The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-03

Governor Reeder and his Free SON Land spe-
culat,ons I'm Kan.as-very Interesting TO
the Soath.
We transfer to our columns this morning.
from the Kansas Squatter Sovereign. q very
instructive exposition of the free soil land spe-
culstiDg operations of Governor Reeder in that
Territory. Its perusal, at this crisis, win be
especially interesting to such of the people of
Virginia and other Southern States as may
still cherish the delusion that our Pierce ad-
mnisuation and its spoilsmen are sound upon
the slavery question.
We believe that the honor of securing the
appointment of Mr.. Reeder Gan old Pennsylva-
MIA Van Buren, free soil democracy is claimed
both by Forney, chief of the Kitchen Cabinet,
and Postmaster General Campbell; bat whether
the appointment was secured through the pow
erfhl influence of the one or the other, or both,
the responsibility belongs to Mr. Pierce. Mr.
Reeder's Van Buren, free soil antecedents, we
suspect, determined the question in his favor;
and, like true spokesman of that school, he
appears to have proved both his willingness
and his abilities to turn the perquisits and
privileges of his Office to the largest advantage
The principles governing Mr.. Pierce in his Sc
lection were doubtless the same which secured
to the Van Buren, Buffalo faction of the demo.
cracy the lions share of the spoils upon the
organization of bis administration. A Van
Buren, Bourbon himself, Mr.. Pierce cannot for
get Or abandon the claims of that clique to the
control Of the democratic party.
Governor Reeder's land specializing pro-
ceedings seem to have been the result of
deliberate Kitchen Cabinet arrangement to
secure the spoils to themselves of the great
emigration movement to Kansas. To this cod,
it appears the Governor was early and active
in the field as land "prospector;' and un.
der the peculiar advantages of his Office, he is
reported as having been successful to an ex-
traordinary degree, in buying up for baga-
telle large tracts Of the best lands Of the In
Territory. There is reason, too-a good
solid cash reasOn-why he should exert him.
self in favor of free soil settlers against
Southern Shareholders A tree soiler requires
but small farm while q stakeholder requires
a large one to make anything out of it.
large tract of land cut up into small farms,
will sell better than by wholesale. Hence the
sympathies, the interests and the movements
of Governor Reeder, Forney 81 Co. have all
been in favor Of the free soil emigration, to the
exclusion of the shareholders.
There are, however, in most cases, two sides
to question. Senator Atchson, and others
OF the ultra Southern school in Missouri, were
not long kept in ignorance of the schemes and
movements Of the Kansas Governor and his
associate Spectators to turn over the Territory
into the hands OF the free sellers. On dis
covering the drift of she game Atchison and his
party accordingly resolved to have fioger in
the pie, and to put stop, If possible, to the
Reeder land company's proceedings at once.
Otherwise, there was danger that the Governor
would soon monopolize all the available lands
in the Territory, turn them over to the free
soilers and make of himself and associates mil
lonaires, to the total exclusion of the Nilsson
rians. We have had an inkling of the conse-
quences The four thousand votes cast at the
previous election in Kansas, few months ago,
have been increased to seven thousand at the
late election; and the Missourians are charged
with having entered the country like an army
of hostile invaders-with having in this way
carried the election, and returned homewards
next morning.
1t was coup d'etat against Reeder and
Company. 1t will bring up all their plans and
doings for thorough investigation at the
meeting of Congress, if not sooner. In this
light, this unlawful Missouri foray may yet re-
suit in some timely disclosures for a wholesome
reformation of the plans of our Kitchen Cabinet
spoilsmen. We have no doubt that ia the end
it will appear that the Mssourians have had
strong temptations and provocations for their
late armed occupation Of the new Territory
something more, in fact, than the buccaneering
spirit of lawless frontiersmen. In any event it
is due to public justice that the my steries of
the late Kansas election should be thoroughly
siited; and if Mr.. Pierce fails to do it, the next
Congress will hardly be permitted to lay the
subject under the table.
The Reeder administration in Kansas, thus
far, is perfectly consistent with this doabls-
faced administration at Washington. The
Kansas Nebraska bill was passed to deceive
the South. 1t was Cabinet thing of false
pretences on both sections, but especially to
the South. The affairs of Kansas have been
turned over to pack of specializing Van Blu.
rem tree soilers, the object with Mr.. Pierce be-
ing the recovery of the ground which he has
lost in the North, while the great end of his
Kitchen and Territorial retainers has been to
buy up the half breed lands Of Kansas, and sell
them oft Wall street profits. Thus, we un
derstand, Mr. Reeder and Company have male
provision for large reinforcements of Pennsylva-
MIA free sellers ON the rich lands bought in the
lump from the poor and simple half breed