The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-10-29
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From the New York Journal OF Commerce, Oct 9th
LETTER FROM GOVERNOR DENVER.

rom the New \ ork journal OF Commerce. Oct 9th
LETTER FROM GOVERNOR DENVER.
The New York Tribune having published al
article on Kansas affairs, September 30, which
contained several gross missatelnents as to III
action Of Governor Denver and President Bu
chanan, the Governor addressed the following
courteous letter TO the editor of the 7ribuae
correcting sti errors, bat il had not tn
fairness 10 print If. Under these circumslan
ces, the gentleman TO whom it was sent fol
transmission 10 the Tribune, has handed il TO US
and we cheerfully lay ii before our readers
LEcoNrroN, X. T., Sept. 80, 1855
To the Editors Of fhe .Nsso York Tribune.
GENTLEMAN My attention has been call I'd
10 an article in reference TO Kansas affairs pub
lshed IN your daily of the goth instant, and
IrI-weekly Of the LIST, in which you suggest
that | Lad probably been compelled by the
AdmlnistIal alton to resign the post | have held
| here for some months past, and on that SUPPOSE
. ton you proceed to make some serious charges
against Mr.. Buchanan and his Administration,
Tor all OF which there IS rot the slightest founda-
/ iion 1t is true that | have resigned the Office
/ oi Governor Of Kansas, but it was an act Of my
! own Tree Will. The President desired me 10 re-
/ nam, but the conditlnn of my private affairs
would not permit me to do so longer. In June
last sent up nv resignation 10 take effect IN
August, bot while in Washington in July, at
| The urgent solicitations Of many persons intpres-
ted in Kansas, and also at the request Of the
President, then withdrew II ior the time being
Those who are couversant with the facts know
. that II has been with extreme reluctance that |
I hly. ,J f. IL. Ga a.. /
have always declared my intention TO resign
the office OF Governor, as soon it could be
done With safety to the public interests. | have
received the most ample assurance OF the corda
approval Of my course in this Tsszea=- oaolnet, I
aud here mnst be permitted to say that IN all
nv conversation with The President about Kan
sas affairs, he has always manifested the deepest
concern for the peace and happiness Of the coun-
try, and determination that the people oi The
Territory should have fair opportunity at the
ballot box, TO settle questions at issue before
them in their own way, and without any eH-
raneous influences. Such has been the charac-
ter of all his communications TO me-, whether
verbal or written, and while endeavoring 10
carry them out in good faith, have met with
no opposition from the moderate men OF the
Territory. nor from those who have been classed
as proslayery men.
! The frauds perpptrated al the election IN
January last, were committed by the violent
and unscrupuous men OF all parties, and the
/ investigation ofthem was partisan and partial,
Such acts as the forging Of the returns from
/ Delaware Ceossing were paraded betor' The
public with great guso, while the destruction
ofthe ballot box and the ballots al Sugar Mound,
/ BY Capt. Montgomery, was passed by IN silence.
/ The actors 10 all these transactions ought to
! have heen severely punished, bat there We're no
laws that would reach them, and the late LeglSla-
tive Assembly, " hich was all Free STATE, made
no sufficient laws TO meet such cases in the fu-
/ ture, bat pndpavored to Parayze the powers Of
the Circuit Courts aud invest the Probate Courts
/ with powprs they could not exercise. You ad-
! nit that thugs have gone on here quietly under
my administration. This IS not exactly correct.
/ There have been some disturbances IN DonIphan,
! Leavenworth, Linn and Bourbon COUNTIES, and
! in every case the Disturbances have been produ-
ced bS persons calling themselves Free State
| men, In Donphan county an effort was made
to assaSslnate the gentlemen who We're elected
! 20 the Legislature on the first Monday IN Janua-
Try last, and although they escaped with their
lives they were plundered Of their property,
aud their houses burned. No steps have been
taken 10 punish the perpetrators, and yet all The
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troubles in Leavenworth city continued nearly
ali winter, and if the mayor, and other city Off
GERS did not encourage them, they certainly took
no measures 10 have them suppressed. In Linn
and Bourbon counties all qnet until
Montgomery and his band commenced plunder-
ing, aud driving off the people who differed
with them in political sentiments, IN the course
of which they committed some outrageous acts
one of which was to drive farmer away from
his home, on pain of death, and then TO take The
ladies OF his family, strip off all their clothing
and in that condition compel them 10 walk
backwards and forwards for their amusement
, passed through the countirs where these outra
pes were perpelrated, and for some 30 miles II
: presented such scene OF dpSoIation as nevei
/ expected 10 have seen, and hope never again t
see in a country inhabited by American cItl
\ zens. Is it any wonder that the people oil
\ whom such outrages were Perpetrated, shoul'
: become cXaSperated Some three hundred iaml
. lies were thus robbed of their property, drive
s away from their homes, and compelled to Il
: from the Territory. About two-thlrds OF ther
= from Linn county, where every local office
n was and is a Free State man, after prov vldin
places of security for their families, some OF tn
men. maddened and desperate with the treat
i; ment they had received, returned to seek re
i, gengp, and perPetrated the bloody and unjustIha