge then of my surprise, to hear, from
o his lips, a confirmation of all had looked upon
1t as false before end to hear the remarks attrbu
10 ted to him by the Democrat, not only reafirmed
le but repeated with minute details which greatly
l heightened the effect of what he had to say.
| do not propose to detail at length the con.
versaton that filed almost an hour; but cannot
e refrain from calling your attention and that of your
readers to the few points which have not appeared
TX in the many reports given by the public press.-
,k Passing over his confirmation of the charges of
he atrocities, which have filled the Republican pa.
r pers-q confirmation, Direct positive, aud unequiy-
ok oca'--I VII! mention Whit hesad in relation to
e. the Withdrawal of tha troops;
IT. every Pro Slavery man of influence as well as
III many of the oon-keepers, common oafers and
Z. e. the like knew of the proposed Withdrawal; and
* was taunted by them-some of them the vilest OF
ly the vile-with the fact that was to be left unsup
I'd ported, long before had any official notification
"a of what was intended. did not pay any atten
"a ton to these things, inasmuch that l. though then
IN suspicious, yet depended upon the positive assu
e, rance of the Administration that should be sus'
le, tanned. The discovery that the people of the
NC Territory were to be left at the mercy OF the assas
m. ~ sins by whom they were threatened, was the Sc
of yerest tri al to which was subjected"
ne 1 repeat his language as literally as possible
ga and do not color or exaggerate the facts. In re
'ru aton to the character of the men who have bee
er laboring to destroy lis power and influence, b
The observed:
at "TAere are men here in Washington now
gus seeking for Office, and with the probability tha
~ they will get what they ask, ghOse hands anc
.be arms up 10 their elJouS are red Vih JlOod!
of knoao them to be naurderers! Yet they are gra
= ciously received by Mr. Buchanan and the Cabine
"a - and their statements are taken as truth wbereve
jlv they conflict with mine They are treated witt
rer more cordality and favor than !, who have treC
ms to discharge my duty faithfully and honestly, cal
W ever hope to be.'
D"s "s In relation to the coming election and til,
mo- probable complexion Of the Constitutional Conven
lot ton, be said:
II believe that at least two thirds Of the peo
pie Of the territory are in favor of making Kansa
in free but under the operation of the plan
I'M. which their opponents have devised, there is NJ
doubt that Pro Slavery Constitution will be fra
NY med"
''s The difference between the two parties, he sta
of ted as follows:
nd "Among the Pro slavery men, there is no free
fn- dom of speech or the press-hardIy Of opinion
w. The first inquiry made by them of every newcon
er, is Where are you from? and if the answe
is from the North,' that man is marked, md nei
ho ther his person nor property is safe. They hav
ee. established reign of Terror. Among the FIRE.
ow State men, found nothing of this every maj
Ie who has an opinion is at liberty TO express !
= without moestation. l had no trouble will
lis. them after the first difficulties were over-non
oys whatever
he The Governor was very direct and explicit ii
to his charges against the late Administration, ant
by no means disposed to spare that now IN pow
- er. He seemed to speak as an honest injure
en- man. Going to Kansas with the intention
dealing alike with all parties, and enforcing tn
laws as he found them, without inquiry as to ho'
or by whom they we're made, he soon learned th'
policy was not what his party there, or his super
ors in office desired. "They" q use his words
"dreaded nothing so much as soon as they asce