Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-08-23
REMOyAL OF GOV. nEEDER.

REMOVAL OF GOV. REEDER.
We have never seen the Public press in the
Free States, except these in the immediate inter
est of the administration, more unanimous in the
utter condemnation of an act of President |
Of the Uni ed States, than that of President
Pierce in the removal of Gov Reeder The
miserable pretext for this act, that the Governor
was engaged in Indian land speculations is scout
ed every where and shown to be false by the
Presidents own acts, as the following, and we
thing reliable correspondence of the N. Y. Times
and Tribune will show, backed as they are by
many otl Or authorities.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Times says:
"We have yet no advices from Brownsville
the residence of Mr. Dawson. The appointment
was rendered to him IN the expectation that he
would decline it, as ii probably was to Reeder.-
Should Dawson indlscreetly accept. an early oc-
caslon will be found for turning him out. A ve-
ry base and patry official falsehOod suficed as a
pretence IN Reeder's case, and another one can
be very easily made up to fit that of Dawson,
and should he place himself in the way of insult
and prescription. Jefferson Davis, General
Pierce's Secretary of War, and er oGc,o Presi-
ident of Kansas, said in his Mississippi speech,
that Reeder ought TO have been turned out the
day after h. was appointed. Nov there was
nothing more known abont Gov. Reeder the day
after his appointment, than the day before, be-
side the fact that he had accepted The truth is
that in Jeff eyes, and in those of all the Kan
sas managers, no Free State politician can be it,
| inihlo IN The A,I a,
ly, because it was the object and interest of tine
act creating the Office, that Kansas should be
Slave State The Administration must in the
end come down 10 Stringtclow, and should that
desparado not, in the meantime be slain in some
brawl provoked by himself, predict six months
viii not elapse before he IS openly placed in the
executive chair. Through the patronage and
encouragement of the Government, this person
already exercises all the power Of the Office
correspondent of the NJ York Tribune
makes the following statement
No sooner had the Governor communicated
with MIR Pierce, after he had arrived 10 the cas-.
tern States from Kansas, than the President be-
sought him to resign, in order to relieve the chief
Magistracy of the Union from the embarrassment
in which he found himself. By way of induce
ment the President proposed to confer on Gov
ernor Reeder the appointment Of Commissioner
to China, then vacant by the return of Mr.. Nc
} Lame This the Governor promptly declined
THIS proffer having thus proved insufficient,
the President made a higher bid He now said
that on condition of Reeder's vacating the Gov
ernorship of Kansas, he would glue him the place
Of ambassador 10 England, from which Mr.. Blu
chanan was soon to return The splendor of this
prnnnetion wa mai IN ~ a,
two days, the Governor gave his ultimatum. He
offered to resign if the President would write
him letter asking him to do so, and publish i,
in the Union together with his reply it being un-
derstood that his appointment to England should
be gazetted Immediately after. The Presiden,
refused to publish such correspondence, and
the Governor accordingly left him under the ne
!, cessity of turning out Territorial Executive
for the sole reason that he would not lend him.
self to the establishment Of slavery by foreign in
vasion and conquest, against the will of the vas
} majority of the people of the Territory"
The South also treat the hypocri,ical pretext
of the President for Reeder's removal with a.
much contempt as the North, as the following
extract from the Westport (MissourD News, ;
paper bitterly opposedto Reeder, and in the Atch
ison interest will abundan,ly prove to all who are
willing to know the truth:
I'VE believe that solemn duty devolves up
on the Kansas Legislature 10 interpose and pro
t test againsttthe removal of Gov Reeder upor
the pretence proposed. Unless the President will
, remove him upon the broad ground of the pros
titution of his official position in aid of Adolf
tionsts, it is far better that he Ienain in the en-
joyment of the empty honors of presiding ove
4 people who have long since ceased to respec,
, him, and who triumphed over him and his Abol
tion allies when he had some power. Now he is
poweress, and consequently seeks MARTYRS
g crown. II the President chooses to place thai
@ crown upon his head, let all the glory be his
We hope the Legislature of Kansas will wash
their hands Of the appearance, even by implica
ton, which their silence would give, of par,ic-
ipation in the petty game now being played
The Pre- sident, ia our opinion selects the weak
est point of complaint-the Governors specula
ton in the Kaw lands but it enables him TO car
; ry out his miserable policy, originally adopted
0 and, we doubt not, the decision is already made
and delayed in its execution for decencys sake
or it may be, that the hearts of the people ma,
, be prepared for the royal edict
Many BUSINESS men have, with full knowl
edge, considered the price proposed to be paid for
the Indian lands, as fully equal to their market
i value. Aside from that fact. the conditions an
nexed in the agreement, that the President should
first approve, relieves the parties from any sus
picion of purpose to defraud the Indians.
' And yet in the face and eyes of all this, tn.
administration papers in this and other free state.
have the hardihood t., assert and keep on assert
i, ing that Reeder was removed only for his lane
' speculatious