The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-04-09

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WAsnisarox. Sunday, March %.
A ew Govsrner N Kanass, = successOr
10 Governor Geary, will, beyond . doabt.
be appointed next wek When the rssig.
nation was received. and up 10 last Tuesday
il WAS thc fnl determination Of Mr.. Buchai,.
an 10 urge his retention 81 the responsible
post he has tilIed 40 ably, and, IL necessary.
To grant him ta,fe blanche for tle future in
addition to recognizing and indoring bis
past nets. Since. however, the ~. Louis
letter has bern digezt.i. and il has become
apparent that Mr.. Geary's desire 10 H. re-
lIeved is perrmptory, new line Of policy has
i'ecome Indispensable, Gov. Geary is Ia
Washington, and Is 10 ssc the President and
Secretary 0f State tomorrow.
The impression prevails, even among his
warnest friepds, that b. has committed n
great mistake in appealing to the people, n
be has done, adversely, by implication, to
the CENTRAL Government. without Grst know
ing what course wonld e now taken by the
latter upon those points which were lcit an.
decided by President Pierce. II has been.
in fact, an abandonment Of the post Of dan
ger in the hour Of the greatest need, AMI was,
10 say the least, iIl-timei The American
lsople will scarcely rccognze il ~ suili'
Gent motive for fugitive resignation that
ths life II the Governor WIS in danger; nor
that he had expended n certain ammiDt Of
moiFy from his own pocket, nor that he was
displcased at a want Of promptn1s in az.
qaiescing To his reasonable wishes. have
10 hesitation in declaring. anil ] do 80 upon
the most solid authority, and without dan.
ger Of contradiction. that II Gov. Geary had
remained IN Kansas. be- would have been
baca-d Ia the bitter cni by the whole force
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Colonel Black, Of Pittsburg, Penn, lately
second on the list Of candidates for Governor
Of tina, state before die Democratic Con
vcntion, and IN command Of the Firs, Key
stone Regiment. during the Mexican war, is
the most conspicuous Northern candidate
for the Goycrnorship Of Kansas. Colonel
Black has been u prominent Democrat In
his own State for many years. and posS~scs
the personal respect and confidence Of the
President. lie is u lawyer by profession,
aud was member Of the National Convei-
tim at Baltimore which nominated General
Pierce, nnd also Of the Cincinnati Couvcn.
ton. Ia the latter asscmblage. be made the
famous speech which elected animadverSions
from The esinmc Northern press His sp-
polntmen, would bc acceptable 10 the South,
although know Of nonc Of his antecedcn,s
which would reader him unpopular in the
non slavchoding States.
Messrs Mullen Of Va. and Stanton Of
Tenn, are more spoken Of for Gearys cue
eessor from the South. but incline to think
that Backs chances are the best, although
nothing has vet lHsn ,lccblcd
| Southera feeling 10 Kansas is acknowl-
cdg'yl TO be-, just now. decidedly prcdomi.
nant. aud the anyietics Of the Administra-
ton in relation 10 the future are extreme
IL the midst Of 80 much darkness. all that
can forsec confidently is, that the President
will. under no circumstances, PERM. the
spirit Of the Kansas. Nebraska law to b.
invaded. and that Il the people Of that Ter
ri,ory arr eventually visited with Slavery As
an institution, it Will be by their own delib
crate act, IN accordance with the rights they
possess under the Constitution and the law