Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-11
sPIsIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

s2ISIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.
The IntslIissneer says Of Gov. GARDENERS
refusal to remove Judge Loring:
Trusting that this account Is true, the act
80 Independent, and, under the circumstances,
90 honorable to the frmness of the Governor
viii give him an envieble place In the admira-
ton and esteem Of the good and order lovin9
and Law abiding men of the country, and every
part OF 1t, This worthy magistrate, 90 worthy
OF his high office, did not share tho friendship
and the wise and conservative precept. Of
Daniel Webster in vain, but, with the IN
STOPPING frmness Of an upright SOUL has
proved true disciple Of that great republican
and statesman"
OF the rumored dissolution of the connection
of Gen. Quitman with the fllibusters against
Cuba, the Inteiiigencsr says:
"The authority for this statement ia not
disclosed, but il lie rendered very probable by
the little encouragement which has been
given to the expedition at home or abroad
In the first place, the Executive government
not only showed no favor to the Ostend
scheme OF acquisition, but still less to filibus-
tero designs on the island, which it formally
denounced and menaced with ell the penal.
ues OF the Law. In the mex. place the Sen.
ate, on the last night Of their late session, re-
Iused to countenance repeal of our neutrality
laws; and thirdly, and perhaps not the leas,
encouragement was, that Gen. Ccncha had
placed the islsnd in such q state of deferce,
and was prepared to give any filibustero ex
petition 30 warm reception, as to render the
enterprise az doubtful in its pleasantness as
Its success. With so many dis engagements,
therefore, We think it very pro able that the
statement copied above is tru and that We
may consider 'Othello's occupa ION as gone
for the present at least"
The Union says of Cover or Reeder and
his position on the slavery o. stion in Kansas ::
"This gentleman is now il Washington, no,
Tor the purpose, so gener ly attributed to
aim, OF invoking the action of the General
Gov3rnment IL regaId to the administration,
ais duties as Governor Of Kansas bat sim. Y
Preparatory to his return In a week or two
with dis family TO the Territory which be pro.
poses to make his home. II is satisfactory to
observe the contrast between his quiet and
manly department ard the violent expressions
aDJustly charged 10 bim By his enemies Not
ior single moment has he besn diverted from
the PLAIN, straightforward path Of duty Re.
luslng all participation with either extreme in
the late disturbances 10 the Territory and
planting himself upon the conceded principles
Of the Kansas ami Nebraska bill, he has
steadily maintained the attitude which might
De expected from a mSn who for thirty wears
mas 6een leading and consisten. member Of
me Democratic FaT;y-the party OF the Con-
s.itutl0n i Northern citizen. e Pepnsvya-
nian after the school Of Buchan sn and of Dali
ias, re has, throughout his political career.
opposed the Wilmos ProTiso, sustained the
fugitive slave law, advocated the Kansas
snd Nebraska bill, denounced abolitionisn,
from nFst 10 last, and boldly CO operated in
every movement for the protection of the
south in its rights under the Constitution.
denceii Is that, while be has resolute.y and
consistently reaisted ell attempts to control
,ne desunles Of Kansas by means not entirely
legal and fair, ne has never sought 10 give the
advantage to either OF the centending inter
ess. Perfe:tly conscious, and deeply regret
ung, tha: the nischeiV5us efforts of GreeIy and
tne Northern fanatics have been made the
Pretext Tor the recent border excitements, he
mas hrmly occupied the ground Of disoourag.
InS eVsry movement that might disturb the
ppehc mind, or revive those unfortunate d.
visions which have so often conyulsed our hap
Ply country We are not disappointed tbs
general excitement has resulted from the 10.
cal troubles in Kansas; but We unhesitatinyI
say 70 ths true friends Of cons itutional prin-
clpies, In every part of the Union, that no 10 an
could more faithfully represent the conssrya.
i've sentiment OF the moro steadily and CON.
soientiousiy labor to bring order out of coz
iuEon, than the present Governor Of Kansas -