Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-11-13
GOVERNOR WALKER.


l;.ote, that Gov. r. j. Walker must re-
sion. or submit TO the modification OF are
;,s,,oval southern man, aud a slavehold-
ar TOO. he could not do enough to satisfy
the negro drivers in Kansas. In throwing
ant the fraudulent pro-slavery democratic
vote in the Oxford district, and granting
certificates of election TO the Republican
delegates, he has exceeded his instructions,
and oiven mortal offence to the Dark Power
who controls Buchanan and the admlnistra-
tion. He will be- either recalled, or left to
the tender mereies of the ballot suffers OF
Kansas.
So they go. Four satraps in less than as
,nany wears. Kansas has heen truly cal
LED the .,slanglter hnuse" Of democratic
Doliticians. It matters not how zealousiy
they had served the party in former days,
if they faltered Que moment in aiding the
Slave lords to fasten their rula upon the ter
ritory. thew were brought to the guillotlne.
There was no grateful remembrance of past
services, nor forgiveness of offenses the
most trivial on the part of their inexorabie
masters.
First, Reeder. lie was regular Kan
sas-Nebraska Popular Sovereignty Demo
erat. He was favorite with the party 10
Pennsylvania, aud his appointment was pop
uaf III -oas h8tt the Stale. But because he
manifested an uuwillingness to assist the bo-
gus legislators in carrying out their inIqul-
tous purposes in Kansas, they denounced
linn and demanded his removal. Pierce
Welded. and he was recalled.
Next went Shannon, of Ohio lie had
faithfully served the party in Congress, had
been Governor of his State, and while III
Congress had voted fur the repeal OF the
Missouri Compromise. He was Indignantly
repudiatel by his constituents for his treas
> On To Freedem. and Pierce healed his lace
rated breast by making him Governor OF
Kansas. Shannon was an easy, 9ood ma
tured Bonosus, perfectly indifferent as to
tbe course of events in the territory, as long
-. he was left undis;urbed to bis polite
eompauions and his potations. But his neu-
trality vas constant reproach' ana tue
Border Rufians compelled him 10 retire
Then they got Jno. W. Gcary, the very
;mpersouation Of all that is odious IN the
character of a doUghface. A fawning,
crinsing Mac Sycophant, from contractor
and tyraupical overseer of Irish on tae FOR
tage Railroad, he managed to fnd favor
with some of the little great men OF the
State. and obtained the cu1ntiipnd Of regl-
mept IN the Mexican war. Like Cushing,
he fell into ditch, and was justa little too
late to 90 iuto the fight at Chapultepee.-
He returned from California, and is said to
have joined the Know Nothings. HlS CD
reer in Kansas was brief as those of his pre-
6ecessors. He tried to play fast and loose
with both parties for awhile, but it wou!d
not last. 4 Border Ruffan spat IN his face
and he made his exit rather abruptly FROM
the territory. lie came homs and told an
old wonar's story about his fears that the
Border Ruffians would assass'nate him
The fate of Walker is the most meian'
choly. His fall is the hardest. de shoui1
not have gone to Kansas. The fate o
those who preceded him should have taugh
him that no laurels were to be gained there
lie had been for many years member
the Senate of the United States from hi
adopted State, Mississippi. AS Secretar,
of the Treasury, be had gained himself
high reputation, With his party, at least
throughout the country; aud he even ha'
aspirations to presidential honors. But Il
an evil hour he permitted himself to accep
the post of satrap in Kansas, in the vain ex
pectation that he could satisfy the impartia
lovers of freedom in the territory, and at tn
same time do nothing to offend the prcpa
gandisls of slavery.
Who will be the next Governor of Kan
sas' If neither an independent Norther
man like Reeder, nor doughface like Gea
ny, nor gallant southrou like Walker VII
satisfy the party or the administration, the
must look about for some other material
1t must be some man who is willing to Civ
himself up, body and soul, to the slave dri
yers, and do their bidding without hesita
ton or scruple. 1t will have to be an over
seer, like Lcgree, with hundred blood
hounds, to hunt out the "abolitionists," 9
John Mitchell, with brigade of libetty-lo'
ing Irish.
RRARs The hearS we learn, are ge