Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-09
REMOVAL OF Gov. RxHDER

The Washington Star which rather affects
10 speak The personal sentimeuts aud opin-
ions 0, Mr.. Pierce, having stated tina, the
reason Why tie President removed Gov
Recdcr, was that. IN consequence of dis
agreement between the Governor and Leg
islsturc, tAs wheels Of Gcvernmsn, in the
Teui,ory had come 10 deadlock, and that
therefore the removal was necessary,-the
n Y Ereains Post more truthinlly states
the case thus
LET US e,Gte this case in another form.
A band of thieves visit plantation OF
Uncle Sans one dark night, and attemptto
plumber il. They encounter at the gate one
Of Uncle Sans servants. who ressts theh'
they struggle; the servant is not strong en-
ough TO take them 10 jail without help, and
the thieves are not strong enough to prose-
cute their sllany While the servant resis's
them. The help does not come. and they
are brought to deadlock. What should
we think OF the master Who should dismiss
that servant, and gay his usefulness was
gone, because he was unable to get along
tremendously with those who were trying
10 rob the place We should say that such
8 master was not worthy OF having faithful
servant, and we should naturally suspect
that he had some unexplained completely
with the robbers which rendered faithful
servant rather stumbling block Than other
wise to his purposes"
The Post then gees on to say that 1t the
Star has correctly assigned the motives
which Influenced President Pierce in the
removal of Gov. Reeder, then the President
has shown himselfto be just such master
IS the one above supposed, and BY removing
Gov. Rceder has made himself pdriiceps
cria;ais in all the proceedings of Atchison
and his subordinates, and also made his I'D
ministraion responsible for al,the ontrages
committed in the Territory, and FOR the CON-
position Of the so-called Kansas Legislature
A fiimsy pretext has been made TO justify
the removal on account Of the land specula-
lions in which Gov. Reeder engaged. But
the absurdity of that pre:est is too trans
parent 10 deceive the leas, enlightened. On
this point the Pest says
THE President dare hot assign such
reason. The character Of Gov. Reeder's
land speeulnt tons were Us well known in
Was hington eighteen months ago as now.
II was known before ne ent that he would
speculate. Every officer sent on the frontier
was expected to speculate: indeed, the per-
son whom the President has chosen 10 sue
coed Gcv Reeder is near kinsman and
the fayorite selection of one who made the
whole Of his immense fortune by speeulat-
ing in lands while he was a Territorial
Governor.
Without intending TO recognize the pro-
priety of such proceedings NTH General. or
in Governor Reeder's case in particular.
we have no hesitation n expressing the con-
viction that there is nothing in his case
which jus,fes the Administration in making /
him special exception to the general lem
ency sx,e nded to such officers.
Nor indeed do the journals most accus-
toned to speak the views of the Admins,ra
ton presume to suggest any such motive
Tor the sacrifice Of the late Governor Of
Kansas. We have given above the reason,
and the only reason, which any of the Off.
cial journals have presumed to offer for this
step, and if correctly assigned, il is only
more dishonorable to the Administration
than the removal itself"