Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03
Governor Reeder.

he gentlen1na whose name ncstas liifs
article, has been ii Kansas since October
last When be first landed among us, we
gave him heartg5welcm.le, having heard
thai at his home he was considered a sound
National Democrat; not tinctured with
OF 5Ffee-soilis1n. He had
BEEN here but a short time, when he was
strongly suspected Of being unfriendly to
the Pro-slavery naerests; and when his
proclamation for an election appeared, there
was s7erv fittle doubt in the minds of any
about his positions: still some few good men
said tiratshe was .Ionests. but misguided. -
We were willing still to wait and see what
his course would bh after the result of the
Congressional election was known. The
election came off, and out of $500 votes
polIesl. the Free-seilers received some four
or FIVE hundred i=only. 1t was expected
that lhe Governoa. would then order an
election for memhers of the Legislature,
that I've might have laws to govern us, but
he has postponed even the taking of a CEN
sus till this late day, and inclement season,
in hopes we suppose, that some ofthe en-
igrants from Missouri might be absent.
General Jackson, when elected President
declared, that "td the victors belong the
spoils,'' and removed the defeated party
from Office, appointing the successful ones
in their places. our. Governor does not
follow in the footsteps Of the illustrious old
Hero, but appoints,in districts where free
soiler is scarcely tp he found, these very
men to office. Insshis district, where only
80 out OF 3O6 We're found to vote the Gov
ernor's ticket, he has appointed as census
taker, man more obnoxios to the citizens
than any other to be found in it, and he has
instructed him to ask questions, that no man
with honest Intentions would ever have put.
Asking not only the number of a mans
family, his age and his wife's name and
age; the names, age, and sex of his chill
dren, but as the old song says, swhere did
you come FROM and ''acho do you belong
to"-in other words, what State are you
from last, if from Missouri, then where
from to Missouri; to gain we suppose, some
idea as to the free soil procIivity of the indi-
vidual, and whether he belongs to Thayer
or not; further to know if he viii do for an
election Judge Ofcourse he will not ap-
point pro-slavery man to that office.
In the Leavenworth District, he has ar-
pointed the same character of man census
taker, that he has here, and we learn that
it is the same case in nearly every district
in the Territory. He has appointed Justices
of the Peace, Corstables, &c., of the same
stripe, wherever he could. Indeed, his OBJ
iect seems to be, to annoy us as much as
possible, and to make all the money he
can, careing nothing for the wishes OF in
terests of the Squatter. @.'a
President Pierce is a man In whom we
have the utmost confidence; he has shown
himself, on more than one occasion, to be
the friend Of the Squatter, and we have
reason to believe that he is so yet. We
would advise, then, that he be petitioned
to remove, or exchange our free-soil Gov
ernor, for Gov. lizard of Nebraska, as by
the exchange, each Territory might be
satisfied, Eve know ours would, } and their
prosperity increased. We are very well
assured that nothing but bad feeling and
confusion will exist so long as Gov. Reed
er remains in Kansas, unless his course
should be altered very materially, and of
| that we have but faint hopes.