The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-10
TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1866.
Governor GearY in Kansas.

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Governor of this State, which ought to be
fully written out at this time, If for no other
reason than to Vindicate his character against
the assaults that are being made on it by the
Democratic press We have not space to do
the subject justice, nor, with the pressure on
us of the many other topics that demand at
tention, have we the requisite time to perform
the task satisfactorily. A brief allusion to
some few leading facts is all we can attempt.
1t VIII be recolected that General GEARY
was appointed Governor of the Territory Of
Kansas during the Administration of Presi-
dent FRANKLIN PIERCE, and at period
too, when affairs in that quarter were in
highly excited and turbulent condition. 1t
was hoped that with the election OF Mr.
BUCHANAN as the successor of Mr.. PIERCE,
the disorder raging in Kansas would be com
posed, and peace established through yigor-
ous and impartial administration Of law. This
expectation, however, was disappointed
General GEABY, after having done much to
quell the intestine troubles in the Territory,
and to bring about a state of comparative
order and security, resigned his office, and no
successor was found equally well fitted for
the position. His appo ontment originally as
Governor, and the fair promises Of aid and
support which were held out to him by the
National Government, were regarded at the
time, by the friends of law and equal rights,
a. a pledge of returning tranquility. 1t was
confidently predicted that justice would now
be meted out by an impartial hand, and license
and ruflanism shrink back abashed before
the strong arm Of the Federal authority.
But the old adage put not your trust in
Irinces," was on that occasion equally well
verified bv a Democratic Administration, for
] resident PIERCE forgot the trusty servant
whom he had placed in SO responsible and
difficult situation, and left him to cope
vi aided with the powers Of riot and lawless-
ness. Governor GEARY stated emphatically
that the cause of his resignation was the
failure of the national Executive, Mr.. PIERCE,
to fulfil the pledges made to him at the time
of his appointment. He had been assured
that the army, militia, and Treasury of the
United States should assist him to the utmost
necessary extent in securing and maintaining
order in Kansas, But when he applied for the
told by the officers that they were not there
to protect him; and we have his own off,
Cial averment for the fact that the only trea-
.sury from which he drew means for support
in his trying situation was his own pocket, to
which the Government was then, and, for all
we know to the contrary, is yet, indebte to the
extent of several thousand dollars. He further
ctofod in folyiu0 laoua Of his orduoYS poc+
that had he received the promised assistance,
he would have succeeded in effectualy sup
pressing the fearful civil dstur Dances which
had SO long and painfully afflicted the Terri
tory.
These were not only lamentable, but dis
graceful facts, and afforded one among many
signal instances of the weak and vacilat-
ing policy which distinguished the admins
tr ton of President PIERCE in so eminent a
de .ree.
Governor GEARY had great difficulties to
contend with in the arduous station which he
then occupied, and we do not believe that
there was or is one man in thousand who
would have met and combated them as
b nestly and fearlessly as he did. His life
was III SOuSJtluG utuBSI1 lOT u uuulD6T Vi u6S-
peradoes had sworn to assassinate him. The
judiciary of the Territory we're his bitter OPP
pOnents. Yet in the face OF all this, assistance
by men and money was denied him. In
such an extremity, what could he DO? He
fought the hydra of disorder and lawlessness
most nobl' but he was left to stand or fall
alone, and was obliged at last to yield.
n his parting address to the residents o
the Territory, he disclosed the true causes oI
the unfortunate state Of affairs which existed
there at that date 1t was occasioned he
said, not by those who had fixed homes in
that region, and who were conscientious
peace-loving, lqw-abiding men, but by indi
viduals who had no direct interest in Kansas
whatever, and who chose7to make it the thea
tire of their rufian exploits. And this, nc
doubt was the real state of the case.
Had Govern II GEARY been supported at
Washington, as he was told he would be, II
his efforts to arrest the bloody strife that pre-
vailed in Kansas when he consented to take
the direction of affairs there, he would un
questionably have accomplished completely
the formidable task he undertook; and there
Is good ground for sserting that the impres
sion which his wise and Just and energetic
action made on the people there while he re
manned in Office as chief magistrate of tht
Territory, contributed materially to the fina
adjustment of the whole difficulty. His higl
executive oualities were exhibited durin,