The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-29
GOVERNOR MEDARY's
FAREWELL ADDRESS.

To THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS:
Having made up my mind near month
ago to resign the Office of Governor OF Kan
sas, and that decision being interrupted by
the unfortunate disturbances in Linn and
Bourbon counties, now renew the deter
minatiou. ! would withhold this resigna-
ton few weeks longer, if l could be of any
use in restoring order, allaying public ex
element, or in protecting the citizen in the
peaceful possessing of his home, but the
Government of the United States has seen fit
to entrust this to general Harvey, than
whom no one is more capable of accomplish
ing all that bis restricted instructions per-
NIT.
I can, therefore, be of no more service to
you than The able and faithful Secretary of
the Territory, Mr.. Beebe, on whom the re-
sponsibility of my Office will temporarily
fall.
Since my arrival amongst you, two years
ago, think you will bear me witness that
l have labored with an eye single to your
welfare. / know this has been my desire,
though may frequently have come short of
what was expected. Not believing in the
doctrine that he who fills public station
has performed his mission, when he has fill
GU HIS O"H COucES ohO pIdfSu Iuc petty PoI-
itician. instead of acting the statesman, and
honoring his Office by the strictest probity
and the most unsel6sh performance of duty
in his intercourse with every citizen who
comes within the influence of his position,
l adopted the model considered based up
on honesty, sound reason. and in accordance
with the true theory of our democratic in
situations.
Officers are not made for legal plumber. noS
our government for official pecuniary gain.
They are made by the people for their ben
eft and better preservation of life and prop
erty, and when converted into a scourge Of
The makers, it is treason against the original
purpose, and dissatisfaction and disorder
must be the sad consequences. There are
few instances in history, where people
threw off a good government, but much Of
tener submitted even to disgrace and long
oppression, in preference to trusting to an
effort commensurate with relief.
All good men, therefore, in public posi-
ton, listen to the peoples complaints, and
if in accordance with law and justice, nit
igate the evils complained of, and thus re-
stores harmony in the body polite and con-
6dence in the administrators of the law.
If in adopting such maxims as my guide,
it has led to misapprehension in any quar-
ter especially where it was my desire 70
please, it is my fortune, and as unpleasant
as this may be, it is less so than the refec
ton would have been, to leave you, over
whom 1 have presided. conscious that bad
done you a wrong or failed to do all in my
power for your peace and general prosneritva
Though differing with a majority of yodr,..
politics, I am most happy on my retirement
to testify that on all and every occasion,
have received nothing at your hands, per-
sonally, but kindness and friendly inter-
course. feel happy too, in saying that
outside of my official duties, l have lost
sight of the great interests of your Terri
tory, or the happiness and welfare, both
present and future, of every citizen. And
though present or distant, shall not forget
hereafter that the Territory of Kansas, take
it all in all, is one of the most favored por
tons of the earth for grazing and agriculture.
The climate and soil are eminently calcula-
ted to nourish, winter and summer, millions
of sheep and cattle. For these purposes it
has no superior, and feel as though it
would not be extravagant to say, no equal.
Certainly not within my knowledge But
a community of farmers and herdsmen,
above all other people, want civilization of
friendly intercourse, of quiet homes, and a
government of the least possible interference
Loafers, vagabonds. and idlers of all kinds,
are most aggravating sores in their midst
Most unfortunately this beautiful region of
clear skies and rich verdure, has been cher
ished in outlawry and overrun by murder
ers, thieves and outcasts from every region,
attracted BY the confusion of forced settle
ment and most untoWard intermeddling
from abroad.
To restore that order now, that should
have begun with your beginning, is the
bounded duty of every good citizen, of what
ever condition, of whatever politics or relig
ion. Editors, politicians, or divines should
write and speak and pray for the one great
and necessary purpose-perfect peace and
strict observance of the laws, both human
and divine. Without this YOU can lave no
hope of either contentment or prosperity
happiness will be driven from your hearth
stones, and despair drive from your midst
the modest and best of your citizens. An
imosities, encouraged and brooded over,
grow like the weeds of the field, and root out
every good thing. Threats of personal vi
olence are tie weapons of towards, and the
ins'igation of the assassin's daggersin more
stealthy hands. Night. was made for rest
and sleep. when converted into carousals, and
the gathering of secret clans. with oaths and
gtips of the order, stimulated To robberies and
murders for some real or fancied wrong.
can neither be visited or countenanced by
any upright citizen. by no protesting Chris
tain who is not an abomination in the sight
of that Being, whom be hypocritically pro-
fesses to worship.
When the evil-doer is covered with the
mantle of party politics. and wrested from
the hands of justice as partisan measure,
the ak is laid at the root of our free institu-
tons. and the cruelest of despotisns will
rise up monument of infamY to mark their
place. POrtentous clouds already thicken
around the horizon of this most glorious
republic. whose brief path has been strewn
with so many deeds of renown and the no.
bleness of man-untii il has become the
hope and beacon-hght of all nations strug-
Cling for freedom. and the envy and dread
| Of kings and emperors. In this hour of ma
tional gloom, let Kansas spurn disorder
from within her borders, and open her al
most unlimited prairies, rich aud beaulifl