The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-08-18
The Removal of Gov, Recdcr.

1t can scarcely be doubted that President
Pierce has long since yielded to the demands
OF the slavery propagandists and promised 10
remove Gov. keeder whenever his removal
should be required ty them. 1t was owing to
this arrangement. no doubt, that we have heard
from the West that a memorial has bccn adj
dressed, by the Missouri Legislature Of Kansas,
to th0 President. asking for tho rul of Gov.
Recder, and almost simultaneously, from the
East that his successor has been appointed
President Pierce, We suppose, wished To avoid,
If possible, the odium OF endorsing the infamous
outrages perpetratcd by the border ruffians of
Missouri; ne has. therefore, removed him before
the memorial Of this bogus Legislature reached
Washington. Had that got iuto his hands, in.
vestigation would have been necessary, and it
might have turned ont, at last. that Gov. Reed
Ell had only done his duty. 1t was, certainly
far easier aid safer, since the act had long been
resolved upon, to strike him down unheard.
and place some creature in his Office who would
help the pro-slavery party to accomplish their
objects. Gov. Dawson, We presume, has been
selected with especial reference to the work be
has to perfo m, and, in the language of the
drunken outlaws who have ovcr-run Kansas,
he will no doubt prove himself "sll right on
the goose question:" -- -.
We shall be told, of course, that Gov. Reeder
has been removed for violatii. G the law by spec
ulating in the HalfBreed lands This he denies,
aud asks to have specification of the rules
which he is said to have violated. But grant
ing that he has been guilty OF what he is charg-
ed; why has the President not removed the
Judges OF the Territory, and had those officers
OF the army punished, who are charged with
having committed the same offence! No one
need TO BE at loss for an answer: there was
no naughty slave oligarchy to demand their re-
moval and punishment.
We published, at least two months ago, an
oyfr Of fropo L. l.
ton journal, which stated that Gov Reeder's
rem oval had been determined upon in the Cab
met. the day before the letter bad been written.
1t was not long after, that JEFF Davis in stump
speech, assured the people of Mississippi that
Gov. Reeder would soon be removed. Still
later, and just as Gov. Reeder was starting to
Kansas to resume bis official labors he receiv-
ed letter, written BY the direction of THE Pres
ident, informing him that he would be rem "
ed unless he satisfactorily explained some of
his proceedings. All these facts show that his
removal had been resolved upon. aud that the
Administration was only waiting for something
which they could adopt as pretext. But its
manGuvering has proved unsuccessful, and it
stands before the country as the acknowledged
supporter and defender Of all the monstrOus
ontrages ofth. Missouri mob This is we'll un-
derstood to be the case in the West. friend
while on reccu; visit to st. Louis, was inform
ed by prOmsnent citizen of that place, that
Coz. Reeder rould haze been hung on his re-
turn to Kansas, If President Pierce had not
promised the .Missourians that he should be
removed! Ofcourse, we cannot vouch for the
truth of this statement, though we can vouch
for the responsibility of the gentleman who
made it, But whether it be true or false, the
people of Missouri evidently believed the Pres
ideEt was on their side, aud be has just taken
the trouble to prove their belief correct, by re-
moving an officer who stood in their way, and
appointing one who is very probably instruct
ed to aid the Missouri invaders to fasten slave
~ upon Kansas.-Cincinnoti Gazette.
The above is but one of the many revelations
which the old Conservative Wing Press of the
country is now making in regard to the out
RACES perpetrated in Kansas siucc the political
organization Of that Territory BY the force of
armed '"uaders from Missouri. When journals
oil the character Of the Cincinnati Gazette-the
Oldest Wing paper in the old North. West Ter
ritory-thus speaks out in regard to the dom gs
of the Missouri cat-ihroats in Kansas. we think |
it about time that "Old Line Whissv sbou,d |
commence falling into the Republican ranks
even here in Minnesota.