Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-04
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.


declarations Of Secretary Davis. His land
operations. according to those rumors, were
not the chief cause Of his removsl,-and as
yet, the other Territorial officers who took part
with him in the purchase of Indian reserves,
have not been turned out"
1t will be recollected that when the Presi.
dent felt called on to send to Governor Reeder
the charges against him, made officially by
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, which
were so made shortly before Governor r. left
Washington not long since, it was duly an
nounced and known to all that his removal
was to be the penalty of his failure to clear
them up satisfactorily. At the same time, as
all will remember, the other appointees of the
President in Kansas were duly served with
copies of the charges made against them,
individually, and were notified that they were
expected to clear them up, under pain of re-
moval on Their failure to do so. Gov. Reeder's
reply having been received, and not proving
satisfactory, he has been removed. The re-
plies fthe other officers of the Territory are un-
derstOOd not to have been received as yet.
We presume that their cases will not be acted
on without the reception Of their replies, until
they may have had all the time to prepare
them that can reasonably be granted. If they
decline essaying to make satisfactory answers
to Mr.. Commissioner Manypenny's allegations
of completely in speeulations in the lands of
the wards Of the Government-the Indians
or essaying 50 to do make failure of it, they,
too, will be removed. 1t is we'll known to all
here that the President is determined to carry
out his purpose of removing every man on
whom speculation in the direct or indirect dis.
charge of his public trust can be proved, or
who mismanages the duties devoved on him.
Not long since he caused his own nephew, who
Was United States dispatch agent at New York,
to be removed for permitting letters to be put
in the Governments dispatch bags that should
have been sent across the ocean in the public
mails. 1t will thus be perceived that he is no
respecter of persons in the discharge of his
duties, even where not to be must be peculiarly
disagreeabIe.
We are not charging that Gov Reeder and
his Of-,tai associates in Kansas defrauded or
essayed to defraud Indians of that territory
Any speculations whatever in the lands of the
wards OF the government, or anything in their
conduct that might be construed into availing
themselves OF their official positions to better
'heir fortunes by speculation was wrong, and
was setting an example, the evil consequences
OF which are almost incalculahle. The thought
ful, and those who really desire the we'll being
OF our country, and that its government shall
remain pure in all things, will everywhere.
when the Kansas slavery question and excite
ment blows over,) applaud the President for
the unfinching manner ia which he has dis
charged and will I'm the cases of the other
territorial ofhcers) discharge his duty in this
connection, In the face Of his know &c that
all the demagogues throughout the on-slave-
holding States stand ready to seize upon the
fact OF Gov. Reeder's removal when in the
midst Of quarrel with the ti-aboltionists
OF the Territory (who were petitioning for his
displacement on another ground) to get up the
false cry that the President il interfering to
influence the character of the domestic inst.
tons of Kansas
In announcing his removal some days ago.
We took occasion to explain that indie pendent
OF the cause on which he had been displaced,
the day for his usefulness in Kansas had de-
parted-that if the General Government hoped
to discharge its duties as the guardian Of the
rights and interests Of the Territory, Governor
heeder was no longer the man for the occasion
If knowledge of the facts involved in the state
OF anarchy that mas for some time existed in
III ffai Of i'll
known to all readers of any newspapers what
ever, be not. sufficient to convince any sane
man OF the necessity for selecting some other
person rs Governor of the Territory, it strikes
us that the following comments on the existing
state of things there which We find in the New
journal, will open the eyes of the public to the
hollowness Of anti-slsvery jeremaids over the
change made by the President, by showing the
pressing necessity for that measure of State:
"For our own part we are not able to per-
ceiVe the wisdom OF the course which Gov
heeder has seen fit To pursue. Theore ticaliy
right in nearly all his opinion, his action has
been precisely that needed to deprive them of
their weight. lie protested against the elec-
ton Of members Of the Legislature Nv the
election null. Proclaining Kansas conquered
by an alien mob, be abandoned the territory
to the invaders and repaired to Washington,
where be could neither do nor say anything
whatever for its relief. and Low-declaring
that ne cannot recognize the assembly at
Shawnee as Legislature, bec ause it is ille-
gally assembled,-he does recognize it by
treating their acts as legitimate, by receiving
them, giving them consideration, and send
ing III messages explaining the reasons for
withholding from them his approval Vetoing
a legislative act is certainly strange mode
OF ignoring the Legislature that passed it
by receiving Its enactments as Governor
giving them due and careful consideration,
and sending N messages concerning them, he
recognizes the legal AID legitimate existence
OF the Legislature as perfectly ana complete
ly as possible. 1t makes not the slightest diff
erence whether he approves or disapproves its
acts veto recognizes the existence of a
Legislature just a. efectually as a message of
approval. And so long as Gov. Reeder contin.
ues TO send III messages vetoing the euactments
of the Kansas Legislature, just 80 long will
Ia