The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-07

Al FREQUENT intervals, since the Inauguration |
of Mr.. Pierce, on custom house and diplomatic |
appointments, on the slavery question and ON
the Cuba question, we have had squabbles and
troubles in the Cabinet threatening . rupture
but through /" the cohesive power Of the public
plumber they have been successfully patched
up, and the ministry have stuck together.
But the case OF Kansas admits of no such
patching, lodging or shutting as the Ostend
platform or the various phases of the Cuba
question. 1t must be met face to face; and our
despatch Of this morning from Washington dis
closes Cabinet crisis upon the subject, Of the
most serious and ominous import. 10 word,
upon the single question whether Governor
Reeder, of Kansas, shall be sustained or super
seeded, is suspended the existence OF the Caoi-
net, the administration, the democracy, and the
drift Of the approaching Presidential election.
And as by Mr.. Pierce's decision the South or
the North have to be cheated, we may readily
account for his perplexity. 1t is the turning
point of his career, either northward or south
ward Any further attempt to carry water on
both shoulders, in reference to this Kansas in
broglio, is certain to overwhelm him, and that
very speedily, for the case admits neither Of
tinkering nor delay.
The appointment Of Mr.. Reeder as Governor
of Kansas, and his free soil affiliations and land
specializing proceedings in that Territory, be-
tray the coven foot of Mr.. Pierce's free soil in
stincts It is manifest that his Buffalo platform
proclivities, and the land speculating policy of
the Kitchen Cabinet, worked together in the ap-
pointment of Reeder, and in behalf of the ex-
clusion of slavery from Kansas. Now, the
question. recurs, since the coup d'ftat of the
Missourians, what will Mr.. Pierce do! Will he
uphold or supersede his free soil Governor?
If he intends to sustain him, one of the new re-
giments of the army should accompany him
back to the Territory, and proclamation should
be issued, warning the Missourians to keep out
Of Kansas.
The scattering newspapers Of the North, still
in The service of the administration, are all
down upon the Missouriana Conspicuous
among them, and generally supposed to speak
by authority, is the Boston Post, ~ that Or
gan says that
1he principle contended for is that the actual nhab
tants Of Territory, in similar manner az the inha6-
tants OF State shall have the right to elect their off,
GERS and on tue formation q constitution, 20 shape
TO be protected in the application Of such prncple
and the Mrsourans, beyond q question, have no more
right go the line of their State and interfere in
the election Of members of the legislature than the
Sioux Indians have. Such proceedings ADMIT OF no de-
fence. They most wanton violations Of Territorial
rights.
The Albany Argus says: at is easy to see
that perseverance in the attempt to shape
the legislation Of Kansas by foreign and
violent control, will be attended by renewed
excitement, endangering the peace of the
country" and then 1t warns the South that
the free sellers in Kansas must be permitted to
act without restaint, otherwise, says this adj
mnistration oracle -
We say 10 the South plainly and honestly that unless
this is done, Northern men VINO have stood on CON-
platform with the South, stand there longer
Northern feeling will not tolerate 1t.
Here, then, we see that the most conservative
Of the administration journals Of the North
have joined the cause Of Reeder aud his free
soil land Spectators. The South need no
longer look to the Northern democracy for
support. They have gone over and joined the
Kitchen Cabinet spoilsmen, and the free soil
crusades that are to wrest the Territory of
Kansas from the Southern squatters, ADD
make it an abolition rendezvous for fugitive
slaves and underground railroad conspiracies
against the people of Missouri and Arkansas,
and the general interests Of the South.
We perceive, also, in these manifestations of
Northern democratic sentiment, the tendency
of the administration free soil faction Of the
North to fusion with the Seward Holy Ali
ance. 1t is, also, very evident, from these
strong indications, that the only party
of the North which can be safely
supported by the South in 1856, will be the
great national Know Nothing organization,
clesnsed and purified, as it soon will be, of the
dirt and refuse of the Massa usetts anti slave
ry propangada, and all such seditious sectional
affiliations
Thus far, the practical administration of the
government OF Kansas illustrates the free soil
Van Buren, principles of Mr. Pierce very clear
ly. Van Buren,, for time, made various hol-
low professions of loyalty to Southern rights,
and he was believed to great extent, until his
true principles we're brought out by the Bnffalo
platform. Mr.. Pierce is . free soil Bourbon of
the Van Buren, stripe, and in the affairs OF Kan
sas he has only been " following in the footsteps
of his nlustrious predecessor" If the people
Of Virginia have any further doubt upon the
subject, let them demand of Mr.. Pierce final
decision in the case of Mr.. Reeder at once
Otherwise the matter will be held in allegiance
till after the Virginia election, and then Mr..
Reeder will be returned, with detachment
of troops to back him in bis land speculations,
and to secure the monopoly of Kansas Terrific
~ to the squatters of our free soil emigration
societies, at the point Of the bayonet.
Let the Virginians, and Davis and Dob
bin of the Cabinet, insist upon ON imme.
diate decision, one way or the other, in the
case Of Governor Reeder. Let Mr.. Wise in
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