The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-20

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WASHINGTON, Monday night, Feb. IL.
We have telegraphed information of the safety
Of the Pacific which las, OF course reached yeu;
also; but il Is not believed here, and = painful
In the senate to-day, the information called for
respecting Kansas was received from the Presf
dent including Secretary Davis recent orders 10
Col Summer. The aspect OF anairs IN Kansas =
stiI do * In every aspect and Is to the equivocal
or eouiyocatine course of Governor Reeder that II
is due The Legislative Council commenced nm.
der him was either legal or illegai legal should
be obeyed. even though its laws be contrary to
the desires of many who are required to yield in
obedience: If Illegal why did Governor Reeder re-
coonize It when Il az in his power to object 10 the
validity of the credentials Of its Inembersi
The answer to this no doubt is first, that he was
not then without hope OF retaining the favor OF
the National Administration and, secondly, that
he had interests In the territory which he could
best cherish by attering the stronger party, which
was then not 80 clearly ascertained. To my judg
ment whether the Free Sellers OF Kansas are
right or wrong in principle, and many or few in
numbers they have been put or have put them
selves in the wrong according to the letter of the
law and the only thing they can do with good
grace is to submit to the hand of power until they
can in a legal manner escape from 1t. But fear
thew will not do this, and that conflict with the Of
icers of the territory and even with the military
subject to their order, is but too probable.
You will remember that, as part OF the gossip
sent from this city to the Northern press, 1t was
uneivil to Jake Hale" aud that this was subse'
uuently denied by other Northern correspondents
The story was affirmed and is stu adhered 10 ny
persons in the interest of and intimate Win the
President and it Is fatty eontradicted oy members
of the family of Mr. Hale. he himself as believe,
declining to speak upon the subject have good
reason to believe or even more than believe, thai
the incident occurred as originally represented
although the ladies with Mr.. Hale did not perceive
IL. The President on the evening in question
shook hands with eeery gentleman VINO went 10
his leyee excepting Mr.. Hale, and wnen ne was
entering the door the President turned away ana
permitted him to pass in without grse.ins
fact was So and therefore state II, put without
anv satisfaction whatever: for, althougn,
have no admiration for MIR. Hale, nave nucn
regard for the dignity OF the presidential
Mansion in which the President mas no more righ.
70 Give offence to guest who enters, than that
ouest has to give offence to him. 1t is not merely
the home of General Pierce it is the house provd.
ed by the people for their Chief Magistrate, that
he may be visited by them untrammehed oy any
other restraint than such as are necessary 10 pre-
serve perfect order and deeorum
When John Quincy Adams was President and
Russell Jarvis was an associate editor with DUN
Green OF the Jackson paper at Washington, MI.
Jarvis went to a levee of the President While
there he heard the son and private secretary of
the President remark, as perhaps it was intended
that he should hear, that if he. Mr. Jarvis, had any
selfrespect, he would not be there. Dir. Jarvis,
who had ladies' with him as Mr.. Hale had recently,
appeared to take no particular notice of the af-
front; but, few days after, on meeting Mr. Adams,
Junior, in the rotundo of the Capitol, he made an
assault upon him. There was much do about this,
and especially because Mr.. Adams was officially
ged, having just delivered a message from the
President in one house, and being on his way to
the other for a like purpose; but there was only
a tolerable degree Of sympathy exhibited for Mr.
Adams but much consideration for Mr. Jarvis for
forbearing to return the insult at the moment it
was given. There are many good men who can
not so bride themselves. and lest of them may
find his way into the Presidents disfavor and then
into his house. il may be well for that functionary to
treat all with ciyty alike, and to manifest his dis
likes in some manner that may not entail NORTH
cation and disgrace upon the nation. A. b. G