Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04

s'The Devil for a Witch. :"

1t appears from the encouragement Of
dispatches and the Washington |
newspapers thai the administration has
performed the extraordinary feat O; swap
ping the Devil off for witch" We
have often heard Of yankee sIilewdness--
as represented in such items as wooden
nutmegs, wooden cheese, painted horses,
&c, but we have never been called upon
to witness tangible instance of yankee
iockeying until the present administration
practically illustrated the irresistible habit
which acts like charm, Of the yankee
nation. We confess that the removal of
Reeder was an act OF the administration
very comm endable, and was called for by
the'hishest considerations Of party and ma
tional policy. One important objection
urged by the Democratic press Of the
South, in regald to Kansas affairs was that
the administration pursued course Of
policy III the selection Of Northern man
to preside over Southern territory and
Southern man TO rule Northern :itory,
which could not possibly be justified by
;he reason Of the ease. No other consiruc-
ton could be placed upon it. than that the
mind which framed it aud the power that
executed 1t, were wanting in intellectual
grasp and moral ffmness. The result has
proven the utter failure Of the policy, and
has brought more odium upon the admin
istra.ion than all Of It's other bunders. The
public sentiment in unmstak able terms,
demanded a reclifealion oil the false ste p
The unhappy results attending the opera
ton Of the system adopted, have sp cad
their influence the Union over. The Bit
ter feeling of sectional luminosity which
has of late years been increasing with fear
full rapidity, received pow erlul impetus.
The country has been in commotion from
one extreme 10 the other and the soici-
tude OF our wisest statesmen excited And
all this has been the legitimate result of
the irreconcilable policy OF appointing a
ireesolier 10 govern territory, two-thiIds
of the population Of which are pro-save-
ry me.. The storm thus occasioned has
been growing heavier and more fearful
each successive day since Reedel assumed
the executive functions OF the territory,
until it reached such a state as 10 cause, by
! lis own force and power, The President aud
his advisers TO attempt to check il. by the
removal of Reeder. That has been al
ready done, and his successor appointed.
But has the matter been bettered Has
not the. Devil been snapped for a Witch I
Is Mr.. John L. Dawson. of Pennsylvania.
any better than AIR. \. II. Reeder Of Penn
sy lvania Il hetis, where IS HE evidence
OF it. He was menlbe, OF die last Con-
giess, and voted for Vie Nebraska Eli, so
the papers say. This may be SO. Mr.
leceder was also represented, at the Zine
OF his appointment, TO DC National Dem
oer;a. What did he prove 10 be? Any
thing but national man. And if we are
not much mi, taken, Mr.. Dawson will Prove
a chick Of the same k.th and kin. " c
have our own ideas about This REMOVAL
They are most 100 hoaely al this time for
utierance. II they, howeyer, do not
prove true, we will be most agieeabIy
disappointed. A Southern man should
have been appointed TO succeed Reeder.
That was the only remedy Tor ihe evils
that exisl in that territory. But. i Mr..
Dawson meets the wishes Of the people
over whom he has been appointed 10 gov
erp, we will have no objection 10 his &C.
osraphical picking up. We trust the
best hopes OF tue patriot may be realized,
and That the acerb;ies fthe.two sections Of
the country oeeasioned by the fauaiical
and arbitrary course Of Reeder and The
aboIitionisis generally, will be succeeded
by harmony, good will and biotherly love.