Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-14
OPINIONS OF TIE FREE PRESS.

OPINIONS o. Ihk fkkE fkkSS.
Under this heading we shall give from time
to time, articles from those papers which are
laboring for the common and great object
of the Restoration Of the Missouri Compro-
mise, aud especially from those Demoora.
ic journals who scorning"to give uf TO par
" wha, WAS meant fer mankind" have hon
es,y enough to desire 10 speak the truth
and Independence enough 10 speak the truth
boldly
The following article is taken from the
New York Ereaiae Posi-, which is Demo
cratic paper, in all things except the article
of slavery:
signs Of the Times.
l. would be difficult, to name any act Of
any federal Administration, since our gov
ernmen, was organized, which the people
of the free States So unanimously condemn
cd rs The removal of the Governor of Kan
sas. What makes this unanimiiy the more
significant, is the fact that Governor Reed
err was personally no favori,e with the
North, and his appointment 10 the Governor
ship in Kansas gave to the free States much
more concern than qualification. The cir
cums,ances, however under which he has
been superseded, invest him with peculiar
interest, and seem to have given 10 the man.
ner OF his sacrifice degree OF importance
which it is difficult u oversta,e.
The pennsylvani ne feel the indicni.y
with peculiar severity. They think the
President has deserted one of their honorcd
fellow citizens in the hour Of danger, and
lNEt
cuse for not sustaining him. The press OF
the whole North is almost undivided in the
opinion that Reeder's removal WINS merely
the contamination of the original purpose of
the Nebraska bill, and that in the selection
of his successor the same endhas been k. ut
in view.
1, is said by one of our exchanges-the
Detroit Adrertiser-that Mr. Dawson, the
new Governor, recently went on board a
steamer on Lake Superior, proclaimed his
repentance Of the vote he gave for the Ne
braska bill, and with the views he now en-
tertains, will have neither the inclination or
courage to accept the appointment which
the President has conferred upon him. Il
is also minated in some quarters that the
President expected him TO decline, or a,
least rot to go Kansas, and thus furnish a
prefext for the continuation Of w oodson, the
Secretary, now acting Governor of the Ter
ritory, at the head Of affairs, until the work
of legalizing slavery in the Territory shall
have been as fully accomplished as posi-
Bile.
What importance deserves to be attached
to these intlmations we cannot say. The
course ofthe Executive viii doubtless de-
pend not little upon the result, of the
southern elections for the current month.
TWAS to secure few members Of Congress
in North Carolina and Tennessee that Reed
er was sacrificed, and If the elections there
do not result favorably to the administra-
ton, it may conclude 20 abandon any fur
Their prospecting" in that quarter. and d.
rect its attention TO the fall elections in
New York, Ohio and PENNSYLVANIA
Il is never too late to DO right, but L is al
ready too late FOR President Pierce TO in
spire the people Of the Northern States with
much confidence in bis patriotism o. re-
spcct for his understanding. He has given
them too many evidences Of deficiency
Of both. Any efforts he may make to re-
pair the wrong he has done to the new coun-
, tries which have been reclaimed from The
wilderness during his administration, will
Clly serve 10 CCEflCt EItN vi tiie FdClliu1fOu
and weakness which seems to characterize
every feature of public policy which bears
his impress.
While aspirants for succession are hatch
ing their presidential eggs in southern sands,
il may be very convenient TO have the at
ten,ion of the Northern people diverted to
some other object, but that trick is worn
out. II has succeeded twice; il will not
succeed again. There can be but one lead
ing issue in the next election in this State,
and that will be the approval or disapproval
OF the course of the administration in Kan
sas Allo.her questions must be only in
cidental and subordinate. Silence upon the
subject is approval, aud approval will be
destruction.