The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-23
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Al lsas(A ~ have story q the WponGe
inflicted s. he Border Rulkans In kansas,
which, We tAisk, may be credited. Let "
hear no more Of Free Stats Pstssxaioas"
ana abolition Lies" The correspon.
dsncs thst Aas appeared ID xMs colpens sf
the DsAserss from time 10 time. has only
been uatsue In il failure TO fully repre-.
sent The .stlroeitiss Of the Pro Slavery
outlaws, Who have gained foothcld In Kan
sss.
Gov. John W. Geary. 1t Lecomptou,
on the 9Th inst, forw arded HE rssigna.
ton Of Govsrnorship of Kansas to
the Department q Washington. Hav.
ing MOULDED Mr.. Wooason, Secretary
Of the Territory. Of this fact. and
having surrepdersd to that .otkcer the
eGcisi coalrol, he In 1 few days after,
Gait The country and startsd for the East.
He arrived in this CITY on SUNDAY even.
ing, accompanied BY his Private Sscre.
taSy, Dr.. Gihon. Yesterday afternoon he
called !, THE oliee, and in the course Of
couyer,a,ion s,ve Nm complete history OF
bic eduiuis,rsnon in Kapsas, and more
than confirmed All the reporte which have
reached he puhlic throush the Demoerst Of
the outraess Of The Pro- Slavery ba ndits and
rehela r. that unhappv Territory.
The Governor states the cause Of his res.
ispstion 10 be, the failure Of Ex.President
Pierce 10 fulfl the pledaes made At the
time Of his excaptance Of the appoiptme Mt.
meut. The promises Of M. Pierce, he
avs. were to support him (Geary) with the
Unitsd States Army, the militia and the
Treasury il necessary; but instead oil re-
| ceivinQ this aid either in men or money,
| from the Prevident, he has paid twelve
thousand dollars out Of his own pocket Tor
The support Of bic sdministra ton, and with
regard 10 nilit,ry support. he he's even been
| refused dstachmsnt Of two compsnies Of
cavalry, for which he applied under the
the naughty answer from the officer in com.
mand. that the army Of the Uaited States
was not EMPLOYED 10 protect him. In I'D.
cition, the judiciary OF the Territory, -
we'll q the military OF the government re-
fused to support. Judge Lecompte thwart.
cd him on al occasions. aud having the
means to execute his Judicial DEGREES, was
enabled to override him in every important
measure.
Again, throughout bis whole sfiicial ca.
reer, he has been an object OF hatred to an
organised and sworn band Of consp irstors in
the Territory. He states that 6fty men
were under oath from the day he entered
the country until he LETT it, TO assassinate
him, provided his official career should de.
vats from that course which they had mark
ed out tor him. His life 10 thus, in con-
slant jeopardy; the Judiciary bitterly oppos-
ed to him; the military inactive and stub.
born, and the government without money
OF means Of any kind, he wss necessarily
compelled to decline. The Governor says
he regrets the step he was Obliged to take,
most sincerely, and feels confident that had
he received the assistance promised him, he
could have administered the affairs Of the
Territory in q manner acceptable to the
honest settlers OF both sides.
In relation to the robberies, arson and
murders 4, the hands Of the Pro-Slayery
rufians. which have taken place in Kansas,
the Goyeraor savs the half has not been
told. He saws the murder of Buffum by
HAYES was one Of the most cold.hlooded
Governor reached the spot few moments
after the AFFAIR occurred. AZ the poor fell
los vas living upon the earth in bis ago.
mics, the blood streaming from his wounds
and the cold sweat Of death upon bis brow,
be seized the Governors hand, and declar.
ed, that a. he looked Tor mercy hereafter,
he was innocent Of eli cause Of offence
that il was q most foul and unprovoked
murder. He ssked his assassin why he
soupht his life, or desired TO take his prop.
erty-thas upon his Efforts depended the
subs;stance Of an ared father and mother,
4 deaf and dumb brother, and a sister
that he. hinsslf. wac cripple, and there.
fore harmless. To this appeal. he was told
that he was 4 id Abeiltionist, and that
they INTENDED to destroy the whole ofthem.'
Upon which, HAYS, one of the gang,
seized him by the collar, and placing the
pistol against his stomach, shot him. The
Governor pledged him, while he held HE
cold hand in his own, that he would use al n
his power to bring his murderer to justice.
81 SPENT" said the Governor, Five hundred
dollars to hsve his assassin arrested; and
would have spent Eve thousand dollars to |
have done 90 if It, had been necessary."-
Il is well known that the Governor had
Hays ARE sted, bat scarcely was he put in
Prison, when LecomPte issued . hsbeas
corpus, had him released, and set At liberty
upon stvsU bail. Hays 10 now in Missouri,
and is playing the gentlemen. The Gov
ernor further states that after the release
of Hays, Surveyor General Calhoun took
occasion, in public speech Upon the mat
ter, to declare that the discharge Of Hays
was perfectly legal. and that it was mia
take to suppose, that the territorial laws
were enacted for the benefit of any other
persons than the Pro-Slavery men.
Speaking Of the insult offered him, which
led 70 the death Of Sherrsrd, the Gov. gave
= detailed account of the transaction, and